Now, a toolkit for dyslexic students in Indian schools
July 25th, 2012 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Schools in the country can now have an easy learning tool kit for dyslexic children, making learning easy for such students with reading and spelling ... Read more...
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34 private Mumbai schools declared illegal
June 13th, 2012 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Wednesday declared 34 private Mumbai primary schools as illegal, an official said.Following an inspection, the schools were found to be without any ... Read more...
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‘Prarthane’ entertains and educates; must watch (Kannada Movie Review)
January 8th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Prarthane"; Cast: Anant Nag, Prakash Raj, Pavitra Lokesh, Master Manoj, Master Sachin, Ashok, Sudha Murthy, B.C. Patil and Dinesh Mangalore; Screenplay writer-Director: Sadashiva Shenoy; Producers: G.C.Pushpa and N. Harish; Story ... Read more...
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Freedom fighters to skip Goa liberation celebrations
December 8th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Freedom fighters who battled the Portuguese before the colonial rulers were eventually chased out of Goa by the Indian Army plan to boycott the high-profile ... Read more...
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On-road protests to lend new focus to Goa film fest
November 22nd, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 22 (IANS) While on-screen scores of internationally acclaimed films will scorch the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) beginning Wednesday, an air of discontent against the ... Read more...
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English forcing Kannada schools to shut shop
November 9th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Karnataka, an attractive destination for engineering and medical education, is caught in a piquant situation -- dwindling student strength in Kannada-medium schools.Kannada is the mother ... Read more...
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Goa freedom fighters oppose patronage to English
June 13th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 13 (IANS) Freedom fighters in Goa have threatened to boycott state celebrations of the Goa Revolution Day June 18 in protest against the government's decision to allow ... Read more...
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Goa wears deserted look due to anti-English bandh
June 6th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 6 (IANS) Goa wore a deserted look Monday as a bandh called by anti-English protestors paralysed life in the state, police said.Four public transport buses were stoned ... Read more...
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Thousands in Goa demand English as medium of instruction
March 21st, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 21 (IANS) Thousands of people, mostly parents of school-going children and nearly all of Goa's Catholic legislators, converged here Monday demanding that grants must be given to primary ... Read more...
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English or Konkani: Goa debates on what to use in schools
March 20th, 2011 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 20 (IANS) Lawmakers and parents in Goa are debating whether English or mother tongue Konkani should be the medium of instruction (MOI) in schools upto Class 8.Education ... Read more...
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PE Sequoia plans $600 mn investment in India
March 15th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 15 (IANS) Private-equity firm Sequoia Capital plans to invest $600 million in various companies in India over the next four to five years, a top company official said ... Read more...
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Now, rural Bihar honing its English communication skills
February 11th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Madhubani District (Bihar), Feb.11 (ANI): Don't be surprised if you get a greeting of Good morning rather than Namaste from pupils in Bihar's essentially rural Madhubani District these days.They are not ... Read more...
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Jharkhand plans English schools in villages
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Jharkhand government will open English medium schools in 203 blocks of the state, Chief Minister Arjun Munda announced here Tuesday."In the current financial year, we will open ... Read more...
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RAJ THACKERAY IS ONLY FOLLOWING THE BEATEN PATH
November 11th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
By I Ramamohan Rao
New Delhi (ANI): The four members of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) created headlines this week when they slapped Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi for taking his ... Read more...
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Anil Kapoor ropes in award-winning writer for daughter
September 3rd, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) When it comes to his daughter, Bollywood actor-producer Anil Kapoor wants the best. He has roped in award-winning writer Manu Rishi to pen dialogues for ... Read more...
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English important even to Hindi-speaking poor
April 16th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) If the Samajwadi Party thought that its anti-English and anti-computer stance will strike a chord with the Hindi-speaking poor, it may have to do a re-think. Many ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party in damage control mode over manifesto (Lead)
April 12th, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party leadership Sunday got into a damage control mode after embarrassment over their stand in the election manifesto against "unmindful use of computers" and against ... Read more...
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St Xavier’s School in Nepal closes down indefinitely
February 10th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 10 (IANS) St Xavier's School, one of the oldest English-medium schools in Nepal and part of the educational chain run by Jesuit Fathers renowned for their contribution to education in ... Read more...
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Cold wave claims 22 lives in Bihar
January 4th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) At least 22 people have died in Bihar in the past two days as temperatures dipped drastically due to an intense cold wave sweeping the plains of north ... Read more...
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Bihar cold wave death toll rises to 24
December 19th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 19 (IANS) At least six more people died in Bihar as the temperature dipped drastically in the last few days, officials said Friday. The death toll in the state this ... Read more...
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Now Raj Thackeray targets English medium schools
July 14th, 2008 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has trained his guns on English medium schools in Mumbai that offer Marathi as an optional subject or do not have ... Read more...
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English replaces Telugu as teaching medium in Andhra state schools (Lead)
June 12th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) With IT and knowledge-based industries spreading their base in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided that English will replace Telugu as the medium of instruction in ... Read more...
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English to be teaching medium in Andhra schools
June 11th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 11 (IANS) English will replace Telugu as the medium of teaching and the state syllabus will be replaced with the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) syllabus in 6,500 government-run ... Read more...
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Agra moving to English via Hinglish
March 11th, 2008 - 9:34 am ICT by admin
(Letter from Agra)
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, March 11 (IANS) People are queuing up to enrol their children in English medium schools and Hinglish tabloids are flying off the newsstands in the city of ... Read more...
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Urdu-medium Pak girl students less figure conscious than English-medium counterparts
January 24th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by admin
Karachi, Jan 24 (ANI): A new study has shed light on the way women in Pakistan differently perceive their bodies, by showing that those who have studied in Urdu-medium schools are less ... Read more...
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