India was preparing on Wednesday for its second attempted moon landing, a historic momentfor the world’s most populous country.Chandrayaan-3, which means “mooncraft” in Sanskrit, is scheduled to put down its Vikramlander shortly after 6pm India time near the little-explored lunar south pole in what would be aworld first for any space programme.A previous Indian effort...
The Delhi government will close all the schools, offices, and NDMC market areas from September 8 to 10 due to G-20 Summit. The Delhi Police had requested Delhi Chief Secretary to declare a public holiday on these three days for G-20 Summit in New Delhi and order commercial and business establishments to remain closed in...
ISRO’s ambitious third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module (LM) is all set to land on the lunar surface on Wednesday evening, as India eyes to become the first country to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth’s only natural satellite. .The LM comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), is scheduled to make a...
The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls in the state, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution. He was addressing a public rally in Sagar in MP’s Bundelkhand region. Assembly polls are expected to be...
Delhi BJP leaders on Tuesday flagged off video vans to tour the city’s seven Lok Sabha constituencies and make people aware of why it was necessary to bring the services bill to Parliament, the unit’s president Virendra Sachdeva said. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Amendment Bill, 2023, commonly known as the...
A tribal group in Manipur today reimposed an indefinite blockade on two national highways, demanding adequate supplies of essential commodities to Kuki-Zo communities in hill areas of the state. NH 2 connects Imphal with Dimapur in Nagaland and NH 37 links Imphal with Assam’s Silchar. Both highways are vital to Manipur to maintain surface communication...
k: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was among nine MPs who took the oath as members of the Rajya Sabha on Monday.The oath was administered by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Rajya Sabha chamber of Parliament House.Jaishankar took the oath in English. This is his second term as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. In...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said while the Congress kept dragging the Ram temple issue ever since Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paved the way for its construction and fulfilled former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh’s dream. The Modi government also fulfilled the veteran leader’s wish to empower the backward and the...
Members of some Hindu organisations on Sunday morning barged into a church in Delhi during prayers, ransacked it, and raised slogans inside the premises, a police complaint alleges. One person sustained minor injuries, police said, adding that they have arrested one person involved in creating a ruckus at the church. Security personnel have been stationed...
The Delhi BJP on Monday attacked the AAP government over the arrest ofa WCD department officer on charges of raping a minor and demandedresignation of minister Kailash Gahlot, claiming the accused worked ashis OSD when he was heading the department. No immediate reaction wasavailable from Gahlot over the issue.“The officer charged with raping a minor...