Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), May 28 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Vivekananda Rock Memorial, a popular monument in Kanyakumari on a three-day spiritual tour beginning May 30, ahead of the Lok Sabha election results for meditation. Highly placed sources said here on Tuesday that Modi will sail in a ferry to the Vivekananda Rock…
Chennai, May 26 (UNI) US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti met ISRO Chairman S.Somanath and discussed about various space missions and the ongoing cooperation between India and US in the field of space. The meeting took place at ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru and the Ambassador and the delegation were welcomed by senior officials of ISRO,…
Chennai, May 18 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin on Saturday greeted Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on his birthday. In a social media post, Mr Stalin said “Birthday greetings to Hon’ble @VPIndia Thiru Jagdeep Dhankhar avl.” “Wishing him good health, happiness, and a long, fulfilling life”, he added.
Chennai, (UNI) Achieving yet another milestone, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully hot tested a newly indigenously developed liquid rocket engine to power its workhorse, versatile and dependable launch vehicle PSLV to be used in its upper fourth stage. The single piece rocket engine, which saves 97% of raw materials and reduces production…
Chennai, May 10 (UNI) The toll in cracker unit blast at Sengamalapatti village in Sivakasi in the southern Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, rose to 10. The deceased included six women. Police sources said 13 people who were injured in the blast and sustained burns were undergoing treatment at the hospital. The blast occurred on…
Chennai, May 10 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo has directed the authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply in all the strong rooms across the state where the EVMs were kept after the April 19 polling for the Lok Sabha elections. The counting will take place on June 4. Mr Sahoo’s directive comes…
Chennai, May 9 (UNI) In a gruesome tragedy, nine workers, including five women were killed and 13 others injured, when a powerful explosion ripped through a private fireworks factory at Sengamalapatti village near Sivakasi in this Southern district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday. Reports received at the police headquarters here confirmed nine deaths and 13…
Chennai, May 6 (UNI) Heralding a major accomplishment in the development of semi-cryogenic propulsion systems to enhance the payload capability of launch vehicles, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the ignition test of Semi Cryogenic Pre-Burner Ignition Test Article (PITA). In an update on Monday, ISRO said it is developing a 2000…
Chennai, Apr 27 (UNI) Accusing the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of deceiving the State on grant of funds towards Cyclone and flood relief, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K.Stalin on Saturday said there was no funds and no justice from the Centre. Responding to the Centre allocating Rs 276 crore towards…
Chennai, Apr 18 (UNI) The Principal Sessions Court has extended, till April 22, the judicial remand of senior DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji. He was produced before the Principal Sessions Judge Ms.S.Alli via video-conferencing from the Puzhal Central prison where he was lodged last evening. While extending his remand, the…
