Month: December 2019

NRC, what for? Asks Nitish, asserting it would not be

Patna, Dec 20: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asserted that National Register for Citizens will not be implemented in the state, putting at rest speculations raised by his JD(U)s support to the Citizenship Amendment Act. Kumar made this clear in a terse reply to queries from journalists […]

Two Day Regional Conference on “Improving Public Services Delivery – Role of Governments” to begin tomorrow at Nagpur

open view news desk The Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari and Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of DONER, Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and […]

Delhi Postal Circle makes special arrangements for acceptance of X-Mas/New Year Greetings Mail

open view news desk Delhi Postal Circle has made special arrangements for acceptance of X-Mas/New Year Greetings Mail at 34 Post Offices and 2 RMS Offices at Railway Stations as given below from 18.12.2019 to 07.01.2020. Separate reception counters are being set up at these Post Offices. Members […]

Xi revels in patriotic Macau handover party as Hong Kong simmers

Macau on Friday celebrated 20 years since the former Portuguese colony was returned to China with President Xi Jinping praising the pliant gambling hub for its patriotism, a stark contrast to protest-ravaged Hong Kong. The day’s festivities centred around the inauguration of a new leader for a city […]

Britain’s new parliament votes on Johnson’s Brexit deal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain’s newly-elected parliament to bury years of wrangling over Brexit by voting Friday for his EU divorce deal. The lower House of Commons is all but certain to give its initial approval to the agreement, paving the way for Johnson to deliver on […]

Boeing sends ‘Rosie’ the dummy into space in key test mission

Boeing launched its Starliner capsule Friday on a crewless eight-day journey to the International Space Station and back, a dry run for NASA’s plans to end US dependence on Russia for space rides. The reputational stakes are high for the aerospace giant, which is in the midst of […]

Fresh clashes in India as death toll hits nine

Fresh clashes between Indian police and demonstrators erupted on Friday after more than a week of deadly unrest triggered by a citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim. Three protesters were shot dead on Thursday, taking the death toll to nine in the wave of anger that is emerging as […]

Tremors felt in north India

Chandigarh, Dec 20: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake with its epicentre in the Hindu Kush region jolted several parts of north India including Delhi-NCR on Friday, officials said. “The earthquake of 6.8 magnitude had its epicentre in Hindu Kush,” an official of the Seismology Department said. There was no immediate report […]

Anti-CAA protesters gather at India Gate

New Delhi, Dec 20: Scores of people gathered at the India Gate here to voice their dissent against the new citizenship law and a proposed countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC). Raising slogans of ‘Azaadi’, ‘No NRC, No CAA’, the protesters, most of them college students, demanded that the […]

India’s protesters cheered on by actors, artists and singers

GUWAHATI, India – With a voice known to millions of Indian movie goers, Zubeen Garg crooned one of his old songs with patriotic fervor, but he is protesting against the government, not singing its praises. Like many people from India’s northeastern state of Assam, he’s angry with the […]

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