open view web desk SRINAGAR/MUZZAFARABAD – Five members of an Indian family were killed and two injured by shelling from Pakistani troops on Sunday along the Line of Control, the de facto border between India and Pakistan, according to army and police officials. Both sides were engaging […]
open view web desk British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, died Wednesday aged 76. Propelled to stardom by his 1988 book “A Brief History of Time”, which became an unlikely worldwide bestseller, Hawking dedicated […]
open view web desk KATHMANDU – A Bangladeshi airliner crashed on Monday after making an unexpected turn in cloudy weather as it came in to land at the airport in Nepal’s capital, killing at least 50 people, officials said. There were 71 people on board the US-Bangla Airlines […]
open view web desk MUMBAI – Tens of thousands of protesting farmers from Maharashtra marched into the state capital Mumbai on Monday to demand government support to address hardship in a sector that employs the majority of the country’s workforce. The protesters walked 180 km (112 miles) from […]
open view web desk NEW DELHI – India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to mark the 60th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, officials said on Wednesday, as it tries to improve fraught ties with […]
open view web desk NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted a Hindu woman who converted to Islam to live with her Muslim husband, a man federal investigators accused of being a recruiter for militant group Islamic State, in an incident they called “Love Jihad.” The […]
open view web desk MUMBAI – Mehul Choksi, the jeweller accused of being a central figure in an alleged fraud of nearly $2 billion against Punjab National Bank, criticised India’s investigating agencies in a letter alleging gross abuse of due process in the ongoing probe. In a letter […]
open view web desk JAMMU, MARCH 07: Secretary Education, Farooq Ahmad Shah today paid a surprise visit to Directorate of School Education, Jammu DSE(J) and State Institute of Education, (SIE) Jammu and took stock of the daily working of these offices. During his visit, Secy Education directed the […]
open view web desk The leaders of North and South Korea will hold a historic summit in the Demilitarized Zone next month after Pyongyang expressed willingness to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees, Seoul said Tuesday. The North is open to “frank” talks with […]
open view web desk COLOMBO- Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency for 10 days on Tuesday to stop the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said, after clashes erupted between majority Buddhists and members of the minority Muslim community. Tension has been growing between the […]
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