Month: September 2019

Five scribes booked in UP’s Bijnor

Bijnor (UP), Sep 9: Police have booked five journalists after they reported that a Dalit family was allegedly prevented from drawing water from a hand pump by some people at Basi village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor. Two of them have been named by police while the other three have […]

DGP visits Siachen base camp, Turtuk in Ladakh

Jammu, Sept 9: Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh on Monday visited Siachen base camp and Turtuk border in Ladakh. DGP Singh visited the Siachen base camp on Monday morning and was received by the base Commander, Col Kuldeep Singh Dahiya, said officials, adding he interacted with the […]

India to raise target for restoring degraded land: PM

New Delhi, Sept 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares by 2030. Speaking at the 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention to […]

Marchers ask Trump to ‘liberate’ Hong Kong, as clashes erupt

HONG KONG — Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong urged President Donald Trump to “liberate” the semiautonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday, but violence broke out later in the business and retail district as police fired tear gas after protesters vandalized […]

PM condoles demise of Shri Ram Jethmalani

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Shri Ram Jethmalani, the legal veteran and a former union minister. open view news desk “In the passing away of Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji, India has lost an exceptional lawyer and iconic public figure who made rich contributions […]

PNB puts up for sale 11 NPA accounts to recover dues of Rs 1,234 cr

New Delhi, Sep 8: State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has put up for sale nearly a dozen non-performing assets (NPA) to recover dues of more than Rs 1,234 crore. The lender has invited bids from asset reconstruction companies (ARCs)/ NBFCs/ banks/ financial institutions for 11 NPA accounts. The accounts […]

US-Taliban talks appear stopped for now, Afghan gov’t says

WASHINGTON — A startled Afghan government said on Sunday it believes U.S.-Taliban negotiations on ending America’s longest war will not continue “at this stage” after President Donald Trump said he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghan leaders and called off talks with […]

Smooth succession: Jack Ma eases out of a thriving Alibaba

Jack Ma steps down next week as chairman of Alibaba, but the start-up he built into an online retail behemoth is expected to keep thriving into a new era thanks to a culture of innovation he helped nurture. A former English teacher whose often playful image shattered the […]

Oil majors to mull fresh cuts as trade war hits prices

Top oil producers will consider fresh output cuts at a meeting this week, but analysts are doubtful they will succeed in bolstering crude prices dented by the US-China trade war. The OPEC petroleum exporters’ cartel and key non-OPEC members want to halt a slide in prices that has […]

Huge crowd takes Hong Kong protest message to US consulate

A huge crowd of pro-democracy activists marched to the United States consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday in a bid to ramp up international pressure on Beijing following three months of huge and sometimes violent protests. Millions have taken to Hong Kong’s streets over the last 14 weeks […]

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