four former rebels on Cong ticket list
New Delhi: Notwithstanding Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s stand against giving tickets to rebels, four former rebel Congress MlAs figure in the list of 100 candidates for Karnataka Assembly elections whose names were cleared by Central Election Committee chaired by party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday.
The rebels who had won last elections as independent MlAs had even served as Ministers in the BJP Government. They are Narendra Swamy, Venkataramanappa, Sudhakar and Shivaraj Thangadi. The candidates for the remaining of the 224 seats in the State, which is going to polls on May 5, will be finalised by March 30.
joshi to interact on road safety
New Delhi: Minister for Road Transport & Highways CP Joshi will be interacting with people to discuss road safety issues on Friday at 7.30pm via Google Hangout. It can be viewed live on channel www.youtube.com/ morthindia. During course of dialouge, people can share their views on Ministry’s Facebook page, twitter, www.morth.nic.in.
polls for JD(U) top post next month
New Delhi: The election for the post of national president of Janata Dal (United) will take place next month after a delay of over one and half years. Announcing the dates for nomination and polls, party Secretary General KC Tyagi told reporters that election, if necessary, will take place on April 14. “The last date for filing of the nomination for the post of National President is April 9. last date for withdrawal of nomination is April 13”, he said.
organisations fault RTE on many counts
New Delhi: A number of voluntary organisations in the field of education on Thursday faulted the RTE on various counts including inefficient fund allocation and design and feared that over three lakh schools could close down when deadline for its enforcement expires on March 31. The Central Square Foundation, headed by Ashish Dhawan, said Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar have hardly been able to achieve 25 per cent admission for economically weaker sections in neighbouring schools, as he called for broadening of criteria and greater awareness campaign for beneficiaries.
UPSC withdraws mandatory English
New Delhi: Amid a nation-wide controversy, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has withdrawn changes suggested by it in civil services mains examination, dropping mandatory English language paper requirement.
unpleasant holi for SC families in Jhajjar
Rohtak: An incident of manhandling and restraining the Schedule Caste (SC) families from performing Holi pooja, allegedly by the people of upper caste has surfaced in Jahangirpur village in Jhajjar district.