Bengaluru teams win off-roading championship in Punjab

Bengaluru teams win off-roading championship in Punjab

Two team of two off-roaders each from Bengaluru rode roughshod over their competitors to come up trumps in the inaugural “JK Tyre Xtreme 4Play 2017”, which concluded near here on Sunday. The teams of Siddartha Santosh and Prithviraj A.C., and Lokesh Shivaraja and Rohith K.R. from Bangalore Offroader Drivers Association (BODA) collected 455 points after […]

Congress to approach EC over Modi’s remarks

Congress to approach EC over Modi’s remarks

The Congress on Monday said it will approach the Election Commission (EC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “controversial” remarks of “graveyard and cremation ground” during a recent rally. K.C. Mittal, head of the Congress’s legal cell, told IANS: “We will approach the Election Commission today (Monday) over his controversial remarks.” Modi on Sunday said the […]

ISRO Launch of 104 Satellites

ISRO Launch of 104 Satellites

At 0928 hrs IST today, ISRO today morning successfully launched 104 satellites on board the PSLV-C37 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. It is the highest number of satellites launched in one single mission anywhere. Indian CARTOSAT-2 series satellite weighing 727 kgs was launched along with 2 are national nano satellites – INS -1 and […]

Modi greets Telangana CM on birthday

Modi greets Telangana CM on birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on his birthday. Modi telephoned the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief to extend greetings on his 63rd birthday. Rao thanked Modi for the greetings. Earlier, Modi also tweeted :”Warm birthday wishes to Telangana CM Shri K. Chandrashekar Rao Garu. May he be […]

Priyanka to campaign with Rahul in Rae Bareli

Priyanka to campaign with Rahul in Rae Bareli

After weeks of dilly-dallying, postponements and cancellations, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to campaign for the Congress in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Friday. According to senior Congress leaders of Uttar Pradesh unit, Priyanka will be showing up with brother Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli, a parliamentary seat held by her mother Sonia […]

Panneerselvam hopes to increase MLA support

Panneerselvam hopes to increase MLA support

The AIADMK camp led by acting Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam is hoping to receive a sizeable number of legislators on Thursday, said a senior leader. He also said Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao may not invite Public Works Minister Edapadi K. Palanisamy to form the government in the state till everything seems to be clear. “There […]

TN Governor to meet AIADMK’s Palanisamy

TN Governor to meet AIADMK’s Palanisamy

AIADMK’s leader of legislature party and Public Works Minister Edapadi K. Palanisamy will be meeting Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidayasagar Rao on Thursday morning, said an official in Raj Bhavan. “The Governor has given appointment to Edapadi K. Palanisamy at 11.30 a.m. Beyond this there is no information now as to the meeting agenda,” he […]

The old woman who lives alone in a Himachal wildlife park

The old woman who lives alone in a Himachal wildlife park

She is an octogenarian and lives all alone in the Unesco-tagged Great Himalayan National Park in the picturesque Kullu Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The authorities say she is the only human who lives in the park that is spread over 754 sq km — one of the richest biodiversity sites in the western Himalayas. The […]

Stakes high for SP in UP as voting begins in 2nd phase

Stakes high for SP in UP as voting begins in 2nd phase

As voting for 67 seats in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) is hoping to repeat its 2012 performance in the region. The SP had won 34 of the 67 seats, while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had come a distant second with 17 seats in the last […]

Modi congratulates ISRO for launch of 104 satellites

Modi congratulates ISRO for launch of 104 satellites

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated ISRO for the successful launch of 104 satellites at one go and said it was a proud moment for the nation. “Congratulations to ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) for the successful launch of PSLV-C37 and Cartosat satellite together with 103 nano satellites,” Modi tweeted. “This remarkable feat by […]