Life Mission Project

The Kerala High Court today gave permission to the CBI to continue its probe in the alleged violation of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act or FCRA in the state government's flagship "Life Mission" project, which aims at providing housing for the poor.

The CBI on Friday conducted searches at two locations in Kochi after registering a case of alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act in the Kerala government's Life Mission project for providing houses for the poor, officials said.

The Union Home Ministry on Sunday denied receiving any request from Kerala Government regarding permission to accept foreign aid from the UAE-based Red Crescent for Life Mission housing project in the state.

NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help determine whether or not that planet harbors life.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday lashed out at BJP state chief K Surendran, for raising "baseless allegations" against the former's family in the LIFE Mission (Livelihood Inclusion and Financial Empowerment) project "kickbacks" matter.

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac today said that state government has achieved a milestone by completing two lakh houses under the Life Mission, a government scheme, to provide houses for the needy.

The Manipur government has appointed a nine-year-old girl as the brand ambassador for the Chief Minister's Green Manipur Mission, after a video of her crying for two trees axed for a road-widening project went viral.

A Japanese space probe named after a falcon, Hayabusa 2, has touched down on an asteroid more than 300 million kmfrom Earth on a mission to seek clues about the origins of life, Japan's space agency said on Friday.

A mission to explore intelligent alien life in the universe has recorded some mysterious signals coming from a galaxy three billion light years away, according to an Indian-origin scientist working on the ambitious project co-founded by Stephen Hawking.

ESA and Russia joint mission to Mars launches on Sunday, and the lander is scheduled to arrive on the Red Planet next Wednesday (October 19).

The Kerala High Court today gave permission to the CBI to continue its probe in the alleged violation of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act or FCRA in the state government's flagship "Life Mission" project, which aims at providing housing for the poor.

The CBI on Friday conducted searches at two locations in Kochi after registering a case of alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act in the Kerala government's Life Mission project for providing houses for the poor, officials said.

The Union Home Ministry on Sunday denied receiving any request from Kerala Government regarding permission to accept foreign aid from the UAE-based Red Crescent for Life Mission housing project in the state.

NASA is considering approving by next April up to two planetary science missions from four proposals under review, including one to Venus that scientists involved in the project said could help determine whether or not that planet harbors life.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday lashed out at BJP state chief K Surendran, for raising "baseless allegations" against the former's family in the LIFE Mission (Livelihood Inclusion and Financial Empowerment) project "kickbacks" matter.

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac today said that state government has achieved a milestone by completing two lakh houses under the Life Mission, a government scheme, to provide houses for the needy.

The Manipur government has appointed a nine-year-old girl as the brand ambassador for the Chief Minister's Green Manipur Mission, after a video of her crying for two trees axed for a road-widening project went viral.

A Japanese space probe named after a falcon, Hayabusa 2, has touched down on an asteroid more than 300 million kmfrom Earth on a mission to seek clues about the origins of life, Japan's space agency said on Friday.

A mission to explore intelligent alien life in the universe has recorded some mysterious signals coming from a galaxy three billion light years away, according to an Indian-origin scientist working on the ambitious project co-founded by Stephen Hawking.

ESA and Russia joint mission to Mars launches on Sunday, and the lander is scheduled to arrive on the Red Planet next Wednesday (October 19).