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All private school principals and managers have been “directed by letter not to put unnecessary pressure or coercion on parents/children to create Santa Claus on Christmas”, the order warns. (Express Photo)

Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar bars schools from 'forcing' Santa Claus costumes on students, warns of ‘strict legal action’

December 23, 2025 3:05 pm

An order issued on December 22 by Sri Ganganagar Additional District Education Officer Ashok Wadhwa cautions private schools against the practice.

The Chhattisgarh High Court said that the departmental inquiry was conducted in “wholly arbitrary" manner in violation of the principles of natural justice.

Chhattisgarh High Court reinstates peon fired by state after 30 years of service

December 22, 2025 1:13 pm

Unauthorised absence service law case: Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad said that the case does not fall in the category of "grave or incorrigible misconduct" warranting the extreme penalty of removal from service.

Civil rights work slowing as Trump dismantles Education Department, agency data shows

July 18, 2025 12:20 pm

The fate of the Education Department itself is in question as the Trump administration moves ahead with a plan to wind down the agency.

Severe staff shortage stalls crucial works at Education Dept offices in Mumbai

July 14, 2025 3:24 pm

Up to 80% of the posts remain vacant in Mumbai’s West Division, which oversees 783 schools, as well as the South Division under which 418 schools function, sources said.

Donald Trump and a tale of two Gulf visits

Judge blocks Trump's orders to dismantle the Education Department and fire employees

May 23, 2025 2:07 am

The ruling came in two consolidated lawsuits that said Trump's plan amounted to an illegal closure of the Education Department.

Dress code, Chandigarh Government schools

To ‘unify’ appearance, dress code introduced for Chandigarh govt school teachers

April 27, 2025 9:52 am

The department said it seeks to introduce across its schools before the commencement of classes after the 2025 summer vacation.

3,000 Haryana private schools will face action if 25% seats are not reserved for economically weaker students: Minister Mahipal Dhanda

April 16, 2025 12:07 pm

Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda said that 70 per cent of the 10,000 private schools in Haryana have so far allocated seats for economically weaker sections through Ujjwal portal.