'Achhe Din' have started for police personnel in Madhya Pradesh, with the government announcing a weekly day off from Thursday. For the first time, around 8,000 police personnel in the state took leave on Thursday. During this time, assistance from the reserve police force will be...
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe on Thursday became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the far side of the Moon in a huge milestone for the nation as it attempts to position itself as a leading space power. The probe, comprising a lander and a rover, touched down at the pre-selected ...
At least nine people, including seven children, were killed when a boat carrying them capsized in the Mahanadi river in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an official said on Thursday. The boat with around 55 persons capsized on Wednesday evening....
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday kept up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying "it seems he fled to Lovely Professional University (LPU) to lecture students" instead of answering questions on the Rafale deal in Parliament. Gandhi also urged the students to ask Modi the same four questions posed by him...
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...
