New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: ISRO chairman S Somanath has revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer on the day of the launch of India’s Aditya L1 solar mission but he said he was “completely healthy now”. In an interview with Tarmak Media House, Somanath said he underwent an operation to remove the growth in his stomach, followed…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday held that MPs and MLAs do not enjoy immunity from prosecution for taking bribe to make a speech or cast a vote in the legislature. A seven-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud unanimously overruled the 1998 verdict delivered by a five-judge bench in the…
Chennai/Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 62,000 crore in Telangana during his two-day visit starting Monday, and will also witness a key procedure at a nuclear power station in Tamil Nadu. The PM is attending official events in Adilabad and Sangareddy in…
New Delhi: India will, in next five years, join the high-stake global stage of semiconductor manufacturing as it combines unparalleled design capabilities with USD 10 billion of incentives to draw manufacturers to set up new fabs and units that will cut dominance of Taiwan, South Korea and China, said IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw….
New Delhi: The BJP replaced as many as 33 sitting MPs with new faces as it released its first list with names of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. In the list, the BJP announced its candidates for 11 Lok Sabha seats in Assam. Of them, six candidates are sitting MPs…
Bhopal: The BJP’s first list of 24 candidates for Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh featured former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, while Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur was replaced by another candidate. The party on Saturday released a list of 195 candidates. Chouhan, who led the BJP to victory in…
New Delhi: Taking a strong view of Google pulling off some apps from its Play Store, the government on Saturday said delisting of Indian apps cannot be permitted and that the tech company and the startups concerned have been called for a meeting next week. In an interview to PTI, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini…
Lucknow: An Election Commission delegation led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar held a review meeting of divisional and district officers here on Friday. The 13-member team arrived in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday for a three-day visit to assess preparedness for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Friday’s meeting was attended by police and administrative officials…
Arambag (West Bengal): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on the TMC government in West Bengal over atrocities on women in Sandeshkhali. He said the entire country is seething with anger over the issue. Modi also slammed the opposition bloc INDIA for maintaining a stoic silence on the Sandeshkhali horrors. Speaking…
Sindri (Jharkhand): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 35,700 crore in Jharkhand. Among various projects, he dedicated to the nation the Rs 8,900-crore fertiliser plant of Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd in Sindri in Dhanbad district. The plant will add about 12.7 LMT (lakh metric…
