Day: February 24, 2019

R. Kelly met underage girl while on trial for child porn

CHICAGO — While on trial for child pornography in 2008, R. Kelly still found time to talk to fans, give autographs and to meet an underage girl he later invited to his home, according to prosecutors who depicted the R&B star as manipulative and sometimes violent. Other accusers […]

Hanoi summit nightmare scenario: Bad deals and little change

HANOI, Vietnam — The nightmare scenario heading into the second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un isn’t so much “fire and fury” and millions dead. Rather, some experts fear the meeting could result in an ill-considered deal that allows North Korea to […]

Fire, fury, love? The mythology behind the Trump-Kim summit

Fire, fury, love. Between the two of them, President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un have created a mythology about the U.S.-North Korean relationship that could gain another chapter when they meet in Hanoi this week for their second summit. According to that mythology, the U.S. […]

President of India inaugurates Apollomedics Super Speciality Hospital in Lucknow

open view news desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the Apollomedics Super Speciality Hospital in Lucknow today (February 24, 2019). Speaking on the occasion, the President emphasised the importance of quality and affordable healthcare in the country, and particularly in Uttar Pradesh. He pointed […]

Recommendations of the 33rd GST Council meeting

open view news desk Real estate sector is one of the largest contributors to the national GDP and provides employment opportunity to large numbers of people. “Housing for All by 2022” envisions that every citizen would have a house and the urban areas would be free of slums. […]

Shabir Shah, all other inmates from Kashmir & Pakistan fit & fine in Tihar, prison cautions against fake news in media

open view news desk Tihar prison authorities in Delhi have denied occurrence of any untoward incident or mishap involving inmate Shabir Shah from Jammu and Kashmir. Refuting fake news circulating in a section of media, DIG Tihar Prison, Shri Shailendra Parihar said Shabir Shah is absolutely “fit and […]

Aero India 2017 draws to a close

open view news desk Curtains came down on the Aero India – 2019 at Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru today. Having evolved over the years, the 12th edition of the event drew large crowd that bear testimony to the premier Air Show of Asia having come of […]

PM addresses Swachh Kumbh, Swachh Aabhaar programme in Prayagraj

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed the Swachh Kumbh, Swachh Aabhaar event in Prayagraj. He reached the dais after a dip in the waters of the Holy Sangam at Prayagraj, and after conducting a “Charan Vandana” of select sanitation workers, as a […]

North Korea warns U.S. sceptics as Kim heads for Vietnam for summit with Trump

HANOI – North Korea warned President Donald Trump on Sunday not to listen to U.S. critics who were disrupting efforts to improve ties, as its leader, Kim Jong Un, made his way across China by train to a second summit with Trump in Vietnam. The two leaders will […]

Highest recorded number of Afghan civilians killed in 2018 – U.N. report

KABUL – A record number of Afghan civilians were killed last year due to stepped up aerial attacks by U.S-led forces and more suicide bombings, the United Nations said in a report on Sunday. The conflict in Afghanistan claimed 3,804 civilian lives that included 927 children, both all-time […]

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