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"Shameful": Shashi Tharoor rips into China for denying visas to three Indian athletes for Asian Games

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:10:10 S O Correspondent

Resolve to develop 75 technologies taken at ‘Swavlamban’ seminar last year achieved, says Indian Navy Vice Chief

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:08:47 S O Correspondent

Lawmakers from Shinde-led Shiv Sena won't win next election, claims Sena UBT's Sanjay Raut

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:52:45 S O Correspondent

BJP delaying local bodies polls in J&K as it realised it will be wiped out: Ex-CM Mehbooba

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:50:22 S O Correspondent

The BJP is "delaying" the panchayat and local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir as it has "sensed defeat", PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday, and charged that the ruling party at the Centre might end the election system in the entire country if it comes back to power.

'Receiving death threats, hate messages since Parliament episode', says BSP MP Danish Ali

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:48:38 S O Correspondent

Amid the row over BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's using derogatory remarks in the Lok Sabha against him, BSP lawmaker Danish Ali on Wednesday claimed some people were sending him hateful and threatening messages and urged the Delhi Police to take action.

Indonesia bans goods transactions on social media platforms

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:45:12 S O Correspondent

Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms in a new regulation, its trade minister said Wednesday, as Jakarta aims to rein in direct sales on major platforms it says are harming millions of small businesses.

SC Judge SVN Bhatti recuses from hearing plea of ex-Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:33:40 S O Correspondent

Supreme Court Judge SVN Bhatti on Wednesday recused himself from hearing former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's petition for quashing the FIR against him in the alleged Rs 371 crore scam in the state's Skill Development Corporation.

'Incompetent CM': Kharge demands Biren's sacking, hits out at PM Modi over Manipur violence

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:30:40 S O Correspondent

Congress national president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Manipur violence and urged him to sack Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'incompetent Chief Minister'.

Blood substances to help identify long Covid-19 patients discovered in new research

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:29:32 S O Correspondent

Blood biomarkers for long Covid, or specific blood substances indicating the disease, have been identified, and could be used to accurately distinguish patients with the disease, scientists report in a new research published in the journal Nature.

Protests continue in Manipur over students' killings; ITLF slams delay in CBI probe into tribal deaths

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:28:35 S O Correspondent

Protest rallies erupted in Imphal with thousands of students marching towards the centre of the city for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, protesting the kidnapping and killing of two youths.

Maneka Gandhi claims ISKCON sells cows to butchers; temple authority hits back

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:26:07 S O Correspondent

A video of BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has gone viral in which she could be heard charging that the ISKCON is the “biggest cheat in the country which sells cows from its gaushalas (cowsheds) to butchers”.

Lot of missions in conceptual phase, Venus mission already configured: ISRO Chairman

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:24:42 S O Correspondent

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Tuesday said that the mission to the brightest planet in the solar system, Venus is already configured adding that payloads have been developed for the future mission.