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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 […]

Patnaik condoles Dikshit’s death

8:53 pm July 20, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday expressed condolence over the demise of veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit. Describing Dikshit as an able administrator and a seasoned politician, Patnaik said: “She was popular across party lines. “She will be remembered for a long time for her contribution in the development of Delhi,” Patnaik said in […]

Family members of Sonbhadra clash victims meet Priyanka at UP guesthouse

1:44 pm July 20, 2019

Mirzapur/Lucknow: Family members of the Sonbhadra clash victims Saturday met Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the Chunar guesthouse in Mirzapur district, where she spent a night in detention. Twelve members of the affected families met the Congress general secretary at the guesthouse, senior party leader Ajay Rai said. Priyanka Gandhi was stopped from going […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Cong members protest in LS over Karnataka crisis

12:58 pm July 19, 2019

New Delhi: Lok Sabha witnessed sloganeering and protests on Friday as Congress members sought to raise the issue of ongoing political crisis in Karnataka. As soon as the Lower House began proceedings, party members wanted to talk about the situation in Karnataka but Speaker Om Birla did not entertain the request. With the Speaker going […]

Cong rule marked by tax terrorism, policy paralysis: BJP

8:39 pm July 18, 2019

New Delhi: There was ‘tax terrorism’ and ‘policy paralysis’ under the Congress rule till 2014 and the BJP pulled out the economy from a dismal situation to put it on a path of fast growth, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Participating in the discussion on the Finance Bill, 2019, Dubey […]