Providing free and compulsory education for all children aged between six and 14 under the Right to Education (RTE) Act violated the unfettered rights of unaided schools in making admissions of their choice, senior counsel Vikas Singh argued in the Supreme Court on Thursday. Under the Act, every child in the said age group shall have the right to study in a neighbourhood school till completion of elementary education. A three-judge Bench...

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed there was nothing wrong in the government’s attempt to provide 25% in private institutions for the economically weaker section. During the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Right to Education (RTE) Act, a bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia verbally told the senior counsel for an institution that such bodies should not have any complaint as such a reservation was an investment...

With the arrest of two drivers of trucks transporting wheat and other food grains meant for the Public Distribution System (PDS) by the Wadgaon Road police on Sunday night, the unabated PDS food grain pilferage racket stands exposed once again. According to Wadgaon Road police station officer (PSO) Baijnath Latpatte, drivers Firoz Shah Kasam (40) and Rafique Shah Kasam (45), both residents of Jafar Nagar, Yavatmal, were arrested after registering...

Justice Samudrala Govinda Rajulu of AP high court on Monday refused to quash the case of sedition registered against a Koya tribal fighting against the construction of Polavaram irrigation project. Polavaram Police of West Godavari district registered a crime case against Savalam Benerji, a Koya tribal and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for their alleged activity in trying to stall the Polavaram project. The tribals of...

A 50-year-old man, allegedly associated with a city-based builder, has been arrested for threatening an RTI activist - who was the first to expose the Adarsh scam - police said today. Danny Abraham, who is said to be associated with a builder involved in Bombay Improvement Trust (BIT) redevelopment project, was arrested last night following an argument with RTI activist Santosh Daundkar. Abraham has been booked under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 336...