Beijing: China Sunday launched a Pakistani remote sensing satellite along with two of its own onboard a single rocket, further deepening space cooperation between the two all-weather allies. A Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket carrying three satellites -- Pakistan remote-sensing satellite (PRSS-2), AIRSAT 03 and 04...
Ranchi: A 47-year-old hotel owner in Ranchi was shot dead after a vegetarian customer was allegedly served non-veg biryani, police said Sunday. The incident took place around 11.30 pm Saturday after a customer sought vegetarian biryani from the hotel located on Kanke-Pithoria Road and left...
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for his remarks questioning the need to spend large sums on lighting diyas and candles during Diwali, calling his statement "shocking" and "insensitive" towards Hindu traditions. A controversy...
Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has been elected as the leader of the NPF legislature party (NPFLP). The decision was taken after Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Saturday adopted a resolution for merger with the Naga People's Front (NPF). The development comes after...
Jerusalem: Hamas said that Israel's continued closure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will "delay recovery operations and the handover of bodies of Israeli hostages." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to keep the crossing closed until further notice "constitutes...
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari strongly condemned the alleged attack on Darjeeling MP Raju Bista in North Bengal, accusing the Trinamool Congress of the "heinous" act by its goons. Saturday evening, BJP MP Raju Bista's convoy was attacked by miscreants...
Bengaluru: In a landmark scientific breakthrough, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that its lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-2 has made the first-ever observation of the effects of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) from the Sun on the Moon’s exosphere. The observation was made using the Chandra’s...
Tel Aviv: More than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry said the number of dead has climbed since the ceasefire went into effect more than a week ago. The majority of the newly counted dead...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Saturday said talks between India and the US on a proposed bilateral trade agreement are progressing in a cordial atmosphere and New Delhi will protect the interests of farmers, fishermen and MSME sectors. "Bharat ke kisano ka,...
Hyderabad: A statewide bandh called by the BC JAC to protest against the High Court's stay order on the 42 per cent quota to BCs in local body polls was observed in Telangana Saturday, including the ruling Congress supporting the agitation. The BRS and BJP...
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