Bangalore, India Wednesday made history by becoming the first country in the world to enter the Martian orbit in its maiden attempt. “The spacecraft (Orbiter) was successfully inserted into the Martian orbit at 515 km away from the red planet’s surface and 215 million km away from the earth inRead More

New Delhi, The Supreme Court Wednesday declined a plea by mobile phone service providers and other corporate honchos to stay the trial of 2G cases before the Special CBI Court which is hearing the matter on a day-to-day basis. “What we have not done earlier we won’t do now,” saidRead More

New Delhi, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today said the Union Government was committed to boosting the agricultural economy and empowering the farmers by facilitating value addition through creation of appropriate infrastructure, including rural connectivity, storage and warehousing. He was addressing a large gathering at Tumkur in Karnataka, after inauguratingRead More

New Delhi, In a massive shuffling exercise of an unprecedented scale, many as 38 officers were appointed as joint secretaries at one go. In some cases, there were lateral shifts. In others, fresh appointments were made, in which officers serving as directors will soon join as joint secretaries, for theRead More

Ranchi, The toll in Assam in the current flood rose to 30 Wednesday with 14 bodies recovered from worst-affected Goalpara and Kamrup(Rural) districts even as relief and rescue work continued round-the-clock. Six bodies were recovered from Bolbola and Krishnai areas of Goalpara taking the total death toll so far toRead More

New Delhi, The narrative of Mahabharata continues to hold relevance in India’s political scenario according to Congress politician and author Shashi Tharoor, who is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his book – “The Great Indian Novel”, political satire based on the epic poem. “I remember when I was in collegeRead More

Kolkata, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday questioned Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari in connection with the multi-crore Saradha scam. “I was summoned as a witness and whatever I had to say, I have said that to the CBI sleuths,” Adhikari, who represents TamlukRead More

Mumbai, The Bombay High Court has refused to give relief to actor Shiney Ahuja, who sought expeditious hearing of his appeal against his conviction and sentence in a rape case, while observing that older cases were pending and it saw no urgency as he was already out on bail. HearingRead More

New Delhi/ New York, india will take action on climate change not “at somebody’s dictation” but on its own volition, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very much interested in climate change and environmental issues. He has proved it in Gujarat for 12 years thatRead More

New Delhi, Government said Supreme Court’s decision to cancel the allocation of 214 coal blocks was in accordance with its stand and will enable it to make a ‘fresh start’. “Basically, the judgement is in accord with the Government of India’s stand in affidavit,” Law and Telecom Minister Ravi ShankarRead More