Month: July 2019

Anandiben Patel sworn-in as UP governor

Lucknow, Jul 29: Anandiben Patel took oath as Uttar Pradesh governor on Monday. High Court Chief Justice Govind Mathur administered her the oath at the Raj Bhawan here. Patel was serving as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh when she was given the new role.  Outgoing Governor Ram Naik also […]

Azam Khan apologises for his sexist remarks in LS

New Delhi, Jul 29: Under fire from various quarters, Samajwadi Party member Azam Khan on Monday apologised in Lok Sabha for his sexist remarks against BJP member Rama Devi. Though Khan had to repeat his apology twice in the House, a visibly peeved Devi said the member has the […]

Yediyurappa wins trust vote; Speaker resigns

Bengaluru, Jul 29: The three-day old BJP government in Karnataka headed by B S Yediyurappa on Monday proved its majority in the truncated state Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote in a smooth affair. Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar announced his resignation soon after Yediyurappa […]

Former Guj MP Vitthal Radadiya dies in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, Jul 29: Vitthal Radadiya, one of Saurashtra’s most prominent politicians and former Member of Parliament from Porbandar in Gujarat, died at his residence in Ahmedabad on Monday morning. He was 61 and had been unwell since the last one year. His mortal remains will be kept at a […]

Yediyurappa wins trust vote in smooth affair

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday proved his majority in the Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote. With the numbers game favouring the BJP government, the Congress and JDS did not press for division on the one-line motion moved by Yediyurappa […]

SKoreans, Russians returned days after boat drifts to NKorea

SEOUL, South Korea — Two South Koreans and 15 Russians returned to South Korea on Sunday, following 10 days of detention in North Korea after their fishing boat drifted into North Korean waters, officials said. The crew members were aboard a Russia-flagged fishing boat when it was detained […]

Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade

MOSCOW — Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade.Full Coverage: Russia OVD-Info, which has monitored police arrests […]

World powers meet Iran in Vienna to salvage nuclear deal

VIENNA — Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, which are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, were meeting Sunday with Iran’s representative in Vienna to discuss how to salvage the unraveling accord. The diplomats are examining issues linked to the implementation of the nuclear accord after Iran […]

PM addresses Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorative function in New Delhi

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today attended and addressed a commemorative event to mark Kargil Vijay Diwas, at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. In his address, the Prime Minister said that every Indian is remembering today, an  inspirational saga of valour […]

PM to release results of fourth cycle of All India Tiger Estimation – 2018

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will release the results of the fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation – 2018, at Lok Kalyan Marg on Monday, July 29, 2019. The Tiger Estimation exercise is believed to be the world’s largest wildlife survey […]

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