Anand: Expressing concern over malnutrition in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the people to give attention to the health of their children to tackle the menace. Modi was speaking at a Shala Praveshotsav (school enrollment) function at Megalpur village in Sojitra taluka in the district in Anand.
"This is the same district from where rivers of milk flows," Modi said apparently referring to Amul. "But I find children here are malnourished...A child looks similar to clothes left to dry on a clothes hanger," he said adding "it is sad sad to see such (malnourished) children." The chief minister urged parents to be attentive towards their child's health and help the state combat the problem of malnutrition. At another function at Devawanta village in Sojitra taluka, is 25 km from Anand, he said there is high rate of female illiteracy in the district.
"Anand is a district known for a large number of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). But here, female illiteracy is high. Out of the 100 females, only 30 are literate. Because of illiteracy, we are feeling ashamed," Modi said in his address. He appealed to the villagers, teachers and schools to spread the "light of education in all the villages of Gujarat by binding each other with emotional attachment and developing this quality in children from their childhood."...
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12:06 AM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: A professor from IIT Delhi, Dr VK Tripathi, has been spreading communal harmony by teaching 400 madrasa teachers Maths and Science over the past seven years. As a teacher at the Madrasa Dar-ul-uloom Rahmania, Maulana Abdul Jabbar dedicates his entire day to the teaching of Urdu, Quran and the Shariah. Now, he and his son attend the workshop by Dr Tripathi in Maths and Physics, specially meant for...
09:50 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed more then 2.2 lakh teachers in the state through video conference and urged them to be teachers in real sense and inspire children. "A teacher who is only waiting for the bell to end the day can never shape minds. But a teacher who thinks about the pupil, the pupil's future, is the true teacher," Modi said in his address after...
08:24 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: Several protesters including teachers and students were briefly detained after they gathered at India Gate on Monday to protest against the introduction of Delhi University's four-year programme. The protesters under the aegis of Joint Action Front for Democratic Education had gathered to hold a candle-light march against the new programme when they were "forcefully" taken to Parliament Street police station. "The police snatched our placards, manhandled women, disabled...
11:24 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Gurgaon: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday visited former chief minister and INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala in a hospital in Gurgaon to inquire about his health. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader has been admitted to Medanta Medicity hospital with a heart problem, an official spokesperson said. On reaching the hospital, Hooda first went to the 15th floor and inquired about the health of Congress leader...
05:32 AM, May 27, 2013
New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala will be released from jail on Thursday after the Delhi High Court granted him an interim bail for six weeks to undergo a heart surgery. Chautala, 78, is serving prison time for his involvement in the 2000 teachers' recruitment scam. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief was asked to furnish a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh along with two...
07:34 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Tuesday granted interim bail for six weeks by the Delhi High Court for undergoing pacemaker implant surgery at a hospital. "In view of the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the medical report of the appellant/applicant, the applicant's sentence shall be suspended for a period of six weeks," Justice Siddharth Mridul said while granting the interim bail....
04:59 PM, May 21, 2013
Gujarat: The Supreme Court on Monday severely criticised the Gujarat government of Chief Minister Narendra Modi over its Vidya Sahayak scheme. The court came down heavily on the Modi government on the recruitment process of vidya sahayaks in government primary schools. In a stinging criticism a bench of justices BS Chauhan and Dipak Misra asked the Gujarat government to explain why full time teachers were not being recruited even after...
02:11 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has pulled up the Gujarat government once again, this time over the appointment of part-time teachers instead of full-time ones in primary schools. The apex court was critical of the Modi government's policy of appointing Vidya Sahayaks in place of teachers in primary schools. It has questioned the government on ignoring the Right To Education Act. The apex court has asked the state government to...
02:54 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Signalling apossible realignment of his party's alliance in Haryana, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday met INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala at a hospital in Delhi, party sources said. They said Rajnath Singh, accompanied by party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, met Chautala at the Ram Manohar Hospital in Delhi. The leaders of two parties are learnt to have discussed current political developments during the meeting which lasted...
04:46 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi University Teachers' Association is demanding that the 4-year bachelors programme be postponed to next year. But the university seems adamant to stick to the July 2013 deadline. It affects half a million students from across the country. Nearly half a million students and 9,000 teachers of DU stand to be affected by the decision to make all bachelor programmes a 4-year affair starting July 2013. But...
10:26 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Pakistan has asked India to present it with methods of teachers' training and research materials of various teacher training institutes. According to sources, Pakistan Directorate of Staff Development in Lahore has requested the National Council of Teacher Education to share teaching qualities which it wants to incorporate in its training programme. Appreciating the teachers' training programme in India, the Pakistani Directorate has sought presentation on functioning, responsibilities and...
01:50 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday contended before the Delhi High Court that former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala was the "main conspirator" in the junior basic trained (JBT) teachers' recruitment scam of 2000. Opposing the bail plea of Chautala, jailed for 10 years in the scam, Solicitor General (SG) Mohan Parasaran, who argued for CBI, submitted before Justice Mukta Gupta that Chautala was "the main conspirator and others (accused)...
09:53 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Baruipur railway station was ransacked on Sunday after hundreds of applicants appearing for TET (Primary Teachers Eligibility Test) got delayed at the station and could not appear for the exam. This happened after an applicant fell off from an overcrowded train and was seriously injured. ...
07:39 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Caught in a battle between their teachers and the government, Himanshu Phalak and Yojit Sharma are among thousands of students in Maharashtra whose scheduled exams hang in the balance. Second year B.Com student Himanshu Phalak said, "I don't even know what my exam timetable is like." ...
10:14 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The Supreme Court is hearing a case related to the police brutality in Punjab and Bihar. Coming down heavily on the Punjab police for beating up a woman, the apex court called the woman a 'braveheart'. ...
02:15 PM, Mar 11, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of the CBI on the plea of former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala's son, Ajay Chautala, against his conviction and 10 year sentence for illegally recruiting 3206 junior teachers in 2000. ...
02:10 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The Bihar Police on Tuesday afternoon resorted to lathicharge against a group of protesting contract teachers. The teachers had been protesting peacefully when suddenly the police started raining blows on them. ...
04:41 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The Supreme Court said it will hear next week former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's plea to restrain a television channel from telecasting an episode based on the teachers' recruitment scam for which he has been convicted. ...
11:25 AM, Mar 02, 2013
The Tihar Jail Superintendent will be submitting a report on former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's son Ajay addressing a rally to his supporters over a phone from within the jail. The Indian National Lok Dal chief's family on Saturday put his call on loudspeaker and made him address a rally for five minutes. ...
08:46 AM, Feb 26, 2013
