By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) plans to reduce the syllabus by 50 percent for grades 1 to 12 from the next academic year. In this connection, the ministry has sought suggestions from various groups, according to a press release dated March 5.Continue Reading
The National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio on March 8 took oath as Nagaland chief minister for the fourth time. Rio formed the coalition government of NDPP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Christian-majority northeastern Indian state after defeating the Naga People’s Front in recent Assembly Elections.Continue Reading
Kottayam: The police have registered a cheating case against Kuttanad Vikasana Samiti (KVS) executive director Fr. Thomas Peelianickal. Fr. Peelianickal was booked on a complaint filed by a group of six persons hailing from Mithrakary village in Kuttanad alleging that the KVS had helped them obtain an agriculture loan ofContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has ruled that a woman, who follows a religion other than Hinduism, is entitled to the inheritance of her Hindu father’s ancestral property, according to the Hindu Succession Act. A bench of Chief Justice R S Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi on March 7Continue Reading
By Matters India reporter Darjeeling — Final year students of a hill’s college had a Fulbright scholar from U.S.A give ‘pathways’ — a life orientation proramme through performing arts. Prof Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, a performance studies scholar and artist, directed six groups of third year students at Salesian College Sonada inContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata: Women from many villages in West Bengal resolved to be messengers of peace and reduce distress migration. ‘Now is Time: Press for Progress’ was the theme the women decided to have for this year as they marked the International Women’s Day on March 8. “ThereContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: A CBI court in Thiruvananthapuram on March 7 acquitted Catholic priest Father Jose Poothrukayil in the murder of Sister Abhaya while ordering a nun and another priest to face trial in the 26-year-old case. Sister Abhaya, a plus-two student, was found dead in a well on the premises ofContinue Reading
The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on February 6. This has contributed significantly to a global decline in child marriage. UNICEF said 25 million child marriages were prevented worldwide in the last decade, with theContinue Reading
The dam, to be inaugurated this month, has disrupted the region’s economy, forcing parents to send their children to orphanagesContinue Reading
Hyderabad: A group of Maoists set fire to a TSRTC bus on March 5 night while it was on its way to Hyderabad from Jadgalpur. The incident occurred around 9.30 pm near Kudthi village in Summa district of Chhattisgarh. One person was reportedly killed in the incident. A group ofContinue Reading