Everything you need to know about Nalanda: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Nalanda: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) In a major step towards realising the ambitious Nalanda International University, coming up in Rajgir in Bihar, an international jury has selected the architectural design of an Ahmedabad-based firm for the varsity.
Lumani (Nagaland), May 15 (IANS) India lacks quality academic institutions and there is a need to revive higher educational institutions, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Wednesday.
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that the assurance regarding the Nalanda University has given in Parliament would definitely be implemented and it will continue to receive all central assistance in the next ten years
Patna, May 12 (ANI): Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that Nalanda University would continue to receive all central assistance in the next ten years.
Patna, May 11 (IANS) Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said that Bihar will be accorded special category status after the change of criteria.
Patna, May 11 (IANS) Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said that Bihar will be accorded special category status after the change of criteria.
Patna, May 7 (IANS) A Gujarat-based company will draft the masterplan and design the upcoming Nalanda International University at the ancient seat of learning in Bihar, its vice chancellor said Tuesday.
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A power venture formed by Indian and North American energy professionals plans to create a role model for the world by lighting up famed Buddhist sites in Bihar with a $240 million (Rs. 13 billion) solar energy project as part of a corporate social responsibility initiative.
Patna, May 4 (IANS) The much awaited Master Plan for the Nalanda International University at the ancient seat of learning in Bihar is in its final stage, the vice chancellor said Saturday.
Patna, April 29 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday asserted that he will not compromise with his basic principles, such as secularism, to stay in power and will instead prefer to quit.
Patna, April 23 (IANS) After attaining record production in 2012-13, Bihar has set a target of 100 lakh tonnes of paddy this year by using the SRI (System of Root Intensification) method of cultivation, an official Tuesday said.
Patna, March 14 (IANS) Millions of impoverished farmers in Bihar are paying a heavy price for using chemical fertilizers, which are not only costly but are also contaminating the drinking water and affecting the soil, said a study by Greenpeace India released here Thursday.
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Diplomat and poet Abhay K. has been awarded the SAARC Literature Award for his contribution to contemporary South Asian poetry.
Patna, March 10 (IANS) After creating a world record in rice production, Bihar could surpass Punjab in wheat production, says an internationally reputed wheat-breeder, who is an associate of Norman Borlaug, the pioneer of India's Green Revolution.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Calling education an area of priority, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday announced an increase of 17 percent in the budget allocated to this sector to Rs.65,867 crore ($12,285 million).
New Delhi, Feb.28 (ANI): Health for all and education for all remain one of the highest priorities of the government, and accordingly, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday proposed to allocate Rs. 37,330 crore to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the Budget 2013-14.
Patna, Feb 18 (IANS) Bihar's farmers have done it again. A farmer from Sohdih village of Bihar's Nalanda district has set a new world record in potato production through organic farming this year.
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) A special provision of funds will be made in the union budget for the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Tuesday.
Rajgir (Bihar), Feb.12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid hosted the first meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on External Affairs for 2013 at Rajgir on Tuesday.
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) The ruins of the ancient Nalanda University in Bihar should be in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites, External Affairs Minister Salman Kuurshid said Tuesday.
Patna, Feb 10 (IANS) Bihar will export organic mushrooms and vegetables grown by hundreds of farmers in Nalanda district to Japan, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Hungary among other countries, official said.
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Kuurshid will visit the site of the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar Feb 11 to review the progress of work, officials said Thursday.
Patna, Feb 5 (IANS) Singapore has decided to donate a library to the upcoming Nalanda International University in Bihar.
Patna, Feb 4 (IANS) Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Monday said it was not possible to grant Bihar the status of a special category state but its special package can be improved.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Tibetans across the globe have invested in democracy and non-violence in their 50-year struggle for autonomy but have not got adequate international support, Lobsang Sangay, the elected leader of the Tibetan people, has said.
Patna, Feb 1 (IANS) Eight architectural companies, including six from abroad, have shown interest in designing the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar, the vice chancellor said Friday.
Hyderabad, Jan 25 (IANS) A galaxy of speakers will address One Globe 2013: Uniting Knowledge Communities, scheduled to be held at Delhi Feb 7-8.
Jaipur, J Jan 24 (IANS) The 21st century will be a century of dialogue, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said here Thursday while stressing the importance of good relations between India and China.
Patna, Jan 15 (IANS) Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz is impressed by the organic farming practices in Bihar's Nalanda district, terming its practitioners "better than scientists" and calling for their experiences to be researched so that these can be replicated elsewhere.
Patna, Jan 14 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday demanded that the ruins of the state's ancient Nalanda university be included in Unesco's list of World Heritage Sites.
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) Hundreds of people, many of them young students, hit the streets here Saturday to mourn the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim.
Patna, Dec 26 (IANS) Bihar is set for a record arrival of over one million foreign tourists in 2012, Tourism Minister Sunil Kumar Pintu said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Buddhist tourism circuit in India is getting a new fillip with the luxury tourist shuttle, the Mahaparinirvana Express, expanding its run to touch Buddhist sites in Odisha from Jan 20 besides those in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) It's a luxury tourist special train, but riding it could be a host of pilgrims from around the world: the Mahaparinirvana Express is set to expand its run to touch Buddhist sites in Orissa - Bhubaneswar, Lalitagiri, Khandagiri and Udayagiri - from Jan 20.
