Month: June 2019

Rahul calls for making environmental degradation a political issue

New Delhi, June 5: On the occasion of World Environment Day on Wednesday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed concern over environmental degradation and called for making it a political issue so that it gets the importance it deserves. Taking to Facebook, he said millions of Indians are suffering and […]

No Modi-Imran meeting on sidelines of SCO: MEA

New Delhi, Jun 6: No bilateral meeting has been planned between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday. Modi would be attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on […]

Undertrial hangs self to death in Rajasthan jail

Jaipur, Jun 6: An undertrial allegedly committed suicide at the Jhadol sub-jail of Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, police said Thursday.  Forty-year-old Amrit Lal, alias Amra, was arrested in a case of murder on April 9 this year.  He was found hanging in a cell with a plastic rope, Jhadol DSP […]

I want to retire after Tokyo Olympics, says Mary Kom

New Delhi, Jun 6: After years of speculation over her retirement, six-time world champion MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she plans to hang her gloves after winning the elusive gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The 36-year-old has been the inspiring force in Indian boxing. In her 18-year […]

Man kills his doctor’s wife, injures son

Indore, Jun 6: A man, who was apparently unhappy with the medical treatment he was receiving, allegedly killed the wife of his doctor during a tiff here Thursday, police said. The doctor’s son was also injured in the attack. Rafiq Rasheed (45), the accused, was arrested, said an officer […]

RBI cuts interest rates to 9-yr low, expects banks to quickly lower home, auto loan EMIs

Mumbai, Jun 6: In a move that may lead to lower home, auto and other loan EMIs, the RBI Thursday cut interest rates for the third time this year by 25 basis points to their lowest level in nine years and signalled more easing as it looked to support […]

Trump reads from FDR’s prayer to the US on D-Day

PORTSMOUTH, England — President Donald Trump read from a prayer delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he joined other world leaders and veterans Wednesday in marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Roosevelt went on national radio on June 6, 1944, to address the U.S. for the first […]

Visva Bharati University not to organise Pous Mela

Santiniketan(WB) :  The Visva Bharati University has decided not to organise the annual Pous Mela, an official of the central varsity said. The Pous Mela is an annual fair which is held in Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in the month of December and draws lakhs of people. […]

Woman shot dead by militants in Pulwama

Srinagar : Militants shot dead a woman and injured a man Wednesday in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “Terrorists fired upon a man and a woman at Singoo-Narbal in Pulwama district today. While the lady succumbed to injuries, the injured man has been rushed to a […]

Prakash Javadekar to start campaign to spread awareness about environment protection

open view news desk Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar is set to start a drive for to promote awareness about environmental protection. He will plant a sapling at Prayavaran Bhawan Complex in New Delhi tomorrow on the occasion […]

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