Month: December 2018

Thousands flock to funeral of 2 teenage Kashmir rebels

SRINAGAR, India — Thousands of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir joined a funeral procession Monday for two teenage rebels who were killed over the weekend in a long gunbattle with Indian troops in the disputed region. Villagers carried the teens’ bodies to a “martyr’s graveyard” in the northern town […]

Head of India’s central bank resigns amid government split

NEW DELHI — The head of India’s central bank resigned Monday amid a growing split between the Indian government and the independent monetary policy authority. Reserve Bank of India Gov. Urjit Patel said in a statement posted on the bank’s website that he was resigning for personal reasons. […]

UK court rules that Indian tycoon should face extradition

LONDON — A British court has ordered that charismatic Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya should face extradition to India on financial fraud allegations. Judge Emma Arbuthnot said Monday she would send the case to Britain’s Home Secretary for review and action. She said there were substantial misrepresentations in Mallya’s […]

Prosecutors indict Nissan’s Ghosn for underreporting pay

TOKYO — Prosecutors have charged Nissan Motor Co.’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, another executive and the automaker itself for allegedly violating financial laws by underreporting income. The charges imposed Monday involve allegations Ghosn’s pay was underreported by about 5 billion yen ($44 million) in 2011-2015. The prosecutors said […]

Top House Dems raise prospect of impeachment, jail for Trump

WASHINGTON — Top House Democrats have raised the prospect of impeachment or the real possibility of prison time for President Donald Trump if it’s proved that he directed illegal hush money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other […]

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha resigns from Union council of ministers

New Delhi, Dec 10:RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha resigned from the Union council of ministers and walked out of the BJP-led NDA on Monday, a day before Parliament’s Winter Session begins. Kushwaha, in his resignation letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said he was “dejected” and “betrayed” by the […]

Without respect for human rights, there can be no lasting peace: Dr Farooq Abdullah

‘Safe and peaceful world can only be achieved when there is universal respect for the inherent dignity and equal rights of all human beings’ open view web desk Srinagar, 09 December, 2018: National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that there can be no lasting peace or […]

ABVP TO HOLD ITS 64TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE

open view web desk open view web desk DECEMBER 09, 2018: The 64th National Conference of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) is going to be organized at Karnavati, Gujarat from 27 to 30 December 2018.The activists of ABVP Jammu Mahanagar including Mahanagar Secretary Kunal Sadotra, Mahanagar Girls Incharge Parijat […]

Hypocrisy of PDP and NC for Using Pir Panjal as Vote Bank Exposed: Vibodh

open view web desk DECEMBER 09, 2018: While reacting to the recent demand of PDP for creation of separate division for Pir Panjal and erstwhile Doda, BJP MLC said that this sudden love of PDP for these regions clearly exposed the hypocrisy of this political party. Referring to […]

They survived the Holocaust. Must they go back into hiding?

They survived the Europe of the Holocaust. But a recent rise in anti-Semitic acts in the United States has rekindled old fears: Should they again go into hiding, or should they instead reach out to share their experiences? Nearly all of them were children or adolescents in the […]

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