-The Hindu Business Line Kolkata: The West Bengal State Election Commission on Monday moved the High Court seeking a stay on the notification issued by the State Government regarding panchayat polls (rural polls). The petition was filed before Justice Biswanath Samaddar. The matter is expected to come up for hearing tomorrow. The Panchayat Department of the State Government had last month (in March) issued a notification to conduct panchayat polls in two phases...
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Implementation of RTE Act poor in state, say activists -Puja Pednekar
-The Hindustan Times Maharashtra has done a poor job of implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act, said educationists, as the legislation completes three years on Monday. Activists said the state has not enforced more than 40% of the Act's provisions. To meet the March 31, 2013, Supreme Court deadline for the implementation of the Act, the education department hurriedly issued two government resolutions in February and March - the...
More »Dalits give 'gun salute' to Ambedkar statue in Damoh
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Flexing muscles for the first time, a group of dalits fired in air on Saturday to welcome the arrival of a statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkarthat will replace a bust installed at the busy traffic square in Damoh, a backward district in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. The statue will be installed at the traffic square at a function on April 14, Ambedkar Jayanti, in the...
More »Power of RTI-Ashutosh Shukla
-DNA Dharmenddra Pawar, 35, could regain his mental balance only after he saw his answer paper procured through an RTI. For, only then he saw the examiners' apathy and not the failure of his hard work that led to absolute distress and him repeating the year. "I could not understand that in the first attempt I scored 27 marks and 0 in the second when I had put in more effort," said...
More »Child rights panel received only 51 abuse cases in 5 years -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India This flies in the face of the spate of growing abuses against children. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) - mandated to monitor child rights' violations and armed with quasi-judicial powers - has received only 51 complaints of sexual and physical abuse of children from across the country in the last five years. Even more shocking is that it has filed FIRs in only...
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