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Bengaluru, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S. Somanath on Tuesday said that Vikram, the lander of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, is due to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on August 23 and will do this even in case of engine failure. Participating in a talk on “Chandrayaan-3: Bharat’s Pride Space Mission” organised by NGO Disha Bharat, he maintained that the soft landing will be ensured even if all the sensors and two of its engines fail to work. The biggest challenge before the ISRO team is to make a horizontal…

The Assam Chief Minister’s attack came against the backdrop of the Opposition bringing a no-confidence motion in Parliament over the unrest in Manipur for more than three months.Speaking to reporters here, he claimed that Congress should seek an apology for turning Manipur into a conflict state during the no-confidence motion.”I have no issue if the Congress says that they want to tender an apology and that is why they brought the no confidence motion,” Sarma remarked.He said: :In Manipur, conflicts between ethnic communities have existed for several decades. The state has witnessed several unrest until 2014. At least 300 people…

The former Congress president is scheduled to visit Mangarh Dham in Banswara district on Wednesday on the occasion of World Tribal Day.Slamming the Congress leader, the BJP asked: “Will he seek any answer from Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot regarding the promises made in the last assembly elections?”Former state unit BJP president and ex-minister Arun Chaturvedi said: “Rahul Gandhi had promised to the people that if the Congress government is formed in the state, the loan of the farmers would be waived off. Will Rahul Gandhi tell if the loans of all the farmers have been waived in the state?”Also, he…

A source said on Tuesday that Soren he has been asked to appear before ED on August 14.Though the ED has not made any official statement in this connection, the source in the know of things said that it could be related to a land grabbing matter. Earlier late last year, Soren was questioned in connection with an illegal mining case.He was questioned for around 10 hours along with his wife at the ED’s Ranchi office.In the land grabbing case, the ED has arrested 13 persons including an IAS officer. On July 8, a raid was conducted at the residence…

In his letter to the Minister, he said: “Your kind attention is invited towards the matter of utmost importance that concerns the people of the southern district of Tamil Nadu – the Madurai-Tuticorin railway project. The people of the district have been eagerly awaiting the completion of this vital railway project, which was introduced under the Pragati Project of the Prime Minister’s Office. The project is not only crucial for the region’s economic development but also serves as a lifeline for the residents of Kariyapatti, Aruppukkottai and Vlathikulam areas. “It pains us to inform you that despite the allocation of…

He also said that the RJD becomes stronger if the BJP uses abusive language against its party leaders. His statement came as discussion on the no confidence motion began in the parliament on Tuesday. “The no-confidence motion was brought with the view that Manipur is burning, the country is burning but the Prime Minister is silent. He is not talking about any issue of the country. The BJP leaders are abusing my family on these issues. It would not affect us. In fact, we are getting stronger. They have the culture of abusing people,” Tejashwi Yadav said. On Tuesday, many…

The minister said this at the launch of a special skill development initiative for the northeast by the Ministry of Skill Development.He also reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s belief that India cannot develop without the development of the NE region.Stating that path-breaking decisions have been undertaken in connectivity and infrastructure in the region, Reddy said, “Till 2014, there were only nine airports, but today NE has 17 airports, giving a boost to tourism and mobility.”He also said that work is going on road projects worth over Rs 1.02 lakh crore and around Rs 82,000 crore has already been spent for…

The Congress seems to be looking to cash in on the popularity of the controversial self-styled godman after a three-day ‘ram katha’ was organised in Chhindwara district hosted by state Congress President Kamal Nath and his son and Chhindwara MP Nakul Nath. Lakhs of devotees attended Shastri’s religious programme here.On the one hand Kamal Nath seems to be getting along well with Shastri, which the state BJP leaders are calling as “Congress’ hypocrisy”.Though, Dhirendra Shastri’s ram katha in Chhindwara has ended but politics over it has intensified in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.At the conclusion of the ram katha, Kamal Nath said:…

Slamming Sarma, Ramesh said, “The Assam CM — a product of the BJP washing machine — is now recounting all the so-called sins committed by the Congress in the Northeast.””There are in fact only two real sins. One committed by Hiteswar Saikia, to give respectability to a young man who formed part of the surrendered ULFA.”The other was by Tarun Gogoi, who gave this rank opportunist positions of power and authority. No mystery who the beneficiary was and who he is now,” the Congress Rajya Sabha MP said.His remarks came after Sarma on Tuesday blamed the Congress for the ethnic…

G Dhananjaya Reddy, Director of NexxoftInfotel Ltd was sentenced to undergo four years imprisonment with fine of Rs 10 crore; K. Satyanarayana to undergo four years’ imprisoment with fine of Rs 12 crore; G. Nirmala, MD of the company to undergo one year imprisonment with fine of Rs 1 Lakh.Besides, Dinesh Kavoor, director of the company was awarded one year imprisonment with fine of Rs 1 lakh and Rajesh Kumar Madhav, then AGM at UBI branch was sentenced to undergo one year imprisonment with fine of Rs 50,000.The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on NexxoftInfotel…