CBI dysfunction due to central government: K.C. Venugopal
Bengaluru: "As the NDA government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has made the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) dysfunctional; the Congress party will knock the doors of the Supreme Court and initiate a legal battle," stated K.C. Venugopal, general secretary and state supremo of Congress.
He was addressing a press conference when the Congress activists picketed the CBI Office located at Ganganagar near Hebbal here on Friday.
"The Center and Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred the CBI director overnight to cover-up the Rafale deal scam. This shows that they have accepted the Rafale deal scandal," he said.
He further said "the central government should immediately reinstate CBI chief Alok Verma to his post. The central government should drop this attempt of covering up the scandal."
Police blockade:
In order to not to allow the Congress workers inside the CBI office premises, the police had beefed up the security. As a result, Congress leaders and activists failed to enter into the CBI office.
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Bill to set up single higher education regulator likely to be tabled in Parliament next week
New Delhi (PTI): A Bill which seeks to set up a single regulator for institutions of higher education is required to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutes become independent and self-governing, officials said.
The Bill is likely to be introduced in Parliament next week after it got the Union Cabinet's nod on Friday.
The proposed legislation, which was earlier christened the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill, has now been named Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhikshan Bill.
A single higher education regulator, which was proposed in the new National Education Policy (NEP), looks to replace the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
"The Bill proposes to set up a Higher Education Commission of India to facilitate universities and other higher educational institutes become independent and self-governing institutions and to promote excellence through a robust and transparent system of accreditation and autonomy. It is likely to be introduced (in Parliament) in the coming week," an official said.
While the UGC presently oversees non-technical higher education in the country, the AICTE oversees technical education, while the NCTE is the regulatory body for teachers' education.
The Commission is proposed to be set up as a single higher education regulator, but medical and law colleges will not be brought under its ambit.
It is proposed to have three major roles -- regulation, accreditation and setting professional standards, officials said.
Funding, which is seen as the fourth vertical, is not proposed to be under the regulator so far. The autonomy for funding is proposed to be with the administrative ministry, they said.
