EAM Jaishankar among 9 members of Rajya Sabha take oath
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was among nine MPs who took the oath as members of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The oath was administered by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Rajya Sabha chamber in Parliament House. Jaishankar took the...
2 killed after container overturns on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Two persons were killed while four others were injured after a container overturned, jumped the divider, and collided with five cars on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Monday morning, police said. According to officials, the incident took...
Rahul, Shreyas back in Indian squad for Asia Cup
India named their 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup starting 30 August, with batters KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer making successful returns from injury, the BCCI announced on Monday. Both the batters were rehabilitating from their respective injuries at the...
Rajinikanth meets murder-accused Raja Bhaiya
Actor Rajinikanth leaves after meeting Jansatta Dal leader Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias 'Raja Bhaiya', in Lucknow. Singh is a history-sheeter politician accused of several crimes including the murder of an IPS officer. Rajinikanth landed in Lucknow on August 19. The superstar...
Pregnancy outside marriage is injurious, says SC in case of rape survivor
Observing that pregnancy outside marriage is injurious and a cause of stress, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a rape survivor to undergo medical termination of her over 27-week pregnancy. Taking note of the survivor's medical report, a bench of Justices...
Chandrayaan-3 Reveals Unseen Lunar Landscape: First-ever Images of Moon’s Hidden Face Captured
The ISRO on Monday released images of Lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area -- without boulders or deep trenches -- during the descent...
ISRO releases images of lunar far side area
The ISRO on Monday released images of lunar far side area captured by the Lander Hazard Detection and Avoidance Camera (LHDAC). This camera that assists in locating a safe landing area -- without boulders or deep trenches -- during the...
BoB to auction Sunny Deol’s villa to recover Rs 56 cr
State-owned Bank of Baroda has put on the block a property owned by actor and sitting Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Sunny Deol to recover Rs 56 crore through an e-auction to be held on August 25. The Gurdaspur...
Rahul Gandhi in Ladakh:China has taken away people’s land but PM says…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to Ladakh, reiterated that “China has taken away people's land in the area”. He said, “Here, the concern is, of course, China has taken away the land...people have said that China's army...
First look: The moon from Chandrayaan-3 Lander
ISRO on Friday released a set of visuals of the Moon captured by cameras positioned on the Lander Module of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft. The images, captured after the separation of the Lander Module from the Propulsion Module of the spacecraft...
On EMIs of personal loans, RBI tells banks …
The Reserve Bank on Friday asked banks and other lenders to provide individual borrowers an option of switching over to a fixed rate at the time of reset of interest rates. In a notification, it said in respect of EMI-based...
Bomb threat on Vistara’s Delhi-Pune flight
A bomb threat was received for Vistara's flight from the national capital to Pune when boarding was in progress on Friday morning, according to sources. The sources said the bomb threat was received at around 0730 am at the Delhi airport...
‘Emergency Alert: Severe’ – Mobile phone users in India receive test flash message
New Delhi: Several mobile phone users across the country on Thursday were taken by surprise after receiving a sudden 'Sample Testing Message' from the Cell Broadcasting System by the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India. The message disseminated by the Centre's...
CAG report: Congress claims multi-crore scam by Modi Govt in projects
New Delhi: Quoting Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports, the principal opposition party Congress on Wednesday alleged corruption by the Narendra Modi Government in several projects and schemes. It held the PM directly responsible for the alleged irregularities as...
Former DRDO chief VS Arunachalam passes away in US
VS Arunachalam, a former DRDO director general, died in the US on Wednesday, his family said in a statement. He was 87. "With great sadness and a sense of immense loss, we would like to convey the demise of Dr...
Mild earthquake hits Noida
An earthquake of magnitude 1.5 occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Noida, adjoining Delhi, on Wednesday night, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The earthquake occurred at 8.57 pm at a depth of six kilometre with the epicenter in the Sector-128...
RPF cop who killed 4 on board train dismissed
Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, who shot dead his senior and three passengers on board a moving train last month, has been dismissed from service, an official said on Thursday. The order to sack Chaudhary was issued on Monday...
SC handbook replaces ‘eve-teasing’, ‘prostitute’ etc in gender-just push
The Supreme Court on Wednesday launched a handbook that contains a glossary of gender unjust terms and suggests alternative words and phrases which may be used. As soon as a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud assembled to...
Pawar criticises Modi amid rumours of cabinet post
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not think the situation in Manipur important enough to visit the state. Modi government has been a mute spectator to the goings on in the (Manipur) region,...
Hope Sharad Pawar will go with I.N.D.I.A: Cong
Amid media reports of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar offered Sharad Pawar a berth in Union Cabinet, Congress state unit chief Nana Patole on Wednesday said that the NCP supremo has already clarified that he will remain with the...
Rs 1 lakh loan with maximum 5% interest under Vishwakarma Scheme: Centre
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved a new central sector scheme -- "PM Vishwakarma". The scheme, which was announced by the PM in his Independence Day speech on Tuesday, will...
