New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) In an exclusive interview with IANS, veteran Congress leader, Rajya Sabha Member, and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh launched a scathing attack on the ruling BJP-led government. Addressing the ongoing controversies surrounding national competitive examinations and data integrity, Singh demanded the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.He asserted that if the Minister fails to step down voluntarily, Prime Minister Nare…
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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday made fresh allegations of discrepancies in the CBSE’s process for awarding a contract for the On-screen Marking Scheme (OSM), seeking a judicial inquiry into the decision to pick an allegedly ineligible EdTech company for the task. Sharing a news clipping on social media, Gandhi countered attacks on him by BJP Ministers for raising the issue and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence and “inaction …
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan conducted a high-level review meeting on Tuesday to take stock of the preparations for the conduct of NEET (UG) re-examinations. The NEET re-examinations are slated for June 21 and will see more than 23 lakh candidates appearing again for the competitive test, as the May 3 examinations were cancelled after nationwide uproar over paper leaks.The high-level meeting by the Education Minister comes in the backdrop of the cancellati…
Patna, May 16 (IANS) Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for conserving petroleum and energy resources, Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has taken a significant step by reducing the number of vehicles in his official convoy by 50 per cent on Saturday. According to sources, the Union Minister has directed that, henceforth, vehicles in his convoy will be used strictly based on minimum requirements, signaling a shift toward more efficient and responsible resource usage.In addition…
Jaipur, May 12 (IANS) Amid reports of deaths of four pregnant women following complications after caesarean surgeries and cases of kidney failure at Kota hospitals, Rajasthan Energy Minister Hiralal Nagar has raised questions over alleged negligence and corruption, targeting his own government and Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar.In a strongly worded letter sent to Khimsar, Nagar alleged that four pregnant women died due to kidney failure at Kota’s hospital and blamed negligence, infecti…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday slammed Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee over her “stubbornness” after she ruled out the possibility of voluntarily tendering her resignation to the Governor as the outgoing Chief Minister. Pradhan said that the “resistance to accountability” and the refusal to accept the public’s mandate by the Trinamool Congress is an example of how democracy in Bengal “is being held at gunpoint”.In a post on X, Pradhan sa…
Gandhinagar, May 4 (IANS) The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Monday announced the Class 12 examination results for 2026, with the Science stream recording a pass percentage of 84.33 and the General stream achieving 92.71 per cent.The results were formally declared in Gandhinagar by state Education Minister Dr Pradyuman Vaja in the presence of Minister of State for Education, Rivaba Jadeja.According to official data, more than 5.01 lakh students across Gujarat …
Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) Karnataka BJP has welcomed the High Court verdict upholding the marks system for Class 10 for Hindi and other third-language subjects. The party has further chided that it is a major embarrassment for the Congress government. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, senior BJP leader, Legislative Council Opposition Chief Whip N. Ravikumar stated that the High Court of Karnataka has delivered a verdict stating that marks must be awarded for Hindi language, which has resulted i…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Tuesday tendered an unconditional and unqualified public apology over the controversial chapter referring to corruption in the judiciary in its now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook.Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing scheduled for Wednesday, NCERT said in a press release shared on the social media platform X that the textbook titled ‘Exploring Society: India and Beyond,’ Grade 8 (Part II), inc…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) An application had been filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, to get details of the performance of former West Bengal Education Minister and ex-Trinamool Congress secretary general as the party legislator from Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district during the last five years.Chatterjee had been a four-time legislator from that constituency since 2006. The last time he was elected from that constituency was in 2021. But almost …