Education Minister
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West Bengal govt lacks capacity to meet primary teachers' pay demand: Education minister
India | Jul 21, 2019, 08:24 AM ISTWest Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday said the government cannot raise the pay scale of agitating primary school teachers to the level demanded by them as it will incur a huge expense on the state exchequer.
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Supreme Court discharges Tamil Nadu Education Minister
India | Jul 09, 2019, 02:32 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday discharged Tamil Nadu Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan in a case in which late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa was accused of accepting gifts and upheld a Madras High Court order.
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Delhi extends summer break for students up to Class 8
India | Jun 30, 2019, 03:49 PM ISTDelhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia said that while schools will reopen on July 8 for these students, classes will start for senior classes as per earlier schedule.
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Sing Vande Mataram or leave Uttarakhand, says state education minister
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Mehbooba reshuffles cabinet, appoints Altaf Bukhari as education minister
National | Feb 17, 2017, 06:58 PM ISTJammu 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 | Sep 04, 2015, 04:46 PM ISTAgartala: 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 | Aug 05, 2015, 02:00 AM ISTRaipur: 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 | Jun 24, 2015, 01:34 PM ISTMumbai: 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 | Mar 24, 2015, 01:46 PM ISTMumbai: 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 | Nov 23, 2014, 12:57 PM ISTNew 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 | Aug 12, 2014, 12:30 PM ISTNew 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 | Nov 09, 2013, 10:01 AM ISTNew 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