NEW DELHI: Nalini Sriharan, her husband and three other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released from Tamil Nadu prisons on Saturday evening. Earlier today, Nalini Sriharan was taken for her routine signature procedure at Katpadi Police station. Nalini Sriharan is among the seven persons accused of assassinating Rajiv Gandhi. This comes a … Read more
NEW DELHI: Abu Dhabi is gearing up to host a global space debate that will witness the representation of the world’s fast-growing space industry together with the heads of the UAE, Israel and India on December 5 and 6. With a proliferation of new countries eyeing space capabilities and the development of the fast-growing private … Read more
NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi heaped praise on Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader termed it as a “very interesting” development and drew parallels with Ghulam Nabi Azad. “The PM had similarly praised Ghulam Nabi Azad in Parliament. We saw what happened after that,” Pilot said. “We all witnessed Prime … Read more
GUWAHATI: The Indian Army Aviation Advance Light Helicopter (Weapon Systems Integrated) had sent a May Day alert to Air Traffic Control suggesting technical snag before crashing at general area Migging (South of Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh) on Friday morning. A defence PRO said, “Prior to the crash, the Air Traffic Control had received a MAY … Read more
MUMBAI: A call threatening to blow up the State Bank of India office in Mumbai’s Nariman Point and kill the bank chairman was received at the branch, police said on Friday. The caller introduced himself as MD Jia-Ul-Alim and claimed that he was speaking from Pakistan. He demanded a loan from the bank and threatened … Read more
VARANASI: The Varanasi district judge court is set to deliver its verdict on the demand of four women plaintiffs, seeking court intervention for carbon dating of the purported ‘shivling’ claimed to have been found in the ablution pond of the mosque during court commission survey on May 16. Hindu petitioners had during a court-mandated videography … Read more
LUCKNOW: Heavy rains lashed several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, claiming at least nine lives and throwing common life out of gear. Authorities of a dozen districts, including Lucknow, Aligarh, Meerut, Gautam Buddh Nagar, and Ghaziabad, ordered closure of schools on Monday in the wake of heavy rains. In Aligarh, all schools up to … Read more
NEW DELHI: Weighing in for the first time on the debate that the coming non-Gandhi president in Congress would be a proxy for the Gandhi family, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said both Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are persons of stature and understanding, and neither can be a “remote controlled” leader of the party. Rahul’s … Read more
NEW DELHI: India was the world’s top producer of sugar during the just-ended sugar marketing year and was the second largest exporter. Official data released by the government on Wednesday pegged In dia’s exports during 2021-22 (October-September) sugar season at 1. 1 crore tonnes, 58% higher than the previous year, helping generate forex inflows of … Read more
JAIPUR: After a brief lull following the storm over an aborted Congress legislature party (CLP) meeting and chief minister Ashok Gehlot bowing out of the party president’s race, political activity is gathering momentum again in Raja sthan. Sachin Pilot, who reached Jaipur on Monday evening, started reaching out to his detractors. He paid a visit … Read more