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Serving the justice needs of the poor-NR Madhava Menon

-The Hindu     To be able to deliver appropriate legal services to the rural and tribal communities, we need an alternative delivery system with a different model of legal service providers Delivery of legal services to the rich and the corporate class is organised not through individual lawyers but through a series of networked law firms. These firms employ hundreds of lawyers and domain experts all over the country to provide highly specialised...

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Urban India more dissatisfied with UPA-II

-The Hindu Dip in Congress' vote share from SCs, STs, Muslims - its traditional support base Cities are driving the anti-UPA sentiment, while marginalised communities - the Congress' traditional base - are more satisfied than dissatisfied with UPA-II's performance. These findings emerge from a CNN IBN-The Hindu-election tracker poll of 19,062 demographically representative respondents. Just 38 per cent of respondents expressed satisfaction with UPA-II's performance (with 22 per cent undecided), down from 49...

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Implementation of Right to Education Act vital

-The Hindu Madurai: If the Right to Education Act is implemented properly in all schools, students from the marginalised sections will be greatly benefited. Another important fact is financial support for education. The student could achieve this feat only because of the scholarship scheme; "The Government should make sure that grants are disbursed on time and deserving students should not have to wait," said S. Balakrishnan, Director, Vergal Education Trust, Madurai. When asked...

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IITians teach madrasa teachers physics, maths -Seema Chishti

-The Indian Express A team of physicists from IIT-Delhi is conducting a five-day workshop to teach the subject to madrasa instructors in Taleemabad, near Jamia Hamdard. Speaking to a class of 30 madrasa instructors-turned-students, Vipin Tripathi, Dr Sanat Mohanty and Dr Pawan Kumar began their workshop by talking about bridges. The earnest maulanas, from Delhi and Faridabad, participate enthusiastically, as they are asked to figure out why a corrugated sheet makes...

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Notice to government on doling out largesse to religious institutions

-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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