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Institutionalize grievance redressal mechanism in districts: Kansal to DCs

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 26: Principal Secretary, Planning Development & Monitoring and Grievances, Rohit Kansal today impressed upon the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to institutionalize the grievance redressal mechanism to provide instant succor to the people. The Principal Secretary was speaking at a meeting convened with the […]

Former Minister meets Governor

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 26: Sh. R.S. Chib, former Minister, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Sh. Chib discussed various issues relating to the implementation of developmental programmes in R.S Pura area, problems faced by farmers living near the LoC, issues […]

CEC LAHDC meets Governor

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 26: A delegation of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Leh, led by its Chief Executive Councillor, Sh. Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Sh. Namgyal expressed his gratitude for sanctioning Cluster University for Ladakh; […]

Delegation of “Ring Road Kissan Sangharsh Samiti” meets Governor

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 26: A delegation of Ring Road Kissan Sangharsh Samiti led by its President Sh. Rajinder Singh Chib, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. The delegation sought Governor’s intervention in considering “Private Negotiation Committee” provision instead of resorting […]

Pakistan’s journalists complain of increasing censorship

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani journalists, who have taken on military dictators and been beaten and jailed in the pursuit of a free press, say they now face a form of censorship that is more subtle but no less chilling, one spearheaded by the security services. Journalists and press freedom […]

Egypt ’s 2 ex-presidents appear in the same courtroom

CAIRO — Two former Egyptian presidents appeared Wednesday in the same Cairo courtroom, with Hosni Mubarak testifying in a retrial of Mohammed Morsi on charges related to prison breaks at the height of the 2011 uprising that toppled Mubarak. The 90-year-old Mubarak, whose nearly three-decade rule was ended […]

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2018

In a year filled with heightened political vitriol, two deaths brought the nation together to remember men who represented a seemingly bygone era of U.S. politics. George H.W. Bush was a president, vice president, congressman, CIA director and Navy pilot during World War II, where he flew 58 […]

Quake from Mount Etna volcano jolts Sicily, sparks panic

ROME — An earthquake triggered by Mount Etna’s eruption jolted eastern Sicily before dawn Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, damaging churches and houses on the volcano’s slopes and prompting panicked villagers to flee their homes. Italy’s Civil Protection officials said the quake, which struck at 3:19 a.m., […]

Medical checks ordered after 2nd detained child migrant dies

HOUSTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security […]

China tries rights lawyer in case Amnesty denounces as a sham

TIANJIN, China – The subversion trial of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer in what Amnesty International called a “sham” hearing ended on Wednesday without a verdict being announced. Wang Quanzhang, who took on sensitive cases such as complaints of police torture and defended followers of the banned […]

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