Month: September 2019

Gujarat: Five-year-old dies in leopard attack

Vadodara, Sep 28: A five-year-old boy was on Saturday killed by a leopard in Amreli district of Gujarat, a forest official said. The incident occurred in Champaval village in Amreli taluka in the morning hours when the victim, ChiragKatara, was playing in an open field, said Deputy Conservator of […]

PAN-Aadhaar linking date extended to Dec 31

New Delhi, Sep 28: The deadline to link permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar has been extended till December 31, a CBDT order said Saturday. Earlier, the deadline was September 30. This is the seventh time that the government has extended the deadline for individuals to link their PAN […]

Authorities seek families of men and boys rescued from Nigeria abuse school

KADUNA, Nigeria – Nigerian authorities on Saturday scrambled to find the families of hundreds of men and boys freed from a school where some had been kept in chains, sexually abused and tortured. Police freed as many as 400 captives, aged from six to 50, from the house in […]

British PM Johnson referred to police watchdog over businesswoman links

LONDON – The government of London said it had referred Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Britain’s police watchdog for potential investigation over allegations of misconduct involving a U.S. businesswoman while he was mayor of London. The Greater London Authority (GLA) said on Friday it had referred a “conduct matter” […]

Trump told Russian officials he wasn’t concerned by interference: report

US President Donald Trump told Russia’s foreign minister and ambassador that he was unconcerned about their country’s interference in the 2016 elections, The Washington Post reported Friday. Trump made the previously unreported comments during the same May 2017 Oval Office meeting in which he famously revealed highly classified […]

‘Red culture’ adapts to new audiences ahead of 70th anniversary

Dressed in a blood-stained Chinese army uniform and a cap with a red star in the centre, Wang Huaifu and his comrades gesture with guns in front of a row of soldiers triumphantly waving torn scarlet flags. Wang is the lead actor in the patriotic “Battle of Shanghai” […]

Giant telescope project in Hawaii delayed by protests

Anger is brewing on the Big Island of Hawaii over plans to build a giant telescope on a dormant volcano that is highly sacred to the region’s native population. For months, hundreds of protesters have delayed the start of construction on Mauna Kea volcano of the so-called Thirty […]

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 […]

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