Students to do community service for Facebook mischief

CHANDIGARH – A school here has directed 16 students to do community service on the campus after they were accused of posting abusive comments about a female teacher on networking site Facebook.

The Vivek High School here in Sector 38 had Oct 7 suspended these Class 12 students for three months. It changed its decision … Read more : Students to do community service for Facebook mischief.

India’s new tourism campaign – teach them young!

NEW DELHI – Catch them young – that’s seems to be the motto of Tourism Minister Kumari Selja and actor-producer Aamir Khan as they are all set to jointly launch a campaign with school children on imbibing best tourism practices to attract more visitors to India in the coming years.

Both Selja and Aamir, the …. Source article  : India’s new tourism campaign – teach them young!.

We now understand Pakistan better: Indian student

ISLAMABAD – A visit to Pakistan has helped clear several misconceptions about Pakistanis, an Indian girl student said after a visit to Lahore.

Samash said after spending time with Pakistani students that she had come to like them a lot.
The trip has cleared many misconceptions regarding Pakistanis and she now realized that much of [..] Read the original article: here.

Jharkhand to appoint 17,000 teachers

RANCHI – Jharkhand Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Baijnath Ram Saturday announced a decision to appoint 17,000 teachers, including 4,000 Urdu teachers.

We will soon appoint 17,000 teachers, including 4,000 Urdu teachers. The concerned authorities have been directed to initiate the process, the minister told reporters here.
Schools will remain opened even on holidays as …. Source article  : Jharkhand to appoint 17,000 teachers.