Month: November 2019

PM pays tributes to first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on his birth anniversary

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on his birth anniversary. Prime Minister said, “Tributes to our former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary.” Narendra Modi✔@narendramodi Tributes to our former PM […]

PM condoles passing away of Mathematician Dr. Vashishtha Narayan Singh

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the passing away of Mathematician Dr. Vashishtha Narayan Singh. “गणितज्ञ डॉ. वशिष्ठ नारायण सिंह जी के निधन के समाचार से अत्यंत दुख हुआ। उनके जाने से देश ने ज्ञान-विज्ञान के क्षेत्र में अपनी एक विलक्षण प्रतिभा […]

CBI set to file fresh charges in $2 billion PNB bank fraud case: source

MUMBAI – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon file fresh charges in the $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case and detail how the alleged wrongdoing was carried out, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. In the police’s initial charges, billionaire […]

Modi says wants to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024

BRASILIA – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his country aims to be a $5 trillion economy by 2024, in remarks to leaders at a summit of BRICS major emerging economies on Wednesday. India’s GDP in 2018 was $2.6 trillion. Modi said that BRICS targets for investment […]

Hong Kong students hunker down as government dismisses curfew rumours

HONG KONG – Pro-democracy protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing schools to close and blocking highways, as students built campus barricades and stockpiled weapons and the government dismissed rumours of a curfew. Thousands of students hunkered down on several campuses, surrounded […]

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 […]

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