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June 13, 2012 11:55 AM

SC questions grant of Sub Quota reservation to minorities on religious ground

Supreme Court today questioned the grant of 4.5 percent reservation of Sub Quota to minorities on religious ground in Central educational institutions. The apex court issued notices and sought response from petitioners who had challenged the 4.5 percent sub-quota. The government had placed relevant ...

June 13, 2012 10:49 AM

J’khand RS Polls: CBI raids premises of 2 MLAs, relatives of legislators

The CBI today conducted raids on the premises of two independent MLAs and the relatives of several other legislators in connection with allegations of horse-trading of the March 30 Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand. This had led to countermanding of the elections by the election commission.This is ...

June 13, 2012 9:16 AM

Mamata to hold discussions with Sonia on Presidential election today

Trinamul Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee will hold discussions with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the Presidential election today. Mrs. Gandhi, authorised by the party's working committee to finalise the candidate for the President's post, is now en...

June 13, 2012 9:10 AM

World Bank: Indian economy to grow by 6.9% in current fiscal

The Indian economy will grow by 6.9 per cent in this financial year 2012-13 notwithstanding problems like policy uncertainties, fiscal deficit and inflation. The World Bank said this in the report titled 'Global Economic Prospect' in New Delhi.Referring to developments in 2011, the multi-l...

June 13, 2012 9:09 AM

UP Lokayukta recommends inquiry against ex-sports minister

In Uttar Pradesh, the Lokayukta Justice N K Mehrotra has recommended an independent inquiry against former the Mayawati government's sports minister Ayodhya Prasad Pal in a disproportionate assets case. In his recommendation to the Chief Minister the Lokayukta said that a criminal case be lodge...

June 12, 2012 8:42 PM

Centre places documents to support sub-quota for minorities before SC

The Centre today placed before the Supreme Court the relevant material and documents on the basis of which it carved out 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in the central educational institutions such as IITs. Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji mentioned the issue and placed the document...

June 12, 2012 8:40 PM

Kaushik Basu asks sceptics not to be bogged down by economic slowdown

The Chief Economic Adviser to Government of India, Dr. Kaushik Basu has asked sceptics not to be bogged down by economic slowdown, with the assurance that India still stands second in terms of growth rate. He was speaking at the Fourth Dr.V K R V Rao memorial lecture in Bangalore today. He pointed o...

June 12, 2012 8:30 PM

Govt constitutes Committee to review inappropriate material in NCERT textbooks

Government has constituted a Committee under the Chairmanship of Indian Council of Social Science Research Chairman, Prof. S.K. Thorat to review the educationally inappropriate material in Social Science textbooks of NCERT from class 9th to 12th. In a statement, Human Resources Development Minister ...

June 12, 2012 8:22 PM

Fin Min: S&P not transparent, Indian economy in better shape

Accusing Standard and Poor's of not being transparent, the Finance Ministry today said, India's economy is in a much better shape than what is being perceived by the global rating agency. Mr. R Gopalan, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs told reporters that Standard and Poor's ...

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