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New Delhi: The BJP Saturday justified the hospitalisation of activist Sonam Wangchuk on the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar here, saying it was done in compliance with a Delhi High Court direction that his health be monitored. The ruling party...

New Delhi: The first instinct was to hit record. But by the time protesters rushed towards the stage at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, all that remained visible was a wall of white bedsheets, behind which activist Sonam Wangchuk was whisked away, according to those at the...

New Delhi: Opposition leaders across party lines Saturday condemned the forced removal of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from the Jantar Mantar protest site in Delhi, accusing the BJP-led central government of undermining democratic freedoms, curbing dissent and choosing force over dialogue. Wangchuk, who was on...

New Delhi: The government-backed Aadhaar App has crossed 4 crore (40 million) downloads, reflecting growing adoption of digital identity services as millions of residents use the platform to update Aadhaar details, manage security settings and access other services, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology...

New Delhi: What started as an ambitious idea by two former ISRO scientists in 2018 has grown into India's biggest private space success story, with Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka leading Skyroot Aerospace to the country's first private orbital launch. Former ISRO scientists...

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee, Saturday expressed her deep concern about climate activist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk's health after he was shifted to a hospital earlier this morning from the protest site in Delhi's Jantar Mantar. In a...

New Delhi: Singer Vishal Dadlani and actor Parvathy Thiruvothu have expressed their disappointment over the way educationist Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to a hospital from the protest spot where he has been on an indefinite hunger strike. Wangchuk was taken from the Jantar Mantar protest...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said the "removal" of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar while he was on a non-violent hunger strike is "wrong" and alleged that the core tenets of the government are "Asatya and Hinsa (falsehood and violence)". The party...

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): ISRO is targeting seven launches during the current financial year, with the next mission scheduled to lift off within the next two months, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan announced Saturday. Speaking at a press conference following the historic maiden orbital launch of Skyroot...

New Delhi: Backed by a major boost in indigenous defence production, India is rapidly emerging as a credible global security partner, expanding its strategic footprint from the Indian Ocean to the Indo-Pacific, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. In an address at an event,...