Month: October 2018

Taiwan gay pride parade pushes key referendum vote

Thousands gathered for Taipei’s Gay Pride parade Saturday — the biggest in Asia — ahead of a landmark vote next month on LGBT rights on the island. Taiwan’s top court in May 2017 legalised gay marriage, the first place in Asia to do so, and ruled its decision […]

Swaraj to visit Qatar, Kuwait from October 28

New Delhi :  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Qatar and Kuwait from October 28 to 31 in pursuit of India’s objective of enhanced engagement with the Gulf region. She will have engagements in Qatar on October 28 and 29 and Kuwait on October 30 and 31, […]

CISF jawan killed in terrorist attack in Kashmir

Srinagar: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer has been killed in a terrorist attack in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Saturday. “In the intervening night, a standoff fire by terrorists took place at the grid Station Wagoora in Budgam district in which one ASI of […]

Tariq Anwar joins Congress

New Delhi : Nearly a month after quitting the Nationalist Congress Party, Tariq Anwar Saturday joined the Congress after meeting its chief Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi, sources said. Anwar along with his supporters met Gandhi at his Tughlaq Lane residence and was welcomed into the party fold, the […]

Seven elephants electrocuted in Odisha

Dhenkanal (Odisha): Seven elephants were electrocuted after coming in contact with a live wire near Kamalanga village in Dhenkanal district Saturday, forest officials said. A herd of 13 jumbos was passing through the village in Sadar Forest Range and seven of them came in contact with an 11-KV line, […]

Woman beaten up for complaining against gram pradhan

Muzaffarnagar: A woman was beaten up at her residence by the gram pradhan’s children for allegedly levelling corruption charges against the gram pradhan in Muzaffarnagar district, a police official said Saturday. Nilofer, said to be an RTI activist, was beaten up at her home in Purbaliyan village Friday evening, […]

BJP, JD(U) will contest equal number of seats in Bihar LS polls: Shah

New Delhi : The BJP and the JD(U) will contest an equal number of seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, BJP president Amit Shah said Friday Other NDA allies, including the LJP and the RLSP, will get due representation in the seat sharing formula, Shah said. […]

Water Storage Level of 91 Major Reservoirs of the Country goes down by one percent

open view web desk The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on  October 25, 2018 was 112.67 BCM which is 70% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 71% for the week ending on October 18, 2018. The level of water storage […]

Bomb suspect: Ex-stripper with cash problems, Trump devotion

WASHINGTON — Cesar Sayoc is an amateur body builder and former stripper, a loner with a long arrest record who showed little interest in politics until Donald Trump came along. On Friday, he was identified by authorities as the Florida man who put pipe bombs in small manila […]

Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Inaugurates the 5th Edition of ‘Women of India National Organic Festival’ in New Delhi, today

open view web desk Women Organic Farmers from across India participate with full fervor. The 5th edition of the ‘Women of India National Organic Festival’ was inaugurated by Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), […]

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