The government on Tuesday rejected the demand of some states of extending RTE deadline on meeting infrastructure norms but asked them to act tough on schools which are lagging far behind in implementing them. Amid concerns over schools which have failed to meet the RTE obligations by the March 31, 2013 deadline, HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju said the states have the rights to decide on such schools as well...
04:30 AM, Apr 03, 2013
The deadline for meeting the infrastructure provisions under the Right To Education came to an end on Sunday, with widespread apprehension about the closure of schools which have failed in implementing them. Even as the Human Resource Development Ministry has turned down request from some states to extend the deadline, reports suggest that hundreds of schools across the country are lagging far behind in implementing the infrastructure norms. ...
11:27 PM, Mar 31, 2013
The deadline for the Centre to notify the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Award ends on Wednesday. After the notification, the future sharing of water among all Cauvery basin states, which are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, will be based on the final award. Currently, water sharing is based on the interim award of the Tribunal. ...
09:37 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines will extend the date to restart the carrier's operations, its chief executive Sanjay Aggarwal told reporters, after a meeting with employees on Wednesday. Kingfisher said last week that its planes, grounded since October 1 after an employee protest turned violent, would not fly until October 20. "Talks have been positive. We are moving in the right direction. We will have to extend the deadline to restart operations,"...
04:03 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Syrian rebels on Friday issued a 48 hour deadline for Iran and Syria to give in to their demands to secure the release of 48 Iranians taken hostage earlier this year. They threatened to execute the Shiite pilgrims if Tehran and Damascus did not release captured Syrian rebels within 48 hours and stop shelling. The pilgrims were abducted in August. ...
11:31 AM, Oct 06, 2012
Bangalore: The issue of mandatory segregation of garbage at source from October 1 has been keeping the officials of BBMP on tenterhooks. Of late, many initiatives have been taken by BBMP to popularise the segregation of waste at source generating awareness among public. But, it is also creating confusion among authorities. Since September 17, all corporators, environment and health officers are being shown documentaries pertaining to segregation of waste at...
12:46 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Berlin: Germany's biggest consumer lobby group believes Facebook is violating privacy laws with its new app centre and has set a deadline for the social network operator to fix it, or potentially face legal action. The German federation of consumer organisations said on Monday the social network was giving away customer data via its new app centre without notifying users. It will consider legal action against Facebook if the site...
12:12 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday extended the last date for e-filing of income tax returns till August 31 after power failure disrupted normal life in many parts of the country. "On consideration of the reports of disturbance of general life caused due to failure of power and further in consideration of the fact that the e-filing of returns for a specified category of individuals and Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)...
08:07 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Hyderabad: BJP leader and former Union minister Ch Vidyasagar Rao has called upon all pro-Telangana forces to join hands to carry forward the Telangana movement and to set a fresh deadline, September 17 (Hyderabad State Liberation Day), to the Centre for declaration of Telangana state. Addressing a press conference at the partys state headquarters here on Monday, Rao accused the Congress of adopting delaying tactics on the Telangana demand since...
01:04 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday set a 48 hour deadline for the state police to nab the culprits in the horrific public molestation of a minor at a busy road in Guwahati on Monday night for full 30 minutes by a mob of around 20 men. Nearly 13 of the 20 men have been identified from the footage of the incident, which was shot by a...
01:29 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The City Road Improvement Project (CRIP) will not meet the deadline, this time too. As June 30, the deadline set for completion of the remaining Phase II and Phase III works, is nearing, a number of road works have hit a roadblock. Issues ranging from failure to acquire land to non-cooperation of various government departments are the reasons behind the hurdle. Works of Thakaraparambu flyover, Medical College-Ulloor, Ulloor-Kochulloor, Model...
12:07 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: After various complaints by students across the country of glitches on the University Grants Commission (UGC) website, the higher education body has decided to extend the last date for the submission of the National Eligibility Test (NET) application to May 10, 2012. The first-ever fully objective-type NET is scheduled to be held on June 24. A notice on the UGC website says: "Due to unprecedented increase in the...
01:17 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Saturday is the last day for Kingfisher Chairman Vijay Mallya to pay up at least Rs 9 crores out of the remaining Rs 60 crore service tax dues. Failure to make the payment on time might lead to their accounts being frozen again. Income Tax authorities defroze the troubled airlines' accounts in February after Mallya paid up dues worth Rs 20 crores. A section of employees of the...
07:27 AM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Odisha government on Monday resumed talks with negotiators to end the hostage crisis after Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda issued an ultimatum, threatening to kill Italian tourist Bosusco Paulo if the Naveen Patnaik government fails to fulfill their demands. Panda on Monday released a fresh audio tape. He said that the Odisha government had not made it clear as to what demands they had agreed to meet. Panda further...
08:04 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda has reportedly issued a fresh audio tape regarding the abducted Italian nationals and set Tuesday evening as the new deadline for the state government to respond. The message in the tape says that the two Italian tourists are safe and are being fed well. The Naxals have also announced a unilateral ceasefire and urged the odisha government to declare the halt of all operations...
07:17 AM, Mar 20, 2012
London: European football's January transfer window closed on Tuesday with clubs reining in the lavish spending of recent years in an apparent response to UEFA's strict new financial controls. While 225 million Pounds were spent last January by English clubs alone, barely 50 million Pounds was outlayed by them this month. "It looks like economically the whole of Europe is becoming a bit more cautious," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said....
11:59 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Manchester: Manchester United have lured a defensive prospect from Manchester City, with Frederic Veseli switching between the fierce rivals on transfer deadline day on Tuesday. Veseli failed to make a competitive senior appearance for Roberto Mancini's side and moves to Old Trafford with his City contract set to expire in the summer. The 19-year-old Swiss centreback will initially have to impress in United's reserve side to earn a spot in...
09:39 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City have added experience to their midfield for the Premier League title run-in by signing Chile international David Pizarro on loan from Roma for the rest of the season. The 32-year-old Pizarro played under City manager Roberto Mancini when both were at Inter Milan, before joining Roma in 2006. He won the Serie A title, the Italian Super Cup and Coppa Italia with Inter. City manager Roberto Mancini...
09:16 AM, Feb 01, 2012
London: Queens Park Rangers signed French striker Djibril Cisse from Lazio and Bobby Zamora from Premier League rivals Fulham on January transfer window deadline day on Tuesday. The 30-year-old former Liverpool and Marseille player, Cisse has joined the Premier League strugglers on a 2--year deal. QPR manager Mark Hughes said Cisse is "a huge threat to opposition's defences. He's got great pace, power and movement and that's something we will...
09:01 AM, Feb 01, 2012
London: Tottenham signed striker Louis Saha from Premier League rivals Everton and reached a deal to offload Roman Pavlyuchenko to Lokomotiv Moscow in the final hours of the transfer window on Tuesday. Manager Harry Redknapp signed Saha despite the 33-year-old Frenchman scoring just twice in 20 appearances for Everton this season and struggling with injuries in recent years. "He's got good movement, can score goals but probably needs a change,"...
08:41 AM, Feb 01, 2012
