Day: September 28, 2019

DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy gets two-year extension

DRDO chief urges for indigenous defence production

8:26 pm September 28, 2019

Shillong: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy on Saturday said the country must focus on more indigenous defence production to reduce import in the sector and should become self-reliant in technology. Indigenous produce in defence manufacturing is currently about 45-50 per cent only, he said. Our indigenous produce in defence (sector) […]

Ancient shrine's portals thrown open for all devotees

Lord Venkateswara Brahmotsavam to begin on Monday

8:24 pm September 28, 2019

Tirupati: The nine day annual ‘Brahmotsavam’ festival at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala will get underway on September 30, a senior TTD official said here on Saturday. The festival would begin with the hoisting of the ‘Garuda’ flag by the high priests, amid chanting of vedic hymns, atop the sacred golden […]

Robert Mugabe burial ceremony underway in rural Zimbabwe home

8:14 pm September 28, 2019

Kutama (Zimbabwe): The family of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe gathered in his rural homestead on Saturday, three weeks after his death, to attend a much-awaited burial ceremony in the village of Kutama. Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on September 6, aged 95, almost two years after a military coup ended his despotic 37-year […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Pak opens major border crossings for Afghans to take part in polls

8:13 pm September 28, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan opened all major border crossing terminals on Saturday for the Afghan citizens to allow them to cast their vote in the key presidential election. Voting is under way in Afghanistan’s presidential election, amid heavy security and threats from insurgents. About 9.6 million Afghans are registered to vote in key presidential poll which marks […]

Ramban: One of most wanted Hizbul militants among 3 terrorists eliminated

7:48 pm September 28, 2019

Ramban/Jammu: A top Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’, wanted in connection with the assassination of a senior BJP leader and an RSS functionary, was killed along with two other terrorists in a nine-hour operation in which a jawan lost his life in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The terrorists, identified as Osama […]