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India, Russia likely to sign arms deal during Putin’s visit

open view web desk NEW DELHI— Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India on Thursday for a two-day visit during which India is expected to sign a $5 billion deal to buy Russian S-400 air defense systems despite a new U.S. law ordering sanctions on any country trading […]

Mayawati’s decision to go alone in MP will not impact Cong prospects: Rahul

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 5: Congress President Rahul Gandhi Friday said BSP chief Mayawati’s decision not to have an alliance with his party in Madhya Pradesh will not impact its poll prospects in the state even as he suggested that the BSP may come on board […]

French rescuers detect signs of life under quake-hit hotel

open view web desk PALU, Indonesia — A French rescue team said Thursday it has detected a person believed to still be alive under the rubble of a hotel in Indonesia’s central Sulawesi, nearly a week after it was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami. Philip Besson, […]

SC refuses to interfere in probe against IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in 22-yr-old case

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 4: In a setback to arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed his wife’s plea challenging the police probe and his judicial custody in a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest an advocate, and […]

India deports Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar

open view web desk GAUHATI, India— India on Thursday deported its first group of Rohingya Muslims since the government last year ordered the expulsion of members of the Myanmar minority group and others who entered the country illegally. The deportation was carried out after the Supreme Court rejected […]

India cuts fuel tax, refinery prices to ease pain of rising crude, weak rupee

open view web desk NEW DELHI- India is cutting prices of gasoline and diesel by 2.50 rupees ($0.03) a litre, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday, the government’s latest step to tackle the impact of a sharp rise in crude oil prices and a weak local currency. […]

Trio win Nobel Chemistry Prize for research harnessing evolution

open view web desk US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for applying the principles of evolution to develop enzymes used to make everything from biofuels to medicine. Arnold, just the fifth woman to clinch chemistry’s […]

No alliance with Cong in Rajasthan, MP: Mayawati

open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 3: In a major setback to Opposition unity ahead of Lok Sabha elections due next year, BSP supremo Mayawati Wednesday announced that her party will contest assembly elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh either on its own or in alliance with regional […]

Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India

open view web desk Delhi, Oct 3: Justice Ranjan Gogoi was  sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to the 63-year-old Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Darbar Hall Justice Gogoi […]

Police fire tear gas, water cannon to break up farmers’ protest

open view web desk NEW DELHI – Police on Tuesday fired teargas and water cannons to halt and scatter a march by thousands of protesting farmers heading for the capital New Delhi to demand better prices for their produce. Reeling from a crash in commodity prices, more than […]

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