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"No permanent bail...interim arrangement till March 9": Janakpuri biker de
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
The tragic death of a biker in Delhi's Janakpuri area has evolved into a sensitive legal debate over juvenile justice, parental responsibility, and the right to education.
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RJD MP Manoj Jha alleges key UPA-era welfare laws being 'diluted'; Calls f
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar on Sunday criticised the Centre government for what he described as the "systematic weakening of paramount" welfare and rights-based legislations enacted during the UPA era, including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Rig
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Delhi HC upholds admission test for Class VI in CM SHRI Schools, says no v
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The bench of Justice Jyoti Singh dismissed the writ petition filed by Master Janmesh Sagar, who had argued that subjecting students to an admission test amounted to an unlawful screening procedure prohibited under Section 13 of the RTE Act and infringed upon the fundamental right to educa
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11-year-old student challenges CM SHRI school entrance tests before Delhi
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The petition challenges the Delhi Government's policy mandating entrance tests for admission to Classes VI, VII and VIII in CM SHRI Schools, asserting that the requirement constitutes an illegal screening procedure prohibited under Section 13 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsor
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Delhi HC seeks government, MCD response on education for destitute and mig
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said the State cannot ignore the presence of children roaming the streets without any access to schooling.
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Tamil Nadu govt announces commencement of RTE admissions for academic year
Updated : 5 months ago IST
For the academic year 2025-26, 7,717 schools across Tamil Nadu have registered under the Right to Education (RTE) quota. A total of 81,927 students have applied for LKG and 89 students for Class I under the 25 per cent reservation mandated by the RTE Act, an official release said.
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Kerala School Hijab row: Child's rights cannot be denied, says State educa
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Education Minister referred to a specific incident at St. Rita's School in Palluruthy, Ernakulam, where a student was allegedly barred from attending class for wearing a headscarf.
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"Revolutionary legislation": Congress' Jairam Ramesh on 20 years of RTI Ac
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Congress MP was addressing a press conference in the national capital, where he stated that the UPA government brought several other revolutionary legislations apart from the RTI bill during the 2004 and 2014 periods.
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"What is the problem with a third language?": Dharmendra Pradhan slams TN
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Reacting to the Tamil Nadu government's stance against the three-language policy as mandated under the National Education Policy (NEP, 2020), Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said that the Centre is not forcing any language. He added that it is only those with "narrow
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PIL in Delhi HC seeks spectacles for thousands of needy students
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The petition, moved through Advocates Ashok Agarwal and Kumar Utkarsh, alleges that the authorities' inaction is depriving lakhs of children of their fundamental right to education.
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Over 90 pc Afghans back girls' right to education: UN Survey
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A new United Nations survey has found that over 90 per cent of Afghans support girls' access to education, even as the Taliban continues to enforce a ban on female secondary and higher education, Khaama Press reported.
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DMK's opposition to NEP a ploy for votes, Tamil Nadu's school education in
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tamil Nadu BJP Spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad on Saturday slammed the state government, led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, saying that DMK's opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a cynical ploy to stoke regional sentiments for electoral gains, according to a statement.
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