Kolkata: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought a report from West Bengal officials on the death of an eight-year-old student after he was allegedly assaulted by his teacher in class. The commission took up the matter after a report on CNN-IBN.
The NCPCR has asked the South 24 Parganas district administration for a detailed report on the circumstances around the student's death.
The eight-year-old, a student of Nirdeshkhali school in Basanti, was allegedly slapped by his teacher and his head was banged against the wall several times on May 15. The teacher had found the boy playing in the class and throwing school bags around.
The student reportedly suffered severe brain hemorrhage from the brutal assault. The teacher, Chompa Mondal, was arrested after the boy's parents and relatives protested against the school and district administration....
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10:21 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The government on Thursday deferred a proposal on giving domestic workers the right over minimum wages, paid leave and regulated working hours under a national policy. The national policy for domestic workers, which would benefit over 6.4 million domestic workers, was slated to be taken up by the Union Cabinet for consideration. The proposal, recommended by National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by Sonia Gandhi in April 2009, aimed...
03:15 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Embarrassed by the revelations about a union leader and retired RPF official occupying three government bungalows, the Railways has cancelled allotment of two houses and started eviction proceedings. "When it came to our notice that two houses are not been used for the purpose they were allotted, we decided to cancel the allotments," said a senior Railway Ministry official. Two of the bungalows allotted to retired officer of...
11:32 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Railway Board chairman on Wednesday asked the RPF association to vacate Railway properties with immediate effect. The RPF Association has been illegally occupying four properties including one in Delhi. CNN-IBN had reported that the CBI was looking at the role and clout of the RPF Association in Railway postings. The Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Home Affairs have already issued alerts and advisories against the RPF...
07:09 PM, May 15, 2013
The CBI is likely to register a preliminary inquiry into the appointment of senior officers in the Railway Protection Force as it suspects large scale corruption in these postings. ...
09:15 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: CBI is likely to register a preliminary inquiry into the appointment of senior officers in the Railway Protection Force as it suspects large scale corruption in these postings. Sources said files related to appointments of senior officers in Railway Protection Force have been sought by CBI in this connection. Under the CBI scanner is the posting of a Director General Of RPF who had reportedly superseded 25 officers...
08:40 PM, May 13, 2013
Islamabad: A suicide attacker blew himself up near the official residence of the provincial police chief in Quetta city of southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing four persons and injuring about 58 others. The bomber detonated his explosive vest near the home of Balochistan Police chief Mushtaq Sukhera late this evening. Four persons were killed instantly. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors said several of them were...
01:03 AM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured key leads linking Railway Protection Force (RPF) to Recruitment Scam to Railway cash-for jobs scam, said sources. CBI sources added that RPF officials played key role in dubious recruitment deals. Leads suggest that RPF association was used to carry out deals and a hawala route was used for cash dealings. The Home Ministry had recommended banning of RPF Association but...
01:52 PM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: The investigations into the Railway bribery scandal has widened with sources saying that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will also look at postings during former railway minister Mamata Banerjee's tenure. The appointment of Railway Protection Force Director General PK Mehta, who superseded 28 IPS officers, is likely to be investigated as the Railways ignored the Ministry of Home Affairs seniority list. Mehta was appointed as RPF DG...
06:15 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: In response to a report in a section of media, Railway Minister PK Bansal on Tuesday clarified that Ajay Garg, an alleged middleman in the Rs 10 crore bribery case, has no connection with him. "He is not even a relative, much less a nephew. There is no question of any relations with him," Bansal said. Garg was today arrested after he surrendered before a Delhi court, which...
01:57 AM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Ajay Garg, one of the key accused in the Railway Board bribery case. Garg was the aide of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla. A Delhi court remanded him in CBI custody till May 9. Garg had earlier surrendered at the court in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam. The CBI also uncovered more details on Garg. CBI sources...
05:53 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now widened the ambit of its probe after the Railway Board bribery case. CBI sources say that the agency is now looking at a jobs-for-sale nexus between Railway Protection Force officers' association and middlemen. According to CBI sources, the transfers, postings and promotions in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) are not based on merit. The CBI probe widened after the interrogation...
06:24 PM, May 06, 2013
Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said new legislation banning smoking in public places could save up to 200,000 lives annually in the country. "I hope that it (anti-smoking law) will contribute to reducing this factor (smoking)," Medvedev said at the first session of the government's health protection committee. Russia has some of the highest rates of smoking in the world. President Vladimir Putin signed the ban into the...
05:12 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Citizen Journalist Dhananjay Dubey shows pictures of his courageous brother Satyendra Dubey - who was brutally murdered in November 2003 for fighting corruption. Whistleblower Stayendra ...
05:02 PM, Apr 22, 2013
A Jodhpur court on Saturday framed revised, and diluted charges against Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam for aiding film star Salman Khan in a 14-year-old blackbuck poaching case in Rajasthan. The four actors have denied the charges and will file a review petition in the court. ...
10:42 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Pope Francis urged the West on Friday to intensify dialogue with Islam and appealed to the world to do more to combat poverty and protect the environment. Speaking in Italian, the new pontiff said richer countries should fight what he called "the spiritual poverty of our times" by re-forging links with God. ...
04:55 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Sri Lanka on Monday asked India to provide necessary security to Lankan people and property there following continued protests especially in Tamil Nadu. Karunathilake Amunugama, Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs' Secretary said Colombo has lodged a formal request with the Indian authorities in this connection. ...
08:48 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Provincial Medical Services (PMS) Association on Thursday demanded the Uttar Pradesh government to take strict action those involved in the manhandling of doctors and vandalism at a hospital in Varanasi. ...
12:34 AM, Mar 08, 2013
A bill to regulate street vendors in public areas and protect their rights is likely to be passed in the ongoing Budget Session. The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood & Regulation of Street Vending) Bill is likely to be passed in this ongoing Budget Session, Union Housing Development and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Ajay Maken said in Mumbai on Tuesday. ...
06:53 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The blackbuck shooting case dates back to 1998 during the shooting of the film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. ...
02:17 PM, Jan 24, 2013
