NEW DELHI: A new book sheds light on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s covert operations during the 1975-77 Emergency, including a daring visit to a jail in Bhavnagar disguised as a ‘swamiji’ to meet incarcerated activists.Titled “The Emergency Diaries – Years that Forged a Leader” and published by BlueKraft, the book chronicles Modi’s underground work as…
File photo of Sunil Ambedkar (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Thousands of RSS volunteers, including some prominent office bearers, were put in jail and subjected to various kinds of tortures in custody during the period of Emergency imposed by the then-prime minister Indira Gandhi on June 25 in 1975, senior RSS functionary Sunil Ambekar said.“At…
CM Yogi Adityanath (Image: PTI) LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday highlighted the state’s immense possibilities in sectors of animal husbandry and dairy.He noted that the ‘Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan’ is bringing reality to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s “vision.” Adityanath stated that the possibilities in animal husbandry and the dairy sector were never…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the successful launch of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station, saying Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla carries with him the “wishes, hopes and aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians.”In a post on X, PM Modi said, “We welcome the successful launch of the space…
“What a ride!” That was Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s first reaction from space. About 10 minutes into the flight, and about a minute after the Dragon Capsule, which has now been named “Grace”, Shukla addressed India in Hindi.“What a ride! Namaskar mere pyare Deshvasiyo. What a ride! We’ve returned to space after 40 years and…
After multiple delays, the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) mission was finally launched at 2.31am Eastern Time (12.01pm IST) Wednesday and India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla with three of his crew mates — veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson (US) as commander, Polish engineer Sławosz Uznański, Hungarian researcher Tibor Kapu — soared into space.Ax-4’s designated pilot, Shukla is only the…
NEW DELHI: India’s second human spaceflight participant, Shubhanshu Shukla, joined the Axiom mission, alongside representatives from Hungary and Poland, and now, within a few hours, they will lift off for a 14-day sojourn to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday.India’s space programme is entering a new phase with…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday fumed at the Ghaziabad jail superintendent refusing to release a Muslim man, who converted to Hinduism to marry but got booked under UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, for a typographical error in the apex court’s order granting him bail, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.The SC on April 29…
A brilliant Bombay-born engineer helped build America’s deadliest ghost in the sky. Then he betrayed it. Sold its secrets to China. Decades later, the same B-2 stealth bombers he helped perfect unleashed bunker busters on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 22.Noshir Sheriarji Gowadia, now 81, sits behind bars in Colorado’s Florence, serving a 32-year sentence…
NEW DELHI: Citing the US advisory to its citizens, including women and govt servants, discouraging them from travelling to India, Congress on Tuesday slammed the govt for its “silence” over the issue, saying the US is treating terrorist-sponsor Pakistan with kid gloves while issuing advisories against India.Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said this is yet another…
