BENGALURU: It has taken ISRO — which is all set for its 100th launch from its spaceport in Sriharikota, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) on Wednesday — 46 years to achieve this milestone, but the next century of launches is expected to happen in a quicker time.The first big rocket to lift off from…
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday unequivocally criticised the incident of firing by the Sri Lankan Navy that injured five Indian fishermen near Delft Island. After the incident, which occurred early in the morning, the ministry of external affairs summoned the Sri Lankan acting high commissioner in New Delhi and conveyed displeasure over the firing. Poll…
NEW DELHI: The Ram Janmabhoomi Temple management committee in Ayodhya on Tuesday issued an advisory requesting local devotees to postpone their visits for 15-20 days amid “unprecedented increase” in visitors.The temple committee also said that a large number of devotees are also traveling from Prayagraj to Ayodhya via train and road due to the ongoing…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday defended his ‘poison in Yamuna’ remark and said that he was not afraid of Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini’s threat of taking legal action against him.“Saini Sahab (Haryana CM), don’t do politics on water. Don’t try to scare us that you will file a…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the Coldplay concert organised in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, urging other state governments to focus on the infrastructure required to organise more of such live events.“You must have seen fabulous pictures of Coldplay concert organised in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. It shows that India has a massive scope…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Atishi on Tuesday wrote a letter to chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar demanding action against BJP-ruled Haryana government for trying to “sabotage water supply” in Delhi to influence the upcoming assembly elections.Atishi termed the Haryana government’s action as an act of water terrorism and said that water treatment plants of…
Arvind Kejriwal and PM Narendra Modi (R) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to prioritise waiving loans for farmers and the middle class instead of benefitting wealthy individuals.According to ANI news agency, Kejriwal in his letter said, “The Prime Minister…
NEW DELHI: The war of words over Yamuna waters has intensified with the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress attacking Aam Aadmi Party over Arvind Kejriwal‘s ‘poison in Yamuna’ remark. While Haryana chief minister warned the AAP chief of taking legal action, Congress questioned the authenticity of the statement.“Arvind Kejriwal should immediately apologize to the people…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday searched 16 locations in a case related to ISIS radicalization and recruitment, filed in Tamil Nadu as an offshoot of the 2022 Coimbatore temple car bomb blast.The central agency had earlier charged four accused identified as Jameel Basha, Mohammed Hussain, Irshath, and Syed Abdur Rahman under relevant…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that India would take appropriate action on repatriating illegal immigrants a day after he had talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The US president further said that that PM Modi was set to visit the States “some time in February”. The Ministry of External Affairs is yet to…
