-The Hindu The Director-General (Expenditure) of the Election Commission of India, P.K. Dash, said on Thursday that an elected legislator could face disqualification as well as criminal proceedings — which could lead to a prison term of six months as well as a fine — if he/she resorts to “paid news” in any form of media during the coming elections to the Punjab Assembly. Mr. Dash, who was chairing a workshop with...
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Crossing 'knowledge bridge' on an Azamgarh river
-IANS Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 30 (IANS) They wanted their children to get good quality education which they were bereft of. So people in a small village of Uttar Pradesh funded a bridge to send their kids to study in a town across the river. The number of students has been increasing in schools, colleges and madrassas on the other side of the Kunwar river in Saraimeer town, which has several educational...
More »Youth in Asia Pacific face serious employment issues by Meena Menon
Mismatch between potential and experience confounds many a job-seeker, say managers Mun Ching Yap had gone as a Journalist to an airline company to interview its executive official, but her excitement, passion and ability to learn earned her a job as the head of the company's strategic planning department. Ms. Mun, now a columnist and entrepreneur from Malaysia, was 28 years old then. “In Malaysia, the median age of the population is 27,...
More »NHRC to hear Kerala MPs' plea today
-The Hindu The Full Commission of the National Human Rights Commission will hear on Monday a petition filed by some Kerala MPs alleging a “threat to life and liberty” of the people of the State and seeking its intervention in the Mullaperiyar dam row. The MPs, including P.T. Thomas and K.P. Dhanapalan (both Congress) and Jose K. Mani (Kerala Congress-M), claimed that the entire State was panic-stricken over the possible collapse of...
More »Bihar nod for draft Lokayukta Bill by Shoumojit Banerjee
The Bihar Government on Thursday approved the draft of the State Lokayukta Bill, 2011 after a Cabinet meeting took the decision to this effect. The Bill is expected to be passed during the State Legislature's Winter session, which commences on Friday. However, the Bill's provisions and amendments would be clear only after it had met with approval from the Governor's office and discussed threadbare by all parties in the Legislature, said Cabinet...
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