Month: September 2018

Rafale Row: Desh Ka Chowkidar Chor Hai, says Rahul

open view web desk New Delhi [India], Sept 22: Intensifying its attack on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government over Rafale fighter jets controversy, Congress party President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi of indulging in corruption. Quoting the statement made by former French president François Hollande to a French journal, in which […]

India calling off Foreign Minister-level meet `inappropriate`: Qureshi

open view web desk Doha [Pakistan], Sep 22: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday dubbed the cancellation of the proposed meeting between him and External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj as “inappropriate”. Qureshi said that New Delhi backed out of the planned meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries […]

France ‘did not choose Reliance in any way’: Hollande

open view web desk Montreal [Canada], Sept 22: Former French president Francois Hollande said that France did not choose to partner with Indian businessman Anil Ambani‘s company in “any way” and added that only Dassault can comment on the Rafale fighter jet deal. Asked whether India had put pressure on Reliance and Dassault to work together, Hollande said he was […]

The Vice President of India Urges doctors to serve in rural areas

open view web desk The Hon’ble Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today addressed the 19thConvocation of National Board of Examinations (NBE), an autonomous body of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in presence of Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey and SmtAnupriya Patel, Ministers of State for […]

Afghan journalists dying in record numbers to report the war

The number of journalists and media workers killed in Afghanistan this year reached 14, the highest number in a single year since the start of the war open view web desk Moments after Afghan journalist Samim Faramarz wrapped up his live report on the latest suicide attack in […]

Russia warns US it is ‘playing with fire’ with sanctions

open view web desk Moscow, Sep 21 (AFP) Moscow said Friday Washington’s latest raft of anti-Russian sanctions that also target China undermined global stability, warning the United States against “playing with fire.” “It would be good for them to remember there is such a concept as global stability which […]

Delhi’s last elephants await marching orders

open view web desk The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi’s last six elephants at work in the polluted city could be just around the corner. After years of pressure from activists who accuse the animals’ […]

Maldives president Yameen a hardliner who jailed his own brother

open view web desk MALE – Maldives president Abdulla Yameen is a ruthless political operator who has cracked down on threats to his rule, say diplomats and former colleagues – including jailing his own half-brother in an on-off feud dating from childhood. The Maldives, a luxury holiday destination […]

Where are the “good days”? Challenges mount for Modi

open view web desk NEW DELHI/BHOMADA, India – Narendra Modi swept India’s 2014 general election with the slogan “Achhe din (good days) are coming”. Four years later, as Prime Minister Modi mobilises to win re-election in May, he and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are being buffeted for […]

Anti-India rebels abduct and kill 3 policemen in Kashmir

open view web desk SRINAGAR, India — Anti-India rebels in disputed Kashmir raided over a dozen homes of police officers and abducted three whose bullet-riddled bodies were recovered Friday, officials said. The killings came days after the region’s largest rebel group asked officers to quit the Kashmiri police […]

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