-The Hindu   In his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made two important announcements, both relating to education. One affirmed the government's intention to improve the quality of education at various levels and appoint an Education Commission to go into the issues. The other outlined a plan to universalise secondary education as a follow-up to the enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009...

-The Telegraph   Calcutta High Court today asked the state government to clarify whether returning of the Singur land to “unwilling” farmers could be considered a “public service”. Justice I.P. Mukerji told state advocate-general Anindya Mitra that Tata Motors counsel Samaraditya Pal had claimed that land could not be taken back from his client unless it was for a public service. “Since the main purpose of enacting the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act,...

The government, no doubt, has been rightly accused of mishandling the Anna Hazare protest and, worse, of misjudging the public mood. But it is equally true that even the worst critics of the government in Parliament want nothing to do with the central demand of Team Anna: Parliament must consider their ‘Jan Lokpal Bill.' After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on the emotive subject of Mr. Hazare's arrest — and the...

AHMEDABAD: A silent revolution has just begun in Rangpar village of Wankaner taluka and its surrounding villages toward sanitizing voters list using RTI. Leading this campaign is Ratna Ala, a resident who is visually challenged and passionate about RTI. In December next year the state will go to the polls for another round of high voltage assembly elections. But seven people from Rangpar , who are now joining hands with...

On petition filed by Tata Motors challenging the Constitutional validity of the Singur law The West Bengal government will commence its arguments on the petition filed by Tata Motors challenging the Constitutional validity of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 before the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. West Bengal's Advocate General Anindya Mitra will begin his submissions before Justice I. P. Mukerji followed by other counsel on the government's panel. Apart...