Month: July 2019

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on July 10

New Delhi, Jul 8: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Amethi on July 10, his first visit after losing the parliamentary constituency to Union minister Smriti Irani in the recently-held general election.  He will be attending a party workers meeting there, sources said Monday. In a historic poll battle, […]

AIADMK nominees file RS poll papers

Chennai, Jul 8: The ruling AIADMK’s candidates A Mohammedjan and N Chandrasekaran and its ally PMK’s nominee Anbumani Ramadoss Monday filed their nominations for the July 18 biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha. All the three candidates filed their nomination papers with returning officer and secretary, Tamil Nadu Assembly […]

Parliament passes Aadhaar amendment bill

New Delhi, Jul 8: Parliament on Monday passed an amendment bill which allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as proof of identity for users to open bank accounts and get mobile phone connection. The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed by Rajya Sabha by a voice vote. […]

Call for Gen Next leader to head Cong grows louder

New Delhi, Jul 8: The view that a young leader should succeed Rahul Gandhi as Congress president is fast gaining traction with the party’s youth cadre batting for a Gen Next chief over the old guard. The young brigade’s preference for youth over experience got a boost when Punjab […]

K’taka minister and Independent MLA Nagesh resigns, withdraws support to govt

Bengaluru, Jul 8: Karnataka minister and Independent MLA H Nagesh on Monday resigned and withdrew support to the H D Kumaraswamy-led government, delivering another blow to the shaky JD(S)-Congress coalition ruling the state. Nagesh, who was recently inducted into the government as small scale industries minister, met Governor Vajubhai […]

Weeklong Para Legal Volunteers’ Induction program concludes

open view news desk SRINAGAR, JULY 7: Executive Chairman J&K State Legal Services Authority, Justice Rajesh Bindal Judge High Court of J&K, has impressed upon the Para Legal Volunteers working with Legal Services Institutions, to serve the marginalised and weaker sections of the society with a missionary zeal. […]

JeI ban: Tribunal to hold sittings at Jammu on July 13

open view news desk SRINAGAR, JULY 07: Pursuant to the declaration of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) as an unlawful association, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Tribunal will hold sittings at Divisional Commissioners office Jammu on July 13, 2019 from 10.30 am onwards. The Tribunal is being presided over by Judge Delhi […]

Chairman, Director IIM Jammu called on Advisor Ganai

open view news desk SRINAGAR, JULY 7 – Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Jammu, Mr. Milind Kamble and Director IIM Jammu, Prof. B. S. Sahay, called on Advisor to the Governor, Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, today and discussed issues pertaining to IIM Jammu and starting of its off-campus […]

India to closely monitor shadow lending sector: Sitharaman

NEW DELHI – India will closely monitor its shadow lending sector, the finance minister said on Saturday, a day after announcing the RBI would get much more regulatory authority over non-banking financial companies (NBFCs). Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, in the budget for the fiscal year ending March […]

Sri Lanka on alert as Buddhist hardliners hold first meeting after Easter attacks

KANDY, Sri Lanka – Police lined the streets of the Sri Lankan highland town of Kandy on Sunday and the army was on standby as hardline Buddhist monks gathered for their first big assembly since Easter attacks by Islamist militants on churches and luxury hotels. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, […]

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