Patna, Dec 21 (IANS) The upcoming Nalanda International University, near the ancient seat of learning in Bihar, has initiated a global competition to select the best architectural designs for its buildings, an official said.
Patna, Nov 23 (IANS) The central government will set up a 350?bed cancer hospital in Bihar's Nalanda district, an official said here Friday.
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Cambodia Sunday for the ASEAN and East Asia summits during which he is likely to hold bilateral talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and other leaders.
London, Nov 17 (ANI): A 38-year-old British man has become the first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk to die by self-immolation at a monastery in southwestern France.
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A 21?year?old post?graduate student of Delhi University allegedly hanged himself to death in his hostel room Friday, a police official said.
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) With 50,000 ships using the international waters in the East Asia region for trade, maritime security will figure high on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's agenda at the 7th East Asia Summit from Nov 18 and possibly in bilateral meetings with US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
Nalanda (Bihar), Sept 30 (ANI): Tonnes of chemicals got reduced to ashes after sudden fire engulfed a pesticide factory here on Sunday.
Bhopal, Sep 21 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday laid the foundation stone of a Buddhist university in Sanchi and called for tolerance and understanding in the world, saying it was of great relevance in view of the violence sparked due to religious causes.
Nalanda, Sep 2 (ANI): Two pilgrims were killed in a stampede near the Brahmakund hot water spring in Rajgir in Bihar's Nalanda District today. Twelve others were reportedly injured in the incident.
Patna, Sep 2 (IANS) At least two Hindu pilgrims were killed early Sunday in a stampede near a hot water spring in Bihar's Nalanda district, police said.
Patna, Aug 31 (IANS) Farmers in Bihar's Nalanda district are happy that potatoes grown by them through organic farming will be exported to Russia, an official said Friday.
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate a railway coach maintenance workshop in Bihar's Nalanda district this month, an official said Thursday.
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Terming President-elect Pranab Mukherjee as one of the greatest "political scholars" of the country, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Monday said he was extremely happy both as a Bengali and as an Indian over him getting the country's top job.
Patna, July 20 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Friday stressed the need for India to provide primary education to all its people on the lines of Southeast Asian countries.
Patna, July 20 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed hopes of speedy reconstruction and functioning of the Nalanda International University.
Patna, July 19 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was Thursday appointed as the first chancellor of the upcoming Nalanda International University in Bihar, an official said.
Patna, July 18 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen arrived here Wednesday to attend a meeting of the board of governors of the upcoming Nalanda International University in the state.
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a 67.6 million dollar loan that will help improve physical and institutional links to support agriculture in the state of Bihar.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has expressed its concern at "serious under-resourcing" of the ministry of external affairs (MEA), saying its staff and budget were not commensurate with the scale and range of India's external challenges.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A parliamentary panel on defence Monday concurred with Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh on shortage of arms and ammunition in the force, noting that it was 'alarmed over the way the deficiencies have been allowed to persist' in aviation assets, artillery guns and tank ammunition.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday called for a fresh report from the Indian embassy in Rome on alleged malpractice in the Indian procurement of 12 helicopters for VVIP transport worth Rs.3,546 crore ($788 million).
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of a plant for manufacturing bi-modular charges for the Indian Army's 155mm howitzers at Nalanda ordnance factory in Bihar.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of ordnance factories for manufacturing bi-modular charges for the Indian Army's 155mm howitzers at Nalanda in Bihar.
Patna, April 16 (IANS) The SRI (System of Rice Intensification) organic method of paddy cultivation that has been successfully employed in Bihar has aroused interest in other states as well, officials here said Monday.
Nalanda (Bihar), April 12 (IANS) A farmer from Bihar's Nalanda district has set a national record in organic wheat production, say officials.
Patna, March 28 (IANS) Bihar's legislators have received a unique gift - organically grown potatoes - to relish and encourage farmers in their constituencies to adopt the farming practice which has led to a record yield of the tuber in the state.
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Bihar-born designers Samant Chauhan and Arun Tiwari are set to mark 100 years of Bihar with a fashion show called "Silks of Bihar".
Now there is another reason for triumph in Bihar. This time Nalanda, a district of Bihar has accredited on world map by a record production of Paddy crops and surpassed Chinese records
Patna, Dec 31 (ANI): Artists from India and abroad have made a replica of the proposed new structure of the ancient Nalanda University in Patna here today.
Patna, Nov. 21 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday took a U-turn from his earlier stand on the division of Uttar Pradesh, and said that he never intended to comment upon a particular case, such as division of the state, as recently proposed by Mayawati.
Singapore, Nov 19(ANI): India places the highest priority on its relations with Singapore and looks forward to working closely to evolve an even more ambitious roadmap for the future, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said today.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): Indian diplomat Abhay Kumar has come out with another book of poem, titled "Candling the Light."
Nevada (US), Oct 07 (ANI): India's higher education institutions fared very badly in the new "World University Rankings 2011-12" brought out by the London weekly "Times Higher Education" (THE).
