New Delhi: India’s space regulator on Wednesday offered an orbital slot to private sector companies to build and operate a communications satellite to provide services in diverse sectors such as telephone, television, radio and internet. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN‑SPACe) released an Announcement of Opportunity for making available Indian Orbital Resources…
New Delhi: A day after BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s controversial caste remarks about Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party has initiated a privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This motion was filed by former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who submitted it to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, citing the Prime…
New Delhi: An emotional Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday urged the Chair to expunge certain remarks made by BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari in the House regarding his political journey. Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he would look into the remarks made by Tiwari on Tuesday in the…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Kerala government was warned as early as July 23 regarding a possible natural calamity in Wayanad due to heavy rains and nine NDRF teams were rushed to the state the same day. However, the Kerala government did not heed to the early warning and also…
New Delhi/Wayanad: Military personnel on Wednesday intensified search and rescue operations in Kerala’s Wayanad district, where landslides have claimed more than 100 lives, with the Army saying that it has recovered around 70 bodies so far and rescued nearly 1,000 people. Extremely heavy rain triggered the landslides in the hilly areas of Wayanad early Tuesday,…
Washington: The Trump campaign has launched a new ad in battleground states alleging that “dangerously liberal” Kamala Harris failed to stop the invasion of illegal immigrants at the Southern border of the US, an allegation rejected by the rival Harris campaign. “Border Czar Kamala Harris’s failure has made America less safe: migrant crime is up,…
New Delhi: Terming BJP MP Anurag Thakur’s speech on the Budget a “highly abusive and unconstitutional tirade”, the Congress on Wednesday claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi encouraged a “serious breach of parliamentary privilege” by sharing it on X. Congress general secretary in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh slammed Thakur for making an apparent reference to Leader of…
Cairo: – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran’s Tehran, the Palestinian militant group Hamas said in a statement on Wednesday. In a statement, the Islamist faction mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. In a statement, the Islamist faction mourned…
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that more than 70 people have been killed in the landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad, and demanded that the Centre extend all possible support for rescue and rehabilitation of those affected. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Gandhi also sought enhanced…
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old woman passenger was raped by a driver of a private sleeper bus travelling from Nirmal district of Telangana to Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh, police said on Tuesday. The woman called the ‘Dial 100’ and informed the police about the incident after midnight on Monday when the bus was on the outskirts of…
