CORE CURRICULUM IN SCIENCE, MATHS ENDORSED BY STATES

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 19: Come 2011, all states will have a common curriculum at senior secondary level in science and mathematics, a step that would pave the way for a possible common entrance test for admission into universities. State education ministers today endorsed the Centre’s move to have More
E-database of certificates: states' nod to HRD ministry’s plan

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 19: The state governments today endorsed the HRD Ministry’s ambitious plan to set up an electronic database of all academic certificates issued by universities and central and state school boards.At a meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), state education ministers More
Panel for resolving problems in RTE implementation

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 19: Against the backdrop of problems being faced by the states in implementing the Right to Education Act, a high-level panel today decided to constitute a committee to suggest measures for resolving the issues.The Central Advisory Board of Education which has all the state education More
Bhopal gas disaster: GoM discusses legal options

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 19: The possibility of government approaching the Supreme Court with a curative petition against the dilution of charges in the Bhopal gas leak case is understood to have found wide support in the Group of Ministers (GoM) which met here for the second day today.The GoM, which is expected More
Railways postpone exam

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 19: In the wake of the CBI unearthing a multi-crore recruitment scam, Railways today decided to postpone the forthcoming examination for various posts scheduled on June 27. A new date for the written examination by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) will be announced shortly. Written examination More
  • Kashmir

Pak HC invites Mirwaiz

Ahead of Indo-Pak talks

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 19: Ahead of the crucial Indo-Pak bilateral talks on June 24, Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has invited Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, to New Delhi for consultations More


  • Srinagar City

SPS MUSEUM

While artefacts will be shifted to their adjoining new abode in a few months, the old museum building will live to tell its tale

GK NEWS NETWORK

The Shri Pratap Singh (SPS) Museum building, which has been housing Valley’s artefacts for the past over a century is a heritage building with a history of its own. Historians said the Museum establishment More



  • Jammu

Don’t interfere in our religious affairs: Leela Karan to Geelani

AMARNATH PILGRIMAGE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 19: Asserting that Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani had no locus standi to interfere in the religious affairs of Hindus, former convener of Sangrash Samiti Leela Karan More


  • South Asia

CORE CURRICULUM IN SCIENCE, MATHS ENDORSED BY STATES

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 19: Come 2011, all states will have a common curriculum at senior secondary level in science and mathematics, a step that would pave the way for a possible common entrance test for admission More


  • Business

‘Doha round will not hit JK export industry’

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, June 19: J&K export industry is not going to be affected by the Doha round of trade negotiations, said experts at a day-long workshop ‘WTO Agreements and Implications for Select Industries More


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