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Mumbai, March 26 Renowned historian Jaisingrao Pawar passed away in Kolhapur, western Maharashtra, on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 85 years old.Pawar had been suffering from lung-related issues for a month, according to family sources.He played a significant role in bringing...

New Delhi, March 20 The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it had constituted an expert committee comprising two former apex court judges and a former Attorney General to review the Class 8 NCERT textbook, which includes a chapter on corruption in the judiciary.Solicitor General...

New Delhi, March 13 – The Delhi Police's Crime Branch has busted a racket involving the sale of pirated copies of NCERT textbooks and arrested a warehouse owner during a raid in north Delhi, officials said on Friday.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Anti-Robbery and Snatching Cell (ARSC) of...

New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly objected to the social media reactions of some "malicious individuals" regarding its February 26 order in the NCERT textbook controversy, and said they must understand how to deal with the current Chief Justice of India.A bench...

New Delhi, March 11 In a strong move against three experts involved in drafting a controversial chapter in NCERT's class 8 social science book containing "offensive" content on corruption in the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and all state governments to...

New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to constitute a committee of domain experts within a week to finalize the curriculum related to legal studies in NCERT textbooks.The top court said that its orders in the matter were not intended to prevent any healthy and...

New Delhi, March 11 The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has directed the NCERT to review the textbooks of all classes.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that instead of asking the NCERT to do so, it would have...

Ranchi, March 10 The Jharkhand assembly witnessed a heated exchange between the treasury and opposition benches on Tuesday regarding "deteriorating" law and order, the "dominance" of bureaucracy, and alleged corruption in the state, while AJSU Party MLA Nirmal Mahato was asked to leave the House...

Mumbai, February 27 The Maharashtra government will launch an awareness campaign starting from the next academic year to help people identify genuine textbooks published by 'Balbharati', its official agency. A state minister told the state assembly on Friday.In a written reply during the...

New Delhi, February 27 The Congress on Friday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NCERT controversy, saying that the Prime Minister himself guided and shaped the "Nagpur Communal Ecosystem for Rewriting of Textbooks," which is the real NCERT.The opposition party said that the next...

New Delhi, February 26 Following the criticism from the Supreme Court, the NCERT is investigating the process used to create the textbooks that led to the inclusion of a chapter on "judicial corruption," sources said.The Council is also identifying the individuals responsible for the inclusion...

Mumbai, February 26 – Advocate and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India, Vikas Singh, criticized the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Thursday for including a chapter on judicial corruption in its textbook, calling the move "unfortunate." He...

New Delhi, February 26 – Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Thursday for including critical references to the judiciary in its textbooks.Reacting to the Supreme Court's observations on the...

New Delhi, February 26 The Congress said on Thursday that the Supreme Court is rightly concerned about critical references to the judiciary in NCERT textbooks, and claimed that the rewriting of such books over the past decade has been an RSS-driven exercise full of "deception and malice".The...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a suo motu case on Thursday concerning "objectionable" statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will hear the case titled 'In Re...

Guwahati, February 25 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Wednesday that investing in children’s education is the strongest way to secure the state's future, as the government continues to implement various welfare initiatives aimed at removing barriers to learning.In a post...

Prayagraj, February 24 The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the Secretary of the Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Prayagraj, has the authority to prescribe textbooks for classes 10 and 12.A two-judge bench comprising Justices Niraj Tiwari and Garima Prasad passed the order...

Bahraich (UP), February 19 A large shipment of textbooks intended for free distribution to students in government schools was sold by a scrap dealer, leading to the suspension and dismissal proceedings against four personnel from the education department, officials said on Thursday.District...

Aizawl, February 13 The Mizoram government will introduce a curriculum based on experience in schools to replace rote learning, marking a major shift in the state's educational approach, an official said on Friday.The government is also planning to introduce standardized annual exams for...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 13 Kerala's Minister of General Education, V. Sivankutty, on Friday described senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala's criticism of the early distribution of books and uniforms to school students as a "challenge" to the future of poor children.Speaking to...