Month: December 2020

PM pays tributes to martyrs of 2001 Parliament attack

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to martyrs of 2001 Parliament attack. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “We will never forget the cowardly attack on our Parliament on this day in 2001. We recall the valour and sacrifice of those who lost their […]

Voting underway in 6th phase of DDC polls in J&K

Srinagar, Dec 13:  Polling for the sixth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir began on a dull note as fog and chilly weather due to snowfall kept most people indoors early on Sunday, officials said. The polling for 31 DDC seats — […]

Journalist’s family beaten up

Etah, Dec 13: Eight family members of a journalist were thrashed after his daughter objected to the beating up of cattle by her neighbour in Shantinagar locality of the district, police said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar Singh said the incident happened on Saturday evening and […]

FRA will transform the lives of Gujjars, Bakerwals, forest dwellers: Javaid Rahi

open view news desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 13: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006”  popularly known as FRA will undoubtedly transform the lives of lakhs of people of  nomadic tribes and forest dwellers of Jammu and Kashmir  who were landless since centuries […]

461 JCCI members called Urgent Press Conference at Press Club Jammu

open view news desk JAMMU, Dec 12: An urgent Press Conference was held today at Press Club Jammu, wherein the 461 members of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Regd.) Jammu, who were enrolled as members after March 2017, voiced their concern against the decision of debarring them from […]

COVID-19 caseload in India rises to 98.57 lakh with 30,254 new cases

New Delhi, Dec 13: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 98.57 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93.57 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.93 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total coronavirus cases […]

Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Saturday executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, authorities said, just months after he returned to Tehran under mysterious circumstances. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency said that Ruhollah Zam, 47, […]

Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising

LUCKNOW, India — A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra. Officers broke a padlock on the gate of the illegal shoe factory where the boy was […]

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court and subvert the will of voters. Trump bemoaned the […]

Pakistan accuses India of funding disinformation campaign in EU

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan accused arch-rival India of funding a long running disinformation campaign against it on Friday and said it would raise the matter in global forums. In making its claim that India attempted to manipulate international bodies through fake news websites and organisations, Pakistan’s foreign minister cited […]

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