The countdown for the launch of India's advanced earth observation satellite Cartosat-3 using the rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) is progressing smoothly, said an official of the Indian space agency....
The Odisha government has no proposal to open the Ratna Bhandar (treasure room) of the Jagannath temple in Puri and inspect the valuables stored there, the state Assembly was told on Tuesday....
Maharashtra's new Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government, after taking over, is likely to announce a farm loan waiver scheme by cutting on the state's share in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed train project....
Right wing activists returned to resume their protests at the Kochi City Police Commissioner's office on learning that Trupti Desai and her six-member team had stayed put there, refusing to return to depart from the city without offering prayers at the Sabarimala temple, despite a 12-hour standoff....
Shiv Sena President Uddhav B. Thackeray was unanimously elected as chief of the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' on Tuesday evening, paving the way for his becoming the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra....
Within a night's span, a deal with NCP leader Ajit Pawar saw the BJP forming a government in Maharashtra with Devendra Fadnavis seeming set for another term as Chief Minister. But before the test of strength in the Assembly ordered by the apex court, both Fadnavis and his deputy quit on Tuesday....
The Centre on Tuesday introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to merge Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Union Territories...
Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray is likely to be elected as legislature party leader of the Sena, the Congress and the NCP and will formally stake claim after his election....
Trupti Desai, who arrived here early Tuesday with a 6-member team to visit the Sabarimala shrine, have by now spent over 10 hours at the office of the Kochi City Police Commissioner, waiting to travel to the temple, about 200 km from here....
With Deverndra Fadnavis resigning as Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shiv Sena will get its third Chief Minister in the state: Uddhav Thackeray. The path for Uddhav Thackarey became clear after the four-day-old BJP government led by Devendra Fadnavis resigned, a day before the crucial floor test in the 288-member House....
