‘We’re working on for first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission this year’, says Isro chief V Narayanan NEW DELHI: Isro chairman V Narayanan said on Saturday that the country is preparing for the first uncrewed Gaganyaan mission, advancing Chandrayaan-4, a lunar sample return mission, and Chandrayaan-5, a joint long-duration mission with Japan involving a heavier rover.Delivering the…
‘Old’ explosive kills civilian in Baramulla SRINAGAR: A civilian was killed Saturday after coming into contact with an “old explosive object” that went off in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.The deceased was identified as Zubair Ahmad Bajjad, a resident of Chandoosa area near the Line of Control (LoC) where instances of old mines going off are…
NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s loyalist Dola Sen on Saturday lodged two police complaints against the rebel TMC MLAs, alleging “forgery of the party symbol and impersonation of the name All India Trinamool Congress.”This comes as the Ritabrata Banerjee-led breakaway TMC faction met Kolkata’s former councillors for the second time in…
Yadav said the government had failed to learn from previous incidents despite repeated controversies surrounding competitive examinations. NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that recurring examination paper leaks were the result of the Centre’s failure to fix the system and would…
The decision was taken at a special general meeting of the SGPC held at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in Amritsar NEW DELHI: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Thursday endorsed the Akal Takht Sahib’s declaration of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann as ‘Guru Dokhi’ (anti-Gur) and ‘Khalsa Panth Virodhi’ (anti-Khalsa Panth), while announcing a…
Suvendu Adhikari with deceased BJP worker’s family (PTI) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday directed the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to ensure a speedy custodial trial into the alleged murder of BJP worker Prashanta Dey.Adhikari paid tribute to Dey at the deceased BJP worker’s residence in Howrah’s…
File photo: Uddhav Thackeray, Amit Shah, Devendra Fadnavis (PTI) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday alleged that the BJP‘s so-called “Operation Tiger”—the defection of six Lok Sabha MPs from his faction to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena earlier this week—was aimed at keeping Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis “in check.“Thackeray accused…
Who is the head of your family? It’s more complicated than it sounds NEW DELHI: When India’s Census officials started knocking on doors across the country, they asked dozens of questions that most people answered without much thought. How many people live here? What is your occupation? What is your highest level of education?Then comes…
Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde (File photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday assured strict action against those responsible after the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) was postponed 24 hours before the examination following a suspected paper leak.He said the state government was considering invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime…
Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: After Congress MP Rahul Gandhi completed two years as leader of the opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, senior party MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday wished him “strength and courage” in his “fight for the future of India.”“All the best to Shri @RahulGandhi ji as he completes two years…