SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
"We don’t want to see the rest of the film", senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said on Friday, taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that the NDA 2.0 government’s achievements in the first 100 days in office were just a "trailer".
Prime Minister Modi, in an address in Ranchi, on Thursday said development...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
A day after a Delhi court reserved its order in the INX Media case, it dismissed former finance minister and Congress veteran P Chidambaram’s application to surrender on Friday. The former union minister is lodged in Tihar jail.
Chidambaram’s counsel Kapil Sibal moved an application, offering that former union minister will surrender before the court. The court reserved...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the possibility of an “accidental war” with India over the Kashmir issue cannot be ruled out. Qureshi said this while addressing media at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) before leaving for his country.
He further appealed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
An inexplicable flip that turned the Chandrayaan-2 lander upside down moments before it was to land on the Moon may explain what happened last Saturday, when the Indian Space Research Organisation lost all contact with the Vikram lander.
Data and readings from the Vikram lander's descent on to the lunar surface, gathered by the India Today Magazine, offer...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Union minister Piyush Goyal, who found himself in hot water with his remark that "Maths never helped Einstein discover gravity", Friday admitted that he committed a gaffe by crediting the discovery of gravity to Albert Einstein instead of Issac Newton.
"We all get the opportunity to make mistakes. I said Einstein instead of Newton. The same Einstein had...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
This undated photo provided by Immigration Equality shows Roee, left, and Adiel Kiviti, right, with their children newborn, Kessem and older brother Lev. The Maryland couple is suing to challenge the State Department's refusal to recognize the U.S. citizenship of their infant daughter, who was born in Canada to a surrogate mother this year. (Courtesy of Adiel...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) flared up again on Wednesday following a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh.
The Indian and Chinese troops were reportedly engaged in a confrontation near the northern bank of the Pangong Lake in Ladakh, two-thirds of which is controlled by China.
Army sources said tensions escalated when Indian...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
BENGALURU - Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought "bad luck" to ISRO when he came to Bengaluru to witness the landing of Chandrayaan-2 leading to the space agency losing contact with the lander ‘Vikram’.
"PM came to Bengaluru to give a message that he himself was landing Chandrayaan-2, scientists worked...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
A new post-study work visa for foreign students has been announced.
In a big relief for those Indian students who wish to pursue a career in the UK after completing their study; now they will be allowed to work in the country for two years and gain experience in the industry.
Moreover, they will have an option...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri called Wednesday on Muslims to attack U.S., European, Israeli and Russian targets in a speech on the 18th anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks.
SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks online activity of jihadist groups, reported that in a video released by the militant group, the 68-year-old al-Zawahri also criticizes “backtrackers” from jihad, referring to...
