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SC quashes Chattishgarh Private Universities Act

     New Delhi: The Supreme Court today termed a Chattisgarh law allowing the establishment of private universities in the state as unconstitutional and declared the same as null and void over 100 varsities established under this Act. Acting on an appeal filed by the noted educationist, Yashpal, the court quashed the Chattisgarh Private University Establishment Ordinance. Under the quashed ordinance, the state had issued notifications allowing the setting up of private varsities. A division bench headed by the Supreme Court Chief Justice, R.C. Lahoti, said that all the private universities established in the state under the law would be closed down. And if these universities established any institution, then steps will be taken to affiliate them to existing varsities in the state.

Kidnapped Andhra engineering student returns home (Go To Top)

     Nizamabad: Ajay Shankar, a second year engineering student of Computer Electronic Engineering branch at Vijaya Rual Engineering College in Nizamabad was released at a bus stand on Thursday night by his kidnappers, said police. Shankar, who was allegedly kidnapped from his native town Bodhan on Wednesday, has since returned to his home. According to the Police, one person, Boomaiah was undergoing interrogation after being arrested for allegedly having links with the abductors. According to the student's parents, kidnappers abducted their son over a land dispute issue. The kidnappers, also from Bodhan, later telephoned them from an unknown place, demanding a ransom of three lakh rupees and handing over the bond papers related to the land dispute, for releasing their son, they said. Ajay used to travel every day to Nizamabad to attend the classes. Around 200 engineering students from Vijaya Rural Engineering College had met the town SP and Minister for Rural Development D Srinivas to ensure Ajay's safe release.

Nepal headed for civil war: Think tank (Go To Top)

     London: A Brussels-based think tank has warned that Nepal may be teetering on the brink of a civil war, following last Tuesday's decision by King Gyanendra to sack the Sher Bahadur Deuba government. According to the International Crisis Group (ICG), the existing political dynamics in Nepal will strengthen the nine-year-old Maoist insurgency in that country. "King Gyanendra justified his coup on the need to beat back the Maoists, but it will have exactly the opposite effect. An absolute monarch undermining democracy will only aid the Maoists and do nothing to reduce the risk of them coming to power," ICG President and former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said in the report entitled 'Nepal's Royal Coup: Making a Bad Situation Worse'. Gyanendra, the report further goes on to say, has pushed himself into a corner, and that a solution to the present crisis is dependent on a combination of political will and effective military action.