Month: August 2019

Spectacular opening to WorldSkills Kazan 2019; Indian Team wins hearts with culture and talent display

open view news desk Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship inaugurated the India Pavilion at the competition Team India was familiarised with Russian culture during the One School-One Country program; also aims at encouraging children to join skill programs ‘Future Skills’ category introduced at the Competition […]

Vice President condoles the passing away of Shri Arun Jaitley

open view news desk The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has condoled the passing away of the former Union Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley. In a message, he said that Shri Jaitley was an outstanding Parliamentarian, legal luminary, towering intellectual, an able administrator and a man […]

Ordnance Factories strike called off

open view news desk Continuing the process of dialogue which had started from 14 August 2019, the fourth meeting was held yesterday with the office bearers of AIDEF, INDWF, BPMS and CDRA under the Chairmanship of Secretary, DDP.  While reaffirming that the proposed corporatisation of OFB is under […]

Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah condoles the passing away of Former Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley

open view news desk Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah has expressed profound sorrow at the passing away of Former Cabinet Minister Shri Arun Jaitley, today. He said, “I am deeply saddened by the untimely demise of Shri Arun Jaitley. His passing away is a personal […]

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju condoles the passing away of Shri Arun Jaitley

open view news desk Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju has condoled the demise of former finance minister and Senior BJP leader Shri Arun Jaitley. In a tweet message he said,” I am extremely saddened to learn the passing away of Arun […]

Woman killed in scuffle over drinking water

Kota (R’than), Aug 24: A 27-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law after a scuffle broke out between them over the filling of drinking water from a public hand pump in Rajasthan’s Baran district, police said. The incident occurred on Friday morning at Kalupura area of Siswali town, […]

Vijay Varma to walk for label Tisa at LFW W/F

Mumbai, Aug 24: “Gully Boy” star Vijay Varma is set to turn showstopper for fashion label Tisa at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2019. The actor will walk the ramp on the final day of the fashion gala for the brand’s men’s clothing line, titled ‘Shey’. The collection is […]

Triple Talaq: SC agrees to examine validity of new law; issues notice to Centre

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years. A bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay […]

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley dies aged 66

NEW DELHI – Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest associates, died in hospital on Saturday, nearly two weeks after he was admitted following breathing difficulties, officials said. Jaitley, 66, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stepped down […]

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