Month: November 2018

Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — A pair of tiny experimental satellites trailing NASA’s InSight spacecraft all the way to Mars face their biggest test yet. Their mission: Broadcast immediate news, good or bad, of InSight’s plunge through the Martian atmosphere on Monday. Named WALL-E and EVE after the main […]

India removes investigative agency head amid probe of deputy

NEW DELHI  — The government of India placed the director of the federal investigative agency and his deputy on leave on Wednesday days after the agency filed a case against the deputy alleging that he took bribes to settle a money laundering case. A government appointment committee headed […]

Tens of thousands in India demand rebuilding of Hindu temple

LUCKNOW, India — Tens of thousands of Hindus gathered in northern India on Sunday renewing calls to build a Hindu temple on a site where a 16th century mosque was attacked and demolished by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, sparking deadly Hindu-Muslim violence. The demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the […]

Sri Lankan president: PM-related investigations to continue

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president on Sunday assured non-interference in ongoing investigations into abductions, killings of journalists and other crimes allegedly committed by those connected to the new prime minister and his Cabinet. President Maithripala Sirisena said that the courts and police would continue to function […]

Dates for Ram temple construction will be announced early next year, dharam sabha told

Ayodhya (UP), Nov 25:  Amidst growing demand for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya without further delay, Ramji Das of Nirmohi Akhara told VHP’s dharam sabha Sunday that dates for the same will be announced early next year during Kumbh in Prayagraj. Addressing the sabha after the inauguration […]

Mumbai safe 10 years after 26/11 attacks: City police chief

Mumbai, Nov 25: Ten years after the 26/11 terror attack, Mumbai is safe and police are competent to handle any terror threat, says Police Commissioner Subodh Kumar Jaiswal. In one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the country’s history, 166 people were killed and over 300 injured as […]

NCC Celebrating 70th Anniversary

open view web desk National Cadet Corps (NCC),the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world,celebrating its 70th Raising Day, today. Director General NCC Lt Gen PP Malhotra, laid a wreath on behalf of the entire NCC fraternity. The raising day is also being celebrated all over India with cadets […]

The Heart Speaks through Cinema

open view web desk GOA NOVEMBER 24: Cinema has, through the generations, captured the stories and creative inspirations of the filmmakers across the world. Though modern advancements have raised the bar on how films are made, it is the heart of the storyteller that still remains the true […]

Directors of World Panorama films in IFFI meet the press

Cinema should be about visual storytelling: Veit Helmer ‘A Sacred Gaucho’ is based on the symbolic tradition of India and Argentina: Joaquin Pedretti Phoenix is a film about children who are to assume responsibility as adults: Camilla Strom Henriksen The directors of the films in the World Panorama […]

PM condoles demise of Shri Ambareesh

open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Shri Ambareesh. “Shri Ambareesh will always be remembered for his memorable performances as an actor and extensive contribution to politics. He was a strong voice for Karnataka’s welfare, at the state and central […]

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