New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) Limited have received patent on its Nanotechnology-based fertilisers IFFCO Nano Urea and Nano DAP.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police informed on Saturday morning that as many as 45,773 loudspeakers have been removed from various religious places across the state.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 28 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday appealed to the religious leaders for their support and cooperation to uninstall loudspeakers from religious places and organise the celebrations of upcoming festivals peacefully.

Lucknow Feb 19 PTI With the Election Commission relaxing COVID-19-induced curbs on physical electioneering the sale of campaign paraphernalia such as party flags banners badges and caps has picked up pace in Uttar Pradesh According to some traders there has been a 50 per cent increase in sale of campaign material ahead of the third phase polling on Sunday as compared to the first phase that took place on February 10 With the COVID-19 situation improving in the country particularly in the five poll-bound states the Election Commission has relaxed guidelines on physical campaigning by candidates and parties Raju Shukla who runs Sheela Enterprises located opposite the Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow heaved a sigh of relief that the pandemic situation has improved and his sale grew The sale of posters banners and flags have picked up some pace Among Samajwadi Party candidates the maximum demand is for the partys trademark red cap and miniature bicycle its election symbol The cost of 100 medium flags is around Rs 600 The cycle badge costs in the range of Rs 300 to Rs 500 for 100 pieces he told PTI As compared to the first phase the sale has now grown by 50 per cent he said Shukla however rued that major parties such as the SP and the BJP are distributing many campaign material from their headquarters denting their sale Raghuraj Pal who runs a shop near the BJP office said the sale has gone up but not to the level that used to be earlier As the BJP is giving its candidates some campaign material the sale is not what it used to be he added Saffron-coloured gamcha is selling in good numbers besides party flags banners and badges he said Surendra Awasthi whose shop on Mall Avenue is near the Congress office said Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon badges are being sold the most in addition to wrist bands Awasthi said the sale of election material has picked up pace after the second phase with the Covid situation improving and the Election Commission relaxing its campaign guidelines Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand Punjab Goa and Manipur are being held in seven phases The final phase polling will be held on March 7 and the results will be declared on March 10 PTI ZIR NAV SMN SMN

Bengaluru Feb 18 PTI The full bench of the Karnataka High Court hearing the case related to hijab row in educational institutions on Friday declined a plea to restrain live streaming of proceedings As soon as the proceedings began senior advocate Prof Ravi Varma Kumar representing Muslim girls questioning the ban on wearing hijab in classrooms claimed that live streaming was causing a lot of unrest in the society as the observations were taken out of context According to him the live streaming has become counterproductive and children were put to hardship However Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi said Let the people understand what is the stand of the respondents also As a few more fresh petitions were filed Justice Awasthi requested the petitioners that the counsels for the fresh petitions can take only 10 minutes so that respondents can also be heard The full bench of the High Court comprises Justice Awasthi Justice J M Khazi and Justice Krishna M Dixit The High Court in its interim order pending consideration of all petitions related to the hijab row last week restrained all the students from wearing saffron shawls scarves hijab and any religious flag within the classroom PTI GMS RS GMS HDA HDA

