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Skyroot Aerospace CEO and founder Pawan Kumar Chandana and co-founder Naga Bharath Daka speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the phone from Sriharikota after the successful maiden launch NEW DELHI: “When I took the bold step of privatising the space sector, I was discouraged not to go ahead, I was told it could not…
Prashant Kishor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday claimed that the ruling BJP is “trembling with fear” over his decision to contest the Bankipur assembly bypoll, a move that marks his electoral debut.“One man has stood up, and the entire BJP, from top to bottom, is trembling with fear,”…
59.95% students mark a improvement NEW DELHI: The Central Board on Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday declared the results for second edition of the class 10th board examinations. According to CBSE, 6,63,777 students appeared for the second board examination, of whom 5,13,955 took the test to improve their scores from the main examination. A total…
Kartik Aryan, Mammootty, Yami Gautam NEW DELHI: A political thriller on the removal of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status won Best Feature Film. A biopic of V D Savarkar brought its actor-director the award for Best Debut Director. A Tamil film on an Army officer killed in Kashmir took Best Direction. Another film set during…
New Delhi: Security personnel detain a supporter of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) after activist Sonam Wangchuk, unseen, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 21 days, is shifted to a hospital from Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday intensified round-the-clock surveillance, vehicle checks and security…
Delhi Police shifted activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital early on Saturday (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) NEW DELHI: “Let his life be saved,” former Chief Justice of India Justice (retd.) KG Balakrishnan remarked on climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was “forcibly” removed from Delhi’s Jantar Mantar and taken to a hospital by police on Saturday after…
Abhishek Banerjee says he’ll quit if TMC rebels return Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday challenged former party colleagues who had quit the TMC and were now criticising him to return to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.“Those who left the party and are now abusing or blaming me today… I challenge them to return to…
Defence minister Rajnath Singh (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Sending a strong message to Pakistan, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asserted that India’s “zero tolerance against terrorism” is not merely a statement but a “Line of Action.““We have clearly articulated our perspective on terrorism before the entire world… zero tolerance against terrorism is not merely…
‘Removal of Sonam Wangchuk wrong’: Rahul Gandhi slams BJP’s ‘asatya and hinsa’ approach in first reaction to Jantar Mantar protest NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reacted for the first time to climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s hunger strike, calling his removal from Jantar Mantar ‘wrong’ and accusing the…
SRIHARIKOTA: After some anxious moments when the automatic launch sequence of Vikram-1 was halted midway at just five minutes before lift-off, Skyroot Aerospace finally created history after it successfully placed India’s first privately developed orbital-class rocket into space.The seven-storey tall Vikram-1 rocket, with a lift-off weight of 45,000 kg, blasted off at 12.05 pm, a…
