Akhilesh's grand gamble
UP Chief Minister banks on ministerial revamp There are two ways to interpret Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's massive restructuring of his ministry. The first is to see it as his coming of age, so to say. The Chief Minister, it would appear, finally lost patience with the old guard...
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Save education from Macaulay's ghost
31 October 2015 | Virendra Gupta -
The course correction
31 October 2015 | Pioneer -
Time to warm up to actionable promises
31 October 2015 | Hiranmay Karlekar -
Self-imposed eco blockade in Nepal
31 October 2015 | Hari Bansh Jha -
When Dalits too can see achchhe din
31 October 2015 | Makhan Saikia -
MINISTERS HUSTlE BEFORE THE SHUFFlE
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TENSION IN AZAMGARH
31 October 2015 | PNS
SEC TO COUNT VOTE ON NOV 1
With four-phase of poll for the Kshetra and District Panchayat members over, the UP State Election Commission (SEC) is gearing up for counting of votes on November 1. Counting of votes would start at 8 am on Sunday at all the 819 block headquarters amid tight security arrangements, said SEC, SK Agarwal in lucknow on Friday. Talking to...
PUBlIC HOlIDAY ON SATURDAY
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has declared a Public Holiday on Saturday to mark the birth anniversary of former Home Minister Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and Acharya Narendra Deo. A government spokesman said in a statement issued in lucknow that all educational institutions and government offices will remain closed on Saturday.
No Odisha university qualifies for UPE tag
Notwithstanding the Government’s tall claims to impart quality teachings in higher educational institutions, not a single university in Odisha was selected under the scheme ‘University with Potential for Excellence’ (UPE) to receive Central funds for its infrastructure development. While universities of other States under the UGC’s UPE scheme are getting crores...
Balangir school has one teacher for 272 students
Though the overall school education scenario in Odisha is improving, yet the situation in core areas of western Odisha districts like Bargarh, Balangir, Nuapada and Kalahandi reveals a gloomy picture. Attributing the dismaying trend in the school education system to huge gap between teacher-student ratio as one of the prime reasons,...
Inbrief
learning materials donated to destitute students Bhubaneswar: The Roots of Odisha Foundation on Friday donated learning materials to deserted and destitute students of The Blessing Children Home. The foundation gave blackboard, books, copies, pencil box, school uniform, to the students. Social worker Sushant sahoo, Sripati Acharya, Swapna lenka, and Panchanan Samal...
Three hardcore juvenile train looters held in city
The Government Railway Police (GRP), Bhubaneswar on Friday arrested four persons, including three hardcore juvenile criminals, on the charges of looting passengers in running trains. According to Bhubaneswar GRP station IIC Soubhagya Swain, the three arrested juveniles have committed many thefts in trains. According to the police officer, at 1 am on...
Cong blasts CM for rising farmer suicides
The Naveen Patnaik Government is responsible for increasing farmers’ suicides in Odisha. The Government has completely failed to address the problems of farmers,” PCC president Prasad Harichandan said while attending the second phase of the Jan Jagaran Yatra on Friday in Sinapali block of Nuapada district. The yatra started from the...
