-The Hindu Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered issue of notices to the State government and various maths on a public interest litigation petition challenging the government for granting several crores of rupees to 13 Lingayat maths and a few others religious institutions in the budget. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.H. Waghela and Justice B.V. Nagarathna passed the order on the petition filed by H. Marappa and others...
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Parliamentary panel opposes automatic promotion under RTE-Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Opposing the provision of automatic promotions till Class VIII under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Act, 2009, a Parliamentary committee has asked the Ministry of Human Resource Development to "rethink" the policy as a student may not be motivated to work hard if promotion was guaranteed. Expressing concern over the quality of education under the RTE regime and the learning outcome, the panel has asked the Ministry...
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-The Telegraph Since I belong to the Left, I know I am likely to be prejudiced against Mamata Banerjee. I try to guard against this prejudice. I try not to let my overall political stance colour my judgment of particular events associated with her. For the last several days, therefore, I have tried to ignore the attacks on Communist Party of India (Marxist) offices in West Bengal in the wake of the...
More »Telecom firms spread a low-cost Net -Rajesh Kurup
-The Hindu Business Line Plans start from Re 1/day to hook those who have never logged in via smartphones Mumbai: Telecom operators are going the sachet way, launching low-cost packs to hook the new cell phone-Netizen. From one rupee a day to Rs 25 for seven days' usage, telecom service providers are coming up with novel plans to attract mobile Internet users. Aircel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India have launched, or are launching,...
More »From bombs, it’s back to books -Kumud Jenamani
-The Telegraph Jamshedpur: A school is a primary lesson in going away from fear and towards power, feel the CRPF. Last year, the paramilitary force reopened a government-run primary school at Thalkobad at Saranda's Manoharpur block in West Singhbhum. Maoists had partially bombed the school in 2004, causing it to become one of the many Maoist-styled cradles in the area that drilled anti-democratic ideologies and taught practical lessons on bombs, guns and...
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