Month: August 2019

e-Rozgar Samachar launched to spread awareness about job opportunities

e-Journal expected to meet emerging challenge of young readers switching to electronic modes of communication open view news desk The e-version of Rozgar Samachar has been launched recently by Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar. It has been launched with a view to make aspirants […]

Home Minister-level Talks between India and Bangladesh

open view news desk The Seventh meeting of the India-Bangladesh Home Minister Level Talks (HMLT) was held in New Delhi on 07 August 2019. The HMLT was co-chaired by Shri Amit Shah, Home Minister of India and Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan, Minister for Home Affairs of Bangladesh. Home Minister […]

Pak police removes pro-India banners, one arrested

Islamabad, Aug 7: Pro-India banners which appeared in different parts of Pakistani capital, including in the high security Red Zone, hailing India’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir have been removed by authorities who arrested a man in this connection. The banners carried a map […]

Rain affects normal life in Kolkata

Kolkata, Aug 8: The city dwellers woke up to a Thursday rainy morning with a continuous downpour affecting normal life. The eastern metropolis received 50 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Thursday owing to a low pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal, […]

60-yr-old Ajmer man booked for giving triple talaq

Ajmer, Aug 8: A 60-year-old caretaker at the Ajmer Dargah has been booked for allegedly harassing and pronouncing triple talaq on his 26-year-old wife, police said on Thursday. The case was registered against Salimuddin on the basis of a complaint filed by his wife at the Dargah police […]

Woman constable commits suicide in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 8: A 33-year-old woman constable of Delhi Police allegedly committed suicide in Dwarka’s Chhawla area, officials said on Thursday.  The deceased has been identified as Lalitha, a resident of Durga Vihar in Chhawla, they said.  She took the extreme step at her rented accommodation, a senior […]

World Archery suspends AAI

Kolkata, Aug 8: The World Archery on Thursday suspended the Archery Association of India for defying its guidelines by electing two parallel bodies, asking the federation to put its house in order by the end of this month. The decision is effective from Monday and the last event in […]

Girl raped by teen in UP village

Pratapgarh (UP), Aug 8: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager in a village here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on July 29 and the FIR was lodged on Wednesday evening, they said. The girl was at her house along with her grandmother when […]

From reformer to hardliner: Putin’s 20 years on the global stage

Twenty years ago on Friday, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, then a relatively unknown security services chief with scant experience of politics. The departing Yeltsin was casting around for a successor and few could have predicted that […]

Kashmir an ‘internal affair’, India tells Pakistan

India on Thursday hit back at nuclear rival Pakistan’s downgrading of diplomatic ties over its clampdown on Kashmir, saying its decision to strip the restive region of its autonomy was an “internal affair”. India stripped Kashmir of its special status in the constitution on Monday and brought the […]

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