JAMMU: BJP legislators on Monday staged a protest outside the civil secretariat in Jammu, demanding revocation of a government order mandating Urdu as a compulsory language for naib tehsildar recruitment examination in Jammu and Kashmir.The MLAs arrived at the secretariat in the morning and staged a dharna, terming the order discriminatory and detrimental to the…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has taken a policy decision to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with Hindi as a compulsory third language from the academic year 2025-26.As per a detailed government notification, Hindi will be a compulsory third language for students in Classes 1 to 5 studying in Marathi and English medium schools.The…
National Herald case: ED charges Rahul, Sonia; Cong terms it ‘state-sponsored crime’The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed chargesheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in connection to the National Herald case. Congress leaders Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey have also been named as accused in the chargesheet. The party reacted sharply to…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assamese to be compulsory official language for all government notifications, orders, acts and other such works in Assam, declared chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday.The chief minister said in the BTR and Barak Valley district, Bengali and Bodo languages shall be used respectively.“The English language…
Pawan Kalyan. (Photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing debate between the Union government and Tamil Nadu over language policy, Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister and Janasena Party chief Pawan Kalyan said on Saturday that claims of Hindi being imposed are misleading.“Either imposing a language forcibly or opposing a language blindly; both doesn’t help to achieve…
MUMBAI: Sebi is proposing to issue all shares in demat mode in case a company splits or consolidates the face value of its shares. The regulator is also proposing to issue demat shares in case of corporate restructuring.The inherent benefits of demated shares, mainly elimination of risks associated with physical certificates that is loss, theft,…