The government needs to do much more to boost growth, business tycoons, top bankers and ministry officials said at the India Economic Summit held in Mumbai on Sunday. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani called upon the governments to move faster to ensure economic development. “The central government and the state government need to align and move a lot faster. In today’s world of aspiration, people want everything to happen now.” Speaking at the 27th edition of the India Chapter of the World Economic Forum, Ambani also stressed on the need for better governance. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan seemed to concur, but cited the difficulties. “The big challenge before the political system in India is managing the diversities in the country. It is very difficult to satisfy fast movers’ needs,” he said. Top industrialist Rahul Bajaj minced no words while opposing any bailout attempt by the government for the debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines. “Those who die, must die,” he said. “I don’t see any logic of bailing out any private sector company, either for the sake of its employees or customers.” Drawing attention to high inflation and high ...
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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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Ludhiana, January 19 (DNS)- Joginder Singh, former CBI director, said the agency was not an independent body and it had been used continuously by the successive governments to serve their “political” purpose. The former CBI director was in the city today to attend a meeting of the Ludhiana Citizens Council to discuss civic issues. Talking to reporters here, he said, although the agency needed to be independent, unfortunately it was not. He maintained that the CBI was not above the government and it was difficult to believe it functioned independently. Speaking on the Bofors controversy, he said, “Rajiv Gandhi was never a part of the Bofors controversy and, more importantly, he was never an accused. Terming him as an accused was most unfortunate in the Bofors case. Favouring the freedom of the Press, Joginder Singh said the government should make the sting operations legal so that many more corrupt bureaucrats and politicians could be arrested, provided the sting operations were conducted in public interest. Taking a jibe at former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram, he said such politicians were making full use of the slow judicial process. While referring to the slow judicial ...
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Chandigarh, January 12 (Doaba News Service)- To fill the remaining vacancies in elementary schools the Punjab Government will recruit more than 3,400 primary teachers before the new academic session. This was stated by Dr Upinderjit Kaur, Education and Languages Minister, here yesterday. At a meeting with representatives of the unemployed ETT Teachers Association, the Minister said the department had already submitted a memorandum in this connection to be approved by the Punjab Cabinet. This requirement of teachers had been finalised after the rationalisation of posts in schools as well as retirements to be over up to March 31, 2010, she added. The Minister added that the government had already recruited 14,000 teachers and 10,000 were to be recruited before the coming academic session as the process was on fast track. Besides, more than 7,000 computer teachers were being recruited by the department. She assured the association that the government was committed to imparting quality education in the state so that students could compete at the national and international levels. At another meeting with the substitute Computer Teachers Association, Upinderjit Kaur advised them to ...
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New Delhi, December 30 (DNS)- The government today said it was contemplating whether to appeal for enhancing punishment for former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore in the Ruchika molestation case or to charge him and others afresh with abetment of suicide. “There are two points on which we are thinking. The first is to appeal for an enhanced punishment for the accused under Section 354 of the IPC (molestation). The second point is whether to start fresh investigations to see whether Rathore and others could be charged for abetment of suicide under Section 305 or 306 of IPC,” Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said this evening here. He said Ruchika was forced out of the school and her brother Ashu handcuffed and kept in police custody for two months. “These are the circumstances that led to the suicide (of Ruchika). There are lots of people involved,” he said. Asked whether others, including police officers and school authorities, would also be charged with abetting Ruchika's suicide, Moily said “yes”. He pointed out that while Section 305 of the IPC dealt with abetment of a suicide of a minor, Section 306 dealt with abetment of suicide of a major. “Under Section 305, the ...
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