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Civil society in law-making: 'Won't happen again'

Civil society in law-making: 'Won't happen again'

Rediff.com26 Jun 2011

After a not so pleasant experience of engaging with Anna Hazare's team in drafting of the Lokpal Bill, the government says that there will be no such experiment in the future.

Scrapping of Class X board exam is welcome

Scrapping of Class X board exam is welcome

Rediff.com30 Jun 2009

Carl Laurie, pricipal of Christ Church School, Mumbai, shares his views on the proposal to scrap the Class X board exams.

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently: Centre to HC

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently: Centre to HC

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

The submissions were made before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva by Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma during hearing of a petition by a lawyer against the new privacy policy of the social networking platform owned by Facebook.

Ramdev kicks off protest day with yoga, bhajans

Ramdev kicks off protest day with yoga, bhajans

Rediff.com4 Jun 2011

With the talks between him and the government failing to reach any breakthrough on Friday, the yoga guru held bhajans in the wee hours followed by yoga sessions, even as his associates kept announcing the participation of various religious leaders in the stir

Govt's talks fail; Baba to go ahead with his fast

Govt's talks fail; Baba to go ahead with his fast

Rediff.com3 Jun 2011

A desperate government's efforts failed on Friday to achieve any breakthrough with Baba Ramdev deciding to go ahead with his indefinite fast in New Delhi from Saturday amidst indications that a compromise was likely in a day or two.

GoM on caste-based census to meet on Thursday

GoM on caste-based census to meet on Thursday

Rediff.com29 Jun 2010

The first meeting of the Group of Ministers on inclusion of caste categories in the census is likely to be held on July 1.

'I want Indian students to win a Nobel'

'I want Indian students to win a Nobel'

Rediff.com21 Jun 2010

Anand Kumar, the founder of Super 30 tells Aditi Phadnis that IIT-JEE is not error-free and why he trains economically backward students each year to help them crack the exam.

National institute to evaluate school education

National institute to evaluate school education

Rediff.com18 Jun 2010

Government today announced plans for setting up a National Institute for Assessment which would evaluate curriculum and education standards at school level in different states and suggest measure to improve them.

'We don't expect Harvard, Stanford to come here'

'We don't expect Harvard, Stanford to come here'

Rediff.com18 May 2010

Sibal's statement is significant in the light of the fact that the Foreign Education Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, 2010, was tabled in the Lok Sabha two weeks back.

Education loans set to become more attractive

Education loans set to become more attractive

Rediff.com11 May 2010

The Union ministry of human resource development, headed by Kapil Sibal, has drafted a proposal on educational loans, which entails changes that will increase the accessibility of these loans -- the objective being an equitable distribution.

How Congress plans to suppress Anna and his team

How Congress plans to suppress Anna and his team

Rediff.com20 Apr 2011

After having been beaten black and blue by Team Anna, the Congress party and the government are finally waking up to take the Gandhian on even as media managers in the party have so far not come out actively against the anti-corruption crusaders.

J-K polls can be held anytime, govt tells SC, but mum on statehood

J-K polls can be held anytime, govt tells SC, but mum on statehood

Rediff.com31 Aug 2023

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir can be held "anytime from now" as the work on updation of voters list is almost over, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday but remained non-committal about setting a time-frame for restoration of statehood to the Union territory (UT).

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