Bengaluru, Jan 8 (UNI) The cancellation of a dinner meeting for SC/ST legislators, MPs, and leaders has further exposed the simmering power struggle within Karnataka’s ruling Congress. The meeting, planned by Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara, was called off on the instructions of AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, following objections raised by Deputy Chief…
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) The Union Government has appointed distinguished space scientist and LPSC Vaiamala Director V Narayanan as the next Chairman of the Indian Space Reasearch Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary of the Department of Space. It was announced by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Tuesday evening, according to reports received here. Mr…
Chennai, Jan 8 (UNI) Having created a historic achievement by cultivating crops for producing foods in space for astronauts during long durtion manned mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) termed it as a Leap in Space Biological Experiments. Growing plants from seed in space under microgravity is an important milestone for space biological research,…
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (UNI) Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sibin C, has handed over the CDs of final electoral roll (without photographs) to all the representatives of the recognised political parties of Punjab. During the meeting at the CEO Office, Sibin C said that the total number of voters in Punjab in the final voter…
Chennai, Jan 7 (UNI) The bye-election to the Erode East Assembly seat will be held on February five, the Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday. The seat in all probability will be again allotted to the Congress as it had won in 2021 Assembly elections and the 2023 bypoll. The bypoll, the second in…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) India on Tuesday expressed condolences on the deaths of over 100 people caused by a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the Tibet Autonomous Region. In a post on X, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “Government and people of India express condolences on the tragic loss…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) After the announcement of the Delhi General Assembly elections by the Election Commission on Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and other senior leaders urged party workers to prepare for the elections with full vigour. Taking to social media platform X, Arvind Kejriwal said, “The dates for…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday inaugurated the Bharatpol portal developed by CBI here and said that with its implementation, criminals committing crimes in India and fleeing to other countries can now be brought within the ambit of justice. Shah said that the Government has introduced the provision of…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) The first India-Malaysia Security Dialogue was co-chaired by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Director General of the National Security Council of Malaysia Raja Dato Nushirwan Bin Zainal Abidin in New Delhi today. During the dialogue both sides exchanged views on the global and regional security environment and reviewed the…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (UNI) The Embassy of Yemen in New Delhi has denied media reports that claimed President Rashid Al-Alimi has approved the execution order for Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for murder. The Embassy said in a statement on Monday that the case of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya…
