Sustainablly grown French apple varieties showcased at a Kombucha workshop ahead of all India retail roll out. Sustainablly grown French apple varieties showcased at a Kombucha workshop ahead of all India retail roll outThe Interprofessional Association for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (INTERFEL) introduced the new season of French apples in India with a tasting and…
NEW DELHI: On the occasion of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 101st birth anniversary, an exhibition titled ‘Atal Prashasti’ is seeking to bring to life various aspects of the former PM’s life including the many hats he wore, from that of a statesman to that of a poet and orator par excellence.The exhibition, which will be on…
NEW DELHI: A Congress MP-headed parliamentary committee, whose move to call a meeting on VB-G RAM G bill and comparing it with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme had drawn protest from the panel’s BJP members, has revised the agenda of its Dec 29 sitting and omitted any direct reference to the new law….
NEW DELHI: Congress is joining the fight for MGNREGA right at the first step. The party has asked its workers to participate in greater numbers in gram sabha meetings that the central govt has called from Friday to spread “awareness” about the new “VB-G Ram G Act” that will replace MGNREGA, and to calmly counter…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has sought the response of the Centre and the producers of web series ‘U’, which is reportedly based on the life of slain gangster Vikas Dubey, on a plea by his wife to stop its release. Justice Sachin Datta, in an order earlier this week, refused to stay the release…
Vandals target Christmas decorations at Assam school, mob attacks mall in Raipur GUWAHATI/RAIPUR: Right-wing vandals smashed Xmas decorations in Assam and Chhattisgarh on Christmas Day, leading to the arrests of four people in Nalbari, Assam, and an FIR in Raipur against 25-30 activists.The arrests in Assam — three activists of VHP and one of Bajrang…
File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: ANI) LUCKNOW: Mounting yet another scathing attack on Congress, PM Narendra Modi Thursday accused past govts of glorifying one family while neglecting contributions of other national icons, and practising political untouchability. BJP govt freed the country from the “tendency” to attribute every achievement to just one (Nehru-Gandhi) family, he…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has made newspaper reading compulsory for students of all state-run secondary and basic schools to cultivate reading habits, reduce screen time and develop critical, and logical thinking skills among them.An order issued by additional chief secretary (basic and secondary education) Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma, on December 23 says newspapers, both English…
LUCKNOW: Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered on Thursday a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan, a govt-recognised madrassa teacher from Azamgarh who fraudulently drew salary and retirement benefits for a decade while living abroad, acquiring British citizenship, and allegedly nurturing links with Pakistan-based religious networks.ED sources said Huda…
CHITRADURGA/BENGALURU: Nothing seemed amiss to Sachin (25), driving a private bus with 43 pre-university students on board, when a sleeper bus overtook him along the highway in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district early Thursday. “I saw the bus overtake mine. Everything looked normal,” he recalled. “But within seconds, the scene outside my windscreen turned horrific.” A container…
