Month: September 2018

Koregaon-Bhima case: May order SIT probe if evidence cooked up, SC

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 17 : The Supreme Court Monday said it may order SIT probe if it found that evidence has been “cooked up” and the material supporting the arrest of the five rights activists in the Koregaon-Bhima violence case needed to be examined. A […]

Imran Khan govt auctions 70 luxury cars as part of austerity drive

open view web desk Islamabad, Sep 17: The cash-strapped Pakistan government on Monday sold 70 cars “above their market price” as it started the process of auctioning 102 luxury vehicles of the PM House under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s austerity drive, a senior minister said. Apart from luxury cars, […]

Indian police hunt 3 suspects after girl is drugged, raped

open view web desk NEW DELHI — Police on Saturday were hunting for three men who allegedly drugged, kidnapped and raped a teenage girl while she was on her way to a test-preparation course in northern India, the latest incident of violence against girls and women in the […]

Mob lynching in name of cow vigilantism ‘blot on democracy’:Mayawati

open view web desk Lucknow, Sep 16: Terming mob lynching in the name of cow vigilantism as a “blot on democracy”, BSP supremo Mayawati Sunday accused the BJP governments of laxity and indifference on the issue. “The increasing tendency of indulging in mob lynching in the name of cow […]

CBI charge sheet against Mallya likely in a month, bank officials may be included

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 16: Many senior bank officials who had dealt with loans given to liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines may be named as accused in a CBI charge sheet which is likely to be filed within a month, sources said. This would be […]

Moon seeks to break nuclear deadlock at Pyongyang summit

open view web desk South Korean President Moon Jae-in travels to Pyongyang this week for his third summit with Kim Jong Un, looking to break the deadlock in nuclear talks between North Korea and the United States. Moon — whose own parents fled the North during the 1950-53 […]

Samsung heir in South Korea’s delegation to North: Seoul

open view web desk The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week for an inter-Korean summit, Seoul announced Sunday. Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong and the heads of the SK and LG groups will be part of […]

Arun Jaitley says confident of meeting fiscal deficit target

open view web desk NEW DELHI – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the government is confident of meeting its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 percent of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year, a day after outlining a number of measures to bolster the […]

India appoints new chief justice critical of incumbent’s record

open view web desk NEW DELHI:- India’s Department of Justice said Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi will become chief justice on Oct. 3, to succeed retiring Dipak Misra who has been the target of unprecedented criticism this year from politicians and judges, including Gogoi. The appointment is in […]

Petrol, diesel rates scale new highs

open view web desk New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices Friday scaled new highs as rates were increased on account of rupee depreciation and rise in international oil rates. While petrol price was increased by 28 paise a litre, diesel rates went up by 22 paise, according to a […]

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