-The Hindustan Times The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear the government's plea in the sub-quota for minorities issue. Earlier on Monday, the apex court expressed its displeasure and pulled up the Centre for its casual handling of the "complex" and "sensitive" issue of 4.5% sub-quota for minorities within the 27% reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions like IITs. The Centre on Tuesday placed before the apex court the "relevant" material and...
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What is the basis for minority quota, asks Supreme Court
-PTI It won't stay A.P. High Court order The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Andhra Pradesh High Court order that quashed 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in central educational institutions such as the IITs, and ticked off the government for the way it had handled the “complex” and “sensitive” issue. The apex court expressed its “unhappiness” that the Centre was blaming the High Court when it had itself failed...
More »PIL to be filed on selection of state chief information commissioner
-The Times of India MUMBAI: RTI activists have decided to file a PIL against the state government on the process of selecting the state chief information commissioner. The move follows the appointment of Ratnakar Gaikwad as the state chief information commissioner (SCIC) and activists feel that the state government needs to rethink its decision of having him at the helm of affairs. Gaikwad, who met RTI activists on Monday at his office,...
More »National Rural Health Mission appoints 42 additional doctors
-The Times of India KOZHIKODE: The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has appointed 42 additional doctors in the rural areas on temporary basis in the wake of rain-related diseases being reported from various parts of the district, according to NRHM district programme manager Dr A Baburaj. The doctors thus appointed on an emergency basis have been Posted through the NRHM under the compulsory rural service scheme of the state government. The appointments were...
More »A lesson in rural schooling for state-Antara Bose
Jamshedpur, June 10: For a people who have clung to next-door Bengal for healthcare for years, setting up a self-run school — English medium, no less — may well be just another way out of elusive state welfare measures. The 700-odd population of 19 villages that make up Gopalpur panchayat, 80km from Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum’s rebel-hit Baharagora block, have made up its mind to do just that. The primary schools, at...
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