The ISRO has not given up efforts to spring Chandrayaan-2’s lander Vikram lying on the lunar surface back to life after a hard-landing more than three weeks ago, senior officials indicated on Tuesday. The Indian Space Research Organisation said on September 7 ground stations lost communication with Vikram (with rover […]
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Poll pact sealed with BJP, Shiv Sena announces first list
On the heels of the BJP announcing its first list of 125 candidates, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday released its first list of 70 candidates it will field in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on October 21. The Sena has retained most of its sitting MLAs, while it has also given tickets […]
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Spotify Premium Family Plan Now Available in India at Rs. 179 per Month
Spotify on Tuesday announced the availability of its Premium Family plan in India at Rs. 179 per month, giving users more ways to share audio content. The Spotify Premium Family plan gives family members living under one roof more choices to customise music streaming and podcasts, with ad-free, on-demand music listening experience, […]
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CBI Searches at 11 Locations in UP, Uttarakhand for Illegal Sand Mining Leases
New Delhi: The CBI is carrying out searches at 11 locations in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in connection with illegal sand mining leases given in Saharanpur, officials said on Tuesday. The move comes after the agency registered a fresh FIR in connection with allocation of leases in Saharanpur, they said. The […]
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India vs South Africa: No treadmill – Ishant Sharma reveals elaborate fitness routine
Ishant Sharma is all heart, he runs in every ball, he keeps at it, he turns back, starts again. All effort, no complaints – he has turned a new leaf in his career and is, by all means, India’s leader with the ball. He was exceptional in South Africa, he was […]
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Rajasthan student develops sunglasses to prevent road mishaps
A class 11 student of Kota has developed sunglasses which will prevent road mishaps as it would not let the driver sleep while driving through sounding alarm and vibration. Student named Pratyush Sudhakar (16) of Sarvodaya school of Kota has developed this device which is basically designed to prevent road […]
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Sensex crashes over 700 points; Nifty below 11,300
The BSE benchmark Sensex crashed over 737 points to trade at 37,930 in a fag-end selling on Tuesday as investors weighed deepening woes in the financial sector. The broader NSE Nifty too dived over 227 points to 11,247.90. Yes Bank shares crashed over 24 per cent on Tuesday, a fifth […]
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Yes Bank shares crack 20% in afternoon trade
Shares of Yes Bank went into a tailspin in afternoon trade on Tuesday despite a positive opening, tumbling nearly 20%. The scrip came under massive selling pressure in afternoon trade, giving up its early gains and plunged 19.90% to Rs 33.20 — its multi-year low — on the BSE. On […]
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Hong Kong protester shot in chest during China National Day rally
Police shot tear gas volleys at protesters and key downtown subway stations were closed as simultaneous rallies raged across Hong Kong hours after Beijing held celebrations marking 70 years of Communist rule in China. President Xi Jinping oversaw a military parade through the center of the capital that featured some […]
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Denied ticket, 2 BJP members to contest as independents
Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh faced rebellion in Pachhad Vidhan Sabha seat where two of it’s members jumped into poll fray after being denied ticket from the segment, even as greenhorn Reena Kashyap filed nomination in presence of chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday. Defying party’s decision […]
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Research on ‘mangal’ in life instead of searching for life on Mars: Union minister Sarangi
Playing with words, Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Monday pushed for ‘mangal’, as in happiness, rather than ‘Mangal’, the planet. Addressing a session during the ongoing global peace summit organised by spiritual organisation Brahma Kumari at Abu road in Rajasthan’s Sirohi, the Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry […]
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Gowtham Kumar wins Bengaluru mayoral elections for BJP
The BJP corporator M Gowtham Kumar was elected as Bengaluru Mayor on Tuesday defeating Congress nominee RS Sathyanarayana. Kumar, who represents Jogupalya ward, secured 129 votes as against Sathyanarayana (Dattatreya Temple ward) who got 112 in a 249-vote electoral college, which comprise city corporators, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha members, MLAs […]
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‘Can turn the clock back’: SC declines to stay bifurcation of J&K into 2 UTs
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the Centre from carving out two centrally-administered union territories (UTs) out of Jammu and Kashmir, telling petitioners who have challenged the scrapping of Article 370 that the top court could always “turn the clock back”. The constitution bench, […]
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Assam Police and Indian Army nab 6 NDFB militants near Indo-Bhutan border
Six militants of banned National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Saoraigwra) have been apprehended in an early morning operation by the Indian Army and Assam Police in a reserve forest area close to the Indo-Bhutan border in Kokrajhar district on Tuesday, a senior police official said. Police said the militants were […]
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BJP announces first list of candidates for Maharashtra polls, CM Devendra Fadnavis to contest from Nagpur
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced its first list of candidates for 125 assembly constituencies, fielding chief minister Devendra Fadnavis from Nagpur South West assembly constituency. Maharashtra assembly has 288 seats, and the BJP will fight this month’s election in alliance with the Shiv Sena. BJP’s Maharashtra chief Chandrakant […]