New Delhi, HRD, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has expressed his deep concern on the recent incidents of alleged discrimination and profiling of students from the north-eastern region pursuing their studies in educational institutions. Sibal had last month requested UGC to formulate regulations to prevent discrimination in higher educational institutions. The UGC in its meeting on Apr 2 has deliberated on these Regulations and has finalized them. Every institution is required to establish an Ombudsman who would have the power to hear complaints of discrimination in institutions. Sibal felt that educational institutions should rise to the occasion to provide an inclusive and harmonious platform for students from across the country to come together and pursue ...
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Luckmow, A day after Kanpur administration lodged an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for violating the model code of conduct, Union telecom minister Kapil Sibal accused CM Mayawati of patronizing politicians with criminal antecedents. "Mayawati came to power promising to put criminals behind bars. However , since she became CM, her government has quietly been withdrawing criminal cases against her party MLAs and MPs with of kidnapping, rape and murder. It started in May 2007 when she was sworn in as CM and is still on," Sibal told reporters. The Bahujan Samaj Party rubbished Sibal's allegations and said it was the only party that acted against legislators found guilty of wrongdoing. To prove his point, Sibal presented a list of nine cases that included BSP state president Swami Prasad Maurya. "The state government wants to withdraw a case against Maurya where he is charged with attempt to murder," said Sibal. He added that when a Rae Bareli lower court rejected the application , the state government moved to the district judge's court that directed the court to re-consider the case. The case was filed by head constable Ram Surat Upadhayay in 1987 posted in the ...
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New Delhi, Norway's Information Technology Minister Rigmor Aasrud on Tuesday said that she had had a "constructive meeting with Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal". Terming the discussions "fruitful", Aasrud confirmed that she had raised the issue of protection for Telenor's three billion dollar investment in the Indian telecom sector. Concerned over the impact of a recent Supreme Court verdict that led to the cancellation of 122 2G licences, Aasrud had sought an appointment with Sibal to discuss the issue. Telenor, a Norwegian company, holds the majority stake in Uninor, one of the affected parties of the Supreme Court verdict. Telenor holds 67.25 per cent ownership share in Uninor, a joint venture with real estate major ...
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New Delhi, Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal today said in view of the IT revolution, India Post has to embrace the changes and to be prepared for challenges of tomorrow. He was inaugurating a roundtable on National Postal Policy here. Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said Department of Posts has to revisit and reinvent itself in the light of rapidly changing scenario. Though Department of Posts is already engaged in plethora of activities, it may explore other revenue streams, he said. Earlier Ms Manjula Prashar, Secretary, Department of Posts introduced the theme. The draft agenda for the roundtable includes its vision, mission and policy, use of the postal sector, the organization and market research, environmental concerns and social responsibilities in the postal sector, expansion and modernisation of postal network in India, the issues relating to standardisation of mail and national address system, issues relating to development of institutional framework with right and responsibility of government regulator, operator and customer, the contours of competition policy in the postal ...
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New Delhi, To achieve better monitoring of the implementation of its flagship Mid Day Meal scheme for school children, the Ministry of Human Resource Development today put online crucial information regarding the world's largest noon meal programme. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal launched a website 'www.mdm.nic.in' which carries all necessary information that could be sought by parents, students and government officials and monitors to find how and whether the children were benefiting from the scheme, in which massive irregularities have been reported in the past. The mid-day meal programme address classroom hunger and encourages poor children, belonging to disadvantaged sections, to attend school regularly and help them concentrate on classroom activities. It is aimed at improving the nutritional status of the children in classes 1-VIII and provide nutritional support to children in drought-affected areas during summer vacations. Mr Sibal said the website had been designed for creating greater awareness about the scheme to ensure transparency in its implementation. The site provides detailed guidelines about the scheme--its physical and financial progress.The site ...
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New Delhi, Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Lokpal Bill and said that the key opposition party of the country is against the passing of a strong bill. The Lok Sabha reconvened in an extended Winter Session of the Parliament on Tuesday to debate and vote on the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, the government’s draft of which has been widely criticised as weak. Sibal attacked BJP and said that they demand for a strong Lokpal to control the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government but they would not form a strong Lokayukta in the states to hold themselves accountable to the ombudsman body. "They want Lokpal to cover UPA at the centre but they donot have a strong Lokayukta to hold them (BJP) accountable in states. If one look at the condition of the states you will find that there is no big step that has been taken to fight corruption problems," Sibal said. He said that BJP has ignored corruption troubles in the states where they are in power. "BJP is ignoring corruption in their own states," Sibal said. Commenting on objections raised by BJP over the issue of reservation in the ...
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New Delhi, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal held a press conference here today to make a statement on 2G issues on behalf of the Government. Following is the text of his press statement: “Since the submission by the CAG of the Performance Audit Report on “Issue of Licences and Allocation of 2G spectrum”, there have been intense debate and criticism on the issue. The debate has taken a perverse turn and the NDA, besides some individuals, is making an attempt to malign and defame Shri P Chidambaram, Home Minister. “We, in Government, categorically reject all such allegations. Shri P Chidambaram is a valued colleague and has discharged his responsibilities without fear or favour and with absolute integrity and devotion. “Government is concerned that the public arena is being converted into a forum for a public trial of allegations and counter-allegations, many of which have no relation to facts. Government is, therefore, of the view that the matter must be put in perspective and the incontrovertible facts brought on record. “The Telecom Sector was opened for private participation in 1994. Two licences were granted in ...
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NEW DELHI : The Indian government on Tuesday vowed to stop what it calls 'offensive and defamatory' content on internet websites, local media reported. However, several major websites have already rejected the plan. Telecommunications minister Kapil Sibal said the government does not want to interfere with the freedom of the press. However, he said, if the social networking websites are not willing to cooperate, then it is "the duty of the government" to ensure "blasphemous material" does not appear on the internet. "This government does not believe in censorship and does not believe either directly or indirectly interfering in the freedom of the press. We have demonstrated that time and again," he said, as quoted by the Press Trust of India (PTI). Sibal met with officials from Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo during the past few weeks after offensive material, particularly against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was published online. He said his request for cooperation from them fell on "deaf ears." Social networking site Facebook, which has more than 25 million users in the country, said it will remove any content that is hateful, ...
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Jalandhar, Jan.22 (DNS)- Keeping alive the tradition of Academic Paper Presentation, teachers of CT Public School participated today in the sixth phase. It not only created aplomb but also updated the teaching faculty and enhanced their knowledge in numerous specific fields. At the very outset, Mrs. Anuradha Sharma presented her paper on “Educational Reforms”. She spoke on the Reforms made for class X by the Human & Resource Development Minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal and enlightened the teaching faculty regarding the changes done by him in catering quality education to the students throughout India, and how they can be benefited by these reforms. There after, the next academic papers were presented by Miss Pooja Sharma from English Department. She spoke on the topic Library – and its uses in modern era. Miss Pooja made the audience aware regarding the role of library, its usage by teacher and taught, its history, computerization of library, clipping management, its functioning etc. She accentuated up on the role of librarian in schools and colleges, as librarian is a one who can inculcate reading habits amongst the student community. The Principal of the school, Mrs. ...
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