President Murmu stresses on maintaining spirit of harmony, calls Indian economy beacon of hope for world

New Delhi: Observing that there is a new confidence in ‘India story’, President Droupadi Murmu on Monday urged the people to move forward with the spirit of brotherhood and stressed that their identity as “citizens of India” is above all other identities of caste, creed, language and region. In her address to the nation on…

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ISRO gearing up for mission to study Sun, satellite arrives at Sriharikota for launch

Bengaluru: Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for its launch soon, ISRO said on Monday. The satellite, realised at U R Rao Satellite Centre here, has arrived at the ISRO’s spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said in an update on the mission….

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Uddhav, Patole meet, discuss I.N.D.I.A. event, interaction between Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar in Pune

Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Sunday met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray in connection with the meeting on August 31 and September 1 of the opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A in Mumbai. He also said the issue of confusion in the ranks of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in connection with the meeting between Nationalist Congress…

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Indore police register FIR after ‘misleading’ post against MP govt from ‘X’ accounts of Priyanka Gandhi, Kamal Nath

Indore: The Indore police said they have registered an FIR against “handlers” of the ‘X’ accounts of senior Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath and former Union minister Arun Yadav over a post accusing the Madhya Pradesh BJP government of corruption. In a statement released late Saturday night on X,…

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PM accuses TMC of letting loose reign of terror, prompting furious response from rival Mamata

Kolkata/Kolaghat (WB):  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at the opposition and more specifically at TMC’s record of violent local body polls, prompting an equally fiery response from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee castigating the ruling party for lack of action on Manipur. Speaking virtually at a function organised by his party,…

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Dalits, OBCs and tribals getting due respect now; previous governments remembered them only during polls: PM Modi

Sagar (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Dalits, OBCs and tribals are getting due respect from his government whereas previous rulers neglected these sections and remembered them only during elections. He also alleged the previous governments failed to provide water to the poor whereas Dalit bastis, underprivileged localities, and tribal areas are now getting…

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Defence allocation gone up from Rs 80,959.08 cr in 2019-20 to Rs 1,32,301.27 cr in 2023-24: Govt

New Delhi:There is “no meagre allocation” of resources for defence modernisation, and allocation for it under total capital outlay for defence services has gone up from Rs 80,959.08 crore in financial year 2019-20 to Rs 1,32,301.27 crore in 2023-24, the government informed the Parliament on Friday. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said this…

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