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At precisely 9:18 am, August 7, ISRO launched the AzaadiSAT made by 750 school girls from India to celebrate 75 years of Independence. The 750 girls from several parts of the nation have created history by creating a small 8 kg weighing microsatellite which will carry 75 small payloads developed at 75 schools across the […]
What is the Supermoon? A supermoon is a phenomenon when the full moon coincides with the Moon’s nearest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit. The closest point is termed as perigee. The moon is considered to be a SuperMoon when it is within 90% of the perigee. It is vital to understand that a […]
Actor Rhea Chakraborty was charged, Wednesday morning, for buying drugs for her actor-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, who died in 2020. A charge sheet filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) names her and 34 others as accused in the high-profile case. The actor has been charged with purchasing and financing a small quantity of marijuana. […]
The world has reacted with shock over the “reprehensible” attack on Abe. However, it is learnt that some Chinese nationalists celebrated the assassination . Moments after Abe was shot during a campaign speech in western Japan, some Chinese nationalists celebrated the incident on Weibo, which is China’s Twitter-like microblogging site. They hailed the attacker as […]
Six people were killed and at least 24 wounded after gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb Monday morning (around 11 pm IST). According to local reports, a gunman began firing from the roof of a retail store into the parade below just minutes after the celebrations began. A video […]
Barely 48 hours after the new government came to power in Maharashtra, top cop Sanjay Pandey, who retired as Mumbai CP on Thursday, was served an ED notice, Sunday. He has been summoned in connection was a money-laundering case relating to the NSE server breach case. He has to appear before the agency on July […]
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Sunday, dissolved the national, state and district executive bodies of all its organisations, including the youth and the women’s wing, with immediate effect. Though no official reason has been given, the move is seen as an attempt to revamp the Samajwadi Party after the Lok Sabha bypoll debacle in the […]
India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu registered a stunning comeback win against Thailand’s Phittayaporn Chaiwan to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open tournament, Thursday. She pulled off a stunning win 19-21, 21-9, 21-14 to reach the quarterfinals. Playing on Court 1, Sindhu came through a tough test against Chaiwan in the match. Sindhu lost the […]
I am not the one to be scared, but rather than spilling the blood of the Shiv Sainiks on the streets, I will step down. Uddhav Thackeray Realising that numbers are not with him, Uddhav Thackeray in a Facebook Live, tendered his resignation as chief minister of Maharashtra, Wednesday. He also resigned as MLC. A […]
1) Uddhav Thackeray to go live on Facebook at 9.30 pm, Wednesday 2) Uddhav Thackeray must prove tomorrow that his government still has a majority, the Supreme Court ruled tonight. Mr Thackeray is scheduled to deliver a speech on Facebook Live at 9.30, as speculation builds around whether he will now resign. 3) Result of […]
The Supreme Court heard a petition by Team Thackeray against holding the no-trust vote called for Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari tomorrow, Thursday. Late Wednesday evening, the two-bench court refused to stay proceedings. As a result, the floor test will happen tomorrow, 11 am to 5 pm. However, the court also observed that the final […]
Even as the Maharashtra government hangs on to power amid a rebellion, the state cabinet led by Uddhav Thackeray, Wednesday, approved renaming of Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv, apparently to be seen as true keepers of the party’s Maratha-Hindutva ideology. While there remain possible legal tangles in such renaming — something Uddhav Thackeray, […]
The Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday, June 29 that vice-presidential elections will be held on August 6. The poll, if necessary will be held on August 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the votes will be counted on the same day. On July 5, the Election Commission will issue a notification […]
Pic: Shiv Sainiks took out a rally in support of the Thackeray Sena, in Mumbai, Sunday As the political crisis continues to play out in Maharashtra, the rebel camp led by Eknath Shinde has moved the Supreme Court over the deputy speaker’s disqualification notice. Two petitions have been filed challenging the disqualification notice issued by […]
In a significant development, Maharashtra minister Uday Samant landed in Guwahati, Sunday, and joined the rebel MLAs. He is the ninth minister to join the Eknath Shinde camp. That leaves only one state cabinet minister in the Uddhav camp: Aaditya. Despite being reduced to a minority, Team Thackeray has dismissed Shinde’s assertion that he will […]
Firebrand Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut, Sunday minced no words in lashing out at the rebels. He was speaking at a Sena meet in Mumbai and dared the “bodies to come back to Maharashtra.” Taking the jibe further, he added: “Rebels are living corpses with dead souls. A post-mortem will be conducted on the Assembly […]
Firebrand chief spokesperson of Shiv Sena, Sanjay Raut, Sunday morning, sneered at the rebel leaders camping in BJP-ruled Assam. “How long will you hide in Guwahati? You will have to come back to Chowpatty,” he tweeted with an image of Maharashtra Assembly Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal, who has served notices to 16 rebel MLAs on […]
Eknath Shinde’s video, in which, he is seen helming a meet with the rebel camp at the banquet hall and telling them about “a national party behind us, supporting us,” left no doubt about script-writers of the Maharashtra political drama. However, this new information will help piece the puzzle even better. It has now been […]
In a late-night speech Friday evening, almost three hours after a high-level meeting between NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, the latter minced no words in calling out the BJP. This was his third televised public address ever since the political turmoil began in the state. Thackeray stated that “insults heaped on […]
Shinde Sena Can Stake Legal Claim On Party, Symbol In the latest update from the Maharashtra political drama staging its act in Guwahati, Eknath Shinde claimed 42 MLAs late Friday evening. This means he has the critical number (37, clearly five above the required mark) of MLAs required to split the party in the Assembly […]
