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Guest lecturers’ body allege anomalies in recruitment process of Assistant Professors

Guest lecturers’ body allege anomalies in recruitment process of Assistant Professors

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Members of Tamil Nadu All Government College UGC Qualified Guest Lecturers’ Association have alleged anomalies in the process of recruitment of Assistant Professors to government and government-aided arts and science colleges in the State. They said that marks allotted by the Teachers’ Recruitment Board (TRB) against teaching experience to two of the candidates were found to be higher in the provisional selection list released after certificate verification and interview when compared to the mark list released after the exam. Both the candidates were selected and handed over appointment letters on March 13. According to V. Thangaraj, State President of the Guest Lecturers’ Association, the anomalies were noticed in the candidates’ lists for Marine Biology and Wildlife Biology departments. He said that as per the mark list released on February 25, prior to certificate verification and interview, M. Ashokkumar was given zero marks for experience. But as per the provisional selection list released on March 12 (after certificate verification and interview), he was allotted 15 marks for experience. Similarly, M. Santhanakrishnan was awarded 11 marks for …

Unhappy BCCI to clamp down after ‘anomalies and irregularities in the conduct of certain franchises and players’

Unhappy BCCI to clamp down after ‘anomalies and irregularities in the conduct of certain franchises and players’

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has expressed its unhappiness with the way the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) has gone about so far. There have been quite a few controversies this season, and BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has not minced his words by any means. Riyan Parag’s vaping act made the headlines. (AFP) Among the controversies, Rajasthan Royals media manager Romi Bhinder was spotted using his mobile phone in the players’ dugout, a prohibited area to use the mobile phone. Also Read: BCCI to crack the whip on ‘girlfriend culture’ in IPL amid increased risk of internal matters leaking out: Report The girlfriends of certain cricketers have been travelling with them, and some of them are social media influencers, which can compromise certain match-related information. Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Kishan and Yashasvi Jaiswal are some of the cricketers who have been spotted with their girlfriends often. There has also been movement of some unauthorised people, in the company of players. Then, Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag was caught vaping on …

Assam Opposition alleges anomalies, interference in electoral roll revision| India News

Assam Opposition alleges anomalies, interference in electoral roll revision| India News

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Opposition parties in poll-bound Assam have alleged gross anomalies, unlawful interference, and arbitrary bulk notices as part of the special revision (SR) of the electoral roll and urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to act. Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi accused the BJP of trying to manipulate the voters’ list. (X) SR was held in the state due to the incomplete revision of the National Register of Citizens, unlike the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in other states. Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad, and Communist Party of India (Marxist), which are planning to contest the polls together against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition, on Sunday submitted a memorandum to the chief electoral officer (CEO) seeking “immediate intervention and action” to ensure the SR is “free and fair”. They urged that the names of genuine voters should not be excluded from the final electoral roll. The memorandum, a copy of which HT has seen, said large numbers of fake objections were filed without the knowledge of those who supposedly filed them. The memorandum …

Bombay HC allows 32-year-old woman to terminate pregnancy due to foetal anomalies | Mumbai News

Bombay HC allows 32-year-old woman to terminate pregnancy due to foetal anomalies | Mumbai News

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The Bombay High Court allowed a 32-year-old woman to terminate her 26-week pregnancy at a private hospital of her choice in the city due to foetal anomalies. The court allowed her plea to medically terminate the pregnancy considering her medical condition, right to reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy and right of choice. A bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela K Gokhale on March 28 passed an order on plea by the woman argued through advocate Meenaz Kakalia, who was unwilling to continue her pregnancy. Story continues below this ad The bench constituted a medical board of expert doctors from state-run J J Hospital, which submitted its report on March 20. The board opined that the foetus suffered skeletal dysplasia, which can lead to significant morbidity, need for surgical intervention and complications. Therefore, it recommended abortion under Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act. Kakalia submitted that as per MTP (Amended) Rules, the termination can be carried out at a private hospital having requisite facilities as per regulations. “Conscious of the right of the Petitioner to reproductive …

ECI promises response as Rahul, Maha allies question electoral roll anomalies | Latest News India

ECI promises response as Rahul, Maha allies question electoral roll anomalies | Latest News India

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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday promised to respond in writing minutes after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his Maharashtra allies questioned the anomalies in the electoral roll ahead of the assembly polls in the western Indian state in November. Gandhi claimed more voters were added in the state in five months than in five years. He said overall the number of voters in Maharashtra surpassed the state’s adult population. Rahul Gandhi said the BJP won the constituencies where voters were added. (ANI) Gandhi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which swept back to power as part of a coalition, won the constituencies where voters were added. He alleged a large number of voters from the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and minority communities were deleted from the voter list. “In five years between the assembly elections in 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha polls, 3.2 million voters were added. In five months between the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly polls, 3.9 million voters were added. Who are these 3.9 million voters? That is equivalent …

CAG detects anomalies in updating NRC for Assam | Latest News India

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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has detected large scale anomalies in updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, the report of which was tabled in the state assembly on Friday. Updating of the 1951 NRC for Assam was done under directions of Supreme Court in order to detect illegal citizens who had entered the state after March 25, 1971. The final NRC list published in August 2019 had left out 1.9 million of the 33 million applicants on suspicion of their claims as Indian citizens. “In NRC updation process, a highly secure and reliable software was required to be developed; audit, however, observed lack of proper planning in this regard to the extent of 215 software utilities were added in a haphazard manner to the core software,” the CAG for the year ending March 31, 2020 observed. Also Read | DRDO didn’t achieve all objectives in 20 projects, listed them successful: CAG It added that these were done without following due processes of either software development, or selection of vendors …

NABARD Officers’ Association members observe strike over wage anomalies

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Perturbed over alleged anomalies in the wage revision by the Central government, the members of NABARD Officers’ Association (NBOA) observed a day-long strike on Friday, in Chandigarh. Ravinder Singh, secretary of the Association said that the protest was against the anomalies in the wage revision created by an order issued by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), the Ministry of Finance (Government of India). “We were also supported by the retired staff since the wage revision holds implications for the future— for the service as well as retired staff. The officers of NABARD had been on agitation ever since the DFS order was issued on September 14, 2022 followed by the administrative circular on September 21, 2022, to implement the order. After many representations and rounds of dialogues with the officials of DFS over the last two months, there has been no resolution, hence we were left with no other choice but to go on strike,” said Mr. Singh. He said that in the next phase of protest, they planned to stage a march to …