Day: August 28, 2019

INS Tarkash at Dakar, Senegal

open view news desk As part of Indian Navy’s Overseas Deployment to Africa, Europe and Russia, Indian Naval Ship Tarkash made a port call at Dakar, Senegal, today,  27 Aug 19 for a three day visit. The ship is part of the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet and under the Operational […]

Mega Vendor Meet 2019 to be held at Lucknow on 30th August 2019to show-case greater business opportunities in Railway Sector

open view news desk The research arm of Indian Railways, Research Designs and Standards Organization (RDSO) is organizing a special Mega Vendor Meet at RDSO in a significant move to show-case greater business opportunities in Railway sector in Lucknow on 30th August, 2019. Industries from across the country are […]

5 held for spreading rumours of child theft

Muzaffarnagar (UP) Aug 28: Five men were arrested for allegedly spreading rumours of child theft in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abhishek Yadav, the arrests were made on Tuesday evening and the accused were identified as — Bindu […]

High schools reopen in Kashmir, students stay away

Srinagar, Aug 28: High schools in the Kashmir Valley reopened on Wednesday in areas where restrictions have been lifted but students kept away. Higher secondary schools in the valley have been shut for over three weeks due to restrictions imposed in the state after its special status was revoked. […]

Special campaign against dengue in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 28: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a special campaign against dengue that will involve wide participation of people in preventing spread of mosquito-borne diseases. Kejriwal said he himself along with his ministers and government officials will help check mosquito breeding. “I appeal to […]

SC to examine challenges to abrogation of Art 370; refers matter to five-judge bench

New Delhi, Aug 28: The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred a batch of petitions challenging the changes brought in the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370 to a five-judge Constitution bench. The apex court issued notices to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration […]

Archeologists find remains of 227 sacrificed children in Peru

Archeologists in Peru say the 227 bodies they have unearthed from a site used by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture is the biggest-ever discovery of sacrificed children. Archeologists have been digging since last year at the huge sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town north of the capital […]

Son of famed Afghan commander Massoud steps into spotlight

Eighteen years after the assassination of revered anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, his only son is hoping to continue the mission against the insurgents by jumping into Afghanistan’s chaotic political fray. With America seemingly on the brink of a deal with the Taliban that would see the Pentagon […]

Two dead as Japan orders 670,000 to flee heavy rains

Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings and orders for 670,000 people to seek safety. Nearly a million more people were advised to leave their homes after the country’s weather agency raised the alert to its highest […]

Indian order leaves Kashmir police dispirited, even disarmed

SRINAGAR, India — Without weapons, riot gear or even clean uniforms, a group of police officers sat on the sidewalk outside a shopfront in Srinagar, the main city in the Himalayan region of Indian-administered Kashmir, weighing their allegiances. Thirty Kashmiri police officers who spoke on the condition of […]

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