The national council for teacher education (NCTE), responsible for the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the teacher education system, is now planning to develop a regular mechanism to monitor all private institutions.
India is a unique country in terms of media ownership. There are no cross-media ownership laws, except in TV, where broadcasters and cable distribution firms cannot hold more than 20% of a DTH (direct-to-home) company and vice versa. More importan
Building a house has drained Tuna Patra off – he says as much. Patra, a migrant construction worker in Surat seven months a year and a farmhand in his village for the rest five, is painting his two-room, concrete house in Takarada village of
Odisha`s Law and Urban Development Minister Raghunath Mohanty on Friday resigned on "moral grounds" after his daughter-in-law filed a dowry case against him and his family members. The minister rushed to Naveen Nivas, residence o
While the nation’s chief executive and his external affairs minister mumble and fumble over the insult Rome has handed to India’s supreme court by refusing to return the two Italian marines accused of murdering Indian fishermen, here&r
In an expose involving the country’s biggest private banks, Cobrapost, an online magazine, on Thursday aired a documentary in which it has allegedly claimed to have captured corrupt practices of these banks with respect to money laundering.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday committed yet another faux pas in Lok Sabha by reading out twice a part of his statement on the terrorist attack in Srinagar. Members were agitated and even Shinde`s ministerial colleagues were
As a college pass-out, Jim Young Kim participated in anti-World Bank protests movement called "Fifty years is enough". At that time he did not see the bank as working on the forefront of social issues like environmental sustainability, g
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Italian Ambassador and restrained him from leaving the country without its permission, taking exception to Italian government`s refusal to send back marines charged with the killing of two fisherm
Fact 1 The order of the supreme court dated February 22, 2013, couldn’t have been kinder (please see attachment, starting with Pt. No. 9). When told by Harish Salve, counsel for the two Italian marines accused of murd
Hitting back at airlines for refusing to divulge details of airfares and availability of seats in each fare slab civil aviation minister Ajit Singh has said that the companies cannot refuse to provide information as it is in the larger public inte
Having failed to change India for the past nine years as deputy chairman of the planning commission and the main brain behind prime minister Manmohan Singh’s reformist agenda, Montek Singh Ahluwalia has finally decided to change himself. He
A breath sensor apparatus to assist physically challenged people was the highlight at the national grassroots innovation exhibition, organised annually in Delhi at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Innovations by communities and individuals are put on display a
State-run NTPC Limited on Tuesday declared the highest ever interim dividend of Rs 3,092.06 crore that the company has paid so far. The amount declared is a 7.14 % jump in comparison to Rs 2,885.92 crore paid last year. The public sector p
On a balmy winter morning, the primary health centre at Dengapadar village in Sheragada block of Ganjam district in Odisha was missing its doctors — the medical officer (an allopathic doctor), and the other (a homeopathic doctor) stationed a
Taking forward its initiative to boost production and export of agricultural products in the country, the government is set to inaugurate the fourth spice park in Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The park will be inaugurated by union power minister J
Sloganeering and uproarious scenes created by the Opposition members over Telangana and other issues marred Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan`s customary address to the joint session of Assembly and Council on the opening day of the Budget
CBI on Wednesday filed an FIR against former IAF Chief S P Tyagi and 12 others for alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy in Rs 3600 crore VVIP Helicopter deal. Two new names, which were not part of the agency`s preliminary enquir
Italy on Wednesday expressed confidence that the diplomatic row with India over its refusal to send back two Italian marines will be overcome. Describing the current standoff as "difficult moments" for the two countries, Italian
“Mea culpa,” I shouted in fear, with head bowed in shame, as I was drawn into what looked like a courtroom by four stalwart policemen who walked with a swagger and held me like a baby sulking in a cage formed by their formidable arms.
