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The decision was taken following the death of two persons in a paragliding accident at Bir-Billing on March 8.

Although several industrial advancements have already been demonstrated, none of the technologies can provide an economically viable and complete CO2 capture and utilization solution.

Hyderabad: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Director General Dr Shekhar C Mande said India was the only second country in the world to fly a flight with indigenous developed biofuel. CSIR-IIP, Dehradun has been conducting a programme on Bio-Jet fuel and demonstrated it by flying the IAF aircraft with blended bio-jet fuel, he […]

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi said his party would rework its strategy and return to fight elections in Uttar Pradesh. “A lot of hard work was done for the UP elections by our party, but the result was not as per our expectations. We respect the decision of the people of […]

Dehradun: Congress leader and former chief minister Harish Rawat, who was the party’s campaign face in Uttarakhand assembly polls, on Thursday took responsibility for the party’s defeat. Rawat is trailing from Lalkuwa behind BJP’s Mohan Singh Bisht by over 17,000 votes. BJP is set to retain Uttarakhand and has won 20 seats and is leading […]

Chandigarh: All the Badals, led by five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the eldest candidate at 94 in fray for the 117-member Punjab Assembly, as well as their kin, on Thursday lost to AAP’s greenhorns. The eldest Badal, who won the seat five times in a row since 1997, lost to Gurmeet Khuddian from Lambi […]

New Delhi:  The chief ministerial candidates of the BJP, Congress and AAP faced defeat in the Uttarakhand Assembly polls. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost to Congress candidate Bhuvan Chand Kapri in Khatima constituency. Kapdi bagged 52 per cent (44,479) votes while Dhami secured 37,425 votes. In Lalkuan constituency, former chief minister and senior […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yogi Adityanath won Gorakhpur Urban seat with a massive margin of 54,858 votes. His victory comes as the BJP is on course to retain power in Uttar Pradesh. The counting of the votes polled in assembly elections is underway. According to the Election Commission of […]

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is poised to return to power with a comfortable majority for an unprecedented second term in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is on course to a historic victory in Punjab, according to election results and trends on Thursday. In the other two states of Manipur […]

Lucknow: The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) that contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with much fanfare, has come a cropper. The party has ended up with a miniscule 0.4 per cent vote share and zero seats. AIMIM chief Asadudddin Owaisi, who created a flutter in state politics with his controversial speeches and claims, has […]

Hyderabad: The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has deployed PARAM Ganga-a High-Performance Computational (HPC) facility at IIT Roorkee, with a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops. Earlier, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru installed the supercomputer ‘Param Pravega’. Read more about the supercomputer… Supercomputer PARAM Ganga has been established by the Centre for Development of Advanced […]

New Delhi: After the Congress’ dismal performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he accepted the people’s verdict and congratulated the winning parties. Rahul Gandhi tweeted in the afternoon: “Humbly accept the people’s verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate. My gratitude to all Congress workers […]

Panaji: Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to retain power in Goa as it is emerging as the single largest party in the 40-member Goa Assembly. Goa has a total of 40 assembly seats and a party needs 21 seats to form a government in the state. As far as the latest update is concerned, BJP […]

Srinagar: Two terrorist have been killed in an encounter between militants and security forces at Naina Batpora area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Thursday. “Another terrorist killed (Total 2), both affiliated to proscribed terror outfit LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba). Search going on. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition recovered,” the police said. Earlier, the […]

Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Bhagwant Mann, who on Thursday won the Dhuri seat with a margin of 58,206 votes, is set to become Punjab’s next chief minister. AAP is heading to a landslide win in the 117-member legislative Assembly by leading at over 90 seats. In his first public address in his home town […]

Jaipur: Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday targeted senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal’s remark on rape in the state. Dhariwal has triggered a row by linking the high number of rape cases in Rajasthan with the state “being a men’s state”. […]

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday congratulates the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for sweeping Punjab Assembly polls and said that the voice of people (mandate) is the voice of God. “The voice of the people is the voice of God. Humbly accept the mandate of the people of Punjab. Congratulations to Aap […]

New Delhi: It seems that BJP’s decision to replace two chief ministers within a short span of four months in Uttarakhand has paid good dividends to the saffron party. As per the Election Commission data, the ruling BJP is leading in 42 assembly constituencies while Congress is leading in 25, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) […]

With a single-day rise of 4,184 infections and 104 fatalities, India's COVID-19 tally of cases has been pushed to 4,29,80,067 and the death toll to 5,15,459, the government data said.

Early vote share percentages showed -- BJP has 42.31 per cent votes counted, SP 31.70 per cent, RLD 3.36 per cent, BSP 12.88 per cent and Congress 2.56 per cent.

These Indians and foreigners were stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive that began on February 24, they mentioned.

The 30-scrip BSE Sensex was up by 1,092.16 points or trading at 55,739.49 and up by 2.00 percent at 9.33 am.

As per the early trends in Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party was leading on 155 seats while Samajwadi Party was ahead on 97.

Counting of votes for the 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh began on Thursday morning with a three-layer security in place and cameras installed at all counting centres.