Akhilesh seeks Bharat Ratna for Charan Singh

Lucknow: On former PM Chaudhary Charan Singh’s 119th birth anniversary, SP president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday demanded that the Bharat Ratna be conferred on ex-PM Chaudhary Charan Singh, who devoted all his life to farmers and the country. PTI

Vedic maths in Gujarat schools from next year

Ahmedabad: Vedic mathematics, claimed to be an easier and faster way to solve arithmetic problems, would be introduced in schools in Gujarat from the next year, the government has said. PTI

Kangana questioned over remarks on stir

Mumbai: The police on Thursday questioned and recorded the statement of Kangana Ranaut for more than an hour in a case where she is accused of portraying the farmers’ protest on Delhi borders as ‘Khalistani’ movement. PTI

CBI arrests 11 more in Pearls Group scam

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested 11 more persons in a case involving Pearls Group, which allegedly collected Rs 60,000 crore from nearly five crore investors by floating illegal schemes. The accused, including Pearls’ employees, were arrested from Delhi, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar and other locations. TNS

DRDO test-fires expendable aerial target ‘Abhyas’

New Delhi: The DRDO successfully conducted a flight test of indigenously-developed high-speed expendable aerial target ‘Abhyas’ off the Chandipur coast in Odisha on Thursday. “During the flight trial, high subsonic speed trajectory (of Abhyas) at a very low altitude with high endurance was demonstrated,” the DRDO said. PTI