New Delhi, 15/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday returned after “successful” visits to France and the United Arab Emirates. In France, the prime minister was the Guest of Honour at the Bastille Day Parade, which saw participation of a tri-service Indian armed forces contingent led by a military band to mark the…
London, 15/7: Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon in the Open era as the Czech swept to a shock 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s final. As the first unseeded woman in the Wimbledon final in 60 years, Vondrousova was a heavy underdog against sixth-ranked Jabeur. But the…
Sriharikota,15/7: With the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will now focus on the country’s first manned mission to space, Gaganyaan, and has planned to conduct the first abort mission for the ambitious project by the end of August. A modified version of ISRO’s most-reliable rocket LVM3, which successfully placed the…
Mumbai, 15/7: As he shared the dias with his two deputies, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday described Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar as “big-hearted persons” – putting to rest any sort of differences within the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance governmentShinde (59), the chief leader of Shiv Sena, said that he enjoys very good working…
New Delhi, 15/7: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat High Court’s refusal to stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case over the ‘Modi surname’ remark row.
Bhubaneswar, 15/7: In a major development, MLA Mohmmad Mouqim and Ex-MLa Chiranjib Biswal have been suspended from Congress party on charges of involved in anti-party activities. According to reports, Sarat Pattanayak had complained about Mouqim and Chiranjib before the Disciplinary Action Committee.
New Delhi, 15/7: The Indian government announced the selection of the naval variant of Rafale jets to equip the Indian Navy with the latest-generation fighter, Dassault Aviation, French aerospace major and maker of the aircraft, said on Saturday. The defence ministry had on Thursday approved the purchase of 26 Rafale (marine) jets from France. …
Seoul, 15/7: Seven people have died, three were missing, seven injured and thousands evacuated in South Korea on Saturday, officials said, as a third day of torrential rains caused landslides and the overflow of a dam. As of 11 am (0200 GMT), 1,567 people had been evacuated nationwide, according to the Ministry of Interior and…
Bhubaneswar, 15/7: A special court here has sent the three accused railway officials in the Balasore train disaster to judicial custody, after the end of their CBI remand period. Senior Section Engineer (Signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar, who have been placed under suspension by the Railways, were…
Dubai, 14/7: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Geoff Allardice on Friday said that they are pushing for the T20 format’s inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles OlympicsThe ICC is seeking cricket’s entry at the LA Games and its fate would be decided in a couple of months’ time, he stated. “The Olympics want…
