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Centre removes NIOS chief Saroj Sharma amid police probe over staff driver’s suicide

The driver had accused Sharma of harassment, making casteist slurs, and ‘abruptly’ transferring him to Bengaluru. Last week, Gujarat govt cancelled her appointment as V-C of IITE.

Gujarat cancels NIOS chief Saroj Sharma’s appointment as IITE V-C amid probe over driver’s suicide

The notification did not offer any reason for the abrupt cancellation after nearly a month. Before his death, Sharma's staff driver Ram Kumar accused her of caste-based discrimination.

NIOS chief Saroj Sharma, facing probe over driver’s suicide, yet to join as V-C of Gujarat’s IITE

It's been over a month since Sharma was appointed V-C of Gujarat's Indian Institute of Teacher Education. On Wednesday she was questioned over abetment & SC/ST Act charges against her.

NIOS chief Saroj Sharma in dock after driver dies by suicide, blaming her. FIR lodged under SC/ST Act

Days before his death, Ram Kumar wrote to education ministry & National Commission for Scheduled Castes, accusing Sharma of insulting him over his caste, 'illegally' transferring him.

Education Ministry to launch special programme for ‘Agniveers’, with aim to boost job prospects

Ministry says programme will enable ‘Agniveers’ who are '10th Class pass to obtain a 12th Class pass certificate by developing customised courses that are relevant to their area of service'.

Parents of disabled students object to physical exams, NIOS says won’t cancel but offers help

Parents want disabled students to be promoted on the basis of their Tutor Marked Assignments and practical board examination marks.

Don’t force my wheelchair-using son and other disabled students to take NIOS board exam

NIOS' decision to conduct board exams amid rise in Covid cases is the last straw that will injure the final few weeks of school life of students with disabilities.

On Camera

Like a gambler, govts squandered India’s legacy through mindless socialism: Nani Palkhivala

Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich, lawyer-jurist Nani A Palkhivala said in 1991.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?