After Malegaon blasts and recent attacks on Christians, curriculum of the RSS affiliated schools is under the government scanner after some UPA allies like Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan insisted that these institutions be regulated; this is prodding HRD minister Arjun Singh to seek a status report on matter.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hrd-min-gears-up-to-regulate-rss-school-syllabus/78620-3.html
One sector it has been successful is in providing credit to the minorities. Government-controlled public sector banks are now more confident in lending to the minorities.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/upa-ensures-minorities-can-bank-on-psu-banks/78475-3.html
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Arjun Singh is upset that central institutions especially the IIMs and the IITs are not using the funds released to build new infrastructure for the OBCs. In fact, the IIMs haven't spent even a single penny from the fund released to them. Arjun Singh says the massive expansion plan to accommodate OBC students in top educational institutes is a top priority of the government.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/iims-iits-fail-to-spend-money-meant-for-obcs/77869-3.html
The Union Home Ministry is facing pressure from its allies over the Maharastra issue. From Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and Minister for Steel Ramvilas Paswan to Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh, all have slammed the Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh government.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-faces-pressure-from-allies-over-maharashtra-issue/77006-3.html
The debate seems to be settled once and for all, and hot cooked meal is the chosen food for children till 14 years of age in the country to provide supplementary nutrition.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-packed-food-its-now-hot-meal-for-children/76959-3.html
On the terror trail, two more people from the saffron brigade have been detained for the Malegaon and Modasa blasts, but the focus remains on prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, something which is causing a huge embarrassment to the BJP and RSS. A video showing top party leaders with the Sadhvi is doing the rounds, giving the Congress enough ammunition in an election year.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sadhvi-arrested-spoils-bjps-diwali-a-bit/76864-3.html
A video shot in February showing Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, prime accused in Malegaon blasts, with MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and BJP President Rajnath Singh is the most damning controversy that could have hit the BJP.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/saffron-terror-links-grow-deep-more-arrested--more/76799-3.html
UP Chief Minister Mayawati has derailed Congress President Sonia Gandhi's dream railway project for her constituency - a rail coach factory in Rai Barailly in the election year.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mayawati-derails-sonias-dream-rail-project-in-up/75676-3.html
A day after the family of Inspector MC Sharma rejected the cheque offered by Amar Singh, the Samajwadi Party leader on Tuesday offered legal aid to the Delhi blast suspects and said he would urge top criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani to take up the case. Meanwhile, the BJP was quick to ask the Congress to makes its position clear on the encounter.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/amar-singh-offers-legal-aid-to-delhi-blasts-suspects/75255-3.html
SP general secretary Amar Singh and Congress leader Ahmed Patel may be absolved by a parliamentary committee probing the alleged cash for vote scam. The committee was set up to probe allegations made by three BJP MPs that they were bribed to vote for the UPA Government during the vote of confidence motion in Parliament on July 22.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/politicians-absolved-but-cashforvotes-stink-stays/75184-3.html
The UPA government has its eyes on the final post. It has not lost sight of the fact that gearing up for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections will require a carefully drafted agenda. And what better than offering sops left, right and centre to garner votes, at costs to the national exchequer!
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/eyes-on-elections-upa-makes-cabinet-act-santa/74952-3.html
OBCs coming under creamy layer are denied the benefits of reservation and one of the criteria of defining the creamy layer is the annual income. Earlier those who earned more than Rs 2.5 lakh per annum were included in the creamy layer. But the Central Government on Friday decided to increase the income limit to Rs 4.5 lakh bringing in more people in the quota hold. The move is seen as a sop to the OBCs ahead of the election season.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/govt-adds-more-cream-to-quotas-creamy-layer/74911-3.html
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