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Ready for Olympic

siteadmin — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:11:15 +0000

Ready for Olympic now Pix courtesy:PIB

IGNOU commences admission process

siteadmin — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:32:45 +0000

IGNOU has commenced admission process for July 2012 session. It has invited applications for Masters, Bachelors, Diplomas and Certificate programmes under distance education academic programmes. The programmes include BA and MA in Rural Development, Tourism Management, English, Hindi, Philosophy, Gandhi and Peace Studies, Education, Public Administration, Participatory Development, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Adult Education, Extension and Development Studies, Gender and Development Studies, Distance Education, Anthropology, M.Com., Social Work, M.Sc. in Dietetics and Food Services, Counselling and Family Therapy, Library and Information Science, BCA,MCA and others.
Students are required to purchase Student Handbook and Prospectus from their concerned regional centres or from the Student Registration Division, IGNOUs head quarters or they should contact IGNOU’s website for more details.

ICSe results out, girls ahead

siteadmin — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:17:48 +0000

By fachcha.com
It was a race by a neck between boys and girls. But girls again emerged as winner in the board examination of ICSE and ISC for class 10th and 12th respectively. Boys have been behind the girls with the slight margin of less than one percent in 10th examination as 99.15% girl cleared the examination while it was 98.19% in case of boys.
However, 98.35% girls have been passed in the ISC examination boys’ pass percentage was 96.3 %. Dubai boy Rohan Sampat has scored 99.50% in 12th examination. 1.32 lakh students appeared for class 10th exam while over 59,000 candidates appeared for class 12th examination this year.

Court asks Aussie player to surrender passport in US lady molestaion case

siteadmin — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:34:29 +0000

By fachcha.com
A Delhi court has asked the Australian cricket player Pomersbach, allegedly involved in assault and molestation of a US lady citizen, to surrender his passport. The player has been released on bail but charges will stay.
The court has also gone through the CCTV footage before granting him bail.
The IPL cricketer was charged of moestation and assault by a US citizen of Indian origin on Thursday night.
DCW pitched in
Meanwhile, Delhi Commission for Women today pitched in as the victim lodged a formal complaint in this concern. DCW Chairperson has assured all possible help to the victim in this concern. A legal notice has also been served against a twitter message against the victim in this regard.

Parliament celebrates 60th anniversary

siteadmin — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:28:23 +0000

By fachcha.com
Restoration of the confidence among common man for Parliment, educational reforms, reservation for women in legislature and moreover meaningful positive discussion rather than disruptions were some of the key concerns of the Parliamentarians during the 60th anniversary of the Parliament. The leaders, mostly veteran, raised concerns over the rising trend of alienation of the common men from the democratic institutions and called for introspection and restoration of the trust and confidence by making themselves true representatives of the people by fulfilling their aspiration.
In his address to the joint session of the Parliament Vice President Hamid Ansari raised concerns over detorioration of the working hours and serious debate on the issues. He also asked the parliament to ensure accountability of executive apart from making laws. President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, BJP leader L K Advani and several other leaders too have presented their views on the occasion.
A special stamp and coins of rupees five and rupees 10 were also released on the occassion of the 60th year of independence. R L Jangid and Rishang Kishing, MPs during the first Parliament were also present on the occasion.

Rajsthan to bring policy for girls

siteadmin — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:59:04 +0000

By fachcha.com
Rajsthan government will bring a policy for girls to communicate positive message about girls in the society and reflect actual views towards girls. Government would take all the efforts to stop female feticide but also exhorted the NGOs and society to change the mind of the people in this regard, Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister Rajsthan said in his address in a workshop organized at Harishchandra Mathur Lok Prashansan Sansthan, Jaipur.
The Chief Minister also said that he had made request to the Chief Justice about the fast track courts and he had given consent for it after Amir Khan came Jaipur in this regard.

First Tagore Award to Pt. Ravishankar, Vishwa Bharti gets Rs. 150cr

siteadmin — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:10:08 +0000

By fachcha.com
The first Tagore Memorial Award will be presented to the noted sitar mastreo Pt. Ravishankar. A cash prize of rupees one crore will be presented apart from citation and momento. This has been announced today by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during his address at closing ceremony of 150th birth anniversary celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. According to him the award will be presented by the President of India in a special function.
He also announced to give rupees 150 crore for Vishwa Bharti University, founded by Rabindra Nath Tagore, for rennovation and development works.