Month: March 2019

Pentagon authorizes USD 1 bn for Trump’s border wall

Washington  : Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said Monday he had authorized USD 1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security asked the Pentagon to build 92 kilometers of 5.5-meter fencing, build and improve roads, […]

Singapore Airline’s Mumbai-Singapore flight receives bomb threat

New Delhi : A Singapore Airlines flight heading from Mumbai to Singapore with 263 passengers on board Tuesday received a bomb threat, the carrier said. However, the flight landed safely at the Changi International Airport in Singapore on Tuesday morning around 8 am local time, the airline added. “Singapore […]

BJP for Joshi not contesting Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi : Former BJP president and Lok Sabha MP Murli Manohar Joshi has been asked by his party to not contest the coming general election, a development in line with its decision to not field many of its veterans, including its founding member and longest serving chief L […]

Goa poll officials ban campaign near churches on Good Friday

Panaji :  Political parties will not be allowed to campaign in the vicinity of churches on Good Friday, which falls on April 19, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Kunal has instructed. The Christian holy day comes just days ahead of April 23, when the state will have polls for […]

ED arrests defence agent in VVIP choppers case

New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a defence agent from Delhi in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP choppers deal case, officials said Tuesday. They said Sushen Mohan Gupta was arrested late Monday by agency sleuths under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Gupta, they said, has […]

Two minors dead as fire breaks out in hut

Kaushami (UP) :  Two sons of a labourer were killed and five other family members sustained injuries when his hut caught fire in the early hours of Tuesday at a village here, police said. Dinanath, a labourer working at a brick kiln, used to live in the hut in […]

Dalits, OBCs hold key in Nagpur LS seat

Nagpur :  In the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, Dalits and OBCs play an important role in deciding the MP, and political parties, including the BJP and the Congress, are pitching for their votes in the run-up to next month’s elections. Nagpur is home to the headquarters of the BJP’s […]

Pak man held by BSF along Gujarat IB

New Delhi :  A Pakistani national was apprehended by the BSF along the Indo-Pak International Border (IB) in Gujarat, officials said Tuesday. They said Muhammad Ali (35), who was speaking Sindhi, was apprehended by a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol from the ‘Kumar’ border post in the frontier district […]

UG Admissions to Symbiosis are Now Open

open view news desk PUNE, India, March 26, 2019/PRNewswire/ — Symbiosis will be conducting four entrance tests namely, Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) / Symbiosis Law Admission Test (SLAT) / Symbiosis Entrance Exam for Design (SEED) /SIT Engineering Entrance Exam (SIT EEE), for admission to it’s undergraduate programmes. These […]

Parts of Ker hit by soaring mercury; 36 sun burns cases

Thiruvananthapuram : Several parts of Kerala have been hit by soaring mercury with 36 cases of sun burns being reported, official sources said Tuesday. Kollam and Alapuzha districts accounted for the maximum sun burn cases of six each of the 36 reported till Monday, the Health department said. Among […]

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