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"We respect judiciary, action will be taken": Education Minister over NCER
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
NCERT had earlier issued an apology and stated that it would review and revise the chapter following proper consultation, acknowledging that the reference to corruption was inappropriate.
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Advocates back SC's show cause notice to NCERT over 'corruption in judicia
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Senior Advocate Pinky Anand backed the court's move, saying the content appeared deliberate. "It (NCERT book's content) is surely calculated and targeted... You have picked one institution then there cannot be a good reason behind that, it automatically goes in the wrong direction and tha
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Name withdrawal 'spectacle' disrupts curriculum updation process: Academic
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Hitting back at academicians for withdrawing their names as advisors from the NCERT, the statement said the "name-withdrawal spectacle" is just to "capture media attention". They "seem to have forgotten that textbooks are an outcome of collective intellectual engagement and rigorous efforts,
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"NCERT textbook row: State govt can print textbooks independently," Kerala
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Addressing a press meeting, Sivankutty said, "The state government can print textbooks independently unless the Centre denies giving permission to teach these subjects. Teachers' unions also have a stand that the omitted lessons should be taught."
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NCERT textbook row: Dates cannot be erased from history, says Farooq Abdul
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"They have ruled the country for 800 years. No one can forget that. When the public will visit the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort, and Humayun Tomb, what will you tell them? These monuments have got international heritage recognition. So however hard the government tries, it cannot chan
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Karnataka textbook row: Cong leaders hit out at BJP govt in state
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India] August 29(ANI): Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to "change" history, Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Monday termed the new National Education Policy (NEP) brought in by the Centre as the "Nagpur Educational Policy" and said his part
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Karnataka: Former CM HD Kumaraswamy slams BJP for playing dirty politics i
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 24 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that it does not like any other party in power.
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Karnataka CM accuses Congress of aggravating anti-Agnipath protests
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 19 (ANI): The 'dharna' staged by Khanapur MLA in Karnataka is proof that the Congress is adding fuel to fire all over the country, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Sunday.
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CM Bommai: Karnataka govt open to revising textbooks
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Davanagere (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): Amid controversy over textbook revisions in Karnataka, the Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said "the state government is open to revising the textbooks."
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Congress' Siddaramiah says will hit streets, if textbooks revision not rol
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 9 (ANI): Congress leader Siddaramiah on Thursday said that the party will take their protest to the streets if the Karnataka government does not roll back revised school textbooks, which he said has hurt the sentiments of Kannadigas.
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Karnataka: KS Eshwarappa says RSS flag will become national flag one day
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], May 30 (ANI): Former Karnataka Minister and BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa on Sunday alluded that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) flag would become the national flag some day and opined that the saffron colour had been followed for thousands of years.
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Bharathiyar in saffron turban on school textbooks in TN sparks row
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jun 4 (ANI): The depiction of national Tamil poet, Subramania Bharathi, known as Bharathiyar, with a saffron turban on Class 12 textbooks in Tamil Nadu has sparked a huge controversy on Tuesday.
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