Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday defended the act of two women who entered Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, saying they did not arrive in a helicopter to have 'darshan'. "These two women came just like any other pilgrim and went up the way that all...
China's Chang'e 4 space probe on Thursday became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the far side of the moon, Xinhua news agency reported. At 10.26 a.m. (Beijing time), the probe, comprising of a lander and a rover, landed at the pre-selected landing area at 177.6 degrees east longitude and 45.5 ...
At least eight flights were diverted and take-offs were suspended for two hours at the IGI airport here on Thursday due to dense fog and poor visibility, officials said. A Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) official told IANS: "Eight flights have been diverted due to low visibility at the Indira Gandhi International ...
Retired justice Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari, who delivered a landmark verdict during the Emergency on human rights, died here on Thursday at a private hospital following a brief illness. Justice Dharmadhikari, 91, was also an eminent Gandhian, freedom-fighter, legal...
A dawn-to-dusk Kerala shutdown call, given by the Sabarimala Karma Samithi (SKS) to protest against the visit of two women to the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, evoked a mixed response in the state on Thursday. The SKS said the shutdown was intended to oppose the role of the Kerala...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the death of veteran cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar and said his demise is as a "big loss" to the sporting world. "Ramakant Achrekarji was a shining beacon of the Guru Parampara. An outstanding mentor, he groomed cricketing talent for years and the gems he trained went on...
It was a cold Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 6.7 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season's average, the Met Office said. "There was shallow to dense fog in the morning. The sky will remain mainly ...
A gunfight erupted on Thursday between the security forces and holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said. Police said security forces started a cordon and search operation in Gulshan pora village of Tral area after receiving information about the presence of militants there. ...
The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley dropped on Thursday due to clear night sky as the weather office forecast another spell of rain and snow beginning Friday. "We are expecting another spell of moderate rain and snowfall from Friday ...
A case has been filed against actor Anupam Kher and others associated with upcoming film 'Accidental Prime Minister' in a Bihar court on Wednesday for damaging the image of some top people....
