NEW DELHI: Lambasting the UP prisons department for illegally detaining a man for 28 days despite his release on bail, Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the state to pay an interim compensation of Rs 5 lakh to him and ordered a judicial inquiry into lapses on the part of Ghaziabad jail officials.Taking a hyper-technical approach…
“Yun Hi Chala Chal Raahi, Kitni Haseen Hai Yeh Duniya…” That philosophical road song from Shahrukh Khan-starrer ‘Swades’ is what Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla listened to before heading to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the lift-off on Wednesday.There is an old tradition at Nasa that when astronauts say goodbye to their…
DHARAMSHALA/KULLU: Two bodies were pulled out from a debris-laden Manuni Khad stream near Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, feared to be among 15-20 workers missing from a private hydroelectric project after a cloudburst unleashed flash floods at the site Wednesday afternoon.As the monsoon set in over the region, torrential rain battered Himachal – leading to swollen…
The holy city, the abode of Mahaprabhu Jagannath, Puri, is ready for the Rath Yatra. It is a journey of faith for millions of devotees coming from across the globe. And Bhartiya Rail is at the service of these pilgrims, facilitating their overall experience in Shreekshetra Puri.Last 11 years have been historic for Odisha’s railway…
Shashi Tharoor. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, widely recognised for his eloquence in English, drew widespread praise this week for speaking fluent French while strongly criticising Pakistan’s inclusion in an upcoming anti-terrorism conference organised by Russia. During a meeting in Moscow with Russian Liberal Democratic Party chairman Leonid Slutsky, Tharoor responded in…
On the day its Ax-4 mission put India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla in space, Houston-based Axiom Space announced a partnership with Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace to jointly expand access to low-Earth orbit. Axiom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Skyroot, opening the door for deeper collaboration between the two private space firms. The…
HYDERABAD: On a day Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission finally launched, carrying Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts to space, Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace and US-based Axiom Space said they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing space exploration, particularly enhancing access to low earth orbit (LEO).Axiom Space will explore utilising Skyroot’s…
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has got a youth from Uttaralhand rescued from a cowshed in Punjab following an intervention by BJP MP Anil Baluni who said the person was kept like a bonded labourer for over 15 years.The youth was allegedly forced to work at a cowshed in Dinewal village of Punjab’s…
NEW DELHI: At least two people have died and around 20 are feared swept away after a series of cloudbursts, flash floods, and heavy rain battered parts of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, triggering widespread destruction across Kangra and Kullu districts.Rescue teams recovered two bodies from the Manuni Khad stream in Kangra district, where floodwaters inundated…
NEW DELHI: Mallikarjun Kharge‘s ‘Modi first, country later’ swipe at Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday added a new chapter to the ongoing saga of an open, often bitter, fight between the Congress and its Thiruvananthapuram MP.That Congress and Shashi Tharoor are at loggerheads does not make news anymore. Since February this year, when Tharoor made his…
