Day: July 22, 2019

Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Government

Cong congratulates ISRO for Chandrayaan launch

5:54 pm July 22, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday congratulated space agency ISRO for the successful launch of its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2. The party also remembered India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s initiative to set up the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and former PM Manmohan Singh for sanctioning the project in 2008. India on Monday successfully […]

Fire breaks out in Mumbai telephone exchange building

5:51 pm July 22, 2019

Mumbai: Fire broke out in a telephone exchange building in Mumbai Monday, civic officials said. Fire broke out at the MTNL exchange building at S V Road in suburban Bandra in the afternoon, fire brigade sources said. Fire engines have been rushed to the spot, an official said, adding there were no reports yet of […]

Heavy rainfall likely in Pune in next 48 hours: IMD

9 killed in lightning strikes in UP

5:45 pm July 22, 2019

Banda (UP): Nine people were killed due to lightning strikes in various districts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Monday. One person was killed each in Banda and Chitrakoot districts, three died in Hamirpur and four were killed in Jalaun district on Sunday afternoon, the officials said. Shyamlal Yadav (19) was killed in Banda’s Bhahua […]

UP: 2 ‘kanwariyas’ drown in Ganga while bathing

5:44 pm July 22, 2019

Budaun: Two ‘kanwariyas’ drowned while taking a bath in the Ganga river in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun district on Monday, police said. Divyam Saxena (23), Aman Gupta (22) and Devendra (30) slipped into deep water while bathing at Ataina ghat in Usaihata area, they said. Devendra was saved by the locals but the others drowned. Their […]

Woman shot dead at Varanasi hotel

5:42 pm July 22, 2019

Varanasi: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead at a hotel room here on Monday morning, police said. The incident took place at Ashoka Hotel in the Singra locality, they said. The victim was identified as Luvleen Singh, aka Shweta, and was a student of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth University, they said. Police said she […]