Private recognised schools cannot claim exemption from disclosing information to education directorate under Right to Information Act, a full bench of the Central Information Commission has held thus virtually bringing them under the ambit of transparency law.

The government on Wednesday said 36 civilians were killed and 1,266 security personnel were injured in different violent incidents in the Kashmir Valley in the last three months.

Amid allegations of rampant corruption on the part of the Organising Committee for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, the government is understood to have turned down the Indian Olympic Association’s attempt to bid for the 2019 Asian Games.

The week-long impasse which paralysed Parliament all of last week ended on Monday morning at a breakfast meeting hosted by finance minister and Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee, where the Opposition agreed to give up its demand for a discussion with voting on the issue of rising prices. It was agreed that resolutions would be passed in both Houses after discussion expressing the concern of all sides on the issue.

Talking tough, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday made it clear that restraint cannot be one-sided. Mr Abdullah, who briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the situation in the Valley, said the cycle of violence must stop, only then could one reopen channels.

With barely two months to go for the Commonwealth Games, the city still does not have guidelines for hygiene standards for eateries. The Delhi government has conceded this during the hearing of a RTI petition seeking details of guidelines for hygiene at eateries.

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.”

A well-known academician and professor Radha Kumar has quit Jamia Millia Islamia alleging that the “new administration” was not working towards creating a conducive atmosphere for academics. Earlier two other teachers have left the university on similar grounds.

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 CBI has registered a case against a former chairman and three serving officials of Kandla Port Trust (KPT) in connection with a multi-crore-rupee land scam.
The disclosure was made by the standing counsel of the agency, Vikas Pahwa, before the Delhi high court division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan.