Month: February 2020

Delhi: Man killed over monetary dispute

New Delhi, Feb 20: A 29-year-old man involved in multiple cases of robbery and theft was allegedly killed by unidentified people following a quarrel over a monetary dispute in southeast Delhi’s Sunlight Colony on Thursday, police said. The deceased identified as Rakesh, a resident of Sidhharth Basti, is registered […]

Lesotho PM to be charged with murder of estranged wife: police

Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is expected on Friday to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife, who was gunned down two days before his inauguration in 2017, police said Thursday. The news came as Thabane announced he would step down on July 31, following pressure […]

Ahead of Trump’s visit, Indian city cleans the swamp

LUCKNOW – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to “drain the swamp” of lobbyists and elites in Washington D.C. Now, one Indian city is racing to clean up a stagnant river as he prepares to visit. Trump arrives in India on Feb. 24 on a maiden two-day trip that […]

Exclusive: Westinghouse set to sign pact with NPCIL for nuclear reactors during Trump visit

NEW DELHI – U.S. energy firm Westinghouse is expected to sign a new agreement with state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India for the supply of six nuclear reactors during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit next week, officials said, aiming to kickstart a long-running project. The agreement will lay […]

Shri Amit Shah presides over the 34th Statehood Day celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh in Itanagar

open view news desk “People from different states of India have different ways of greeting each other, but only Arunachalis greet each other with ‘Jai Hind’, which is a shining example of patriotic fervour for the rest of India”, said Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister for Home Affairs […]

International protection for Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican and Asian Elephant

open view news desk India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was unanimously accepted today at the ongoing thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on MigratorySpecies (CMS) in Gandhinagar. Asian Elephant The […]

Result of Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 declared

open view news desk On the basis of the result of the written part of the Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020 held by the Union Public Service Commission (U.P.S.C.) on 5th January, 2020, the candidates with the under mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2020. […]

Rare migratory bird sighted in Uttarakhand’s Mukteshwar

Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Feb 20: A pair of rufous-backed redstart, a rare migratory bird also known as the eversmann’s redstart, was sighted for the first time in Uttarakhand during a bird walk, according to a senior ecologist here. The bird walk was organised as part of an year long nature […]

Australia favourites but India no pushovers: Mithali

New Delhi, Feb 20: The seasoned Mithali Raj has declared Australia as favourites to win Friday’s Women’s T20 World Cup opener against India in what she expects to be a high-scoring and “very close” game. “Australia go in as favourites, but India will be no pushover. They have some […]

President Ramnath Kovind to visit Bengaluru on Feb 21

Bengaluru, Feb 20: President Ramnath Kovind would arrive in the city on Friday on a two-day official visit. According to an official release, the President would reach here on Friday evening, proceed to Raj Bhavan and stay there in the night. On Saturday, he would attend a programme ‘The […]

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