School quota: No extra burden on parents, says Kapil Sibal

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New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal says he hopes the burden of 25 per cent school quota for the poor will not be passed onto other parents. He assures that the government and schools will work out a way to fund the additional expenditure.

Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he said that the schools would find ways not to pass the monetary burden on parents of the more affluent students.

"We made some calculations on this and under the act if the school has taken no benefit from the government at all and this will vary from state to state the government contribution annually will vary from 6000 to 19000. we made a calculation," he said.

But when asked whether the amount would be sufficient to cover the cost school charges, he said, "It may not be sufficient. Now in the 12th plan what we are trying to do is that even for disadvantaged children in private schools we want the government to subsidise their uniform and their textbook. That's a proposal in the 12th plan. I hope it passes through," he said.

But he also said that it may not happen for five years.

"The other thing we want the school management to do is that if they have their surpluses and if they have their reserves may be part of that can be spent here. If not that then you have many corporates committed to corporate social responsibility with 2 per cent of their entire turnover for corporate social responsibility. Schools can actually tap their resources so that there is no burden on parents," Sibal said.

India win U-19 quadrangular tournament in Australia

Townsville: An unbeaten century by Under-19s skipper Unmukt Chand led India to the quadrangular tournament title in Australia, beating the hosts by seven wickets in the final on Sunday. The visitors overpowered the Australians by chasing down a modest 195-run target with 44 balls to spare.

India, though, should thank the format to be in the final. The four-team tournament featured a semi-final stage. So despite losing all three league games, the Indian team had an even chance of making claims for an appearance in the final, which they did after beating England in the semis.

Mamata Banerjee to skip CM meet tomorrow

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New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the Chief Ministers conference on Internal Security in the national capital on Monday.

But, sources say she will attend the meeting on the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on May 5.

The reason for her absence at Monday's meeting is not clear as yet. Given the fact that several centre-state issues are on the agenda, the session is expected to be a stormy one.

The meeting gains significance in the back-drop of a series of letters written by the Chief Ministers of various states on issues such as RPF act and reducing the Central Sales Tax among others.

Odisha: Naxals set new deadline for BJD MLA's release

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New Delhi: The Maoist abductors of Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka on Sunday set a new deadline for his release, setting April 18 as the date for the government to meet their demands. The Naxals have demanded the release of 29 prisoners by 5.00 pm on April 18. However, dreaded Naxal Chhenda Bhusanam alias Ghasi is not a part of the list. The information was given to the lawyer of the prisoners.

The Maoists have reportedly promised to release the MLA in the presence of his wife and the prisoners' lawyer, Nihar Patnaik if all their demands are met. Hikaka was abducted on March 24 in the Koraput district.

In a message, a leader of Maoists' Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) set the new deadline of 5 pm of April 18 for release of 29 rebels, Nihar Ranjan Patnaik, a Koraput-based lawyer who fights cases for the Maoists, said.

The Maoists, who had earlier demanded release of 30 prisoners to free the tribal MLA, have also omitted the name of Chenda Bhusanam alias Ghasi, accused of killing at least 55 police personnel, from the list, he said.

India takes up SRK detention issue with US

New York: India has taken up with the US the issue of Shah Rukh Khan's detention at a New York airport, conveying its "deep concern" over the incident that "need not have happened".

"We have taken it up with the State Department," Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao told reporters.

Rao, who was in the city for a Columbia University conference on India, said the detention of the Indian superstar is an "incident that need not have happened."

The Indian embassy in Washington has issued a press note on the incident and "we would like to leave it that."

She added that even Khan is no longer in the US and had left for India.

The Indian envoy said there was concern across India over the incident since Khan is an internationally renowned personality.

Bank of Baroda (BOB) wants 2000 Clerical Staff 2012 Recruitment

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Bank of Baroda invites application for Clerical post from Indian Citizens who have taken the CommonWritten Examination for the Clerical Post conduced by IBPS in 2011

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Bank of Baroda Clerical Recruitment 2012

Recruitment of 2000 Clerical Personnel-Project 2012

Bank of Baroda invites applications for Clerical post from Indian citizens who have taken the Common Written Examination for Clerical cadre conducted by IBPS in 2011, subject to fulfillment of other eligibility criteria

Scale of Pay: Basic Pay in time scale of Rs 7200-19300/- plus DA, HRA, etc as per Bipartite Settlement amended from time to time

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