BENGALURU: A fast-track court in Bengaluru Thursday issued a non-bailable warrant against veteran BJP leader and former CM BS Yediyurappa in a Pocso case registered against him by Sadashivnagar police on March 14.Yediyurappa has approached the high court, seeking quashing of the Pocso case against him and anticipatory bail. Both petitions will come up for…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is likely to meet US President Joe Biden Friday on the margins of the G7 summit in southern Italy’s Puglia region. With Biden headed to Italy, White House said aboard Air Force One there’s an “encounter” likely between the 2 leaders as the president expects to see the Indian PM…
LUCKNOW: ‘Lal’, ‘Mursan’ and ‘Hilsa’. These are the names given to three craters on the surface of Mars recently discovered by Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), that hint at the red planet’s wet past. Lal has been named after legendary cosmic ray physicist from Varanasi, the late Professor Devendra Lal. The other two have been…
JAMMU: Security teams assisted by drone crews and military dogs are scouring deep forests and high-altitude terrain in Jammu division to catch or kill suspected Pakistani terrorists responsible for four attacks on June 9, 11, and 12 in three districts of the region.Authorities have detained 50 local people for questioning regarding the June 9 ambush…
BENGALURU: Weather permitting, Isro will attempt to achieve another milestone in the development of reusable launch vehicle (RLV) technology this month, may be as early as next week in Karnataka’s Challakere, while “issues” with chopper (Chinook) is delaying the integrated air-drop test (IADT) of simulated Gaganyaan crew modules at the spaceport in Sriharikota.Isro, which had…
NEW DELHI: N Chandrababu Naidu, who took oath as Andhra Pradesh chief minister yesterday, started his new innings on Thursday as he moved fast to fulfil some of the key promises his Telugu Desam Party had made during the campaign trail. The chief minister put his signature on five files as soon as he assumed…
NEW DELHI: Former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday shut down all speculation regarding any rift within the Tamil Nadu BJP, which were triggered after a video went viral showing Amit Shah animatedly talking to Tamilisai.Stating that they were merely discussing post-poll concerns, Tamilisai said: “On Wednesday, I met Amit Shah for the first time…
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang‘s wife, Krishna Kumari Rai, resigned as an MLA on Thursday, just a day after being sworn in, as per an official notification. She had emerged victorious in the Namchi-Singhithang seat during the recent assembly elections, defeating Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) candidate Bimal Rai. Her resignation was accepted by Speaker…
NEW DELHI: The elections for the new Parliament Speaker are scheduled to be held on Wednesday, June 26, two days after the eighteenth Lok Sabha is set to begin. Depending on the requirements of government business, the session is expected to conclude on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, said a government press release.All the elected MPs…
NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday accused the Congress of playing with the future of the country for its petty politics after the grand old party alleged corruption and rigging in the NEET-UG exam.The opposition sparred with the government as the medical entrance exam, which was taken by over 24 lakh candidates,…
