Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Veteran actor Kamal Haasan has reacted to the massive political development with Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister of Education tendering his resignation. On Saturday, the actor took to his X, formerly Twitter, and penned a long note, as he wrote, “Glad to see dialogue replacing confrontation. Dissent deserves dialogue. This is democracy in action. Pellet guns, electric shock batons and nail-studded lathis have no place in the land of Bapu. Equally, attacks on secur…
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Raipur, July 3 (IANS) A significant proposal has emerged in Chhattisgarh’s education sector, with State Waqf Board Chairman Salim Raj calling for the abolition of the Chhattisgarh Madarsa Board and the creation of a Minority Education Authority.In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday, Salim Raj argued that the existing Madarsa Board has failed to meet the educational aspirations of minority students, despite receiving annual government grants.Raj highlighted that the cur…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Indian National Congress has announced a nationwide campaign titled “Chhatron Ki Goonj” (Students’ echo) to be held on June 25, 2026, with press conferences across major cities, demanding a complete overhaul of India’s education system. The party has called for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, accusing him of symbolising the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s “lack of vision and dogmatic approach” to education.In a…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Swapan Dasgupta and Jagannath Chattopadhyay, the two journalist-turned-politicians who were allotted crucial cabinet berths in the West Bengal government on Wednesday, set their immediate agendas soon after the portfolio distribution was announced earlier in the day. For Dasgupta, the target is to increase the state’s own tax revenue without imposing an additional burden on people through an upward revision of the existing tax structure.“There is no logic that the sta…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, on Friday, launched a sharp attack on the functioning of previous governments as her government completed one year in office. She said that the present BJP administration is not a government of promises and announcements, but of measurable outcomes. She added that whether it was the 15-year rule of the Congress or the 11-year tenure of the Aam Aadmi Party, the emphasis had been on publicity and poster-driven politics.”In contrast, my gov…