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Bhima Koregaon Raids: Arrested activists to be kept under house arrest, rules SC
ONI Bureau: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the five human rights activists arrested in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon incident in Maharashtra will be kept under house arrest till Sept 5. In this regard the Apex Court…
Cabinet raises DA by 2% for Central Govt Employees
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the release of an additional two per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) for 48 lakh central government employees and 62 lakh pensioners with retrospective effect from July.
The hike of two per cent…
Chandrayaan 2 to be launched in January 2019: ISRO Chief
ONI Bureau: India’s second mission to the moon – Chandrayaan-2 – has been slotted between 3 January 2019 and 16 February 2019, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan informed on Wednesday.
The mission is planned to be…
99.3% of Demonetised Currency returned to banks: RBI
ONI Bureau: Around 99.3% of the old Rs 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, which were banned during demonetisation in November 2016, have been returned to the banks, the Reserve Bank of India said in its annual report.
As per RBI’s annual report,…
Rupee hits record low of 70.55
The Indian rupee plunged to a fresh record low of 70.55 to a US dollar during the noon-trade session on Wednesday.
Around 12.30 p.m. the Indian rupee plunged to a fresh record low of 70.55 to a US dollar.
It opened the day's trade at…
India remembers Hockey legend Dhyan Chand on National Sports Day
ONI Bureau: India celebrates National Sports Day on 29th August every year to mark the birth anniversary of legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, Odisha Chief…
NTR’s son, ex-MP Harikrishna dies in Road Accident
TDP founder NTR's son and actor-politician Nandamuri Harikrishna died in a road accident in Telangana's Nalgonda district early on Wednesday, doctors said. He was 61.
Harikrishna, a former Rajya Sabha member and a former Andhra Pradesh…
JNU Students Union Poll on September 14
The annual election to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) in Delhi, a traditional Left bastion, will be held on September 14. The election schedule was released late Monday.
For the last two years, all four top posts…
India’s first Manned Space Mission to send 3 persons
India's first manned space flight - Gaganyaan - is expected to send three persons into the space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km.
Giving details of the programme at a press conference…
Stalin elected as DMK President unopposed
M.K.Stalin on Tuesday was elected as the DMK President unopposed at the party's General Council meeting held in Chennai.
Stalin, 65, becomes the second President of one of the oldest political party in the country, a post held by his…