RPI Chief Ramdas Athawale wants one seat in UP for LS polls

RPI Chief Ramdas Athawale wants one seat in UP for LS polls

Lucknow, March 5 Republican Party of India (A) president and Union social justice minister Ramdas Athawale has said that his party has sought one Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh from the BJP. He said that his party will work to make the BJP and its allies win all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh….

Defence Minister to inaugurate infra projects at Karwar naval base

Defence Minister to inaugurate infra projects at Karwar naval base

New Delhi, March 5 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate several infrastructure projects at the Indian Navy’s base in Karnataka’s Karwar on Tuesday. The infrastructure and facilities, being inaugurated as a part of the phase-IIA of ‘Project Seabird’, include two major piers and seven residential towers comprising 320 houses for naval officers and defence civilian…

Waste management in Lucknow, CSIR-IITR’s offers to assess impact

Waste management in Lucknow, CSIR-IITR’s offers to assess impact

Lucknow, March 5 The CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) has offered to make an assessment of the ecological impact of treating 20 lakh tonnes of waste at the Shivri waste management site in Lucknow district. A proposal to this effect has been received by Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC). The plan integrates chemical profiling, bio-remediation…

Gyanvapi case: CEO of temple trust seeks repair of cellar roof

Gyanvapi case: CEO of temple trust seeks repair of cellar roof

Varanasi, March 5 The chief executive officer (CEO) of Shri Kashi Vishwanath temple trust, Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, has moved an application before the court of the district judge to seek repair of the roof of southern cellar of Gyanvapi mosque. The application moved on Monday said that a stone had fallen from the roof due…

New govt on anvil in Nepal as PM Prachanda splits with coalition partner

New govt on anvil in Nepal as PM Prachanda splits with coalition partner

Kathmandu, March 4 A reshuffle of the cabinet is on the cards in Nepal today with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) severing its alliance with its coalition partner Nepali Congress. The chasm has been reportedly widening between the two biggest parties in the Himalayan Kingdom over the claim for chairmanship of the National…

India-France strategic partnership growing from strength to strength: EAM Jaishankar

India-France strategic partnership growing from strength to strength: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi, March 4 External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday said that the strategic partnership between India and France is growing from strength to strength. Earlier, EAM Jaishankar received France Secretary General Anne-Marie Descotes in Delhi who is on a visit to India. In a post on X, the minister expressed confidence that…

US Supreme Court rules Trump can remain on Colorado primary ballot

US Supreme Court rules Trump can remain on Colorado primary ballot

Washington, March 5 The US Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump can remain on the primary ballot in Colorado, rejecting the state’s disqualification and potentially setting national wide guidelines. The nine justices, three liberal and six conservative, all agreed with the ruling, Xinhua news agency reported. By deciding that states lack…

US airman pleads guilty to Pentagon documents leak

US airman pleads guilty to Pentagon documents leak

Washington, March 5 A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of posting classified intelligence information and sensitive documents online has pleaded guilty to the crimes he was charged with, in exchange for a possible sentence of 16 years in prison. Jack Teixeira, the airman, pleaded guilty to all six counts of “willful retention and transmission of…

Iran rejects US claims about Tehran-Moscow space cooperation

Iran rejects US claims about Tehran-Moscow space cooperation

Tehran, March 5 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has rejected claims by US officials about Tehran’s space cooperation with Moscow as “baseless”. Kanaani was reacting to the claims made by US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, in which he had described the recent launch of an Iranian satellite by Russia as “another indication of…