Day: May 6, 2019

Modi, Mamata go after each other in battleground West Bengal

Tamluk/Jhargarm (WB), May 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of doing “cheap politics” over cyclone Fani, claiming she did not speak to him when he tried to contact her to talk about the calamity. He alleged his efforts to talk to state […]

15th Finance Commission to hold meetings with RBI and Banks & Financial Institutions and Eminent Economists.

open view news service The 15th Finance Commission has scheduled a two-days visit to Mumbai to hold meetings with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and with the Banks and Financial Institutions on 8th and 9th May, 2019.  The Commission will be headed by its Chairman, Shri N.K. Singh and include […]

PM undertakes aerial survey of cyclone Fani affected areas in Odisha; reviews the situation

PM announces immediate assistance worth Rs.1000 crores open view news service Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today visited the State of Odisha to review the situation arising out of Cyclone Fani that hit the State on 3rd May, 2019.  He undertook an aerial survey of Pipili, Puri, Konark, Nimapada […]

Class X results of CBSE declared; Trivandrum region records highest pass percentage

13 students top the exam with 499 marks; Girls outclass boys in pass percentage open view news service The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared Class X results today. Trivandrum performed best amongst all regions with 99.85 % pass percentage followed by Chennai region with 99.00 % while Ajmer stands at […]

UN adds leader of outlawed Pakistan group to sanctions list

ISLAMABAD — In a major diplomatic win for India, the United Nations added the leader of an outlawed Pakistani militant group to its sanctions blacklist Wednesday after the group claimed responsibility for a February suicide attack in disputed Kashmir that killed 40 Indian soldiers. Sanctions against Masood Azhar […]

Powerful cyclone leaves 34 dead in India, 15 in Bangladesh

NEW DELHI — A rare summer cyclone that tore through parts of South Asia killed at least 34 people in India and 15 in neighboring Bangladesh and smashed thousands of thatched-roof huts, officials said Monday. The evacuation of more than 1 million people from about 15,000 villages and […]

Boeing didn’t tell airlines that safety alert wasn’t on

Boeing said Sunday that it discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 Max plane for several months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended, yet it didn’t disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of the planes crashed. […]

Michael Cohen heads to prison in Trump hush-money scheme

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and all-around fixer for President Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin serving a three-year prison sentence Monday for crimes including campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made on Trump’s behalf. Cohen faces a 2 p.m. deadline […]

US dispatched aircraft carrier to send message to Iran

WASHINGTON — A White House decision to dispatch an aircraft carrier and other military resources to send a message to Iran followed “clear indications” that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, a defense official told the Associated Press. The […]

Chinese negotiators still eye US trip despite Trump tariffs

China said Monday it still plans to send negotiators to the United States for trade talks even after President Donald Trump vowed to raise tariffs later this week, a threat that sent stock markets into a tailspin. Trump upped the ante as negotiators prepared to meet in Washington […]

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