Gujarat, Karnataka lead 2022 secondary school dropout rankings

Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka, Assam and Punjab are among seven states where the school dropout rate at the secondary level was higher than the national average of 12.6 per cent in 2021-22, according......

WB: Failed students lock teachers inside school

Class XI students of a school in West Midnapore district who had failed in the annual examination, on Thursday locked up the all the 50-odd staff and secretary after their meeting failed to yield......

End of Marx, Engels in WB textbooks?

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- founders of Marxism -- may be out of history syllabus in government schools in West Bengal following a recommendation by a state education panel. The move by the......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......