Modi, Xi agree to intensify efforts towards disengagement alongside LAC

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to direct relevant officials to intensify efforts at expeditious disengagement and de-escalation alongside the Line of Actual Control (LAC), official sources…

India's growth rate expected to be highest in near future: Finance Secretary

New Delhi (IANS) India's growth rate is expected to be the highest in the near future, which will make it one of the biggest development opportunities, Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan was quoted as saying at an event, according to reports.

'UCC unacceptable', All India Muslim Personal Law Board tells Law Commission

New Delhi (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has told the Law Commission of India that even a minute change in the basic format of Sharia will not be acceptable, as the Indian Constitution mentions freedom of religion as a fundamental…

Six nations to join BRICS grouping from Jan 1, 2024

New Delhi (IANS) The BRICS grouping on Thursday announced that six nations -- Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Argentina, the UAE and Saudi Arabia -- will be included as full time members.

 South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa announced this at the…

Moving around moon, India’s moon rover leaving its imprint on lunar soil

Chennai (IANS) India’s moon rover is now also on the moon, moving around and leaving its imprint on the soil, said a senior official of the Indian space agency.

“The rover rolled down onto the moon's surface from the lander sometime around…

PM Modi thanks world leaders for their wishes on successful landing of Chandrayaan-3

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday thanked world leaders for their congratulatory messages on the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 mission on the Moon.

Several leaders from Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal…

Aiming for moon, India sets sights on 'limitless possibilities' for humanity: India's UN envoy

United Nations (IANS) "By aiming for the moon, India has not only reached it, but also set our sights on the limitless possibilities that lie ahead (and) as the saying goes, 'To infinity and beyond'," India's Permanent Representative Ruchira…

India lands on moon, triggers talks on global space race

New Delhi (IANS) It's not bravado or pat on the back by any political leader. Experts around the world are now saying the obvious -- India has joined the global space race.

"India becomes the first country to land a spacecraft on the moon’s…

Seven-member CBI team in Jharkhand to probe mining scam

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) in an alleged multi-crore mining scam in Jharkhand with a seven-member team reaching there on Thursday. 

A CBI source said that the team has…

India Lands on the Moon!

Chennai (IANS) India’s moon lander successfully set its four legs softly and safely on the lunar soil on Wednesday evening as planned, and became the fourth nation in the world to achieve the feat.

The lander landed near the South Pole of the…