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Separatist shutdown affects life in Kashmir Valley
ONI Bureau: A protest shutdown called by the separatists affected life adversely across the Kashmir Valley on Monday.
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad…
India’s PSLV Rocket successfully puts into orbit two UK Satellites
ONI Bureau: India on Sunday night successfully put into orbit two British earth observation satellites, NovaSAR and S1-4, in copy book style.
Two satellites aboard the Indian rocket - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) - belonged to…
NASA launches Satellite to track Earth’s Melting Ice
ONI Bureau: In a bid to understand Earth's ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, snow cover and permafrost, NASA on Saturday successfully launched its Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2.
The satellite with a three-year…
Petrol hits a record at Rs 89/litre in Mumbai
ONI Bureau: Fuel prices in the country hit a new benchmark on Saturday with the price of petrol in Mumbai touching Rs 89 per litre, for the first time ever.
It was priced at Rs 89.01 in the financial capital of the country, up from Rs…
No alliance with TRS in Telangana: BJP Chief
ONI Bureau: Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Saturday ruled out any alliance with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for the coming Assembly polls in the state and said the TRS owed an explanation to the people for…
Modi launches ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ movement as part of Swachh Bharat Mission
ONI Bureau: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched "Swachhata Hi Seva" (cleanliness is service) movement by interacting with common people and personalities from diverse fields through video conferencing at 17 locations and said…
BJP wins 96% of Tripura Gram Panchayat seats unopposed
ONI Bureau: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won unopposed 96 per cent of the Gram Panchayat and Panchayat Samiti seats and all the 18 Zilla Parishad seats in Tripura, a State Election Commission (SEC) official said.
The…
Akhilesh Yadav not to attend RSS Meet in Delhi
ONI Bureau: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that he will not attend the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) meet scheduled to be held in Delhi from Monday.
"I don't have much knowledge about RSS. I have…
Indian Soldier martyred in firing by Pakistani troops on LoC
ONI Bureau: An Indian Army soldier was killed on Saturday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Ministry sources said.
The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire in Laam area of Nowshera sector earlier…
Five Militants killed in J&K
ONI Bureau: Five militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said.
Upon receiving a tip-off about the presence of militants, the security forces on Friday night…