Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing language row, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin rolled out the state’s new education policy on Friday.After releasing the policy, Stalin said the state will continue to follow the two-language formula, Tamil and English in schools. Big Shift Ahead Of Tamil Nadu Polls:…
NEW DELHI: The Niti Aayog’s recent withdrawal of its working paper, which had suggested opening up import of genetically modified (GM) soybean and corn from the US, has given a peek into India’s red-line on transgenic food items.Though the US, during its trade negotiations with India, considered the stand as one of the non-tariff trade…
Lucknow: Scaling a growth of 141%, the gross domestic product of Uttar Pradesh has gone up from Rs 12.71 lakh crore to Rs 30.77 lakh crore over the past eight years. Having scaled more than two-fold economic growth, UP is among the fastest growing states in the country, said finance minister Suresh Khanna.The nine-term MLA…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has emerged as a driving force behind the state’s industrial transformation, an official spokesperson said on Friday. The state’s industry body was able to record a surge in land allotment and employment generation. “In 2017–18, just 114 acre of industrial land was allotted across UP. By…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha proceedings were washed out on Friday, amid opposition’s protest to demand a discussion on special intensive revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls.In Rajya Sabha, deputy chairman Harivansh rejected 20 notices given by members seeking suspension of listed business to discuss on five issues, including the SIR exercise, saying it…
Lucknow: CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the Dussheri mangoes of Malihabad will now be branded under the name of Kakori and exported globally.“The move is aimed at honouring the town of Kakori and highlight the significance of the Kakori Train Action in India’s Independence movement,” Yogi said during an event to mark the conclusion…
Pakistani actress and model Anita Ayoob entered Bollywood in the early ’90s with none other than Dev Anand’s Pyar Ka Tarana (1993). The actress later reunited with the legendary filmmaker-actor for Gangster in 1995. Their repeated collaborations sparked speculation at the time, including rumours about a possible romantic relationship.‘We shared every kind of bond’Now, a…
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Friday paid homage to the martyrs of the Kakori Train Action, a landmark event in India’s freedom movement.Under the leadership of state in-charge Avinash Pande and president Ajay Rai, thousands of Congress party workers gathered, holding placards and the national flag, chanting patriotic slogans as they reached the martyr’s…
Maniki’s left foreleg was crushed in a logging accident two years ago and never healed DIBRUGARH: Her journey was meant to be a quest for healing but it soon turned out to be a painful ordeal as she was forced to walk nearly 95km to Dibrugarh for medical care, breaking the hearts of netizens and…
NEW DELHI: As EC stuck to its insistence on Congress’ Rahul Gandhi furnishing a signed declaration to the chief electoral officers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Haryana, affirming his ‘massive voter fraud’ allegations, a commission official said the only other option for him, if he fails to do so, is to “apologise to the nation for…
