Schools will have to ensure RTE from June DNA India | All schools in the state, excluding minority-run institutions, will have to implement the norms of the Right to Education (RTE) from June next. For that, these schools will have to accommodate 25% of students from the socially and economically backward classes. | Making this announcement on Wednes...
High infant death rate prevalent at J&K hospital Zeenews Srinagar: The Ministry of Medical Education, which governs the GB Pant Hospital here, seems to have apparently overlooked the issue of high infant mortality rate as nearly 900 babies died at the health-care facility, last year. | The negligence at bu...
Doctor, no The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetNEEDS HELP: 30 Chennai students under the CBI scanner for cheating in the 2006 medical entrance exams have all graduated;‘Dr Saleem’, a fake doctor(above), was not part of the group. Blame it on technology. In re...
THE FIVE-FINGER TEST: what she did, what she didn't The Telegraph India THE FIVE-FINGER TEST: what she did, what she didn't | Industry | No change. Land still the biggest concern | Industry remained in a "wait-and-watch" mode on Bengal, awaiting a clear signal from the year-old Mamata Banerjee government that it was sinc...
Controversies not new to Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | Khanpur Kalan (Sonipat): The Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University, the only women's university in north India, has been dogged by controversies in the past, including suicide by three girls, molestation and barging in by...
Woman dies during abortion, doctor couple arrested Zeenews Beed: A doctor couple has been arrested following a woman's death during an abortion; while a 28-year-old woman has been arrested in another case for allegedly killing her day-old baby girl. | Beed district has become infamous for the worst child sex...
Letter alleges principal of HK college acting as 'tout' for UGC DNA India | A letter sent by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to the Gujarat University (GU) a year ago has snowballed into a major controversy among two powerful groups within the varsity. The letter sent by the apex educational body to GU vice-chancell...
SHRC seeks report on student suicide The Hindu The State Human Rights Commission, Tamil Nadu, has called for a report from the Vice-Chancellor, Anna University and the Director, Directorate of Technical Education (DOTE), Chennai, with regard to a complaint that an engineering student of Korattur ...
UP Human Rights Commission issues notice to state Home Secy The Siasat Daily Lucknow, May 18: | Taking suo-motu cognisance of the rape of a teenage girl allegedly by her teacher in Unnao,Uttar Pradesh state Human rights commission today issued notices to Principal Secretary Home, DGP and SP Unnao and the VC, CSM Medical Unive...
Minority sub-quota to double job opportunities for Muslims The Siasat Daily New Delhi, May 07: | The Centre's move to carve out 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities will double the job opportunities for Muslim community, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said. | "The 4.5 per cent reservation for minorities would increase two fold the job opportunities for Muslims, who must get their rightful share in the frui...
Assam plans new cells to tackle Maoists, fake currency Newstrack India | Guwahati, May 14 (IANS) The Assam government will soon set up two separate cells of the state police to tackle Maoist activities and the menace of counterfeit currency, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced Monday. | Both the cells will be headed by officers not below the rank of an inspector general of police (IGP), he said. | "The ta...
