Jodhpur: Sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna on Monday got support from Jat community whose leaders today protested against his dismissal in connection with the mysterious disappearance of Bhanwari Devi. Several pradhans, sarpanches and block presidents affiliated to the ruling Congress tendered their resignations to register their protest. The pradhan of Baori panchayat along with 18 sarpanches, 11 panchayat samiti members and four zila parishad members have already rendered their resignations...
01:21 AM, Oct 18, 2011
New Delhi: Rajasthan's Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna, who is suspected to be involved in the case of mysterious disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi, has been sacked from his post on Sunday, sources told CNN-IBN. While the CBI has summoned Mahipal Maderna to Jodhpur for questioning, the Rajasthan minister said he was unwell. In a communication forwarded to Governor Shivraj Patil, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has recommended the dismissal...
07:39 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: There is more embarrassment for the Ashok Gehlot Government in the Bhanwari Devi case as the Rajasthan High Court has pulled up the Congress government for the slow pace of investigation into the case of the missing nurse. The court has also questioned the CBI probe into the alleged abduction and possible murder of the nurse. It has now directed the police to submit a daily report. Bhanwari...
02:08 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: Nurses in Mumbai's Cama hospital are up in arms after being forced to take care of Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's ailing mother-in-law. Nurses on Monday protested against being sent to the CM's official residence to care for his ailing relative. Three nurses from Cama hospital are being deputed every day at the CM's home 'Varsha' since October 6. The nurses have demanded that they should not be...
02:34 PM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi has been asked to report for duty. The Jodhpur District administration issued her notice for being absent from work without notice on Wednesday. Bhanwari Devi used to work at a government health centre as an auxiliary nurse and midwife in Jodhpur before she went missing three weeks ago. An FIR was earlier filed against Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna on the basis of the...
12:58 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Jaipur It's been a month since Jodhpur nurse Bhanwari Devi went missing and there's still not been any action against the main suspect Rajasthan Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna. Accused of kidnapping and murdering Bhanwari, Maderna is under increased fire - from Dalit groups and the Opposition. Even the Rajasthan High Court has slammed the police for poor investigations. "The matter is sub judice. I would not like to comment,"...
08:24 AM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: A Rajasthan police team which was investigating the case of missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi, was assaulted on Wednesday by villagers in Kaparda. The team had gone to track down Baldev, an accused in case. A Rajasthan High Court on Monday had lashed out at the police, saying that there was laxity in the pace of investigations in the Bhanwari Devi case. Directing the police to expedite the...
09:54 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Jodhpur: A Rajasthan High Court on Monday lashed out at the police, saying that there was laxity in the pace of investigations in the Bhanwari Devi case. Directing the police to expedite the probe, the court also observed that the lack of objectivity in the investigations would be questionable. The Rajasthan Police was slated to file a status report in the case of the missing Dalit nurse. This was with...
02:55 PM, Sep 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Bilara trial court on Friday directed the Rajasthan police to investigate kidnapping and murder charges against state PHED minister Mahipal Maderna in the Bhanwari Devi case. Bhanwari Devi, a Dalit nurse from Jodhpur, has been missing for the past 20 days. Her husband on Wednesday filed a complaint alleging that his wife might have been killed at the behest of a minister in the Gehlot government. Bhanwari...
05:07 PM, Sep 23, 2011
New Delhi: Missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi's husband on Wednesday filed a complaint of kidnapping and suspected murder in Bilada's trial court. Bhanwari Devi's husband levels allegation of blackmail against Rajasthan PHED minister Mahipal Maderna. The matter will be heard in court on Wednesday. The CBI had taken over the case. Bhanwari Devi went missing after a controversial CD surfaced showing her and Rajasthan PHED Minister Mahipal Maderna. ...
10:19 AM, Sep 21, 2011
Jaipur: A slip of tongue by the Rajasthan Police Chief implying that missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi is dead could mean more trouble for the Gehlot government. Her family fears she was murdered. Anger is mounting in Jodhpur against Mahipal Maderna, the Minister accused of getting her abducted and allegedly killed and Dalit groups and the Opposition say he must resign. BJP District President (rural) Gaj Singh said, "He should...
08:29 AM, Sep 20, 2011
Jaipur: The Jodhpur police suspect gangster Shahabuddin of being involved in Rajasthani nurse Bhanwari Devi's abduction. Bhanwari Devi mysteriously went missing a couple of weeks back. The case of the missing nurse is getting murkier everyday, with sleaze, political ambition and crime all adding up. Bhanwari Devi, missing for over two weeks now, was allegedly kidnapped on the orders of Rajasthan PHED minister Mahipal Maderna. Now it appears that the...
09:47 PM, Sep 17, 2011
Jaipur: Bhanwari Devi, an auxiliary nurse and midwife from Jodhpur has been missing for 12 days. And her absence has begun to stir up a political whirlwind in Rajasthan. Bhanwari Devi's husband Amarchan has alleged that his wife may have been killed at the behest of a minister in the Gehlot government, Mahipal Maderna. Amarchand says Maderna called her regularly, and that his family is now facing a threat. Bhanwari's...
09:47 AM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has promised action against private schools which are charging as much 16 times what the forms should cost for nursery admissions. Reacting to the Cobrapost-CNN-IBN expose, Sheila asked for the CDs of the report and said she will take action against the erring schools. A government rule states that the admission forms shouldn't cost more than Rs 25 but the report showed how...
04:52 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: The scramble for nursery admissions began in the national capital, on Saturday, with schools starting to sell admission forms. This year the admission process has been delayed by over a month; something that parents aren't too happy about. Instead of making holiday plans this season, Shweta Jain is tutoring her four-year-old twins at home. With the sale of nursery admission forms starting on the 1st day of the...
08:59 AM, Jan 01, 2011
New Delhi: The confusions over nursery admissions in Delhi schools came to an end with the Education Ministry finally announcing the guidelines for admissions for 2011, on Wednesday. According to the guidelines, 75 per cent seats will be reserved for the general category while, 25 per cent seats will have to be reserved for economically weaker sections (EWS) category. The new guidelines also give schools the room to formulate their...
04:17 PM, Dec 15, 2010
New Delhi: Confusion over nursery admissions in the capital continued, on Monday as a meeting to sort out differences between the government and private schools ended without any decision though a minister said they were expected to come out with the guidelines on Wednesday. Private school managements are insisting that the existing 100-point system devised by the Ashok Ganguly Committee three years ago be retained during the admission process while...
08:30 PM, Dec 13, 2010
New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry proposed new guidelines, giving sleepless nights to anxious parents who want to get their children admitted to nursery schools. The seats for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) are likely to increase by 25 per cent. Some schools also have a management quota of upto 20 per cent. If the EWS quota is implemented, it would leave only 55 per cent of the...
10:15 PM, Dec 06, 2010
Melbourne: Hundreds of foreign student nurses, mostly from India, are facing deportation from Australia for lack of proficiency in English. Nursing students are facing the threat of being sent back home after almost completing their courses and having landed lucrative job offers. The students estimated to number 400 from India, China, Thailand and Philippines are in this situation as according to them the authorities have changed "goal posts" midway, by...
05:55 PM, Aug 09, 2010
Kennedy Swamy, who migrated to Australia from India in 2006, was working as a nurse in Melbourne. ...
11:27 AM, Apr 08, 2010
