For the central government battling legal cases on senstive issues, it is a crucial week ahead at the Supreme Court. At least four major legal tangles, riveting the nation’s attention, are slated at the apex court. The four cases closely followed across the nation are: the 2G spectrum allocation scam, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s tapes, [...]
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2G scam, Radia tapes, black money cases at apex court this week
January 31st, 2011 |
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India’s new telecom policy to make licensing norms tougher
January 29th, 2011 |
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India Saturday said its new telecom policy to be unveiled soon will tighten the norms for grant of licences and airwaves to service providers in a bid to induce transparency and provide a level-playing field to new and existing players. Announcing this at a hurriedly convened press conference here, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal also said [...]
BJP targets Sibal over 2G probe panel
December 10th, 2010 |
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for announcing a judicial probe into 2G spectrum allocation from 2001 at a time when Parliament is in session. “The general practice is not to make any policy announcement outside the House when Parliament is in session,” Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi [...]
Quota for MPs in central schools restored
May 7th, 2010 |
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New Delhi, May 7 : The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has decided to restore the MPs’ quota for admission of students in Kendriya Vidyalayas, the Rajya Sabha was told Friday.
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said the decision was taken at a meeting of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathana Thursday.
“We have decided to restore two nominations to [...]
Aamir Khan appointed as Sanitation Brand Ambassador
April 27th, 2010 |
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On Tuesday, Bollywood Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan was chosen as sanitation brand ambassador for promoting cleanliness in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) institutions in India.
After launching the National School Sanitation Initiative at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said, “We are happy to have Aamir as our brand [...]
Private schools to face penalty for violating RTE: Sibal
April 1st, 2010 |
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All private and minority schools have to reserve 25 percent seats in elementary education for underprivileged children, and any breach of the Right to Education act will fetch punishment, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.
Sibal told Times Now television that it was obligatory to set aside a quarter of all seats for poor [...]
Firms to use schools, colleges for skill training: Sibal
March 30th, 2010 |
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Public assets like schools and colleges may soon be used by private companies for skill training free of cost, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal said here Tuesday.
“A policy framework is underway for public assets like schools and colleges to be used by private players for skill training without any cost in the [...]
India needs 800 more universities: Sibal
March 24th, 2010 |
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India needs at least 800 more universities in addition to its current number of 480 to boost higher education, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Wednesday.
“Currently the gross enrolment ratio (GER) in India is 12.4 percent, and we intend to take it to 30 percent in the next few years,” Sibal said at an [...]
Sibal calls for quality in education system
January 29th, 2010 |
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New Delhi, Jan 28(ANI): Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that quality should be at the forefront of the education system, and access to quality education must be available for all.
Sibal said that the nation cannot move forward with good education being limited to an elite class of people.
Inaugurating a conference [...]
Deemed universities will be abolished: Sibal
January 19th, 2010 |
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The concept of deemed universities will be abolished in India, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday, a day after the central government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that 44 such institutions would be derecognised.
Sibal donates books to deprived kids
November 16th, 2009 |
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Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal donated books to underprivileged kids here today.
The programme was organised by the NGO, ”Save The Children”.
“It shows the extent of passion of the people who actually give away the books to those who have no access to them to be able to access them,” said Sibal.
The five day [...]
Government to introduce reforms bills in winter session of Parliament
November 9th, 2009 |
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The government wants to introduce major reforms bills, including one for the setting up of an overarching body in higher education, in the forthcoming Winter and Budget sessions of the Parliament, said HRD Minister Kapil Sibal.
Participating in a discussion on Higher Education Reforms at the India Economic Summit in New Delhi today, Sibal said the [...]
IIT-JEE eligibility only to be decided by committee: Sibal
October 21st, 2009 |
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HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said any decision on the eligibility criteria to appear in IIT-JEE exam will have to be taken by an IIT committee and that it was not in the “jurisdiction” of government to decide.
Describing as “baseless” media reports on the proposed fixing of marks for the entrance to these prestigious [...]
Central Madarsa Board to be set up after consensus: Sibal
October 4th, 2009 |
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Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal has said that setting up of a Central Madarsa Board to oversee Muslim education would be made only after a consensus.
After his meeting with Muslim MPs here on Saturday, Sibal said: “There were three kinds of opinions that has emerged during course of discussion. About four-five Member of Parliament [...]
Govt makes Class X CBSE exams optional from 2010-11
September 8th, 2009 |
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In a significant step aimed at reforming the educational system in India, the Central Government on Monday announced the Standard X examinations, held under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), will become optional from the 2010-11 session.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal told a press conference here that the Class X examination [...]
Meeting of state higher and technical education secretaries today
July 24th, 2009 |
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Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal will inaugurate a one-day meeting of principal secretaries/secretaries of higher education and technical education of State Governments and Union Territories here today.
This annual conference has on its agenda different subjects within higher and technical education such as the National Mission of Education through ICT and matters related to [...]