- Sunday, April 20, 2025
INDIA'S debt-crippled national airline is focused solely on daily survival and keeping its flights in the air, a spokesman said Thursday (28), after the government warned it would have to shut down unless a buyer was found. Air India owes more than $8.6 billion or £6.6bn and has struggled to…
Efforts are on to revive the public sector BSNL and MTNL and make them professional, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday while noting that the VRS scheme for existing employees is receiving an encouraging response. Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said a total of 79,000 employees of BSNL and…
Actor Rani Mukerji on Thursday said she wants her "Mardaani" films to become a movie franchise that highlights social evils and keeps sparking conversations that bring attention to serious issues the country is dealing with. The actor is looking forward to her latest, "Mardaani 2", in which she reprises her…
A formidable India is expected to demolish the challenge of a depleted Pakistan in a Davis Cup tie starting here on Friday, after the fixture was shifted to a neutral venue following a drama-filled build up. The uncertainty over the venue remained till the last moment and it only added…
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the BJP, accusing it of making shameless attempts to "subvert democracy" in Maharashtra and blatantly sabotage the three-party alliance from coming to power in the state. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting in Parliament House, she also attacked the governor of…
Amid BJP's attempt to distance herself from MP Pragya Thakur's comment in praise of Mahtama Gandhi's assassin, a party MLA here said Nathuram Godse committed a mistake but he was not a terrorist. "Godse was not a terrorist. Those who are involved in anti-national activities are terrorists," Ballia MLA Surendra…
The Congress and other constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) are set to move a censure motion in the Lok Sabha against BJP MP Pragya Thakur for her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, sources said on Thursday. The motion is being spearheaded by the Congress after the…
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi have decided to skip the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray as the Maharashtra chief minister and have conveyed this to him. Noting that the Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress have come together under extraordinary circumstances, Sonia Gandhi, in a letter,…
INDIAN Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday (27) successfully injected into orbit its earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the US. ISRO Chairman K Sivan described today's launch as a "wonderful success." With cloudy skies in the back ground, the 44.4 metre tall…
AN Indian-American expert working for the UNDP in Afghanistan has been killed in a terrorist attack on a UN vehicle in Kabul, according to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. "I want to confirm with a heavy heart that a United States citizen, Anil Raj of California, was killed in…
