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Mad Rush Certificates

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That is what the Government of India is up to issuing, by proposing to deem certifications by madrassah s and the CBSE equivalent _____________ Nithin Sridhar _____________ The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry plans to set up a Central Madrassa Board on the lines of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), HRD Minister Arjun Singh said on Tuesday. This would help modernise the education imparted by the Islamic seminaries across the country, the minister said. "There has been a long pending demand to set up Central Madrassa Board on lines of the CBSE. We are considering it. A bill in this regard will be introduced in the next session of Parliament," he said. Arjun Singh told the annual conference of State Minorities Commissions: "Madrassa education has received special attention in (my) ministry. Recently I approved recommendations regarding equivalence of madrassa qualification to the CBSE certificates. Read more... — "Arjun Singh for Central Madra

BJP Has Lost The Plot

_______________ Surajit Dasgupta _______________ C PI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has surprised nobody by stating he does not rule out the possibility of the Marxists' joining a coalition government post-2009 elections that is not led by the Indian National Congress but where the latter plays a participatory role. In their recent interviews, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P Chidambaram, among the UPA Government's prominent functionaries, have spoken cautiously, avoiding direct criticism of the communists, despite the bitterness over the Left's withdrawal of support to the government last year on the issue of India-US civilian nuclear agreement. Any truck with the BJP, however, has been ruled out by Karat, again, not unexpectedly. And no Congressman worth his salt has ever endorsed the idea of a 'national government' comprising all political parties including the RSS's political wing. The post-poll alliance scenario couldn'