Day: December 14, 2020

Congress alleges rampant fraud in voters' list in Kerala

Cong workers protest outside Javadekar’s Pune home, detained

10:40 pm December 14, 2020

Pune: Over 30 Youth Congress workers were detained for holding a protest outside the residence of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar in Pune in support of the farmers’agitation currently underway in Delhi, police said on Monday. They were demanding that the Centre repeal the three new farm laws The persons detained were released later, said senior […]

Delhi BJP to launch campaign to drum up support for agri laws

10:33 pm December 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi BJP will launch a four day campaign from Tuesday to drum up support in favour of the three farm laws that have drawn thousands of protesting farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other states, at the borders of the national capital. The farmers in Delhi will be apprised of the features of […]

Indian talent can achieve global fame in space sector as it did in IT: PM Modi

10:27 pm December 14, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that the decision to open up India’s space sector has heralded a new age of public-private partnership and expressed confidence that Indian talent will achieve worldwide fame in this field in the same way it did in the IT sector. Interacting with key industries, start-ups and academia from the space […]

Japan space agency confirms asteroid soil inside capsule

10:18 pm December 14, 2020

Tokyo: Japan’s space agency said Monday it has confirmed the presence of black soil samples inside a capsule that the spacecraft Hayabusa2 brought back from a distant asteroid last week. The pan-shaped capsule, 40 centimeters (15 inches) in diameter, was dropped by Hayabusa2 from space onto a spot in a sparsely populated Australian desert on […]

Hundreds gather at Mumbai plot after rumours of ‘free’ land

10:12 pm December 14, 2020

Mumbai: Several people have assembled near an open government plot in Vikhroli area of Mumbai following rumours of land being provided free of cost to the poor, officials said on Monday. Civic authorities and police removed them from the spot, but they are still staying put in the vicinity in the hope of getting free […]