-The Times of India This is one 'sarkari damaad' who faded from anonymity to obscurity in a jiffy. Ranjan Bhattacharya was never one to court the limelight, preferring to be spoken of in hushed tones as the man who "ran the show". But no sooner did his source of strength, BJP's prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lose power in May 2004 that he disappeared without a trace, avoiding the Post-mortem that...
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RTE confusion delays school admissions -Shreya Bhandary
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Pre-primary admission to non-state board schools in the city that usually start in the end of October or beginning of November has been Postponed at least till December over continuing confusion on the latest amendment to the Right to Education (RTE) Act. "There are confusing and contradicting views and we are not sure how or when to conduct our admission session. We have yet to decide the...
More »Jindal-Zee Row: HC Seeks Transcript of Sting Video
-Outlook The Bombay High Court today directed Congress MP Naveen Jindal-owned Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, which has filed a Rs 200 crore defamation suit against a news channel, to submit the transcripts and records of the 'sting operation' on alleged extortion demand made by the channel. The order was passed by Justice S J Kathawalla, who was hearing the defamation suit filed by JSPL against Subhash Chandra, Puneet Goenka, Sudhir Chaudhary...
More »Hisar’s shame -TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline There is growing violence against women and children in Haryana, aided by the apparent collusion between the State government and the upper-caste-dominated khap panchayats. THE road leading to Dabra village in Haryana’s Hisar district is not very difficult to locate. It was at Dabra, a mere 15 kilometres from the district headquarters, that a heinous crime was committed on September 9. It would have gone unnoticed had it not been accompanied...
More »Rail travel, govt services may cost more -Mahendra Kumar Singh & Sidhartha
-The Times of India Get ready to shell out more for your train journey and several other services provided by the government — from parcels to patents. Pawan Kumar Bansal, the new railway minister, on Monday hinted at an increase in passenger fares with a caveat that it was not meant to earn a profit for the state-run transporter. "Fares will not be increased for the sake of increasing fare. If fare...
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