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"Higher Education Sector Is Being Saffronised": CPI(M) Slams Kerala Governor
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State Secretary MV Govindan on Tuesday lashed out at Kerala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan for saffronisation of the higher education sector in the state.
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Saffron Paint For Karnataka Government School Classrooms Sparks Row
A decision by the Karnataka government to paint classrooms in government schools with saffron has led to a huge controversy in the state with opposition parties accusing the ruling BJP of trying to saffronise the education system.
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Karnataka Congress To Stage Demonstration Against Textbook Revision On June 9
The party has taken up the campaign after many intellectuals alleged that there was an attempt to saffronise the textbooks by removing chapters by eminent writers and inserting a chapter on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.
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"Accused Of Saffronising Education, What's Wrong With It?": Vice President
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu today asked people of the country to give up their "colonial mindset" and learn to take pride in their own identity.
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"Diversity Law Of Nature": Kerala Governor Over Kannur University Syllabus Row
Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday said the people who oppose diverse views are at a loss, a day after allegations of saffronisation of education were levelled against Kannur University.
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Kannur University Dismisses Saffronisation Charges; Sets Up Panel To Review Controversial Syllabus
The two-member committee, comprising experts outside the varsity, was asked to submit its report within five days and further decision on the syllabus would be taken after that, university Vice-Chancellor Gopinath Ravindran said.
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National Issues Dominate University Polls In Delhi
Abolition of special status of Jammu and Kashmir, mob lynching and alleged "saffronisation", along with the "tukde tukde" episode, took the centre stage this time in the high profile elections to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU).
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Rajasthan Moves To Strike Out BJP Influence On School Syllabus
The new government in Rajasthan had its first cabinet meeting today where revision of certain textbooks and syllabus was discussed among other issues. The government will try to undo what the "saffronisation of education", the education minister said.
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Rajasthan To Reverse BJP Decisions Including Order On Local Body Polls
Weeks after coming to power in Rajasthan, the Congress today decided to reverse the previous Vasundhara Raje government's decision to allow only those with minimum educational qualifications to fight the panchayat and local body elections. It will move an amendment to this effect in the state assembly soon.
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'Saffronising Of Education' Will Happen If Good: Smriti Irani's Deputy
Minister of State in Smriti Irani's Education Ministry Ramshankar Katheria has said that 'Saffronisation' and 'Sanghwaad', the ideology associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, will take place in education as well as the country if it's "good for the nation".
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Copernicus, Pythagorus Not Removed From Text Books: Smriti Irani
Government today denied that the names of historic Western intellectuals like Nicolaus Copernicus and Pythagoras had been removed from school text books, terming reports on the issue as "factually incorrect".
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PM Modi, Smriti Irani To Address Seminar Of Schools Run By RSS-Affiliated Body
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address principals of senior secondary schools attached to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated Vidya Bharti Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan during a seminar to be held later this week, its organisers said today.
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Centre Appointing Sympathisers to High Positions: Janata Dal (United) Chief Sharad Yadav
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav today accused the BJP dispensation of "playing with the career" of students by appointing its sypathisers and ideological supporters to the top posts of institutions of art, research and education even though they are "mediocre".
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Union Minister Smriti Irani Holds Talks With RSS Bodies on Education Policy
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani is understood to have held deliberations with functionaries of some RSS-affiliated education bodies today as her ministry is in the midst of drafting a new education policy.
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FTII Stir: No Compromise Despite Meetings With I&B Ministry, Arun Jaitley
The deadlock remains even after a delegation of students and alumni members of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) met with union Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley this evening.
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"Higher Education Sector Is Being Saffronised": CPI(M) Slams Kerala Governor
Communist Party of India (Marxist) State Secretary MV Govindan on Tuesday lashed out at Kerala Governor Arif Muhammad Khan for saffronisation of the higher education sector in the state.
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Saffron Paint For Karnataka Government School Classrooms Sparks Row
A decision by the Karnataka government to paint classrooms in government schools with saffron has led to a huge controversy in the state with opposition parties accusing the ruling BJP of trying to saffronise the education system.
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Karnataka Congress To Stage Demonstration Against Textbook Revision On June 9
The party has taken up the campaign after many intellectuals alleged that there was an attempt to saffronise the textbooks by removing chapters by eminent writers and inserting a chapter on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.
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"Accused Of Saffronising Education, What's Wrong With It?": Vice President
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu today asked people of the country to give up their "colonial mindset" and learn to take pride in their own identity.
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"Diversity Law Of Nature": Kerala Governor Over Kannur University Syllabus Row
Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Saturday said the people who oppose diverse views are at a loss, a day after allegations of saffronisation of education were levelled against Kannur University.
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Kannur University Dismisses Saffronisation Charges; Sets Up Panel To Review Controversial Syllabus
The two-member committee, comprising experts outside the varsity, was asked to submit its report within five days and further decision on the syllabus would be taken after that, university Vice-Chancellor Gopinath Ravindran said.
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National Issues Dominate University Polls In Delhi
Abolition of special status of Jammu and Kashmir, mob lynching and alleged "saffronisation", along with the "tukde tukde" episode, took the centre stage this time in the high profile elections to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU).
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Rajasthan Moves To Strike Out BJP Influence On School Syllabus
The new government in Rajasthan had its first cabinet meeting today where revision of certain textbooks and syllabus was discussed among other issues. The government will try to undo what the "saffronisation of education", the education minister said.
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Rajasthan To Reverse BJP Decisions Including Order On Local Body Polls
Weeks after coming to power in Rajasthan, the Congress today decided to reverse the previous Vasundhara Raje government's decision to allow only those with minimum educational qualifications to fight the panchayat and local body elections. It will move an amendment to this effect in the state assembly soon.
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'Saffronising Of Education' Will Happen If Good: Smriti Irani's Deputy
Minister of State in Smriti Irani's Education Ministry Ramshankar Katheria has said that 'Saffronisation' and 'Sanghwaad', the ideology associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, will take place in education as well as the country if it's "good for the nation".
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Copernicus, Pythagorus Not Removed From Text Books: Smriti Irani
Government today denied that the names of historic Western intellectuals like Nicolaus Copernicus and Pythagoras had been removed from school text books, terming reports on the issue as "factually incorrect".
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PM Modi, Smriti Irani To Address Seminar Of Schools Run By RSS-Affiliated Body
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address principals of senior secondary schools attached to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated Vidya Bharti Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan during a seminar to be held later this week, its organisers said today.
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Centre Appointing Sympathisers to High Positions: Janata Dal (United) Chief Sharad Yadav
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav today accused the BJP dispensation of "playing with the career" of students by appointing its sypathisers and ideological supporters to the top posts of institutions of art, research and education even though they are "mediocre".
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Union Minister Smriti Irani Holds Talks With RSS Bodies on Education Policy
Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani is understood to have held deliberations with functionaries of some RSS-affiliated education bodies today as her ministry is in the midst of drafting a new education policy.
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FTII Stir: No Compromise Despite Meetings With I&B Ministry, Arun Jaitley
The deadlock remains even after a delegation of students and alumni members of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) met with union Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley this evening.
