Keep EHC plans for special educational needs, MPs say

Keep EHC plans for special educational needs, MPs say

Kate McGoughEducation reporter BBC/Kate McGough Parents protest outside Parliament this week ahead of reforms to special educational needs Individual care plans for children with special educational needs should not be scrapped, say MPs. A new Education Select Committee report also calls for new minimum standards of support for special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in … Read more

Special residential school to come up for cancer-affected children

Special residential school to come up for cancer-affected children

The State government has taken steps to start a separate free residential school in Bengaluru city for cancer-affected children. During an interative session at The Hindu office here on Thursday, Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa said that this will be the first residential school in the country, particularly for these children. “Around 3.5 acres … Read more

Move to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC on EC’s special intensive revision of electoral roll

Move to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC on EC’s special intensive revision of electoral roll

TMC MP Derek O’Brien, with party leader Sagarika Ghos,e addresses a press conference, in New Delhi, on June 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien on Saturday (June 28, 2025) said that the special intensive revision of the electoral roll announced by the Election Commission is a “sinister move to bring … Read more

‘Dhanvantri’ special ward opened at Central Rly Hospital; it has electrically operated cots, 24/7 nursing care and other facilities

‘Dhanvantri’ special ward opened at Central Rly Hospital; it has electrically operated cots, 24/7 nursing care and other facilities

A supervisors special ward at Central Hospital in Lallaguda of Hyderabad has electrically operated cots, attached wash rooms, 24 hours nursing care, etc., | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT South Central Railway (SCR) general manager Arun Kumar Jain inaugurated ‘Dhanvantari’ — a supervisors special ward at Central Hospital, Lallaguda of Hyderabad on Wednesday (June 5, 2025). … Read more

IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant celebrates comeback hundred with special backflip

IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant celebrates comeback hundred with special backflip

Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant hit a scintillating hundred in the team’s final match of the Indian Premier League 2025. Pant tore apart Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Ekana Stadium on May 27, completing his second century of the tournament. Bought by LSG for a record price of ?27 crore, Pant had endured a … Read more

Special Supervisory Officer appointed for Animal Welfare in Eluru district

Special Supervisory Officer appointed for Animal Welfare in Eluru district

Superintendent of Police (SP) K. Pratap Shiva Kishore appointed Pedavegi District Police Training Centre (DTC) Deputy Superintendent of Police, Prasada Rao, as Special Supervisory Officer (District Nodal Officer) for Animal Welfare in Eluru district. The Special Supervisory Officer has been appointed as per the orders of the A.P. High Court and the guidelines of the … Read more