Category: India News

Avalanche hits J-K’s Ganderbal; 2 missing

Srinagar, Jan 30: Two persons were reported missing while as many rescued from the debris in a snow avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday, officials said. The avalanche struck Gagangeer area on Srinagar-Kargil road, trapping the four civilians, the officials said. Local residents and authorities swung […]

6 people arrested on charges of bovine smuggling in J&K

Jammu, Jan 30: Six people were arrested on Thursday for smuggling 60 bovines in Jammu district, officials said. The were taking the animals in six trucks from Jammu to Kashmir. The trucks were intercepted by a police team in the district’s Nargota belt, the officials said. Mohmmad Rafiq, Showket […]

3 women working at school of nursing take bribe, caught

Hyderabad, Jan 30: Three women, including a principal in-charge of a school of nursing, were on Thursday trapped for allegedly accepting a bribe, anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has said. The principal in-charge was caught in her office when she demanded and accepted Rs 40,000 as bribe from a complainant […]

Massive protests in Jamia after student injured by armed man

New Delhi, Jan 30: Tension spiralled in Jamia Nagar on Thursday after a man fired a pistol at a group of anti-CAA protesters, injuring a Jamia Millia Islamia student before walking away while waving the firearm above his head and shouting “Yeh lo aazadi” amid heavy police presence in […]

India reports its first case of coronavirus

BENGALURU – India reported its first case of the new coronavirus on Thursday, saying a woman in Kerala had tested positive in an outbreak that originated in China, killing 170 people, and spread abroad. The patient was an Indian student of Wuhan University in China, the government said […]

Shot fired at Delhi protest against citizenship law, one hurt

NEW DELHI – An unidentified man fired at a protest against India’s new citizenship law near a university in Delhi on Thursday, wounding a student, witnesses said, the first such incident in the capital during more than a month of demonstrations. Witnesses said the man holding a gun […]

Indian ministries buy more air purifiers as capital battles toxic air

NEW DELHI – India’s government has stepped up the purchase of air purifiers over the last two years, taking the number of devices in ministries to protect against deteriorating air quality to nearly 300, government data seen by Reuters showed. Six federal ministries – including the health, foreign […]

India’s budget likely to raise spending to revive economic growth

NEW DELHI – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is expected to raise spending on infrastructure and cut some personal tax in its 2020/2021 budget, to spur consumer demand and investment, government sources and economists said. India is facing its worst economic slowdown in a decade. Growth slipped to […]

Cabinet approves official amendments in the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019

open view news desk The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the official amendments in the National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019 for amending the Homoeopathy Central Council (HCC) Act, 1973.  Presently, the Bill is pending in Rajya Sabha. The amendments […]

Two girls abducted, gang-raped in UP

Ballia, Jan 29: Two girls were allegedly abducted and gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, police said on Wednesday. The girls, aged 16 and 17, were allegedly abducted by Asif and Chunnu Qureshi of the same village on Saturday. Another accused, identified as Suraj Chauhan, helped them in confining […]

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