Lucknow Dec 26 PTI The Congress on Sunday sought to dub Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath as Bulldozernath or the lord of bulldozers allegedly out to trample the dreams of youths The Congress made the allegation a day after the Lucknow police denied the party to hold a five-km race in the city as part of Congress president Priyanka Gandhi Vadras Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon poll campaign It accused the chief minister of crushing the dreams of girls who wanted to run a marathon organised by the party in Lucknow The destructive government of Bulldozernath tramples upon the dreams of the youth repeatedly Sometimes by leaking question papers sometimes by not declaring recruitment results and sometimes by using force against them the Congress party said in a tweet This time the anti-women bulldozer of Yogi has run over the dreams of brave girls the party added But he does not know that the one whose time has come no power on this earth can stop him The slogan LadkiHoonLadSaktiHoon is echoing in the state The women power is ready to stake its claim to power another party tweet said With the party having been denied permission to hold the race in Lucknow the race was held in Jhansi on Sunday Spokesperson of UP Congress Vikas Srivastava told PTI that over 10000 women took part in the five-km marathon held in Jhansi Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the UP government saying girls wont tolerate it and will fight for their rights In a Hindi tweet Priyanka Gandhi said Yogi Adityanath ji you speak against the women by talking about controlling them It is for this reason that you did not allow girls to participate in the marathon in Lucknow The girls of Jhansi have sent a message that they will not tolerate it and fight for their rights she added The UP government authorities have been using bulldozers to demolish the illegal property of criminals and gangsters and this is also often referred to by the BJP leaders in their speeches in the state The Congress party further said those who took part in the marathon in Jhansi has made the CM apprehensive Talking about the partys women marathon in Jhansi Priyanka Gupta a Congress leader and spokesperson said every participant in the womens marathon drew inspiration from Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi who fought against the British They will not confine themselves to this marathon but will also sprint in the countrys politics and change its course and direction she asserted The UP Congress on this occasion also used the hashtag ladkisedartahaiYogi Yogi scared of girls The daughters of the state are asking Was COVID not there when the BJP held its programmes There is no COVID in the election rallies Yogi ji blocking the women empowerment will prove expensive for you the part said in yet another tweet The daughters of the state very well understand the anti-women conspiracy of the BJP government The conspirators who had laid nails in the path of farmers are now blocking daughters way But they will have to account for their deeds to UP daughters who are aspiring to fly it added On Saturday night Congress workers had staged a protest outside the camp office of the Lucknow police chief over the denial of permission to hold the race The protesting Congress workers including women were forced into a police van and whisked away from their protest site outside the Lucknow police commissioners office The five-km race was to begin at 8 am on Sunday UP Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi had said The BJP government is scared as women are siding with the Congress They denied us the permission due to their arrogance Awasthi had said Police Commissioner D K Thakur had told PTI that the Congress party had sought permission to organise the race but was denied permission due to the coronavirus pandemics PTI NAV RAX RAX

Lucknow Dec 26 PTI The Congress on Sunday sought to dub Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath as Bulldozernath or the lord of bulldozers allegedly out to trample the dreams of youths The Congress made the allegation a day after the Lucknow police denied the party to hold a five-km race in the city as part of Congress president Priyanka Gandhi Vadras Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon poll campaign It accused the chief minister of crushing the dreams of the girls who wanted to run a marathon organised by the party in Lucknow The destructive government of Bulldozernath tramples upon the dreams of the youth repeatedly Sometimes by question paper leaks sometimes by not declaring recruitment and sometimes using force against them the Congress said in a tweet This time the anti-women bulldozer of Yogi has run over the dreams of brave girls the party added But he does not know that the one whose time has come no power on this earth can stop him The slogan LadkiHoonLadSaktiHoon is echoing in the state The women power is ready to stake its claim to power another party tweet said With the party having been denied permission to hold the race in Lucknow the race was held in Jhansi on Sunday Spokesperson of UP Congress Vikas Srivastava told PTI that over 10000 women took part in the five-km marathon held in Jhansi Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also slammed the UP government saying girls wont tolerate it and will fight for their rights In a Hindi tweet Priyanka Gandhi said Yogi Adityanath ji you speak against the women by talking about controlling them It is for this reason that you did not allow girls to participate in the marathon in Lucknow The girls of Jhansi have sent a message that they will not tolerate it and fight for their rights she added The UP government authorities have been using bulldozers to demolish the illegal property of criminals and gangsters and this is also often referred to by the BJP leaders in their speeches in the state The Congress further said those who took part in the marathon in Jhansi instilled fear in the CM Talking about the partys women marathon in Jhansi Priyanka Gupta a Congress leader and spokesperson said every participant in the womens marathon drew inspiration from Rani Laxmibai who hailed from Jhansi and fought against the British They will not confine themselves to this marathon but will also sprint in the countrys politics and change its course and direction she asserted The UP Congress on this occasion also used a hashtag ladkisedartahaiYogi Yogi feels afraid of the girls On Saturday night Congress workers had staged a protest outside the camp office of the Lucknow police chief over the denial of permission to hold the race The protesting Congress workers including women were forced into a police van and whisked away from their protest site outside the Lucknow police commissioners office The five-km race was to begin at 8 am on Sunday UP Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi had said The BJP government is scared as women are siding with the Congress They denied us permission due to their arrogance Awasthi had said Police Commissioner D K Thakur had told PTI that the Congress had sought permission to organise the race but was denied permission due to the coronavirus pandemics PTI NAV RAX RAX

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has been ranked 'number one Cooperative' among the top 300 cooperatives in the world, withholding its position from last year, informed an official statement on Thursday.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 25 (ANI): The second rank holder in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination-2020, Jagrati Awasthi emphasised the importance of maintaining motivation at home during the COVID times is the reason behind achieving her goal to be an IAS officer.