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Union, W.B. Education Ministers spar over NEP, funds

February 14, 2026 admin

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressing a teachers’ conference in Kolkata on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Criticising the Mamata Banerjee government on several fronts relating to education, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that West Bengal lost Central funds worth ₹10,000 crore by not implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) in the…

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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Says Mother Tongue Is Key To Creative And Critical Thinking

December 11, 2024 admin

Dharmendra Pradhan said that the mother tongue remains a key to learning in young children. New Delhi: Amidst the week-long ‘Bharatiya Bhasha Utsav’ celebrations, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that the mother tongue remains a key to learning in young children, as it helps them develop their creative and critical thinking. The…

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Despite COVID crisis, India growing at 7 to 8%: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

November 15, 2024 admin

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Though several developed economies suffered badly owing to the COVID crisis, India continued to grow at 7-8% during the last 10 years,” Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday (November 15, 2024.) In his keynote address at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad, Mr….

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Dharmendra Pradhan, The Silent Architect Of BJP’s Haryana Victory

October 8, 2024 admin

Haryana Results 2024: Dharmendra Pradhan is one of the closet aides of Amit Shah. New Delhi: The architect of the BJP’s historic third victory in Haryana, Dharmendra Pradhan, is anything but flamboyant. A silent worker who stays in the background, he also is one of the closet aides of the party’s chief strategist Amit Shah….

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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan On Preamble Being ‘Removed’ From Textbooks

August 6, 2024 admin

NCERT has given due importance and respect to various aspects of the Constitution, the minister said. New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday firmly refuted allegations that the Preamble of the Indian Constitution has been removed from NCERT textbooks. In a tweet, Mr Pradhan stated that these claims have no basis and emphasized…

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Will Action Be Taken Against Coaching Centre Mafia? Centre’s Reply

July 29, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The government issued guidelines on the regulation of coaching centers in January this year, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed Lok Sabha on Monday, even as he evaded a direct reply to a question on the death of three IAS aspirants in Delhi due to flooding. During the Question Hour, Congress MP KC…

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Congress MP KC Venugopal Says Some Study Centres Have Become “Mafias”, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Responds

July 29, 2024 admin

Congress MP KC Venugopal asked the question to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Lok Sabha New Delhi: During the discussion on the Union Budget on Monday in the Lok Sabha, Congress MP KC Venugopal highlighted the tragic deaths of three UPSC students in the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar…

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Final NEET-UG Results Within 2 Days: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

July 23, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday accused the opposition of trying to create “anarchy” and “civil unrest” using the NEET-UG issue and said with the Supreme Court verdict related to the controversy-ridden exam, “truth has prevailed”. The opposition should apologise to students and their parents for “misleading” them, Mr Pradhan said as…

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Education Minister’s Assurance To NEET Students

July 11, 2024 admin

The Supreme Court deferred its hearing on the issue to next week. New Delhi: Even as the Supreme Court deferred its hearing on contrasting petitions seeking a retest for NEET-UG and those opposed to it amid the alleged irregularities in the exam, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met students from both sides and heard their concerns. …

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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways to invest ₹1 lakh crore in Odisha in next five years

June 30, 2024 admin

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: ANI Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on June 30 said new railway projects worth ₹1 lakh crore will be implemented in Odisha in the next five years. Mr. Vaishnaw said this while addressing a felicitation programme organised by Odisha BJP in Bhubaneswar to felicitate the party’s 20 MPs…

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