Month: April 2019

Over 13% voting recorded in first 2 hours in Rajasthan

Jaipur :  Over 13 per cent voting was registered in the first two hours of polling in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan which began at 7 am on Monday. Banswara recorded the maximum voter turn out of 14.44 per cent, while the overall voting percentage at 9 am […]

Polling begins on slow pace in UP

Lucknow :  An estimated 9.59 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in 13 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections Monday. Seats where polling is underway are Shahjahanpur (SC), Kheri, Hardoi (SC), Misrikh (SC), Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah […]

Maharashtra: 6.82 pc voter turnout till 9 am

Mumbai : A voter turnout of 6.82 per cent was recorded in the first two hours in Maharashtra’s 17 seats Monday as polling for the fourth and last phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state got underway. Polling began at 7 am and long queues were seen outside […]

72 Lok Sabha seats in 9 states go to polls in 4th phase on Monday

New Delhi :  Polling will be held on Monday for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election in 72 parliamentary constituencies spread across nine states The stakes are high for the ruling BJP and its allies as it had swept 56 of these seats in 2014, leaving just two […]

Iran’s Khamenei urges crackdown on illegal arms, social media curbs

DUBAI – Iran’s top leader called on Sunday for a crackdown on illegal weapons after the rare shooting of a cleric, and said easy access to guns in the United States served only a “mafia of gun manufacturers”, his website reported. “In some countries, such as the United […]

How ‘laid back’ Sri Lanka became a soft target for Islamist strike

COLOMBO – A week ago, Sri Lankan tourist guide Ricky Costa was preparing for a typically easy Sunday ferrying backpackers between Colombo’s tea shops and beach bars in his canary-yellow rickshaw. Then the blasts began. The coordinated suicide bombings by Islamist militants at hotels and churches killed more […]

Thousands take to Hong Kong streets to protest new extradition laws

HONG KONG – Tens of thousands of people marched on Hong Kong’s parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial – a move which some fear puts the city’s core freedoms at risk. […]

Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battle

COLOMBO/KALMUNAI – The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday. Zainee Hashim, Rilwan Hashim and their […]

Serious flooding in Mozambique in wake of Cyclone Kenneth

PEMBA, Mozambique — Serious flooding raged on Sunday in parts of northern Mozambique hit by Cyclone Kenneth three days ago, with water waist-high in places, after the government urged people to immediately seek higher ground. Hundreds of thousands of people were at risk with more rain forecast for […]

Music has the power to overcome the tribulations of war and terrorism: Vice President

open view news reporter The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that music has the power to overcome the tribulations of war and terrorism and sends the message of oneness. Speaking at the “CHIRAGH” concert of the South Asian Symphony Orchestra at the National […]

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