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  NCERT includes chapters on SIR, Emergency in Class 9 Social Science text book

  Education | June 26, 2026 11:24 IST

  According to the book ‘Understanding Society India and Beyond: Part 1’, the Election Commission is responsible for conducting free and fair elections in the country, as well as preparing electoral rolls and strengthening the democratic system

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  'Emergency chapter' row in textbook: NCERT says fake version circulated online, to take legal action

  Education | June 25, 2026 10:50 IST

  NCERT has warned of taking legal action against the perpetrators and advised students and teachers to access NCERT books only through official sources NCERT website (ncert.nic.in), ePathshala, and authorized vendors.

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  NCERT book row: Supreme Court recalls order to blacklist Class 8 judiciary chapter authors

  Education | May 22, 2026 16:04 IST

  The court clarified that the central and state governments can take their own decisions regarding engaging these academics in any academic work.

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  NCERT gets deemed university status; can offer programmes, sets up campuses

  Education | April 03, 2026 10:56 IST

  Now, NCERT can offer new courses/ programmes and sets up "off-campus and offshore centres" in accordance with UGC guidelines.

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  NCERT book row: Centre informs SC on panel of domain experts to finalise legal studies course

  Education | March 20, 2026 14:20 IST

  NCERT book row: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that Senior lawyer and former Attorney General KK Venugopal, former SC judges Indu Malhotra, Aniruddha Bose and Director of the National Judicial Academy will be in the panel.

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  NCERT book row: Supreme Court blacklists Class 8 judiciary chapter authors

  Education | March 11, 2026 12:48 IST

  The court also took serious exception to social media handles who posted irresponsibly after court’s previous order in the suo motu case relating to publishing of Class 8 NCERT textbook on judiciary chapter.

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  NCERT book row: Centre directed NCERT to review textbooks of all classes, govt tells SC

  Education | March 11, 2026 12:42 IST

  NCERT book row: Centre has directed NCERT to review textbooks of all classes, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed Supreme Court today, March 11. The Solicitor General assured the court that panel of domain experts will examine curriculum.

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  NCERT tenders 'unconditional apology' over Class 8 chapter on judiciary; withdraws book

  Education | March 10, 2026 10:46 IST

  "The Director and Members of NCERT hereby tender an unconditional and unqualified apology for the said Chapter IV. The entire book has been withdrawn and is not available," NCERT in a post on X mentioned.

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  NCERT issues advisory, asks all to return banned textbook, delete posts on controversial chapter

  India | February 27, 2026 23:43 IST

  The advisory from the NCERT comes after the Supreme Court imposed a "complete blanket ban" on any further publication, reprinting or digital dissemination of the NCERT's class 8 book as it contained "offending" contents on corruption in the judiciary.

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  Textbook row: NCERT ascertaining process of making books which led to error of judgement

  India | February 26, 2026 20:57 IST

  The NCERT's Social Science textbook for Class 8 states that corruption, a massive backlog of cases and the lack of an adequate number of judges are among the challenges faced by the judicial system.

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  PM Modi expresses displeasure over NCERT judiciary chapter row, wants accountability fixed: Sources

  India | February 26, 2026 23:58 IST

  The Supreme Court earlier imposed a complete ban on accessing the NCERT's Social Science book having a chapter on 'judiciary corruption'.

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  Dharmendra Pradhan on NCERT textbook row: 'Very sad, there was no intention to insult judiciary'

  Education | February 26, 2026 23:58 IST

  “I am very sad at what has happened, there was no intention to insult judiciary: Education Minster Dharmendra Pradhan on NCERT textbook row.

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  Judiciary chapter row: SC bans controversial book, issues notices to Centre and NCERT chief

  Education | February 26, 2026 12:01 IST

  NCERT Judiciary chapter row: The court has issued show cause notice to secretary, department of school education, NCERT director Dinesh Prasad Saklani.

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  'Deep-rooted conspiracy, calculated move': What SC said on controversial NCERT book on judiciary

  Education | February 26, 2026 12:18 IST

  NCERT book row: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court today that people who are involved in drafting chapters on 'judiciary corruption' will not work with UGC or any ministry.

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  NCERT asked to drop section on 'judiciary corruption' from Class 8 Social Science book: Sources

  Education | February 25, 2026 16:06 IST

  The NCERT will remove the portion on 'judiciary corruption' from Class 8 Social Science book, sources told India TV Digital

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  SC on NCERT's 'corruption in judiciary' chapter: 'Will not allow anyone to defame institution'

  Education | February 25, 2026 12:47 IST

  An NCERT Social Science textbook chapter on "Judicial Corruption" notes that corruption, a massive backlog of cases, and an inadequate number of judges are among the key challenges confronting the judicial system.

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  NCERT introduces special modules on Operation Sindoor for classes 3 to 12, check details

  Education | August 19, 2025 21:29 IST

  NCERT has introduced a new module on 'Operation Sindoor' for classes 3–12 to educate students on India’s counter-terror response to the 2025 Pahalgam attack and promote national awareness.

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  NCERT’s new partition modules put spotlight on Congress, Jinnah, and Mountbatten

  Education | August 16, 2025 17:19 IST

  The modules portray Partition as a human catastrophe without parallel, marked by large-scale massacres, the forced migration of nearly 15 million people, horrific cases of sexual violence, and refugee trains reaching their destinations carrying nothing but the bodies of those slaughtered en route.

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  NCERT sets up expert panel amid controversy over Rajput, Ahom, and Paika history in 'new textbooks'

  Education | August 07, 2025 17:29 IST

  The controversy flared up after it emerged that the Class 8 Social Science textbook depicted Jaisalmer, long regarded as a Rajput stronghold, as belonging to the Maratha Empire.

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  Operation Sindoor to be part of NCERT textbooks from classes 3-12, to showcase military might

  India | July 26, 2025 21:15 IST

  The module will be split into two parts, one designed for students in classes 3 to 8 and another for those in classes 9 to 12.