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Right to Education Bill to be enacted
Proposal to make class X examination optional

Nilekani to head Unique Identification Authority
Quits Infosys; UID numbers planned for citizens to access government services

DoTE to process engineering admissions next year
From 2010, rank list and Class XII results could be expected on the same day

Sonia sets her sights on food security Act
New Delhi: After the rural job guarantee scheme, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is now focussing on the plan for a national food security Act, seeking to make it the UPA’s flagship scheme in its second term. The UPA chairperson, ...

Lalgarh: is it liberated or ruled by fear?
Is the violence in West Medinipur district really an adivasi uprising?

Security forces prepare for a fresh offensive against Maoists in Lalgarh
KOLKATA: Security forces deployed in Lalgarh and its adjacent areas in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district are preparing for a fresh offensive to flush out Maoists and activists of the Maoist-backed Police Santrosh Birodhi ...

EC begins preparations for Arunachal, Maharashtra Assembly polls
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has begun the preliminary work for holding Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh. Chief Election Commissioner Navin B. Chawla, who reviewed the poll preparedness with Maharashtra ...

HRD Ministry’s proposals draw mixed response
Some States feel they should be consulted on reforms in school education

West Bengal Cabinet to discuss ban on Maoists
KOLKATA: In the light of misgivings by certain Left parties over the enforcement of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act under which a ban on the Communist Party of India (Maoist) was announced by the Centre, the ruling Left Front in West ...

Talks in interest of both nations, says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that finalising the date and venue for a meeting of the Foreign Secretaries, as decided upon during the Manmohan-Zardari meeting in Russia, was a “work in progress.” Foreign Office ...

Justice Jain quits panel
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge, Justice D.K. Jain, one of the three members on the Committee constituted to investigate the grounds for removal of Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta High Court, has decided not to be on the panel. The ...

TENNIS
Hewitt takes down del Potro
TENNIS / Blake and Fish ambush Paes and Dlouhy; Sania and Chuang advance

A(H1N1) cases up to 78
NEW DELHI: Five more people have tested positive for the A (H1N1) influenza in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 78. Among the new cases, two are from Gurgaon, and one each from Delhi, Pune and Kolkata. Of ...

I am told “you do not look like an Indian!”: Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla
SINGAPORE: An awareness deficit among Indians about their northeastern region and its current economic constraints were brought into focus by Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla at an international conference here on Thursday. ...

BADMINTON
Saina outlasts Intanon, enters quarterfinals
Johor Bahru: Saina Nehwal continued her dream run to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament with a three-game win over Intanon Ratchanok here on Thursday. The second-seeded Indian rallied to ...

TENNIS
Ball girls become celebrities
LONDON: Two British teenagers revelled in their 15 minutes of fame at Wimbledon on Thursday after an on-court collision turned them into instant media stars. Ball girl Erin Lorencin was shaken but not stirred after Frenchman Michael ...

Google shut down in China
Authorities accuse it of violating laws

Pakistan’s arsenal worries Antony
NEW DELHI: Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Thursday asserted that peace with Pakistan cannot be a “one-way traffic” and emphasised that the pre-condition for peace was Islamabad taking strong action against anti-India terror groups ...

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