New Delhi, 28/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted India’s growing self-reliance across the defence, aerospace and technology sectors, citing the maiden flight of the indigenously manufactured C-295 military transport aircraft and the successful test. Addressing the nation in his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, Modi said June had been a significant month…
New Delhi, 28/6: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday began a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been holding a protest since June 20, seeking the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the examination.Hundreds of protesters, mostly youth and students, gathered at Jantar Mantar as…
Pune, 28/7: Pune police took Siya Goyal, an accused in the alleged murder of Pune-based realtor and her fiance Ketan Agarwal, to the Lohagad Fort on Sunday for the reconstruction the scene of crime, PTI reported, quoting an official. The exercise is aimed at recreating the chain of events that occurred on June 18 in…
Washington DC, 28/6: The US military on Saturday said it struck 10 targets in Iran under the orders of President Donald Trump, as attacks escalated shaking the war’s delicate ceasefire agreement.In a post on social media, the US Central Command said that their military aircraft targeted Iranian military’s “surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites,…
Dubai, 27/6: A tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, Britain’s maritime security agency said, after the United States and Iran each launched strikes in the worst escalation since they signed their interim peace deal. The warring sides each accused the other of violating the agreement they reached…
New Delhi, 27/6: The contentious Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls will kickstart in five states, including Karnataka, covering around 19.78 crore voters from Tuesday (June 30). The house-to-house enumeration will begin in Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi besides Karnataka on June 30. Already, the SIR exercise, which is in its third phase, has started…
Lucknow, 27/6: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was formed to probe the alleged embezzlement of crores of rupees in offerings at the Ayodhya Ram Temple, in its interim report, has found large scale procedural violations in the management of donation.Though the content of the report was not made public, according to the sources here,…
New Delhi, 27/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Seychelles on Saturday on a three-day official visit, during which he will hold talks with President Patrick Herminie and attend the golden jubilee celebrations of the National Day of the archipelago nation. At the Seychelles International Airport, Modi was given a grand welcome by Herminie and…
New Delhi, 27/6: Veteran Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday said that BJP leaders “will not be able to walk the streets without security” once Congress comes to power Speaking to reporters, he said, “Let our government come to power. When we recount these 12–15 years, BJP leaders will not be able to step out…
New Delhi, 27/6: The Indian embassy in Doha said that the bodies of eight Indian nationals who were killed in the industrial accident at Ras Laffan in Qatar have been repatriated.The total number of mortal remains being flown back have reached 12 as bodies of four victims were repatriated a day earlier on Thursday. …
