Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), 24/12: In a dedicated commercial mission, ISRO on Wednesday launched a next-generation US communication satellite BlueBird Block-2 onboard its heaviest vehicle LVM3-M6 from here. As the 24-hour countdown concluded, the 43.5 metre tall rocket supported by two S200 solid boosters lifted off majestically at 8.55 am from the second launch pad at…
New Delhi, 23/12: Holding saffron flags and shouting slogans against the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, hundreds of supporters of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal broke through barricades and clashed with police near the fortified Bangladesh high commission on Tuesday.
Mumbai, 23/12: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya when he intends to return to India and told his counsel it would not hear his plea against the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act unless he first submits himself to the HC jurisdiction. Mallya, based in the UK since 2016, has filed two…
Chabua, 23/12: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday claimed that Assam will “automatically be included” in Bangladesh if the number of people from the neighbouring country residing in the northeastern state increased by another 10 per cent.
New Delhi, 23/12: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday suspended the jail term of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is serving life imprisonment in the Unnao rape case. A bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar released Sengar on bail while directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15…
Bangalore, 23/12:In a decision which is likely to render cricket fans of Bengaluru heartbroken, the permission to hold Vijay Hazare Trophy matches at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium has been denied. The opening match on December 24 will involve former India captain Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant as Delhi is scheduled to play Andhra Pradesh.
Kochi, 23/12: The Kerala government will soon file an appeal against the verdict in the 2017 actress assault case, challenging both the acquittal of actor Dileep and the sentences awarded to six convicts, sources said on Tuesday. According to sources in the office of the Director General of Prosecution, the state government has given its…
New Delhi, 23/12: Bangladesh has suspended visa services in its high commission in New Delhi and its mission in Tripura amid mounting strain in ties between the two countries. The decision to suspend the visa services was taken after groups of protesters held demonstrations outside the two missions, people familiar with the matter said. …
Hyderabad, 22/12: Ex-CBI director and retired IPS officer M Nageswara Rao has alleged that circumcision is being promoted as a routine medical procedure for non-Muslim boys in Andhra Pradesh, as part of an organised attempt to advance a communal agenda,prompting the state government to say it will examine the issue in line with medical and…
Ahmedabad, 22/12: A 23-year-old resident of Morbi town in Gujarat, who is reported to have been held as a war criminal by the Ukrainian authority, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in two video messages, asking for help to return home. In the fresh video clips shared by his family, Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein,…
