MAOISTS OBSERVE PLGA WEEK, ODISHA SOUNDS ALERT

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha police has sounded a high alert and stepped up combing operations in the Maoist affected areas of the state as the rebels started observing People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week from Sunday, a police official said. Patrolling and combing operations were intensified in the Maoist hotbed of Malkangiri and Koraput districts in view of the PLGA week being observed by them till December 8, he said. The security forces are fully prepared to deal with any possible strike by the Maoists, the superintendent of police of Malkangiri, Jagmohan Meena, said. All BSF camps, police stations are put on alert with the instructions to follow the standard operating procedures, he said.

36% teachers’ posts vacant at eight IITS, says RTI reply

INDORE: As much as 36% of sanctioned posts of faculty members are vacant across eight prominent Indian Institutes of Technology (IITS), a reply under the Right to Information has revealed. The IITS of Mumbai (IIT Bombay), Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai (IIT Madras), Roorkee and Varanasi currently have 65,824 students, but only 4,049 teachers against 6,318 approved posts. The information was given by the HRD Ministry in response to a query by RTI activist Chandrashekhar Gaud.

Maha school forces boy to stay back over fee delay

MUMBAI: An offence has been registered against officials of a school in Latur district of Maharashtra for allegedly forcing a sevenyear-old boy to stay back as his arents had not paid the fees. The alleged incident took place at an English-medium school in Udgir tehsil in the district Friday. Parents of the student, who is in Class 2, had not paid a fee of ₹12,000 for the