Praising the recently-implemented landmark Right to Education Act, Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya Sen on Tuesday stated that the country needs to promote the spread of literacy if it wanted to come in the league of developed nations. He, however, disapproved of India’s policy on Burma.

A large helping of brahmins, generous helpings from all factions and a bit of “sonrise” is what the new Bharatiya Janata Party state executive is made up of.
The new executive which was announced late on Monday night is dominated by brahmin leaders, making it amply clear that the party now wants to regain its popularity among brahmins.

In order to preserve the academic independence, the Supreme Court has directed the courts below not to interfere unnecessarily in cases related to academicians unless there was a clear “mala fide” in the decisions of university and other institutional authorities. “We reiterate and reaffirm the legal position that in the academic

The Delhi government on Monday said it has sent a “point-by-point reply” to all the “queries” related to the Games projects by the Central Vigilance Commission.
Rejecting the allegations of corruption and irregularities in the Games-related projects, chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said, “Panic has been created unnecessarily as the report by the CVC was a routine assessment.”

With food inflation showing trends of decline this week, the Congress on Monday lauded government efforts in bringing ever-rising prices of essential commodities down to single digit.

Almost a year after the death of former bureaucrat Trilok Nath Makan, who fell into a pit which was left uncovered by a negligent MCD contractor outside his South Delhi residence, the Delhi high court on Monday directed the civic agency to pay Rs 5 lakhs compensation to his wife Jai Rani for the callousness of the civic body and its contractor.

The Centre has informed the Parliament that a group of ministers, among others, is looking at regulatory deficiencies regarding illegal mining in the country.
Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha on the issue, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said “The honest truth is that we do not have e

The MCD contractors, who have been on strike protesting against pending payments of their dues for the past 18 months, have now threatened to bring their counterparts involved in the Games-related projects within the ambit of agitation. They had earlier been claiming that CWG contractors have been kept away from the strike, which began on July 21, in “national interest”.

The Shiv Sena on Monday demanded probe by a Joint Parliamentary Party (JPC) into the alleged financial irregularities in the preparation of the Commonwealth Games.
Party MP Sanjay Raut drew Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s attention in this regard through a letter.

Delhi BJP leaders on Monday held a protest at Jantar Mantar in the city against the alleged corruption in the projects of the Commonwealth Games.
The Delhi BJP’s protest was led by the city unit chief Vijender Gupta and other senior leaders.