Day: January 26, 2019

‘Reminiscing the Mahatma’ a Tribute by NCS Delhi Children

open view news desk It was a moment of great pride when 170 students of Navy Children School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi sparkled on Rajpath in their performance on ‘Jai Ghosh’- an acclamation of faith and assurance in the principles of non-violence, humanity and truth shown by the divine […]

Spain grieves after boy who fell down well found dead

Spain grieved on Saturday after a toddler who fell down a well was found dead in a tragic end to an intense 13-day rescue operation fraught with danger and setbacks. Hundreds of engineers, police and miners had been working round-the-clock under the media glare to try to reach […]

Osaka beats Kvitova to win Australian Open and become new world number one

Japan’s Naomi Osaka battled past Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-4 to win her first Australian Open crown Saturday and become the new world number one. The fourth seed and US Open champion made it two Grand Slam titles in a row after a see-sawing […]

Exclusive: Hindu group RSS urges Modi to resist U.S. push to ease e-commerce curbs

NEW DELHI – A Hindu nationalist group close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has urged him to resist pressure from the United States and not defer new regulations for the e-commerce sector, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The economic wing of the group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak […]

Governor congratulates Padma Shri awardees

open view news desk JAMMU, JANUARY 26: Governor Satya Pal Malik has congratulated Sh. Narsingh Dev Jamwal; Sh. Fayaz Ahmad Jan and Sh. Tsering Norboo on being selected for conferment of the Padma Shri Awards for their valuable contributions in the field of Literature, Art-Craft and Medicine-Surgery respectively. […]

Issue of barring journalists from covering Republic Day function will be looked into: Advisor Kumar

open view news desk JAMMU, JANUARY 26: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today said that the issue of some journalists not being permitted to cover the Republic Day function in Srinagar would be looked into. He said the entire process of security clearance for issuance of passes […]

Search on for up to 200 missing after Brazil dam collapse

SAO PAULO — Workers with Brazilian mining company Vale were eating lunch when a dam that held back waste collapsed, burying the restaurant and surrounding community in reddish-brown sludge, killing at least seven people and leaving up to 200 missing. The status of the workers and others in […]

Experts, images suggest a Saudi ballistic missile program

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A military base deep inside Saudi Arabia appears to be testing and possibly manufacturing ballistic missiles, experts and satellite images suggest, evidence of the type of weapons program it has long criticized its archrival Iran for possessing. Further raising the stakes for any […]

Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi meet South African prez

New Delhi, Jan 26:Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday met South African president Cyril Ramaphosa here and are learnt to have discussed issues of mutual interest. Ramaphosa, who is in the national capital as the chief guest for the 70th Republic Day celebrations, […]

Women prowess mesmerises crowd at 70th R-Day parade on Rajpath

New Delhi, Jan 26: Women power was on full display during the 70th Republic Day parade on Rajpath on Saturday with several Navy and Army contingents being led by them and a woman officer exhibiting stunts on bike. The all-women Assam Rifles contingent created history this year by participating […]

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