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Prez
signs education bill into law
States will have
three years for implementation
New Delhi, September 2
The 62-year-old Indian
striving of imparting free and compulsory to children acquired
body today, with the President granting assent to the Right to
Education Bill, passed by Parliament on August 4.
CJI,
judges’ assets under RTI ambit: Delhi HC
New Delhi,
September 2
Holding that the Right to
Information (RTI) Act “is premised on disclosure being the
norm and refusal an exception”, the Delhi High Court today
delivered a landmark judgment, ruling that the Act mandated
providing details of Supreme Court judges’ assets to RTI
applicants.
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Punjab
oblivious to women’s plight
Chandigarh,
September 2
For a state notorious for
female foeticide, condition of women and girls, too, seem to be
of little concern to the Punjab government. In a startling
revelation, members of the Punjab State Commission for Women has
found that the state government had not implemented a number of
women and girl child-specific schemes of the Centre.
Pakistan
going beyond N-deterrence, says Army chief
Pune, September 2
Pakistan is “going beyond
nuclear deterrence” if reports of it having a large stockpile
of nuclear missiles with India specific delivery system are
true, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor said today.
AQ
Khan is still a threat: US
Washington, September 2
Concerned over a Pakistani court
directing authorities not to restrict movements of A Q Khan, the US has
insisted that the disgraced nuclear scientist remains a
"proliferation risk" and said it had made its views clear to
Islamabad.
World page: Curbs on AQ Khan again
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Growth
turnaround by fiscal end
September 2, 2009
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Haryana,
M’rashtra, Arunachal will go to polls on Oct 13
September 1, 2009
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Advani
to stay, for a while
August 31, 2009
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Crisis in BJP not good: PM
August 30, 2009
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Put house in order, BJP told
August 29, 2009
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Coming: 50 pc quota for women in panchayats
August 28, 2009
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Supreme
Court judges to disclose assets
August 27, 2009
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Terrorist opens
fire at Ludhiana rly station
August 26, 2009
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Punjab
bleeding itself to stay afloat
August 25, 2009
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Swiss
banks say no to a/c details
August 24, 2009
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