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Cabinet clears Right to Education Bill

Cabinet clears Right to Education Bill

October 31st, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today cleared the long-pending Right to Education Bill. "The Bill has been considered at several levels by the Group of Ministers (GoM). The ...

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Both Houses adjourned till Monday

Both Houses adjourned till Monday

October 17th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 17 (ANI): Both the Houses of the Parliament were adjourned today on the opening day of the second part of the Special Session till Monday. The first part ...

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Winter Session of Parliament starts today

Winter Session of Parliament starts today

October 17th, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi,Oct 17 (ANI): The winter session of the Parliament beginning from today is likely to be stormy on a number of issues like communal violence, terror attacks and price rise. Parliament ...

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BJP to raise terrorism, financial crisis during Parliament session

October 16th, 2008 - 10:26 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.16 (ANI): The Bhartiya Janata Partyw will train its guns on the UPA Government, raising issues like terrorism, the financial crisis, internal security and increase in inflation during the ...

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Parliament session to begin on Friday

October 16th, 2008 - 11:37 am ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 16 (ANI): The Winter Session of parliament will begin on Friday. The session will have 24 sittings spread over 36 days till November 21. During the sitting, 71 legislative, ...

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Punjab children learning through radio

August 27th, 2008 - 9:52 pm ICT by ANI -
By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, Aug.27 (ANI): Thousands of primary schools are being provided education through Radio in Punjab, as part of the Sarva Sikhsa Abhiyan (education for all) by the Punjab government. ...

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Right to Education Bill referred to GoM

August 8th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The union cabinet Friday referred the Right to Education Bill 2005 to the Group of Ministers (GoM), an official said. The bill, once approved by the GoM, ...

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Call for Dalits and minorities to unite to secure their due

Call for Dalits and minorities to unite to secure their due

July 7th, 2008 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS -
New York, July 7 (IANS) A three-day Dalit and minorities International Conference here has concluded by calling upon minorities and the oppressed classes in India to work unitedly to secure their due ...

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India had 1.5 million child workers in 2005: government

May 29th, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) There were 1.5 million child workers engaged in India's 41.83 million organised and unorganised sector units in 2005, says an official census released here Thursday. "Out of ...

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Arjun Singh assures education bill in monsoon session

May 4th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh Saturday assured a delegation led by Shanta Sinha, chairperson National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) that the ...

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Arjun Singh assures

May 4th, 2008 - 6:17 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh Saturday assured a delegation led by Shanta Sinha, chairperson National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) that the ...

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Child labourers demand right to compulsory, free education for all

April 25th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Scores of child labourers on Friday staged a march to stress upon their demand of right to compulsory and free education for all. The march was a ...

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Kids flaunt blank slates, demand education for all

Kids flaunt blank slates, demand education for all

April 23rd, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Over 500 children, most of them former child labourers, took out a march with blank slates in their hands here Wednesday, demanding quality and compulsory education for ...

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Schools in China’s ethnic Tibetan area resume classes

March 24th, 2008 - 9:11 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua ABA (China), March 24 (Xinhua) Most schools in Tibetan populated Aba county in southwest China's Sichuan province resumed classes Monday as life returned to normal after riots earlier in the month. More ...

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Government planning for free and compulsory education

March 5th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Mar 05 (ANI): Inaugurating the second Meeting of the Regional Forum of Ministers of Social Development of SAARC, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh said today that one of the ...

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Preity had asked Chidamabram for woman-friendly budget

Preity had asked Chidamabram for woman-friendly budget

February 29th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by admin -
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Bollywood actress Preity Zinta had met Finance Minister P. Chidambaram a few days before he presented the 2008-09 budget, and had urged him to keep ...

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Move to make primary education a fundamental right

Move to make primary education a fundamental right

February 23rd, 2008 - 5:30 pm ICT by admin -
(Lead) By Sanjay Singh New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India's $12.5 billion annual programme to make primary education up to Class VIII free and compulsory for its 192 million children may soon see the ...

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Government may finally bankroll Right to Education Bill

Government may finally bankroll Right to Education Bill

February 23rd, 2008 - 11:11 am ICT by admin -
By Sanjay Singh New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The government might take on all the financial burden of the ambitious Rs.12.5 billion a year proposal to provide compulsory education to children all over ...

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