Month: January 2020

Don’t do politics over Nirbhaya case: Kejriwal to BJP

New Delhi, Jan 17: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the BJP on Friday not to indulge in politics over the Nirbhaya case issue and instead work together in ensuring that justice in such cases is delivered at the earliest. Reacting to Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani […]

Constable attempts suicide in UP’s Kanpur

Kanpur (UP), Jan 17: A 22-year-old police constable, about to get married in less than two weeks, allegedly shot at himself during duty hours in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district, officials said on Friday. After Shani Kumar fired at himself with his service rifle late Thursday night, he was rushed […]

Cong launches theme song ahead of Delhi polls

New Delhi, Jan 17: Ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, the Congress on Friday launched an audio and a video of its official song – ‘Phir se Congress wali Delhi’. Talking to reporters, Delhi Congress chief Subhash Chopra said through its theme song, the party will tell people about […]

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court issues fresh death warrants against 4 convicts for Feb 1, 6 am

New Delhi, Jan 17: A Delhi court Friday issued fresh death warrants for February 1, 6 am against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora was hearing a plea by one of the four death row convicts in the […]

Mithali demoted to Grade B in BCCI central contracts

New Delhi, Jan 16: Veteran cricketer Mithali Raj was on Thursday demoted to Grade B from A in the BCCI central contracts while Radha Yadav and Taniya Bhatia were elevated to the middle bracket. Mithali not being kept in the Rs 50 lakh category was expected as the 37-year-old […]

Lack of transparency in China’s Belt and Road projects: EU firms

A lack of information and transparency are top barriers for European companies seeking involvement in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to a survey published Thursday by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Only 20 out of 132 firms polled said they have bid for projects […]

Prince Harry resurfaces but stays silent on royal rumpus

Prince Harry kept silent on Thursday about the shock decision he and his wife took last week to quit as full-time royals at his first public appearance since the bombshell announcement. Harry, 35, took part in the draw for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in an engagement […]

US senators to be sworn in for Trump impeachment trial

Amid bitter partisan divisions, US senators are to be sworn in as jurors Thursday for the historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, threatened with removal from office for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver the oath to the […]

15th Finance Commission to hold meetings with stakeholders of the State of Goa

open view news desk The 15th Finance Commission will visit the State Goa and hold meetings with the State Government and other stakeholders on 23rd -24th  January, 2020.  The Commission will be headed by Chairman, Sh. N.K. Singh and include all its Members and senior officials. In this regard the […]

Mega-science exhibition Vigyan Samagam in New Delhi from 21st January

open view news desk In order to highlight the value and impact of fundamental research to a broad cross-section of audience including students, academician and industry, and to further strengthen India’s participationin mega-science Projects, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Department of Science andTechnology (DST) have jointly organised […]

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