ISRO tests scramjet engine
Chennai, Aug 28 (IANS) India on Sunday morning successfully tested its own scramjet or the air breathing engine with the launch of a big sounding rocket, said a senior official of Indian Space Research Organisation…
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Burhan Wani’s father meets Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Bengaluru, Aug 28 (IANS) The father of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani whose death on July 8 sparked off the current violent unrest in Kashmir Valley has met spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at…
Reap demographic dividend by skilling youth: President
Bengaluru, Aug 28 (IANS) India should reap demographic dividend by educating and skilling the youth, especially children, said President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday. Our children should be educated and healthy. India can reap the demographic…
Riteish, Malaika turn showstopper for designer Shantanu, Nikhil at LFW
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) Shantanu and Nikhil showcased a separate line of menswear and women’s wear at the ongoing Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2016 and it was a double dose of ultra-glam fashion when…
Kriti Sanon can’t wait to watch ‘MS Dhoni – The Untold Story’
Mumbai: Actress Kriti Sanon during the launch of World of Titan`s Diwali collection in Mumbai on Nov 10,2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon says she is huge fan of Mahendra…
Burhan Wani’s father meets Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS) The father of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani whose death on July 8 sparked off the current violent unrest in Kashmir Valley has met spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at…
Pawan Kalyan trains gun on BJP, declares fight to get special status for Andhra
Tirupati, Aug 27 (IANS) Training his guns on BJP, popular Telugu actor and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan on Saturday declared that he will fight to get special category status for Andhra Pradesh. Addressing…
Dissident Bengal Congress lawmaker demands state chief’s axing
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) Dissident Congress legislator Manas Bhunia on Saturday sought immediate sacking of state party chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, saying he would write to Party President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi…
Modi asks BJP CMs to implement schemes in ‘mission mode’
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Asking BJP Chief Ministers to work on “mission mode” for better implementation of central government schemes in their states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday set up a party committee…
India has to work hard to get its rightful place: President
Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS) India must work hard to get get rid of hunger, illiteracy, disease and destitution to claim its “rightful place” in the comity of nations, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday. “India…
Radio Kashmir goes off air due to technical snag
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Radio Kashmir suddenly went off air on Saturday evening, fuelling strong speculations in the Valley till authorities clarified it was a technical snag in the station’s transmitter situated in city outskirts….
Swaraj Abhiyan holds press meet on liquor issue in club serving drinks
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Swaraj Abhiyan’s press conference on Saturday to attack the liquor policy of the AAP government in Delhi was ironically held at the Press Club of India (PCI), which itself serves…
Swamy sharpens attack against GSTN, to write to Shah, BJP CMs
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) After raising his objections against Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), a private company, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said he will now write…
Sitharaman defends 2% rate cut to boost SMEs credit
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Defending her demand for two percent cut in interest rates by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said it is essential to boost small…
AAP liquor policy hypocritical, says Swaraj Abhiyan
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Swaraj Abhiyan on Saturday slammed the Delhi government for its “hypocrisy” on the liquor policy and granting licences in large numbers to drinking establishments. Addressing a press conference here,…
Overstaying foreigners deal in drugs, are a real problem: Goa AG
Panaji, Aug 27 (IANS) Overstaying foreign nationals, especially Nigerians, are a “real problem” and their only ostensible business is drug dealing, Goa Advocate General Saresh Lotlikar said on Saturday. “The problem is with foreigners, the…
Two killed as fire breaks out in Bengal hospital, CID to probe sabotage
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) Two women died and seven patients were injured on Saturday after a fire engulfed a part of a state-run medical college and hospital in Murshidabad district, prompting the West Bengal government…
Mehbooba’s different voices: Pakistan bashing in Delhi, conciliatory in Kashmir
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) While she was in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday attacked Pakistan and separatist leaders for inciting trouble in the state, but later…
‘International arbitration structure skewed in favour of developed nations’
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Developing countries, including India, should build capacity instead of playing the victim as the structure of international arbitration was heavily biased towards the developed countries, a top Finance Ministry official…
Father who abandoned two girls, also drowned 2-year-old son
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In a tale of extreme parental cruelty, an alcoholic father flung to death his two-year-old ailing son into a Delhi canal, just three days after he abandoned his two starving…