After Skyroot, more pvt firms aim to take commercial dreams to sky Sriharikota: Vikram-1 Test Flight-1 (Mission Aagaman), India’s first private orbital rocket launch, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar)(PTI07_18_2026_000284A) Hyderabad/Bangalore: India’s private space industry is set to accelerate its activity after…
Environmentalists say the move could give overdue recognition to forests that have endured through faith rather than law Gurgaon: Haryana’s initiative to conserve sacred groves has gained momentum, with six districts proposing 31 sites for recognition under the state’s Pavitr Upvan plan, announced in the 2026-27 Budget. The programme aims to formally recognise forests and…
Union home minister Amit Shah, CM Suvendu Adhikari and BJP state chief Samik Bhattacharya at an event to lay foundation stone for an Amul plant Kolkata: Gujarat will keep bringing investments to Bengal, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday while virtually laying the foundation stone for Amul’s Rs 700-crore integrated dairy complex. The…
Missing tiles on the broken walkway at the Ashok Vatika park in Greater Noida Noida: Residents of Alpha 1 in Greater Noida have raised concerns over the deteriorating condition of Ashok Vatika, saying the once-popular neighbourhood park has fallen into neglect over the last two years. They cited heaps of garbage, broken benches, poor lighting…
Panaji: In a major reform, the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (Goa-IDC) is working on amendments to allow the conversion of industrial land from leasehold to outright ownership. The Goa-IDC board, which met on Friday, is also considering easing rules for the transfer, sub-lease, subdivision and amalgamation of industrial plots.The proposed changes are part of the…
Varanasi: The district headquarters and hill town of Robertsganj in Sonbhadra will soon get dedicated sports, food and green zones beneath its sprawling flyover as part of a Rs 4-crore urban beautification project. Spread over nearly 1 km, the project aims to transform the vacant space under the flyover into a vibrant public recreational area…
Ahmedabad: The blaze that killed nine people, including three minors, at an illegal firecracker factory in Ramol has prompted fresh allegations of bonded child labour spanning a decade despite an earlier explosion and police action.A blast occurred on the same premises in July 2014 in which a 14-year-old boy died.In 2014, the14-year-old and his brother,…
Mom shields baby from stray dogs, gets bitten Monkey and dogs terror in PGI residential he area: menace of monkeys and aggressive stray dogs at the PGI residential areas has left the frontline healthcare workforce living in absolute terror. Times News NetworkPanchkula: A four‑month‑old baby narrowly escaped a potentially fatal stray dog attack after the…
Pune: Though NCP (SP) working president and Baramati MP Supriya Sule has indicated that the party could support the Centre’s proposed delimitation bill if it guarantees a uniform 50% increase in parliamentary seats for all states, her nephew and party MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed, Rohit Pawar, struck a more cautious note.On the eve of Parliament’s monsoon…
Guwahati: Raijor Dal chief and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi slammed BJP-led govt for removing a mural of climate and social activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday and a mural of singer Zubeen Garg in June. He asked why the govt was “scared of murals, artists and peaceful protests”.The Wangchuk mural, painted on the Basistha flyover, was…
