-Outlook Kokrajhar: The Assam government and the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District administration today decided to rehabilitate 12000 refugee families affected in the recent violence. The 12000 refugee families would be rehabilitated in the first phase while in subsequent phases the remainder of those in relief camps would return home, BTAD chief Hagrama Mohilary told reporters after a meeting with a group of ministers (GOM). The rehabilitation would be done on the basis of...
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SC/ST teaching slots in central universities lie vacant -Akshaya Mukul
-The Times of India The HRD ministry has overwhelmingly supported the proposed Bill that seeks to give reservation to SC/ST employees in promotion. But the scenario in HRD's own backyard is anything but enthusiastic. Just over 32% of sanctioned teaching posts for SCs and 41.8% for STs in 40 central universities are occupied. This includes premier institutions like the Delhi University, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, Aligarh muslim University and University of Hyderabad. Vacancies exist...
More »Police raid publisher for selling book critical of Didi
-The Hindustan Times West Bengal Police have raided the office of a leading publisher and instructed him not to sell a book critical of chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the state government. Incidentally, the book has been written by Nazrul Islam, additional director general (training) of WB police. The IPS officer’s book titled Musalmander Koronio (What muslims Should Do) was released by Mitra and Ghosh Publishers about a week ago and discusses the...
More »Mamata bans IPS officer’s book critical of her muslim policy
-The Indian Express The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has banned controversial IPS officer Nazrul Islam’s book, Musalmander Ki Karaniya (What muslims Should Do), in which he has highlighted the alleged plight of muslims in the state and the “double standard” of the present government in “improving” their condition. The book, which was released a month ago, has been published by Kolkata-based publisher Mitra and Ghosh. On Saturday, officials from the Enforcement...
More »NSSO figures call Narendra Modi's bluff on malnutrition -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India Whichever way you slice and dice the data, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's statement about causes of malnutrition in the state he has been ruling for over a decade is wrong. In an interview to the Wall Street Journal, Modi had said malnutrition exists in Gujarat because it is "by and large a vegetarian state" and also because it is a middle class state which is "more...
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