Arvind Kejriwal on Monday formally launched the Aam Aadmi Party amidst loud cheers from the people who had gathered at Jantar Mantar to participate in the inauguration ceremony. Introducing the party, Kejriwal said that it will seek to eradicate corruption at all levels in the country. ...
03:27 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The controversy over cartoons in text books threatens to escalate. After a committee set up by the HRD Ministry recommended the removal of 43 cartoons, which included those of Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, from the NCERT textbooks of classes 9-12, the chief of the national council has said that there is no logic behind axing them. The NCERT chief says that it is illogical to remove the...
07:33 AM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Government-appointed committee looking into the controversy surrounding political caricatures in the school textbooks has submitted its recommendations. The NCERT panel said that cartoons with negative references to politicians and bureaucrats should be removed from the textbooks. It found that current textbooks carry too many cartoons of the Nehru-Gandhi family. It says these must be removed as well. It has recommended the removal or modification of 36 of...
08:13 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Lucknow: It is the 121st birth anniversary of the father of India's Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar who fought against untouchability and manual scavenging. CNN-IBN shows how in the heart of Lucknow, practices like manual scavenging and untouchability still exist, raising questions over the government's claims to have successfully enforced the ban in six months. In 1984, an alcoholic husband and her children going hungry forced Vimla to sell her jewellery,...
07:56 AM, Apr 14, 2012
Hyderabad: A day-long shutdown began in Andhra Pradesh on Monday on a call given by Dalit groups to protest the recent desecration of statues of Dr B R Ambedkar. Schools, colleges, shops and business establishments remained closed in many districts while protestors blocked roads to stop buses of state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC). Student organistaions, especially Osmania University student Joint Action Committee has also called for a...
09:35 AM, Jan 30, 2012
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At a time when Mayawati's Dalit memorials have sparked off a raging debate, it might be instructive to consider what the original Dalit icon, Dr ...
12:20 AM, Oct 21, 2011
The BR Ambedkar School in Guwahati, which has apparently received Rs 4,01,450 for its 217 students, actually does not exist. ...
09:16 PM, Mar 25, 2011
Guwahati: The election campaign in Assam is gathering momentum, with politicians battling more for votes and less for issues. But education seems far from their agenda. Government schools in Assam are in shambles. And an RTI filed by a young student has revealed shocking revelations. The BR Ambedkar School in Guwahati, which has apparently received Rs 4,01,450 for its 217 students, actually does not exist. There is money trickling in...
06:29 PM, Mar 25, 2011
