Month: May 2019

President of India pays floral tributes to Giani Zail Singh on his birth anniversary

open view news desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, paid floral tributes to Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (May 5, 2019). The President, family members of Giani Zail Singh as well as officers and staff […]

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

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 and Bhubaneswar. The Governor, Professor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister, Shri Naveen […]

Reliance Group rebuts Rahul Gandhi’s charge of Anil Ambani being crony capitalist

New Delhi :  Rebutting Rahul Gandhi’s charge that Anil Ambani is a crony capitalist, Reliance Group Sunday said the group got over Rs 1 lakh crore of contracts during the UPA rule and the Congress president is continuing his campaign of “calumny, disinformation, distortion and malicious lies”. The Reliance […]

Income tax e-filers by over 6.6 lakh in FY19: Official data

New Delhi :  In a first in recent history of tax filings, income tax e-filings in FY2019 have dropped by more than 6.6 lakh, a trend that analysts said was surprising as tax base was expected to increase post demonetisation. According to statistics put out on Income Tax Department’s […]

Deadly escalation sees fresh rocket fire from Gaza, Israeli retaliation

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) :  Gaza militants fired fresh rocket barrages at Israel early Sunday in a deadly escalation that has seen Israel respond with waves of strikes as a fragile truce again faltered and a further escalation was feared. Gazan authorities reported four Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes […]

Pak PM Imran pays tribute to Tipu Sultan on his death anniversary

Islamabad :  Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has paid tribute to Tipu Sultan, praising the 18th century ruler of Mysore for preferring to die for freedom rather than “live a life of enslavement”. Khan took to Twitter to express his admiration for the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile […]

Taliban attack a police headquarters in Afghanistan

Kunduz (Afghanistan) :  A Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a police headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least four people and wounding 40 more, according to the insurgents and Afghan officials. The attack occurred two days after President Ashraf Ghani offered the Taliban a ceasefire […]

Shared meals and torch-lit parades: Indonesia Muslims welcome Ramadan

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) : From cleaning up relatives’ graves and sharing food with the poor to holding colourful torch-lit street parades, millions of Indonesians are getting ready to welcome the holy month of Ramadan in the world’s populous Muslim-majority country. Ramadan begins on Monday, with devotees fasting from dawn […]

BJP responsible for attack on me, we will not be silenced: Kejriwal

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday alleged that the BJP was responsible for the attack on him during a roadshow and claimed he was targeted because he had been lately questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “relationship” with Pakistan. The AAP supremo, at a press conference held […]

Mayawati, Akhilesh accuse PM of trying to create rift in alliance

Lucknow : A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi charged the SP with going soft on the Congress as part of a “big game” against the BSP, the two “mahagathbandhan” partners blamed the PM on Sunday for trying to create a rift in the alliance. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) […]

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