Day: January 11, 2020

Modi-Mamata meeting amid protests against CAA in city

Kolkata, Jan 11: Black flags and angry chants of “Modi, go back” greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrived on a 2-day visit here on Saturday but nicety was not abandoned as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shared dais with him while remaining insistent on annulment of the new […]

Supreme Court says indefinite Kashmir internet shutdown is illegal

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR – The Supreme Court said on Friday that an indefinite shutdown of the internet in Kashmir was illegal, rebuking the government for the communications lockdown imposed after it withdrew the Muslim majority region’s autonomy in August. Internet suspensions can be imposed only for “temporary duration” and […]

Death toll in Pakistan mosque suicide bombing rises to 15

QUETTA, Pakistan – The death toll from a suicide bombing at a mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta rose to 15 on Saturday, officials said. The blast during Friday evening prayers wounded at least 20 other people, police said. “Two of the wounded people died overnight […]

Crowdfunding, pro bono lawyers aid Indian protesters as government cracks down

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – Days after Anas Hussain was killed in his hometown of Nehtaur in northern India during an anti-government protest last month, an online crowdfunding campaign raised 1 million rupees (nearly $14,000) to help his family. As protests against a new citizenship law snowball across the country, […]

Maiden landing of DRDO-developed LCA Navy onboard INS Vikramaditya

open view news desk After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) did a successful arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya at 1002 hrs today. Commodore Jaideep Maolankar conducted the maiden landing. Captain Dahiya was the Landing Safety Officer […]

Music is at the core of India’s cultural heritage–it unites and connects people

Vice President pays tribute to Saint Composer Thyagaraja, calls him one of the greatest music maestros of India Inaugurates the 173rd Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival in Thanjavur Saint Thyagaraja’s songs embodied ethical and philosophical truths of life – VP Asks schools and educational institutions to make students aware of […]

Every public servant must understand that the citizen is the master: Odisha CM

Bhubaneswar, Jan 11: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that one of the basic objectives of the ‘Mo Sarkar’ (my government) initiative is — every public servant must understand that the citizen is the master. The public servant is here to serve the citizens and there should be […]

Abhijit Banerjee lauds Delhi govt schools for outperforming private peers

Mumbai, Jan 11: Education outcomes in state-run schools can be better than the private ones, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee said on Saturday as he lauded Delhi government schools for “outperforming” their private peers. He said state agencies have been “generous” with resource allocation for education, which is visible in […]

Will protect core values of Constitution: Army Chief Gen M M Naravane

New Delhi, Jan 11: Army Chief Gen M M Naravane on Saturday asserted that the conduct of the 1.3 million-strong Army will be guided by its “allegiance” to the Constitution and its core values of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity, comments which came in the backdrop of criticism that […]

Mamata joins TMC dharna against CAA after meeting PM

Kolkata, Jan 11: Minutes after holding a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attended a sit-in demonstration organised by Trinamool Congress students’ wing against the CAA and NRC. The TMC supremo took centre stage among the agitating students who raised slogans […]

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