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New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Tuesday announced that it has successfully conducted the flight trial of its indigenously developed High-Altitude Platform System (HAPS), achieving an altitude of 21 km and demonstrating long-endurance stratospheric flight capabilities. The milestone is expected to strengthen...

New Delhi: India Tuesday condemned the attack on a Panama-flagged commercial vessel MT On Peace off the coast of Oman, which was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz and reiterated its call for an immediate cessation of such incidents in the...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday committed Rs 10,000 crore to establish an SME Growth Fund for direct equity investments in Small and Medium Enterprises to create future champions. The decision was taken at the Union Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The SME...

Lucknow: All eight Rajya Sabha candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Uttar Pradesh filed their nominations Tuesday. The BJP announced the names of eight candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections Monday. These include Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopikrishna Pandey,...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs, led by the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in metres away from the Election Commission of India's (ECI) office in the Akashvani Bhawan premises. Rahul Gandhi, along with Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, MPs...

New Delhi: Assistant Commissioner of Police Vivek Bhagat, who has been accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a protest here, has written to the Delhi Police chief requesting that the order assigning him the current duty charge of additional DCP be kept on...

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan met Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Tuesday to discuss seat-sharing for the upcoming local body elections. Pawan Kalyan attended the breakfast hosted by Chandrababu Naidu at his official residence at Undavalli. Chandrababu Naidu’s son and Minister Nara...

New Delhi: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Tuesday climbed a police barricade and waved the national flag as INDIA bloc MPs marched towards the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)...

New Delhi: The Patiala House Court has granted regular bail to self-styled influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj, who was arrested in connection with the alleged assault of the father of a minor activist during a protest at Jantar Mantar. The court had earlier, September 15, granted Bhardwaj...

New Delhi: Senior trustees of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust have accused fellow trustees Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh of "undermining board resolutions and breaching their fiduciary duties by publicly supporting the listing of Tata Sons", the holding company of the Tata Group, according to a...