New Delhi: The Maharashtra government on Thursday ordered withdrawal of Class X geography text books that excludes Arunachal Pradesh from the map of India. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan termed as "unpardonable mistake" the exclusion of Arunachal Pradesh from the map of India published in the text books and disbanded the committee of experts which had approved of the textbook.
"Orders have been issued to stop circulation of the textbooks to students and efforts are on to get back the books that have been circulated," he told reporters here. Chavan said the government was evaluating options on how to replace the textbooks that have already been distributed.
"An inquiry is underway to find out how this mistake has happened and who is responsible for this. I have directed the Education Minister to take strict action against those responsible for this," he said. The text books have been printed by the state-run Balbharti and approved by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. As many as 17 lakh copies of the text book have been printed.
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11:51 PM, May 16, 2013
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07:32 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Yet another textbook in a CBSE school has sparked a controversy by allegedly insinuating that non-vegetarians lie, cheat and commit crimes, with the Government terming it as "unfortunate" and asking state bodies to remain alert about such content and monitor them. "Sensitivities of communities have to be kept in mind. I think its unfortunate, an occasional aberration happens. But what I would request is that the state body...
10:14 AM, Nov 17, 2012
Chennai: Joining other political leaders in the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday demanded removal of "objectionable" references in the CBSE textbook about Nadar community which has produced great leaders like K Kamaraj and their contribution to the society was immeasurable. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, she said the "incorrect" details in the textbook of class IX were "very misleading and may leave a...
12:22 PM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: The latest batch of the NCERT textbooks is out, but this time, without six cartoons from four political textbooks. This comes after the Thorat committee's recommendation that 22 cartoons be removed from the textbooks. The cartoon of Ambedkar that sparked off protests in Parliament has been replaced with his photograph. RK Laxman's cartoon depicting the anti-Hindi agitation and four other cartoons that represented political developments have also been...
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08:19 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: NCERT on Monday held "exhaustive" deliberations with the textbook development committee on political science on the issue of removal of certain cartoons and objectionable content from CBSE textbooks, a final decision on which is expected on Tuesday. The meeting comes amid indications that the controversial cartoons on BR Ambedkar and the one relating to anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu could be removed. "There were exhaustive deliberations and a...
03:29 AM, Jul 31, 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
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10:47 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Vadodara: City unit of the Congress party on Thursday criticised printing the photo of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi along with the photograph of Swami Vivekananda on the cover page of notebooks. The notebooks were distributed to the children of primary schools during school enrollment drive launched in Vadodara on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, city Congress president Narendra Ravat said the distribution of these notebooks should be stopped immediately. "How...
11:13 PM, Jun 28, 2012
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11:58 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: The government will sensitise children about the importance of taxes in nation building through text books. "In line with the government's emphasis on promoting voluntary compliance of tax laws and recognising the role of that today's children will play in tomorrow's society, we need to educate them on importance of taxes for the nation building process," Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in his address to top officials of...
03:27 AM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: Just days after the Ambedkar cartoon created an uproar in Parliament, yet another cartoon in an NCERT textbook seems to have upset the politicians, this time in the south. A cartoon in the Class 12 Political Science textbook in Tamil Nadu highlights the state's anti-Hindi agitations in 1938 and 1965. The twin agitations were spearheaded by the Dravidian parties including the DK and the DMK. The parties have...
09:33 PM, Jun 09, 2012
Chennai: Just as the Ambedkar cartoon row was fading, a toon on the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu in the 60s in a NCERT class XII text book has kicked up another controversy in the state with key UPA ally DMK demanding its removal and other parties joining the chorus. The piece by renowned cartoonist RK Laxman printed in the class XII political science book is seen by the Dravidian...
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New Delhi: Pakistan is a part of India and PV Narasimha Rao is the Prime Minister of the country - this is being taught to school students in some states, according to a Member of Parliament. AIADMK member S Semmalai highlighted this in Lok Sabha on Wednesday while referring to the controversy over Ambedkar cartoon in CBSE textbooks during a discussion on Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Amendment Bill,...
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11:52 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: After fighting for removal of BR Ambedkar's cartoon from NCERT books, some MPs are demanding the removal of all political satires from school textbooks. In fact that's what a Parliamentary forum headed by Meira Kumar has told the NCERT. CNN-IBN has now learnt that the Members of Parliamentary forum having members from all major parties in a meeting last week raised expressed strong displeasure on cartoons in NCERT...
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