Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav NEW DELHI: Former Bihar minister and Lalu Prasad Yadav‘s estranged son Tej Pratap Yadav on Sunday refuted social media posts which claimed that he has been “blessed with a daughter”, Anushka Yadav.During a press conference, Tej Pratap dubbed RJD MP Sanjay Yadav, MLC Sunil Singh, former MLAs Shakti…
BENGALURU: Scientists from Isro’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) have identified a promising landing zone in the rugged south polar region of the Moon for India’s first lunar sample return mission, Chandrayaan-4. A detailed terrain study using images from the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC) has shortlisted a one-square-kilometre patch near Mons Mouton as the…
Malaysia joined India on Sunday in strongly condemning cross-border terrorism, signalling a greater understanding of India’s position on the issue, with PM Modi saying after a bilateral meeting with his counterpart Anwar Ibrahim that message from both sides on terror was clear: no double standards, no compromise. Modi’s visit to Malaysia saw close to a…
NEW DELHI: A training aircraft was forced to land in an open field about 50-70km before its destination, Belagavi, Sunday after allegedly running out of fuel. While the aircraft was damaged in the impact, both the flight instructor and the trainee pilot aboard were safe. Aviation authorities were probing the episode. “Redbird Flight Training Academy’s…
NEW DELHI: A steep cut in NEET-PG qualifying standards has led to postgraduate medical seats in govt colleges being filled at shockingly low scores – including in high-risk clinical specialties – triggering alarm across the medical fraternity, reports Anuja Jaiswal. The impact was stark in third-round PG counselling, where candidates secured seats in govt medical…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised Left politics as a “retrograde ideology” which has lost a lot of ground, even as he praised BJP MP from Kerala, C Sadanandan Master’s maiden speech in Rajya Sabha, and admired his courage after he lost his legs in a brutal attack by alleged supporters of CPM…
NEW DELHI: “My message to Gen Z is simple: nothing in life is linear. Be flexible and persevere,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday in an online post that he shared along with a video of his recent interaction with NRI students from the UAE. He said, “Many shared how they feel anxious about…
NEW DELHI: In a giant leap for the Indian space sector, domestic aerospace company Azista Space has demonstrated a new indigenous capability in space by taking images of objects in orbit from another satellite, a first by any space company in the country. This is often called “in-orbit snooping or space watch”.Using its 80-kg earth-observation…
PM Modi with Japan PM Sanae Takaichi (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her landmark victory in the elections to Japan’s House of Representatives, expressing confidence that bilateral ties between India and Japan would further deepen under her leadership.Congratulating her on the outcome, PM Modi…
Abandoned car found at Peeragarhi flyover (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Three people were found dead inside a car near the service lane of the Peeragarhi flyover in outer Delhi on Sunday, police said. Preliminary findings suggest that the case may be a suicide, though further investigation is underway.According to the Delhi Police, a PCR call was…
