Day: June 11, 2019

Interaction of COAS with Children From National Integration Tour

open view news desk (June 10, 2019) A group of 140 students, comprising 20 students from Ramban, Reasi & Rajouri and 120 students from Baramulla accompanied by four teachers on a national integration tour visited New Delhi. The group interacted with General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army […]

Deep Depression over Arabian Sea – Pre Cyclone Watch for Gujarat coast

open view news desk A low pressure area formed over southeast Arabian Sea (AS) and adjoining Lakshadweep and eastcentral AS in the morning (0830 hrs IST) and became well marked low pressure area over the same region in the evening (1730 hrs IST) of 9th June, 2019. Under favourable environmental […]

Cyclonic Storm ‘VAYU’ over Eastcentral Arabian Sea: Cyclone Alert for Gujarat Coast

open view news desk The Cyclonic Storm ‘VAYU’ (pronounced as VAA’YU) over Eastcentral Arabian Sea moved northwards with a speed of about 15 kmph in last six hours andlay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 11th June, 2019 near latitude 15.0°N and longitude 70.6°E over Eastcentral Arabian Sea, about 350 […]

Bishops meeting on sex abuse clouded by state investigations

DETROIT — Hundreds of boxes. Millions of records. From Michigan to New Mexico this month, attorneys general are sifting through files on clergy sex abuse, seized through search warrants and subpoenas at dozens of archdioceses. They’re looking to prosecute, and not just priests. If the boxes lining the […]

Refile: North Korean leader’s slain half-brother was a CIA informant – Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON – Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The Journal cited an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter” […]

Court jails three for life after shocking child rape and murder in Kathua

PATHANKOT, India – A court in Pathankot jailed three men for life on Monday over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl that stirred nationwide outrage and religious rivalries. The case illustrated India’s appalling record on violence against women and children, and drew criticism of the […]

Nifty, Sensex edge higher, Jet Airways slumps to life low

Indian shares inched higher on Tuesday, in line with broader Asia, as investors heaved a sigh of relief after the United States shelved plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, and on hopes that U.S. interest rates will be cut as early as next week. Investors had fretted that […]

Hong Kong gears up for protests, strikes as extradition anger boils over

HONG KONG – Hong Kong geared for more protests, including strikes, transport go-slows and even picnics, against a proposed extradition law that would allow people to be sent to China for trial, even as the city’s leader vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with the bill. Hong Kong […]

Dust storm forecast in afternoon in Delhi

New Delhi, Jun 11: A dust storm is expected to hit the national capital Tuesday afternoon, MeT officials said, as the city witnessed a cloudy sky in the morning. The minimum temperature was recorded at 30.4 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. A Met Department official said, […]

Mere possession of sexually explicit photos not punishable: Kerala HC

Kochi, Jun 10: Mere possession of sexually explicit photos will not amount to a crime under the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, the Kerala High Court has ruled. The court, while quashing criminal proceedings against a man and a woman, however, made it clear that publication or distribution […]

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