Month: September 2018

We did not have a choice, says ex-French President Hollande on Reliance getting Rafale offsets

open view web desk New Delhi [India], Sept 21: Adding fuel to the ongoing Rafale controversy, former French President François Hollande in an interview to a media house said that Dassault Aviation was given no choice but to partner with Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence for the offset clause in the Rafale fighter jet deal. […]

US welcomes India-Pakistan foreign ministers’ meeting

open view web desk Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 21: The United States has welcomed India‘s acceptance of Pakistan‘s proposal for a meeting between of the foreign ministers of the countries on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), calling it ‘terrific news’. While addressing a press conference, US […]

Health Ministry partners with Dell and Tata Trusts to provide technology solution for a nationwide healthcare program

open view web desk Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, here today exchanged the MoUs with the Tata Trusts and Dell to provide a technological platform fornationwide prevention, control, screening and management program of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs).SmtAnupriya Patel, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfarepresided over […]

Successful Flight Test of Prahar

open view web desk Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the indigenously developed surface-to-surface tactical missile ‘Prahar’, from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Balasore, today. Range stations and electro optical systems tracked the missile throughout its flight. ‘Prahar’ is a contemporary weapon system capable of carrying multiple […]

Dilbagh Singh to continue as acting J-K DGP for now: SC

  open view web desk New Delhi [India], Sep 20: The Supreme Court on Thursday said Dilbagh Singh can continue as the acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir until the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) submits its recommendation for a new chief. The apex court has directed the […]

Indian flight returns after passengers ill by pressure loss

open view web desk NEW DELHI— A Jet Airways flight returned to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, on Thursday after dozens of passengers complained of ear pain and nose bleeding due to the loss in cabin pressure. An airline statement said Flight 9W697 with 166 passengers and five crew […]

PDP hopes PM Modi will reciprocate dialogue offer made by Imran Khan

open view web desk Srinagar, Sept 20: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reciprocate the offer of talks made by his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan, saying dialogue was the only way out of the stalemate. Khan has proposed a meeting between […]

Imran Khan writes to Modi; seeks to re-start bilateral talks

er open view web desk Islamabad, Sep 20: Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Foreign Office said here Thursday, seeking to re-start the bilateral talks on key issues “challenging the relationship” including on terrorism and Kashmir. In the […]

Attack on Cong workers in Chhattisgarh is political persecution: Rahul Gandhi

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 19: Declaring that “dictatorship has become a vocation” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said people in Chhattisgarh will remember the attack on his party’s workers in Bilaspur as an act of “political persecution”. Taking to Twitter […]

Pakistan court orders release of former PM Nawaz on bail

open view web desk A Pakistani court on Wednesday ordered the release of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, suspending their prison sentences for corruption pending an appeal hearing, his lawyer said. “Today, the Islamabad High Court has suspended the verdict against Nawaz Sharif, his daughter […]

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