At a time when parents are miffed by the “dictatorial” attitude of school managements, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to give more teeth to parents’ associations. The latest move is the brainchild of CBSE chairperson Vineet Joshi, aimed at involving parents in core issues of the schools’ Administration including controversial fee hike and admission procedures. The board has recently asked all its affiliated-schools to strengthen its parents’...

Villagers of Netai in Lalgarh could not conceal their grievance against the state Administration when district police superintendent Monoj Verma and district magistrate Surendra Gupta reached the village on Sunday morning to supervise arrangements before governor M K Narayanan's visit on Wednesday. Gupta and Verma arrived at the village, escorted by heavy security, around 11am. Gupta started visiting different portions of the village and found a tube well that was not...

Chhattisgarh tribals punished for exercising rights under Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act It was unconstitutional, violation of PESA, says petition It was pushed by local Administration, politicians to set up thermal power plant One morning in March 2010, residents of Premnagar awoke to discover they were villagers no more. An administrative notification had dissolved Premnagar's village council or gram panchayat and replaced it with a city council or nagar panchayat. Unbeknownst to...

The Bihar Government's plans for a mega power plant at Nabinagar in Aurangabad district went for a toss as an agitation by a large mob of farmers turned violent on Saturday, resulting in the torching of an empty passenger train. The farmers were agitating against the acquisition of 1871 acres of private land by the State Government for setting up 3300 MW power project, on grounds that the State Government had...

NREGA commissioner Ajay kumar Singh on Wednesday said Ramgarh district was at the bottom among 24 districts of the state in terms of implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). He was talking to newsmen after holding a review meeting of NREGA with the district Administration. "I came here to find the reason why NREGA is a flop show in Ramgarh district," Singh added. NREGA commissioner said panchayat system in...