Chitradurga, 25/12: In a horrific accident, as many as nine people were charred to death and others sustained injuries when a heavy truck rammed into a private bus after hitting road divider on the national highway near Javangondanahalli, Hiriyur taluk in the wee hours. The bus was heading towards Gokarna from Bengaluru. The collision was…
New Delhi, 24/12: The CBI will immediately challenge the suspension of life sentence and bail to former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case in the Supreme Court, officials said on Wednesday. The decision was taken after studying the orders of a division bench of the Delhi High Court in the Unnao…
Dhaka, 24/12:One person was killed in a crude bomb blast in Moghbazar area of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Cocktail bombs were hurled from a flyover towards the 1971 Liberation War Veterans Association and a church also happens to be in the vicinity, according to reports.
New York/Washington, 24/12: China probably seeks to capitalise from de-escalating tensions along the Line of Actual Control with India to stabilise bilateral relations and prevent the deepening of US-India ties, according to a report by the US Department of war. In its annual report to Congress on Tuesday on ‘Military and Security Developments Involving the…
Bhubaneswar, 24/12′ In a major development, 1991-batch IAS officer Anu Garg is set to become Odisha’s first woman to don the mantle of State’s Chief Secretary post with the Government issuing a notification in this regard on Wednesday. Garg, who held several key positions in the administration in the past, is currently shouldering the…
Bengaluru, 24/12: India batting star Virat Kohli on Wednesday went past the iconic Sachin Tendulkar as the fastest to reach 16,000 runs in List A cricket, achieving the milestone in his 330th innings in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy here. Tendulkar had achieved the landmark in 391 innings. The 37-year-old Kohli touched the mark during…
New Delhi, 24/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated ISRO for placing the heaviest satellite in orbit from India using the LVM3 rocket and strengthening the foundation for future missions such as the Gaganyaan The prime minister also said that the success of the heavy-lift LVM3 rocket also reinforced India’s growing role in the…
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…
