Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): India’s first privately developed orbital rocket, Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1, will on Saturday soar into a low Earth orbit (LEO) to place multiple technology demonstration payloads–both domestic and foreign. Besides, it will also deploy a micro-art payload and a handwritten postcard from Prime Minister Narendra Modi bearing the message “Vande Mataram”, along with…
New Delhi: Security was stepped up in and around Jantar Mantar and across parts of the New Delhi district on Saturday after activist Sonam Wangchuk, whose health deteriorated during a 20-day hunger strike, was shifted to a hospital following a brief commotion during the exercise, police said. Heavy deployment of Delhi Police personnel and paramilitary…
New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, was shifted to a hospital on Saturday after his health deteriorated on day 21 of his fast, Delhi Police said. “As per orders of Hon’ble High Court and on expert medical advice due to the deteriorating health condition of Sh….
New Delhi: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Friday likened the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to the holy Ganga, saying the organisation has flowed selflessly for the welfare of others over the past century. The VP added that it has grown from humble beginnings into one of the world’s largest voluntary organisations. Addressing the launch…
Jalandhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of rail and road infrastructure projects, including 75 redeveloped railway stations, worth Rs 5,470 crore in Jalandhar. The projects are aimed at strengthening connectivity, improving passenger convenience and accelerating economic development in the region. Modi reached Jalandhar after unveiling projects in Chandigarh…
New Delhi: Despite being upset with the Congress, the DMK has no convergence of views with the BJP and would act on the Constitution amendment bill related to delimitation, keeping in mind that it is against the interest of Tamil Nadu, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Friday. Speaking with PTI ahead of Parliament’s Monsoon…
Bankura (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday promised an investor-friendly ecosystem with improved law and order, easier land availability and employment-linked incentives, while accusing the previous TMC government of driving away investments and leaving the state industrially stagnant. Laying the foundation stone for Shyam Steel Group’s Rs 15,000-crore integrated steel plant expansion…
New Delhi: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday asserted that he would “stay alive till July 20 at any cost”, even as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 20th day amid a warning from doctors that his prolonged fast has reached a critical stage. The Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar…
Jind (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train connecting Jind to Sonipat in Haryana from the railway station here. With this, India has joined a select group of countries that have operational hydrogen-powered trains and marks an important step towards the adoption of clean and sustainable mobility in the…
Puri: The chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings resumed their journey to the Gundicha Temple in Odisha’s Puri on Friday as part of the annual Rath Yatra festival that commenced a day ago, officials said. None of the three chariots had reached the temple, around 2.6 km away from the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple,…
