Month: August 2019

Man assaulted on suspicion of being child lifter

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Aug 31: A mob assaulted a man, hailing from Delhi, in Anandpuri locality of the district suspecting him of being a child lifter, police said on Saturday. The man visited the area in western Uttar Pradesh for some work on Friday when he was thrashed by a […]

Trump’s personal assistant steps down over info breach: reports

Donald Trump’s personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout resigned on Thursday after she shared information about the president’s family with journalists, US media reported. Westerhout’s unexpected departure came after Trump learned that she had talked about his family and White House matters with reporters at an off-the-record session during the […]

DR Congo Ebola death toll crosses 2,000 ahead of UN chief’s visit

The Ebola outbreak showed no signs of easing in DR Congo Friday on the eve of the UN chief’s visit, with the death toll from the highly contagious virus crossing 2,000 and a new fatality in neighbouring Uganda. The latest casualty in Uganda was a nine-year-old girl from […]

Hong Kong police round up activists as major demo called off

Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists including a lawmaker were arrested Friday in a protest crackdown — a move described by rights groups as a well-worn tactic deployed by China to suffocate dissent ahead of key political events. The sweep comes after a major rally planned for Saturday was […]

Jim Leavelle, lawman at Lee Harvey Oswald’s side, dies at 99

DALLAS — Jim Leavelle, the longtime Dallas lawman who was captured in one of history’s most iconic photographs as he escorted President John F. Kennedy’s assassin moments before he was fatally shot, has died. He was 99. Leavelle, distinctive in his light-colored suit and white Stetson, is seen […]

Mexico’s new drug war may be worse than old one

COATZACOALCOS, Mexico — Mexico’s drug war appears to be back — and it may be worse this time around than in the bloody years of the government’s 2006-2012 offensive against drug cartels. Back then, the worst of the violence was confined to a few cities. Now it is […]

Hong Kong democracy activists get bail, protest march banned

HONG KONG — Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities denied permission for a major march as they took what appears to be a […]

Florida waits: Hurricane Dorian is looking increasingly dire

MIAMI — Unsure of where Hurricane Dorian might strike, Florida residents watched the increasingly dire forecast with a sense of helplessness Friday and braced for what could be the most powerful storm to hit the state’s east coast in nearly 30 years. President Donald Trump — whose Mar-a-Lago […]

Meeting of Finance Commission with the Defence Ministry

open view news desk The Fifteenth Finance Commission headed by Shri N.K. Singh held a meeting with the Ministry of Defence led by the RakshaMantri, Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi today.  It will be recalled that a notification was brought out by the Ministry of Finance on […]

Shri Rajiv Gauba Takes Over as the New Cabinet Secretary

open view news desk Shri Rajiv Gauba today took over as the new Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India after the superannuation of Shri P.K. Sinha.   He is an IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre (1982 batch) and has held important assignments like Union Home Secretary, Secretary, Ministry […]

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