Mega star and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan raised serious doubts about the veracity and integrity of the media and its functioning on the recent ‘so called’ his involvement in Rs 500 crore fraud. He has asked media that whether media has got the copy or FIR or read it?
In his latest post to his blog the veteran actor has written that the FIR report “does not mention his name” in and he has not received any notice from the police. The mega star also raised questions about functioning of the police administration and government. Terming it a ‘miracle’ to get work at this age of 68 he says “At 68 its a miracle that I get any work at all. I couldn’t care less whether that work is rated in positions or not.” He also talked about Bofors and said “For two years, Bofors accusations kept being labelled against my family and me. When we moved Court in London, not a single person that had been screaming from the roof tops came to justify their accusations”
If you are planning for a career in law and legal services you need to have LL.B degree. India has many Law Schools, which have good faculties, exciting campus-life and excellent infrastructure on offer but one thing must be remembered before opting this profession, you must have very good communication ability as well as excellent reading habit. Here is the list of some of the best Law Institutes in India.
Indian Law Institute, New Delhi:
Situated at the Bhagwan Das Raod (just opposite to Supreme Court of India) the Indian Law Institute offers courses like LL.M, PhD, Diploma courses in different laws like, Corporate Law, Cyber Law, Labour Law, Intellectual Property etc.
NLSIU, Bangalore-
National Law School of India University offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs. It also provides you some programme with scope for distance education.
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad-It is among the prestigious Law Schools in India, it also conducts exchange programs with renowned law institutes.
National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal-You can study the 5 year B.A., LL.B program at NLIU, which began offering academic courses since 1998.
National Law University, Jodhpur-
There is Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for its LLB programme, whereas for applying for a postgraduate program, you can appear for the National Entrance Test (NET), which is organized by NLU.
Delhi University- Campus Law Centre of Delhi University offers several programmes like LLB, LLM and PhD. The Campus Law Centre is one of the best institutions for legal studies in the country. There is a Common Entrance Test to get admission in the LLB.
Symbiosis Society’s Law College, Pune- There are several undergraduate, postgraduate or diploma program in this prestigious law school. Some of the diploma courses of the institute are very famous.
ILS Law College, Pune- There is 5-year integrated LLB programme, offered by the institute. Students can get entry in the law course just after the 10+2. it also offers several distance education and diplomas.
Government Law College, Mumbai – The institute offers 5-year and 3-year law programmes. LL.M programme and a PG Diploma programme in Securities Law are also available for the students.
Amity Law School , Delhi- It is considered among the top 10 law Schools in India. it admits students to LL.B(H) course on the basis of a Common Entrance Test.
Soon the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) will be online. The Ministry of Human Resources and Development (HRD) has constituted a committee consisting of three National Institutes of Technology (NIT) Directors to look into AIEEE reforms. It will look at the possibility of making the exam online in addition to the regular pen and paper test. AIEEE is being conducted by the CBSE at present. The structure of the entrance exam and as to whether weightage could be given to class XII Exam results will also under the purview of the committee.
This Committee consisting of the Directors of NITs Allahabad, Calicut and Agartala will submit its report by January. The decision was taken during the first meeting of the NITs Council, chaired by Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal.
During the meeting a decision was also taken to constitute a Committee to look into curriculum framework, i.e revising the curriculum. looking at the current needs of the of the country, industry and the market and also design the curriculum looking at future needs of the country. The Committee consisting of the Directors of NITs Thrichy, Surathkal, and Warrangal will also interact with industry organizations to know their requirements so that the students have the best possible job prospects.
20 NITs have been told to give a vision statement which would be discussed in the next meeting of the NITs Council. He also asked the NITs to show, in their vision statements, how they could build their brand image to attract talent from within the country and abroad. The vision could also include whether they would like to set up campuses abroad.
Hostel accommodation of Delhi University can be used for the accommodation purpose during the Commonwealth Games 2010. This has been proposed during a high level meeting regarding the arrangement of rooms for the 2010 games. It was proposed during the meeting that there were 3250 beds of hostels of educational institutions and Delhi University. These hostel accommodations have been proposed to be upgraded and used as additional accommodation during the Games.
There are several hostels in the Delhi University. These include Jubilee Hall, D S Kothari Hostel, VKRV Rao Hostel, PG Men’s Hostel Gwyer Hall, Mansarovar Hostel, Meghdoot Hostel, Saramati Hostel for boys. While International Students House, University Hostel for Women and Geetanjali Hostel are girls hostel. Not all but some of these hostels’ bed can be used for additional accommodation for the games. Apart from it Guest Houses and some of the hostels of JNU and other institutions too can be used during the games.
The proposal was forwarded by the Ministry of sports and youth affairs. The proposal came in the review meeting chaired by Union Tourism and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja and attended by Secretary Tourism Sujit Banerjee and representatives of Govt. of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Urban Development, Railways, DDA, NDMC, MCD, Delhi Police, DIAL, ITDC and IHM (Pusa) etc.
It is a rare book on eminent ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan. The 100-page book ‘Mere Mehdi Hassan’ on the legendary Pakistani ghazal singer tells everything about his life. The partition story of India and Pakistan, changing stream of Mehdi Hassan from classical vocal music to ghazal singing and many more about development of ghazal (& Mehdi Hassan) from classical vocal music to an independent stream of music.
If you will go by the book you would find that ghazal was earlier used to sing as a part of Thumari. Even Mehdi Hassan himself was nurtured in Dhrupad and khyaal. He is 16th generation of the Dhrupad gharana. Speaking to http://fachcha.com about it Akhilesh Jha, author of the book, says that the book contains rare photographs of the Mehdi Hassan and his family. It also tells story about difficult time and struggle of the noted singer and his rise. Jha, a 1996 batch officer of Indian Civil Account Services has penned several books, mostly on Indian history and indology. It is 16th book, written by Jha.
Through this book Akhilesh Jha has also tried to take an account of the impact of partition on Music, Radio and Film Industry of India and Pakistan. For the book release function family members and pupils of Ustad Mehdi Hassan are coming to India. Sajjad Mehdi, son of Mehdi Hassan is leading the delegation. Programmes are being organized in New Delhi, Jaipur, Agra and Mumbai for their warm reception on this occasion.
Prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) may become out of reach for over 80 percent of the students of the state boards if JEE committee go by HRD Ministry’s suggestion. The HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said that the minimum eligibility criteria for appearing JEE should be raised to 80-85 percent from existing 60 percent in the XII examination.
Saying that the existing norm of 60 percent is ‘not acceptable’ the HRD Minister said that students do not pay proper attention to the school education. Sibal has also constituted two committees for IIT reforms after the meeting of the IIT Council, the highest decision making body for the prestigious institute. These committees will look into curriculum reforms and examination reforms.
It is notable that over 80 percent of the students still study in the state board schools and not in CBSE’s schools. Getting 80 percent and above in these state boards are a tougher task than CBSE exams.
India’s premier institute for technical education Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has announced its programme for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admission in 2010-11 sessions. The IIT-JEE will be organized on April 11th next year.
There will be two papers, each of three hours, for the JEE containing three separate sections including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Both the papers will be of objective type, comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability tests. JEE normally follows syllabus of the CBSE’s higher secondary classes. The syllabus can be viewed on the websites of all IIT’s.
Apart from IIT candidates can get admission in IT-BHU and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad too through JEE. Applications and brochures can be availed through online and offline as well. The last date of receiving applications is December 19, 2009. Interested candidates may consult IIT’s websites for further details.