The Indian space agency Thursday successfully completed the orbit-raising activity of its communication satellite G-SAT14 for a third time since it was put in orbit Jan 5. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the third orbit-raising activity of GSAT-14 was completed, firing the satellite’s onboard motors. ISRO on its Facebook page said that as […]
The YSR Congress Party’s (YSRCP) 15 legislators were Thursday suspended from the Andhra Pradesh state assembly for a day for stalling the house as they opposed the proposed bifurcation of the state. Speaker N. Manohar suspended the legislators after Minister for Legislative Affairs S. Sailajanath moved a motion for their suspension. YSRCP lawmakers surrounded the […]
Former Karantaka BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa Thursday rejoined the party more than a year after leaving it to head the Karnataka Janata Party. State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Pralhad Joshi handed over to Yeddyurappa party’s primary membership letter at a function in the party office here. Former BJP ministers Shobha Karandlaje and C.M. Udasi […]
The Allahabad High Court Thursday issued notice to the Aam Aadmi party (AAP) and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a petition filed over the ‘jhaadu’ (broom) election symbol. The Lucknow bench of Justice Rajeev Sharma and Justice Mahendra Dayal gave three weeks’ time to respond to the petition filed by the Naitik Party […]
Bangladesh authorities should immediately end arbitrary arrests of opposition party members and others, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Arrests have continued even after the ruling Awami League party and its allies won the largely uncontested elections held Jan 5, it said. The US, the European Union and others refused to send observers to Bangladesh’s divisive […]
Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi may be shown black flags on his arrival in Goa for a rally Jan 12. Over 1,000 displaced workers from Goa’s biggest mining company Sesa Goa would line up on roads leading to the rally venue with black flags. “The Goa government has let us down,” a […]
The new Delhi government’s proposal to reserve 90 percent seats in Delhi University (DU) colleges for locals has undoubtedly cheered city students, but has not found favour with others from across India, including students from the northeast who flock to Delhi for quality education. “The proposed reservation does not keep up with the spirit of […]
Frowning at Sahara Group’s real estate and finance companies for taking advantage of its “politeness and generosity”, the Supreme Court Thursday told them to provide all information sought by SEBI about their claim to have returned 90 percent of Rs.24,000 crore collected from investors. “We have been most polite. We have been most generous. But […]
The government is planning a higher dose of diesel prices to cut the fuel subsidy bill, Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae said here Thursday. “We are circulating the Kirit Parikh report for inter-ministerial consultation. The suggestions for higher dose of diesel price would be part of it,” Rae told reporters on the sidelines of a business […]
A senior Maoist leader and his wife, who surrendered to police in Andhra Pradesh, were disillusioned with Maoist ideology and fed up with the “mindless violence”, police said Thursday. Gumudavelli Venkatakrishna Prasad alias Gudsa Usendi, official spokesperson of the Communist Party of India-Maoist Dandakaranya special zonal committee (DKSZC), and his wife Santoshi Markam, also a […]