Month: October 2018

DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh lays foundation stone of ‘Technology Facility Center’ at Jorhat, Assam

open view web desk In another landmark initiative for the Northeast, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh laid the foundation stone of new Science Centre, the “Technology […]

Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet scared passengers

JAKARTA, Indonesia :  Divers searched Tuesday for victims of the Lion Air plane crash in Indonesia that killed 189 people and high-tech equipment was deployed to find its data recorders as reports emerged of problems on the jet’s previous flight that had terrified passengers. Search and rescue personnel […]

I’m going to die:’ Survivors relive horrors at Tree of Life

PITTSBURGH : Up in the choir loft, alone, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers whispered to a 911 dispatcher on his cellphone. Below him, down in the sanctuary, eight of his congregants had been felled by a gunman’s bullets. Up here, though, Myers couldn’t see them — or any of the […]

Japan, India leaders agree to step up defense, economic ties

TOKYO : The leaders of Japan and India agreed Monday to step up their cooperation in defense, trade and a range or other areas amid China’s growing influence in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, said they are expanding ammunition sales […]

Indian man, woman killed in fall from Yosemite park overlook

SAN FRANCISCO :  Yosemite National Park officials say two people who fell to their deaths from a popular overlook were a man and a woman from India who were living and working in the United States. Officials said Monday that they were 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath and 30-year-old Meenakshi […]

Protesters burn Hindu religious center in southern India

NEW DELHI : Protesters on Saturday set fire to a Hindu religious center in southern India for supporting a Supreme Court decision allowing women of menstruating age at one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage sites. Swami Sandeepananda Giri, who runs the center in Kerala state, said some […]

The Latest: Trump plans ‘tent cities’ at US-Mexico border today

WASHINGTON : The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration . President Donald Trump says he’s planning “tent cities” to house asylum-seeking Central American migrants who are traveling in caravans toward the U.S. Trump says in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that if any of […]

Thousands of Syrians stuck in the desert risk starvation

BEIRUT — Tens of thousands of Syrians stranded in a desert camp near the Jordanian border are at risk of starvation amid dwindling supplies and the approach of winter, while regional powers trade blame over who is responsible for this latest humanitarian catastrophe in Syria’s civil war. Desperately […]

More than 664 Kms of Metro Rail Projects in 15 Cities Presently Under Implementation, while more than 515 Kms of Metro Line Operational in India: Hardeep Puri

open view web desk Shri Hardeep Puri Apprises Consultative Committee of Various Initiatives/Progress in Urban Transport Systems Shri Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs has stated that more than 664 kms of Metro Rail projects in 15 cities are presently under various […]

India’s cultural unity is its strength: Rajnath

Agra : Advising students to learn Indian values in addition to acquiring textbook knowledge, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the country’s strength lies in its cultural unity. Addressing the 84th convocation ceremony of Dr B R Ambedkar University here, the home minister asked the students to […]

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