Washington,16/3: A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab. About 29 hours since launching at 7:03 pm ET on Friday from…
Chennai, 16/3: Top music director A R Rahman, who had been admitted to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai for treatment on Saturday, was discharged on Sunday morning. The Oscar-winning music director had returned from London and complained of dehydration before being taken to the hospital in Chennai. Rahman had complained of discomfort in the neck, a…
Patna, 16/1: Police constable Deepak Kumar, who was commanded by RJD MLA and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav to perform a ‘thumka’ (pelvic thrust) or face suspension, has been removed, ANI reported on Sunday. Kumar, who had been serving as a bodyguard, did not seem too offended at the minister’s order as although he…
Bengaluru, 15/3: Champion batter Virat Kohli on Saturday emphatically said he is not mulling retirement at the moment as he has been enjoying the game, and the “competitive streak” inside him is very much intact. Kohli displayed the old spark while playing an important hand in India’s recent Champions Trophy victory in Dubai, after which…
Bengaluru, 15/4: The Karnataka Cabinet has given its nod for amending the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTPP) Act aimed at providing 4 per cent reservation in tenders to Muslim contractors, official sources said. The Cabinet also approved the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide ‘B’ khatas to all…
Patna, 15/3: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav instructed a policeman to dance during Holi celebration on Friday, news agency PTI reports. The incident took place at the Yadav’s residence in Patna. Tej is the elder son of Lalu and Rabri Devi.
Washington, 15/3: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday declared Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the US, persona non grata, calling the envoy a “race-baiting politician” who hates America and President Donald Trump. South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” Rubio said in a post…
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that South Africa’s ambassador to the US is no longer welcomed in the United States. We have nothing to discuss with him and so he is considered PERSONA NON GRATA,” Rubio said in a post on X.
Ottawa, 14/3: Ex-central banker Mark Carney was formally sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday, putting him in a position to fight tariffs from US President Donald Trump that could devastate the trade-dependent Canadian economy. In the presence of Governor General Mary Simon, the personal representative of King Charles, who is Canada’s head…
Bilaspur, 14/4: Former Congress MLA from Bilaspur Bumber Thakur was shot at by unidentified people at his residence here on Friday, police said. Thakur along with his personal security officer were injured in the attack, police said. According to police, the attackers fired around 12 rounds of bullets.
