Balasore (Odisha): Four flight trials of high-speed expendable aerial target ‘ABHYAS’ were successfully carried out by the DRDO from the Integrated Test Range at Odisha’s Chandipur between January 30 and February 2, official sources said. The trials were conducted with four different mission objectives in a revised robust configuration using a single booster designed by Advanced…
Ranchi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a nationwide caste census and removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if the INDIA bloc forms the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. Gandhi also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying when the demand for caste census…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was convinced that the opposition parties have lost the courage to contest elections and have resolved to stay on the opposition benches for a long time. Responding to the debate in Lok Sabha on the Motion of Thanks on President’s Address, Modi said some opposition…
Hyderabad: Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday laid the foundation stone for the country’s first National Museum of Epigraphy at the Salar Jung Museum here. The museum will have information about writing, scripts and languages using all multimedia installations. “Laid the foundation stone for the first National Museum of Epigraphy at…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday came down heavily on allegations that the Centre is withholding funds meant for non-BJP-governed states, saying it is a “politically-vitiated narrative” that “vested interests” are happy to go about saying. Replying to a question by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the Lok Sabha on the…
Ranchi: Jharkhand’s JMM-led coalition government headed by Chief Minister Champai Soren won the vote of confidence in the assembly on Monday. While 47 MLAs voted in favour of the confidence motion, 29 legislators opposed it in the 81-member assembly. Independent legislator Saryu Roy abstained. Seventy-seven MLAs were present in the assembly during the voting. The…
Ranchi: Arrested former chief minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren on Monday challenged the BJP to prove the corruption charges against him, asserting that if the accusations are proved, he will quit politics. Taking part in the confidence motion moved by his successor Champai Soren in the assembly, the JMM executive president also alleged that the…
Jammu/Srinagar: Snowfall across the Kashmir Valley affected normal life on Sunday with all flights cancelled at Srinagar airport, while traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was stopped for nearly four hours following a landslide in Ramban district, officials said. Heavy snowfall was reported in the higher reaches of the valley, while the plains saw…
Dehradun: The final draft of the Uniform Civil Code was approved by the Uttarakhand Cabinet here, paving the way for its tabling in the state Assembly whose special four-day session begins here on Monday. The Cabinet passed the UCC draft at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his official residence on Sunday….
Hyderabad: Several Congress MLAs from Bihar arrived here on Sunday, ostensibly to ‘greet’ Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who assumed office recently following the party’s victory in the December 2023 Assembly elections. Media reports claimed that the arrival of the Congress MLAs is part of a precautionary measure taken by the party to prevent…
