Day: September 5, 2019

Chidambaram likely to be lodged in Jail No.7 in Tihar

7:32 pm September 5, 2019

New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram, who was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Thursday in the INX Media corruption case, is likely to be lodged at the Tihar prison’s Jail No. 7, officials said. Jail No. 7 usually houses those accused in Enforcement Directorate cases. The veteran Congress leader was sent to the […]

Budget for the rich, of the rich, by the rich: Chidambaram

Chidambaram sent to Tihar jail in INX Media corruption case

7:21 pm September 5, 2019

New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram was sent to Tihar jail Thursday by a Delhi court where he will spend 14 days in judicial custody in connection with the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent him to judicial custody till September 19. The court allowed him […]

19 more telephone exchanges restored in Kashmir Valley

2:52 pm September 5, 2019

Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have restored 19 more telephone exchanges, a month after telephone services were snapped following abrogation of provisions of Article 370, officials said on Thursday. Landline telephone connections started working in commercial hub of Lal Chowk and press colony in the early hours of Thursday, the officials said. They said 19 telephone […]

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO anxious but optimistic ahead of crucial soft-landing

2:23 pm September 5, 2019

Bengaluru: Let’s pray for the successful soft-landing” — that pretty much sums up the mood at ISRO ahead of Saturday’s highly crucial event of the Chandrayaan-2 mission. Nervous and anxious for sure but the city-headquartered space agency is cautiously optimistic of “Vikram” module’s soft-landing on the Lunar surface planned in the early hours of Saturday. […]

Batala cracker factory blast- 23 killed, 27 injured- rescue operations under way

Batala ‘illegal’ cracker factory blast: 23 killed, 27 injured; rescue operations under way

2:00 pm September 5, 2019

Batala (Punjab): The Punjab police on Thursday said the cracker factory in which the blast took place here killing 23 people and injuring 27 was ‘illegal’ even as rescue operations continued at the explosion site. Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were trying to find out any person still trapped under the debris, officials […]