The Central government swung into damage control mode as the suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula, research scholar at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), became a raging political controversy on Wednesday. The government and in fact the BJP too appeared anxious to divorce the death from any caste angle, a politically precarious situation for the party. Union Minister for Human […]
» Read morePSLV-C31 successfully put into orbit IRNSS-1E, the fifth satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) after its succesful launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR, Sriharikota, on Wednesday morning. PSLV-C31 for the eleventh time used ‘XL’ version of PSLV. IRNSS-1E, with a liftoff mass of 1425 kg, carried navigation payload and ranging payload, according to an […]
» Read moreThe police on Monday registered cases against four persons in connection with the death of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the cases were booked against a Union Minister and three others, charging them with abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC. Section 144 has been imposed at the University of Hyderabad campus. Sources suggested […]
» Read moreYSR Congress MP Mithun Reddy was arrested at the Chennai airport early morning on Sunday for allegedly assaulting an Air India official last November. The MP was arrested at the airport at 2am on Sunday and later produced in the Srikala court. He had been taken into a 14-day judicial custody in Chittoor. According to reports, a criminal case was registered […]
» Read moreIndia may become the world’s largest economy in the next 25-30 years, said SoftBank Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son. “I have a strong feeling that 10-15 years from now, despite shaking situation of China, it will surpass the U.S. in GDP…25-30 years from now, India may surpass all countries to become number one,” Mr. Son, who is Japan’s second-richest person […]
» Read moreBurkina Faso and French forces killed a fourth extremist on Saturday after freeing 126 people and killing three other attackers to end the seizure of a luxury hotel by al-Qaeda-linked militants, Burkina Faso officials said. In addition to the extremists, at least 23 people were killed in the attack at the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, the capital, President Roch Marc […]
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