Month: November 2019

CBI raids Amnesty International Bengaluru, Delhi offices

Bengaluru, Nov 15: The CBI on Friday conducted raids at the Amnesty International Indias Bengaluru and Delhi offices. Yes, raids were carried out. Details are awaited, a CBI officer told PTI. An Amnesty International India executive, speaking on condition of anonymity, said about half-a-dozen CBI sleuths arrived at about […]

Lawyers in Delhi’s district courts call off strike

New Delhi, Nov 15: Lawyers in all the six district courts in Delhi called off their strike on Friday, which was underway since November 4 after a clash between advocates and police at the Tis Hazari court. The Coordination Committee of All District Courts Bar Associations took the decision […]

Russia plans to deliver S-400 missile systems to India on schedule: Putin

Brasilia, Nov 15: Russia plans to deliver the S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to India as per schedule, President Vladimir Putin has said, amidst warnings from the US against the deal. India announced its intention to acquire S-400 ‘Triumf’ surface-to-air missile systems in 2015. The contract worth USD 5.43 […]

Outgoing CJI Gogoi declines requests for interviews, lauds media for maturity in trying times of SC

New Delhi, Nov 15: Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday expressed his inability to have one-to-one interview with scribes and lauded the press for its “maturity” and “character” in preventing “canards and falsehood” in “trying times” of the judiciary. Justice Gogoi, the 46th CJI and the […]

Maha politics turning new page: Sena-NCP-Cong pact takes shape

Nagpur/Mumbai, Nov 15: The first-ever Shiv Sena- NCP-Congress alliance in Maharashtra appears to be taking definitive shape with Sharad Pawar on Friday announcing the prospective government will complete five-year term and provide a development-oriented administration. The three-party coalition, a new experiment in Maharashtra involving outfits with diverse ideologies, will […]

Understanding Nehru and the need to continue his mission

We have remembered him on birth and death anniversaries and forgotten that we are a democratic, secular, liberal country today, thanks mainly to him Nearly 130 years have passed since the birth of Jawaharlal Nehru. He was born four years after the formation of the Indian National Congress. […]

Traffic Jams and congestion on Jammu roads

JAMMU NOVEMBER 14: The increasing vehicular traffic on Jammu roads and confused traffic authorities which reveals that the government is completely failed to provide any solution to this ever increasing menace. The traffic police have no any drastic and effective blueprint for traffic management and to regulate the […]

‘Depressed and unemployed’: China’s rights lawyers battle disbarment

Once a staunch defender of rights activists in court, Liu Zhengqing has sunk into a depression since being barred by Chinese authorities in January. “I have been unemployed at home,” the 55-year-old told AFP, adding that it is especially hard to find work given his age. “I am […]

Schools closed as protests put chokehold on Hong Kong

Pro-democracy protesters challenging Bejing’s rule of Hong Kong choked the city with barricades and rallies for a fourth straight day Thursday, as the police drafted in reinforcements and the government denied rumours of an imminent curfew fuelled by Chinese state media. The five-month crisis entered a new phase […]

Despite recession at the global level, BRICS countries accelerated economic growth, drove millions out of poverty: PM

open view news desk Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the BRICS Business Forum, on the sidelines of BRICS Summit in Brazil today. Heads of states of other BRICS countries, also addressed the Business Forum. Speaking on the occasion, PM Shri Narendra Modi said that BRICS countries account […]

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