Day: November 14, 2019

Supreme Court delays ruling on ban on women entering Sabarimala temple

NEW DELHI – India’s top court on Thursday delayed a verdict on the lifting of a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age entering a Hindu temple, asking more judges to consider the case involving gender discrimination and religion that has divided opinion. Upholding the right to equality […]

Despite Kashmir anger, Xi invites Modi to visit again next year

BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit China again next year after two informal summits between the men in each other’s countries, despite deep disagreement over the disputed Kashmir region. Xi and Modi met in southern India last month, following […]

Srinath Raghavan busts ‘myths’ around Nehru’s Kashmir policies

Syama Prasad Mookherjee admitted he was party to the decision to refer Kashmir issue to the UN. Sardar Patel worked on Article 370 for five months and persuaded other leaders to accept it I want to touch upon this claim that Article 370 in some ways was instrumental […]

Schools shut because of Delhi’s smog, but hundreds of children run a race

NEW DELHI – About 1,000 children ran a race in thick smog in the Indian capital New Delhi early on Thursday when authorities declared air quality as hazardous and the city government ordered schools to be shut as part of emergency measures. Reuters partner ANI tweeted pictures of […]

Impeachment witnesses can expect abuse, death threats, say survivors of past political scandals

NEW YORK – John Dean entered the witness protection program. Valerie Plame feared for her children. Both are veterans of U.S. political scandals that threatened the White House, and they have a warning for the witnesses who are testifying against President Donald Trump in the current public impeachment […]

PM Modi meets Chinese Prez Xi in Brazil; discusses bilateral and multilateral issues

Brasilia, Nov 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping here and the two leaders agreed to maintain a close contact on matters relating to trade and investment to further deepen and add new vigour to the bilateral ties. During the meeting on the […]

Overwhelming support from over 150 institutes for battle against hostel fee hike: JNUSU

New Delhi, Nov 14: The JNUSU on Thursday said it has received an “overwhelming support” from more than 150 universities and institutes across the world in its battle against the hostel fee hike. Following protests from the students’ union, the administration partially rolled back the hostel fee hike on […]

Some people in constitutional posts acting like BJP mouthpieces: Mamata

Kolkata, Nov 14: Hitting out at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari for recommending President’s Rule in the state after the assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said some people in constitutional posts are acting like BJP mouthpieces. These people wish to run a parallel administration […]

Coal scam: Court awards varying jail terms to 3 persons

New Delhi, Nov 14: A Delhi court Thursday awarded varying jail terms to three persons in a coal scam case related to irregularities in allocation of North Dhadhu coal block in Jharkhand. Two directors of Pawanjay Steel and Power Limited (PSPL), Gyanchand Prasad Agarwal (70) and Umesh Prasad Agarwal […]

Westland launches new children imprint ‘Red Panda’

New Delhi, Nov 14 Leading Indian publishing house Westland announced the launch of their new children publishing programme under the imprint “Red Panda”, on Children’s Day on Thursday. Under the imprint, Westland will publish a range of books for children across genres including fiction, non-fiction, picture books, activity […]

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