Till now, only three countries US, Russia and China have been able to soft-land its spacecraft on the mission’s surface. With Israel too planning to launch a moon mission in December, it will be a race between Tel Aviv and New Delhi for the fourth position in the world to land on the moon. However,
Major Leetul Gogoi is likely to face disciplinary action by the Army. In April last year, Major was also at the centre of the “human shield” controversy at Budgam district. However, he got a clean chit in that incident. But on May 23 this year, Major Gogoi had once again triggered another controversy. After that,
A team of mountaineers has discovered a frozen body of a soldier and parts of the wreckage of an IAF plane which crashed in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley 50 years ago. This team was on a garbage clean-up expedition to Chandrabhaga - 13 peak from July 1 to 15. Rajiv Rawat was leading this team
The Myanmarese government has announced facility for ‘Visa on Arrival’ with effect from 8th August 2018. It can be considered as a step to ease transportation and also to promote tourism. In Tamu town of Myanmar, there will be an ‘Opening ceremony of the International border of Myanmar- India’. Local Myanmarese in this town has
To control the influx of people from outside the state, five check-posts have been set up at different locations of Tengnoupal district. After the recent release of the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam, a team of Tengnoupal district police has conducted strict checking operations near Kondong Lairembi temple, Moreh. A
Delhi Police has arrested a 22-year-old BTech graduate for allegedly conning the delivery boy for a wristwatch worth Rs 90,000. DCP (North) Nupur Prasad told that Vaibhav Khurana wanted to impress his girlfriend. So, he hatched a plan to order the watch through an e-commerce site on the delivery boy and then walk away with
Alia Ghanem, mother of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has described her son as a “good kid” who was “brainwashed” by fundamentalists. Speaking from her home in Saudi Arabia, she said that it never crossed her mind that he would become a jihadist. When she learned what her son had become, she said she was
In central Assam’s Morigaon district, officials have identified some 200 people declared foreigners by various Foreigners’ Tribunals. District officials have started the work to delete the names of ‘declared foreigners’ whose names had been included in the updated National Register of Citizens (NRC). There are 100 such tribunals where people of suspect nationality are required
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma shared with the media persons that state government is in the process of finalising the sites for the National Games 2022. The government made a lot of headway into the project and it also has fast-tracked everything. However, Chief Minister also admitted about existing bottlenecks like getting land funds, but
Yesterday, JCILPS student’s wing held a press conference at its Sega Road office and here, Manjit Sarangthem, convener of Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) students’ wing has announced that from today onwards, this student wing will keep an eye on illegal migrants coming in Manipur. Manjit Sarangthem added that neighbouring state Assam
