Month: March 2019

Landslide buries over three dozen shops in J&K’s Doda

Bhadarwah (J&K) : A massive landslide early on Wednesday buried nearly three dozen shops in a rural market in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said. There was no immediate report of any casualty in the incident, which took place at Bathri market in Bhalessa, 65 km from the […]

Designer urges Prez, PM to save 100-yr-old chapel in Goa

Panaji : Noted fashion designer Wendell Rodricks has sought the intervention of President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to save a 100-year-old chapel in Goa from demolition. The Goa-based designer wrote letters to Kovind and Modi earlier this week, saying he had learnt that St Anthony’s […]

LS polls: Leave of UP police personnel stopped

Muzaffarnagar (UP) :  The leave of all Uttar Pradesh police personnel has been stopped by the state authorities due to the Lok Sabha election. According to a directive of the state Director General of Police O P Singh to all the district police chiefs, leave of all types of […]

Priyanka slams Modi govt for unkept promises, spread of hatred

Ahmedabad :  Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday targeted the Modi government over “unfulfilled” promises and “destruction” of institutions and said she was saddened by what was happening in the country. Addressing her first political rally in Gujarat after assuming charge as Congress general secretary in early February, […]

At age 30, World Wide Web is ‘not the web we wanted’

GENEVA  — At the ripe old age of 30 and with half the globe using it, the World Wide Web is facing growing pains with issues like hate speech, privacy concerns and state-sponsored hacking, its creator says, trumpeting a call to make it better for humanity. Tim Berners-Lee […]

Ctrl-Alt-Stall – India’s engineers struggle for work as jobs crisis worsens

CHINCHWAD, India – Santosh Gurav gained a bachelor’s degree in technology from a mid-tier college in western India last year, specialising in electrical engineering and hoping to land a job in industrial automation. Six months on, the 27-year-old repairs mixer-grinders, table fans and other household appliances at a […]

U.S.’s Bolton says Pakistan committed to easing tensions with India

WASHINGTON – White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday Pakistan’s foreign minister has assured him Islamabad is committed to de-escalating tensions with India and dealing “firmly” with terrorists. Bolton’s comments follow a Feb. 14 suicide bombing, claimed by Pakistan-based militants, which killed at least 40 […]

Congress party pivots back to jobs after Modi gets boost on security issues

GANDHINAGAR, India/NEW DELHI  – India’s main opposition Congress party switched its campaign focus back to economic and social issues such as jobs on Tuesday as pollsters said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election bid has been boosted by hostilities with neighbouring Pakistan. “How will the youth get jobs? How […]

Rafale deal: NSUI files complaint against PMO

New Delhi, Mar 12: Congress-affiliated NSUI on Tuesday marched to police stations in various state capitals and filed a complaint against the PMO, accusing it of “corruption” in the Rafale fighter jet deal, the student organisation said. In Delhi, National Students’ Union Of India members marched to Parliament Street […]

Priyanka slams Modi govt for unkept promises, spread of hatred

Ahmedabad, Mar 12: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday targeted the Modi government over “unfulfilled” promises and “destruction” of institutions and said she was saddened by what was happening in the country. Addressing her first political rally in Gujarat after assuming charge as Congress general secretary in early […]

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