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Next round of 8-9 airports to be leased shortly: Scindia
New Delhi: Of the humongous Rs 62,000 crore debt on the books of Air India when it was handed over to the Tatas, the Government of India has closed its part of…
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Supreme Court to hear Azam Khan’s plea next Tuesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will hear Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s plea on Tuesday after it was apprised that he has been arrested in another matter.…
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Of sandstorms & secrecy: India’s Pokhran II nuclear weapons test
Hyderabad: On May 11 in 1998, India, headed by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, conducted successful nuclear tests in the Pokhran range of Rajasthan. India declared itself a full-fledged nuclear state…
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Toyota cuts production due to Covid lockdown in Shanghai
Tokyo: Toyota says it will suspend operations at more production lines at its factories in Japan this month due to the coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai, media reports said. The firm says the…
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Advancements in futuristic tech need of the hour: MoS Ajay Bhatt
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Tourism Ajay Bhatt called upon the scientific community to make advancements in technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), to ensure that…
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EGI expresses happiness over SC’s interim stay on Sedition law
The Editors Guild of India stated its happiness over the Supreme Court’s interim order on the sedition law (IPC 124A). It said, “The Guild welcomes this interim order as sedition law has…
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Congress demands ballot paper system in next Nagaland Assembly polls
Kohima: The opposition Congress in Nagaland on Wednesday demanded ballot paper voting system in the Assembly polls, slated for early next year, replacing the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), as, according…
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Raj Thackeray gets threats, MNS warns ‘state will burn’
Mumbai: Claiming that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has received death threats, a party leader on Wednesday warned that even if his hair is touched, “entire Maharashtra will burn”. MNS…
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Sonia Gandhi attempts to put Congress party in revival mode
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has once again taken upon herself the onerous task of putting the Congress in revival mode. Soon after taking a plunge in politics in 1998, when the Congress…
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Shah Jahan captured Hindu palace to build Taj Mahal, claims BJP MP
Jaipur: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Diya Kumari on Wednesday claimed that the land on which the Taj Mahal has been built in Agra belonged to the Jaipur royal family and there used…
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Jailed journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife hails CJI Ramana
Thiruvananthapuram: The wife of jailed journalist Siddique Kappan hailed the Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, which, on Wednesday, directed the Centre and state governments to refrain…
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Lucknow University professor booked for remarks on Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Lucknow: An FIR has been registered against a professor at the Hindi Department of Lucknow University on May 10 over his alleged derogatory remarks on Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Hindu saints during…
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Karnataka: Tense situation after saffron flag hoisted atop mosque
Belagavi: Tense situation prevailed after some unidentified people hoisted a saffron flag on a mosque in a village in Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Wednesday. According to police, the miscreants climbed to the…
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Sedition law: ‘Lakshman Rekha’ must be respected, says Union Minister on SC’s order
After the Supreme Court’s historic decision to put the controversial sedition law on hold, Minister of Law and Justice of India Kiren Rijiju made a contentious remark saying while he “respected the…
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Uber to hire 500 techies in India by December
Bengaluru: Uber Technologies on Wednesday announced it will hire 500 employees for its India tech centres by the end of this year. The app-based mobility and delivery company currently has a 1,000-strong…
