Month: November 2019

6 children injured after school buses collide in UP

Gorakhpur (UP), Nov 5: Six children were injured after two school buses collided head on near Haraiya village in Sant Kabir Nagar district on Tuesday morning, police said. The buses belonged to Ramnath Subhawati Devi Inter College, Totha area in Sant Kabir Nagar district and Bombay Cambridge School in […]

Abrogation of Art 370 and 35A hailed

Itanagar, Nov 5: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday hailed the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 and 35A that gave special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Speaking at the eigth Rutum Kamgo memorial lecture here on the topic “Abrogation of Article 370 and […]

PM, Shah should provide answers on snooping: Congress

Nagpur, Nov 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah should provide “answers” about alleged hacking of mobile phones of political leaders, journalists and activists in the country, the Congress said on Tuesday. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was among those who were informed by messaging […]

JMC seals unauthorised commercial complex

Jammu, Nov 5: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) on Tuesday sealed an unauthorised commercial complex in the Janipur belt here, officials said. The corporation’s enforcement staff sealed the building under the J&K Control of Building Operation Act, they said. The JMC has cautioned people to refrain from undertaking illegal […]

Rupee rises 8 paise against US dollar on forex inflows

Mumbai, Nov 5: The rupee gained 8 paise to close at a fresh five-week high of 70.69 against the US dollar on Tuesday following foreign fund inflows and gains in Asian peers after Chinese central bank cut interest rates. Forex inflows through Bajaj Finance share sale to qualified institutional […]

Walk out of NDA if alternative is to be found: NCP to Sena

Mumbai, Nov 5: A political alternative can be worked out in Maharashtra if the Shiv Sena declared that it had snapped the ties with the BJP, the Nationalist Congress Party said here on Tuesday. It also wanted Arvind Sawant, the lone Sena minister in the Union government, to resign, […]

British MPs vote on new speaker after Bercow’s departure

British MPs began the selection of their new speaker on Monday to replace John Bercow, who enraged the government but won a global following with his parliamentary rulings on Brexit. Seven MPs have put themselves forward to replace Bercow, whose shouts of “Order! Order!” have rung out across […]

Women Scientists’ & Entrepreneurs’ Conclave: An inspiration for new science careers

open view news desk A chance to meet some of the top women leaders in science from India and abroad, grass root innovators awaits visitors at the Women Scientists’ and Entrepreneurs’ Conclave of the India International Science Festival (IISF) at Kolkata. The third edition of women scientists’ conclave […]

S&T Media conclave to deliberate on s science communication in transforming media

Ministry of Science & Technology S&T Media conclave to deliberate on s science communication in transforming media open view news desk A Science and Technology Media Conclave will be held at India International Science Festival 2019 in Kolkata to bring diverse perspectives from India and abroad to crystallise […]

Students claim paramilitary force deployed in JNU

New Delhi, Nov 4: Jawaharlal Nehru University students, who are on protest against the draft hostel manual since last week, on Monday claimed that the administration had called paramilitary force inside the campus. However, a senior police officer said the paramilitary personnel did not enter the campus and were […]

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