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Mumbai, Jun 3: Joining ranks with the recent protests over the pan-India three language formula proposed in the draft National Education Policy 2019, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Sunday spoke against enforcement of Hindi asserting that it is not their mother tongue. The official Twitter handle of MNS, quoted state leader and spokesperson Anil Shidore as stating “Hindi is not our mother tongue, do

Patna, Jun 3: Hours after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expanded his Council of Ministers on Sunday, BJP and JDU leaders skipped the ''iftar'' party hosted by each other. JDU had organised an ''iftar'' party at Haj Bhavan. However, no BJP leader was present on the occasion, sources said. RJD ally and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi did participate in the ''iftar.'' BJP leader and Deputy

New Delhi, Jun 3: Following outrage in Tamil Nadu over a draft education policy favouring teaching Hindi in non-Hindi-speaking states, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said state governments will be consulted before a final decision is made on the issue. Jaishankar's response came after a Twitter user posted a query to him on the issue. "The National Education Policy as submitted

Mumbai, Jun 2: Maharashtra BJP leader Madhav Bhandari on Sunday said that Muslims were given their share in 1947, a reference to the partition of the country and formation of Pakistan. Responding to AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement that Muslims are not tenants in India, Bhandari said, "It would be good if Owaisi Sahab speaks before due consideration. No one has called him a tenant. But if

Howrah, Jun 2: In a move that is being hailed as “historic” and “path breaking” by students and teachers alike, at least 50 colleges in West Bengal, including a few in Kolkata, have added 'humanity', 'agnostic', 'secular' and 'non-religious' options in the religion column of online admission forms for students who are unwilling to disclose their faith. This allows students applying for

New Delhi, Jun 2: Soon after the head of the Congress' social media wing Divya Spandana deleted her Twitter account, the team's member Chirag Patnaik has also left the micro-blogging site. As per reports, Patnaik was arrested in Delhi last week for allegedly sexually harassing a former colleague. Later, Divya had defended him. The reasons behind their decisions to delete their respective Twitter

Surat, Jun 2: A hawker, who used to mimick politicians while selling toys on trains, was arrested at Surat Railway station on Friday by the Railway Protection Force (RPF). Toy vendor Avdhesh Dubey's videos imitating politicians was widely shared on social media. "Avdhesh Dubey was apprehended at Surat Railway station on Friday. A case was registered against the accused under different sections of

Chennai, Jun 2: Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have opposed the three-language formula for schools in the state, as stated in the draft national education policy presented by K. Kasturirangan Committee to the central government. Speaking to reporters here, DMK Lok Sabha member Kanimozhi said her party would oppose any such move. Reacting to the formula, actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan said

Mumbai, Jun 2: A Mumbai woman IAS officer's tweet has triggered a row by calling the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's statues from across the world, including his images from the Indian currency notes. Demanding that institutions and roads named after the Father of the Nation be renamed, she also "thanked" his assassin Nathuram Godse. After the controversy, the officer, Nidhi Choudhari, posted as

New Delhi, Jun 2: After a brief interval, high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) are again being printed across India`s eastern borders and are being pumped into the country at an alarming rate. An ongoing investigation of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that nexus between Pakistan`s ISI and the D-Company has resumed to supply fake currency notes into the Indian