New Delhi: Indian space agency said it had successfully completed the tests to check Chandrayaan-3 — moon spacecraft — to withstand the harsh vibration and acoustic environment that the spacecraft would face during its launch. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the tests were conducted during the first week of March 2023 at […]
New Delhi: Opposition MPs, on Thursday, staged a protest demonstration outside Parliament by forming a human chain. They renewed their demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the Adani issue. Displaying placards, the protesting MPs from different political parties shouted slogans against the Modi Government. The human chain was formed in the wake […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he has told Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that four ministers have made allegations against him and he has the right to respond to that in Parliament. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Gandhi said he is hopeful though not very sure that […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on Saturday via video-conferencing. This is the first cross border energy pipeline between India and Bangladesh, built at an estimated cost of Rs 377 crore, of which the Bangladesh portion of the pipeline built at a cost […]
New Delhi: Delhi’s jailed former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has been booked by the CBI in a fresh case related to alleged misuse of official position and using the city government’s Feedback Unit for “political snooping”, officials said Thursday. Already arrested by the CBI in the excise policy case and at present in the […]
Lucknow: More than 10,000 police encounters of criminals have taken place in Uttar Pradesh during the last six years of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led BJP Government in the state. In terms of the number of encounters, Meerut topped the list of the districts of the state with the highest number of 3,152 encounters that have […]
New Delhi: Animal right activists have urged authorities to set up community kitchens to feed stray dogs and ensure that they are sterilised and vaccinated to keep their population under control, days after two children were mauled to death by canines in Vasant Kunj here. The minor brothers were found dead over the span of […]
New Delhi: Former Railways minister and Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was Wednesday granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s alleged land-for-jobs case. Lalu’s wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and their daughter RJD MP Misa Bharti were also granted bail by the court […]
Lucknow: A special court here has directed the Lucknow police commissioner and eight other police personnel to appear before it for allegedly making public the identity of a juvenile apprehended in connection with a case of fraud. The court fixed April 4 for appearance of these police personnel. Judge Vijendra Tripathi passed the order on […]
New Delhi: The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG will be conducted in three shifts this year instead of two and plans for its merger with crucial entrance exams like JEE and NEET will be announced at least two years in advance, according to UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar. In an interview to PTI, Kumar said […]