Day: October 19, 2019

Five of family burnt to death in Assam

Dibrugarh (Assam), Oct 19 : Five members of a family including two children were charred to death when a cooking gas cylinder burst triggering fire at their house in Dibrugarh district of upper Assam, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Niz Kodomoni near Thermal Colony in Dibrugarh […]

Smriti Irani to visit Amethi on Oct 20, 22

Amethi, Oct 19 : Union Minister Smriti Irani will visit her Lok Sabha constituency Amethi on October 20 and 22 and take part in a series of programmes, including a ‘Gandhi Sandesh Yatra’. On October 20, Irani will take part in the ‘Gandhi Sandesh Yatra’ along with other Bharatiya […]

Woman gang-raped in UP, six booked

Banda, Oct 19 : Six persons have been booked in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman, police said on Saturday. Station Hose Officer (SHO), Karwi, Anil Kumar Singh said the case was registered on Friday. The woman was raped around two weeks ago. Four men […]

Santosh Gangwar’s personal secy dies in road accident

Shahjahanpur, Oct 19 : The personal secretary of Union minister Santosh Gangwar died here after his car collided with a truck, police said on Saturday. Superintendent of Police (city) Dinesh Tripathi said that Brijesh Kumar Tiwari (44), the personal secretary to the labour and employment minister, was travelling in […]

Russia’s Beterbiev stops Gvozdyk toRussia’s Beterbiev stops Gvozdyk

Russian world champion Artur Beterbiev unified the light heavyweight boxing division on Friday with a 10th-round stoppage of Oleksandr Gvozdyk, extending a remarkable knockout streak and undefeated pro career. Beterbiev knocked his Ukrainian opponent down three times in the 10th before referee Gary Rosato stopped it with 11 […]

European governments move to veto Facebook’s digital money

Major European players are joining forces to block Facebook’s proposed digital currency because of the dangers it poses to national sovereignty, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Friday, The firm opposition from France, Italy and Germany added to the mounting resistance faced by the tech giant’s troubled […]

Murray into first semi-final since 2017 Roland Garros

Open view news desk rmer world number one Andy Murray reached his first semi-final since the 2017 French Open with a battling three-set win over Romania’s Marius Copil in Antwerp on Friday. The 32-year-old British star, steadily rebuilding his career after major hip surgery earlier this year, defeated […]

DRDO signs 30 agreements on Technology Transfer

Open view news desk Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed 30 licensing agreements for Transfer of Technology (ToT) with 16 Indian companies, including three start-ups, at Vibrant Goa Global Expo and Summit 2019, which is being held at Goa University, Taleigao, Goa between October 17-19, 2019. […]

Income Tax Department conducts Search on a “wellness group” in Chennai

Open view news desk n 16.10.2019, the Income Tax Department conducted search action under the Income-tax Act, 1961 in the case of a conglomerate of trusts and companies that run year-round “wellness courses” and training programmes in philosophy, spirituality, etc at various sprawling residential campuses in Varadaiahpalem in […]

Violence escalates in Barcelona after 500,000 separatists rally

Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber bullets, turning the city centre into a chaotic battleground. The deterioration came on the fifth consecutive day of protests in the Catalan capital and elsewhere […]

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