Day: September 28, 2019

Clashes as Hong Kong marks five years since ‘Umbrella’ protests

Renewed clashes broke out in Hong Kong Saturday night as police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hardcore protesters hurling Molotovs and bricks after tens of thousands rallied peacefully in a nearby park. Huge crowds had gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of the “Umbrella Movement”, […]

Internship with eminent educational institutions to be extended to meritorious students of J&K

open view news desk To channelize the energy of the youth from Jammu and Kashmir, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has implemented the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu and Kashmir Students. Taking one step forward, today, on 27th September, 2019, AICTE and IIT Guwahati […]

President of India Presents Colours to Corps of Army Air Defence

open view news desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, presented Colours to Corps of Army Air Defence today at Gopalpur, Odisha (September 28, 2019).  Speaking on the occasion, the President paid homage to the martyrs of the Corps of Army Air Defence. He said that their sacrifice has secured […]

DRDO chief urges for indigenous defence production

Shillong, Sep 28: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy on Saturday said the country must focus on more indigenous defence production to reduce import in the sector and should become self-reliant in technology. Indigenous produce in defence manufacturing is currently about 45-50 per cent only, […]

Three ultras eliminated, one Army jawan killed in ongoing operation in J-K’s Ramban

Ramban/Jammu, Sep 28: Three terrorists were eliminated while an Army jawan was killed in an ongoing operation in the Batote area along the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway on Saturday, an Army officer said, as the nearly nine-hour long search operation entered its final stage. The militants were encircled by the […]

Afghans vote for president amid Taliban attacks, fraud fears

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans headed to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president amid fears that voter turnout would be badly hit by disorganized balloting and threats of violence by Taliban militants, who targeted polling stations in the country’s north and south, causing dozens of casualties. […]

Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict with a 1997 settlement agreement that […]

US official: Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine has resigned

WASHINGTON — Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a U.S. official. The official said Volker […]

Democrats move ahead with subpoenas, Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON — House Democrats took their first concrete steps in the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, issuing subpoenas demanding documents from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and scheduling legal depositions for other State Department officials.Full Coverage: Impeachment inquiry At the end of a stormy week of revelation and […]

I hope Trump gets impeached: Robert De Niro

New York, Sep 28: Hollywood veteran Robert De Niro says he hopes the impeachment probe on Donald Trump is followed through and the US President is shown the door. The 76-year-old actor, who is a vocal Trump critic, called the POTUS a person with “no ethics and morals”. “I […]

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