Aligarh/New Delhi, March 31 – A team of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) officials Wednesday held talks with representatives of American universities in New Delhi on academic collaboration between US varsities and AMU. The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), USA delegation consisted of America’s top research universities consisting of University of Wisconsin, Purdue University, Pennsylvania University, Ohio University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Michigan State University and University of Minnesota. The discussion included facilitating more number of master and doctoral students to work in these universities for short term periods and provision for work for teachers for one to two years in US varsities, said a press release issued by AMU.
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New Delhi, March 31 – The much awaited Right to Eduction (RTE) Act, which promises free and compulsory education up to Class 8, will be implemented Thursday with an address to the nation by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The act will provide for education to students in the age group of 6-14 and specially focus on bringing back 8.1 million children of this age group back to the classrooms. ‘There are a lot of expectations from this act and we hope that it will deliver good primary education to all sections of society,’ a senior official of the human resource development (HRD) ministry told IANS.
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Mumbai, March 31 – The following is the timeline of the Nov 26, 2008, Mumbai terror attacks case, the verdict for which is to be pronounced May 3: 2008 Nov 26: Ajmal Amir Kasab and 9 other Pakistani fidayeens launch commando style attacks simultaneously at several locations in and around south Mumbai. Nov 27: Around 1.30 a.m., Kasab is caught by policemen from Girgaum Chowpatty in south Mumbai, placed under arrest and admitted to Nair hospital. Nov 29: Kasab gives statement to police, confesses his role in the carnage.
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New Delhi, March 31 – Upholding an accused person’s right to a fair trial, the Delhi High Court has sent back a murder case for retrial and observed that prosecution witnesses were not examined properly. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Suresh Kait, while quashing the trial against Salamat Ali, said: ‘None can belittle the right of every accused to be fairly and adequately represented in a criminal trial, especially where capital sentence is involved.’ ‘A mere perusal of the cross-examination conducted in the instant case brings out the hopelessness of the trial, and highlights the ineffectiveness, inefficiency and low standards achieved by the defence counsel,’ the bench said in an order delivered last week. ‘Counsels play an important role in the resolution of issues in an adversarial system.
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New Delhi, March 31 – A city court Wednesday put off till April 17 the hearing on a plea objecting to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) move to withdraw the two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi. Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Garg adjourned the case after Additional Solicitor General P.P. Malhotra submitted that the original records related to the case were in the custody of the Supreme Court.
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London, March 31, : ‘Black eyed peas’ star Will.i.am and Cheryl Cole will reportedly spend Easter together. Cole was reportedly been invited by Will.i.am to spend Easter with his family in Los Angeles. “He asked her to fly out to Los Angeles.
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London, March 31 : Disney star Demi Lovato will soon be seen in the hit TV show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’. She is playing the role of a patient who is being treated for possible schizophrenia. Lovato is currently shooting for her scenes, reports the Daily Star.
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Melbourne, March 31 : Comedian Russell Brand is all excited to get married to his pop star fiance Katy Perry and has earned a ‘bridezilla’ tag from her. Perry, who got engaged to Brand in December, admits that she is at ease and wants to finish her album first, while Brand is obsessed with the wedding plans. “He’s a total bridezilla.
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Washington, March 31 : The Maldives will now host an Akon concert after a ban imposed by Sri Lanka. The protest by local Buddhists forced Akon to abandon his show, which was to happen in Sri Lanka, is finally in Maldives. The singer was slated to perform in Colombo on 24th April (10) but was cancelled when Buddhist activists showed their anger against a profane video the promoters played outside their headquarters.
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