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  Mehbooba reshuffles cabinet, appoints Altaf Bukhari as education minister

  National | February 17, 2017 18:58 IST

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today reshuffled her cabinet for the first time in nine months, and inducted Syed Altaf Bukhari, a legislator from Amira Kadal constituency in Srinagar in the council of

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  Tripura court bans private tuitions, guardians protest

  India | September 04, 2015 16:46 IST

  Agartala: The Tripura High Court has banned private tuitions by teachers of government and government-aided schools, evoking a strong opposition by the pupils' guardians, an official said here on Friday.A division bench comprising of Chief

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  Proxy caught giving exam in place of Chhattisgarh Education Minister's wife

  National | August 05, 2015 2:00 IST

  Raipur:  A dummy candidate today allegedly appeared in place of state Education Minister Kedar Kashyap's wife for a post-graduation exam conducted by an open university held in Bastar district today.  The incident came to light

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  'Bogus' degree row: Congress protests outside Maharashtra Education Minister's residence

  National | June 24, 2015 13:34 IST

  Mumbai: Congress workers held a protest this morning outside the residence of Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde as the party stepped up its attack on him in the educational degree row.Nearly 300 Congress workers, led

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  Maha govt must probe Beed teacher suicide case: Sena

  National | March 24, 2015 13:46 IST

  Mumbai: Observing that the financial situation of teachers in government as well as private institutions in Maharashtra was dismal, the Shiv Sena today said the state government must conduct an enquiry into the incident of

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  Admission rigmarole for HRD minister Smriti Irani to get kids in school

  National | November 23, 2014 12:57 IST

  New Delhi: It did not help that she was India's Education Minister—Smriti Irani had to appear in an interview to get her children admitted to a school here like any other parent who goes through

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  Smriti Irani's degree from Yale gets her trending on twitter

  National | August 12, 2014 12:30 IST

  New Delhi: Smriti Irani created a flutter of controversy over her statement on a “degree from the University of Yale”. Smriti later defended the statement saying it was “misconstrued” and that she was unable to

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  Govt to launch portal on Azad on Monday

  India | November 09, 2013 10:01 IST

  New Delhi : A national portal to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, country's first Education Minister, will be launched on Monday, a government release said yesterday.The portal is a collaborative effort