New Delhi/Nalanda (Bihar), Sep.15 (ANI): A day after a group of baton-wielding police officials thrashed women in Bihar's Nalanda District, the state's police chief promised strictest legal action against the offenders.
New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): Neemrana in Rajasthan is considered the best place in terms of infrastructure and facilities by Japanese automobile and electronic companies to set up manufacturing units.
Neemrana (Rajasthan), Aug.29 (ANI): Neemrana in Rajasthan is considered the best place in terms of infrastructure and facilities by Japanese automobile and electronic companies to set up manufacturing units.
Nevada (US), Apr 15(ANI): Hindu Baccalaureate Service (Dikshant Utsav), held for the first time in Western USA at prestigious University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) in May 2008, enters fourth year on Sunday.
Patna, Jan 21 (ANI): Chinese Ambassador to India, Zhang Yan has announced one billion US dollar aid for the reconstruction of Nalanda University.
Nalanda (Bihar), Dec.26 (ANI): In an unusual case a worm got stuck between a woman's cornea and the iris of her right eye in Bihar's Nalanda District.adha Devi, a 20 year-old patient, got operated on Saturday at nearby charitable hospital in the region and is out of danger now.
Nalanda (Bihar), Dec.26 (ANI): In an unusual case a worm got stuck between a woman's cornea and the iris of her right eye in Bihar's Nalanda District.adha Devi, a 20 year-old patient, got operated on Saturday at nearby charitable hospital in the region and is out of danger now.
Gangtok, Dec 21 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that Tibetans are the real holders of Nalanda tradition and are true followers of Indian gurus (teachers).
Dubai, Nov 24 (ANI): Lauding the visionary leadership of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in promoting and ensuring affordable education, visiting India President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday said India empathizes with these missions and goals.
Tokyo, Oct.25 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Kan welcomed India's initiative to revive Nalanda University and expressed Japan's continued support to this initiative which will strengthen the cultural and civilizational bonds between the countries in Asia.
New Delhi, Oct. 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will undertake a three-nation official visit to Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam that begins this Sunday (Oct.24).
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): Visiting Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo on Wednesday called on Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibbal here.
New Delhi, Aug.4 (ANI): Nalanda University, an ancient seat of learning destroyed in 1193, is poised for revival.
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo called on Home Minister P. Chidambaram here on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Aug.3 (ANI): Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo, who is currently on a five-day visit to India called on the External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna, in the national capital on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo, who is currently on a five-day visit to India, took part in the sixth meeting of the Nalanda Mentor Group (NMG) here on Monday.
Patna, July 10 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has declared a rebate in VAT (value added tax) on items of mass consumption so as to give some relief to commoners from the soaring inflation.
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for the presentation of the Nalanda University Bill 2010 in the Monsoon Session of Parliament likely to start on July 26.
New Delhi, July 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for the presentation of the Nalanda University Bill 2010 in the Monsoon Session of Parliament likely to start on July 26.
Singapore, Mar 26 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Friday commended the faculties of Nalanda Sriwijaya Centre for their outstanding academic and scholarly work.
Nalanda, Dec 29 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a cabinet meeting with his council of ministers on Tuesday at Rajgir in Nalanda here.
Lucknow, Dec 18 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that he is a son of India.
New Delhi, Nov.13 (ANI): India and Australia on Thursday agreed that there was a need for building a broad knowledge partnership, ranging from developing collaborative projects in education from primary school up to university, to conducting joint research in many fields. Science and technology cooperation is a critical part of this partnership.
Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct. 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the border dispute between India and China is a complex and time consuming issue, which will be discussed by Foreign Ministers of both the countries in Bangalore from 27th October.
Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 25 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday called the international community to learn lessons from the global economic crisis and ensure co-operation in growth policies.
Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct.24 (ANI): India signed a Freed Trade Agreement (FTA) with the ASEAN members here on Saturday.
Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, presently on a three-day visit for the 15th ASEAN Summit, has put forward the issue of setting up Nalanda University as an international institution.
Agartala, Oct 11 (ANI): A three-day national seminar on 'Living Buddhism in Northeast India' commenced here.
Leh, Aug 18 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has inaugurated a school for the underprivileged children from remote and isolated areas of Ladakh region such as Zanskar, Kargil and Nubra valley.
New Delhi, June 28 (ANI): Former Defence Minister and Janata Dal (United) party founder George Fernandes, who has been known for his resilience throughout his political journey, says that in battles, a loss does not matter and it was the fight itself that has always been more important for him.
Nalanda, June 3 (ANI): Two separate road mishaps in Bihar's Nalanda and Aurangabad districts left at least eight persons killed and 20 left injured, 11 of them quite critically on Wednesday.
Jaipur/Kolkata/Patna, May 10 (ANI): Repolling is taking place amidst tight security at 60 booths in Rajasthan, 15 in West Bengal and six in Bihar on Sunday.
Patna, May 9 (IANS) A man has been ostracised and fined Rs.15,000 for exercising his right to vote in Bihar's Nalanda constituency. His neighbours boycotted the poll Thursday to protest lack of development.
