Chennai, July 21 (IANS) The countdown for Monday’s Rs 978 crore Chandrayaan-2 mission launch that started at 6.43 p.m. is progressing smoothly, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Sunday. The rocket and spacecraft’s…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Accusing West Bengal BJP leaders of being involved in a scam relating to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said it needs to be probed as…
Bhopal, July 21 (IANS) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are on moving towards a collusion course over Narmada waters. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has warned his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Kamal Nath and state Narmada Valley…
After their moon landing on 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin and Michael Collins came to India where famous cartoonist Sudhir Dar got Armstrong, the first man on the moon, to autograph his cartoon…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) The 15 Karnataka rebel Congress and JD-S legislators and 2 Independents on Sunday filed an joint petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction to Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar and…
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Two women, including a teenager, were drowned at the famed Juhu Beach here on Sunday evening after they went into the rough sea for a swim despite warnings, officials said. According…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Two Independent legislators of Karnataka have moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to conduct the trust vote in the Assembly immediately. The petitioners — R. Shankar and H. Nagesh…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Sunday termed Trinamool Congress’ Martyrs’ Day rally as a “mega flop show” and claimed that the attendance in the rally was the lowest in…
Bhopal, July 21 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Assembly met on Sunday, an official holiday, and took up legislative work. While Surendra Singh aka Shera, an Independent, termed the proceeding on a holiday as a part…
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satya Pal Malik said on Sunday the militants, if they have to, should kill the corrupt people who have looted Kashmir instead of the innocent. Inaugurating the…
Panaji, July 21 (IANS) Being a sole breadwinner is not enough reason for mitigating a sentence in a case involving pre-planned sexual assault and culpable homicide. The Panaji Bench of the Bombay High Court said…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A woman, fighting a legal battle with her estranged husband for the custody of children, has moved the Supreme Court seeking safe return of her daughter…
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) Figures recently released by the Jammu and Kashmir Police indicate that while the number of militants has gone down during the last three years, the number of their sympathisers – over-ground…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Three days after a host of Bengali actors, including Parno Mittra, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi, Bengali film and television actress Rimjhim Mitra followed suit, here on Sunday….
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) One person was killed and another critically injured while 13 others were rescued from a fire that broke out in a four-storeyed building in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon. According to the…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP-led Central government of trying to prevent Trinamool Congress supporters from coming to its ‘Matryrs’ Day’ rally by cancelling several trains…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Slamming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for alleging that the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party share a parasitic relation in Bengal, state Congress chief Somen Mitra on Sunday reminded the…
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) Authorities finally woke up after over 80 years of unchecked encroachment in Jammu and Kashmir’s best known bird sanctuaries — the Hokersar wetland reserve — and have started a fresh demarcation…
Dehradun, July 21 (IANS) Uttarakhand BJP President and BJP MP from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar Ajay Bhatt, whose claims in the Lok Sabha about the “miraculous” properties of Bageshwar’s Garud Ganga river led to a controversy,…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Facing pressure from the Indian government to store data within the country borders, Beijing-based ByteDance that owns the popular short video-sharing app TikTok on Sunday said it was planning to…