Category: National

Prez, VP, Rajnath pay tributes to Sardar Patel

New Delhi :  Preseident Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and a host of dignitaries Wednesday offered floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birthday anniversary. At a special function held at the capital’s Patel Chowk, the President and others paid floral […]

Sensex drops over 200 pts, Nifty slips below 10,150

Mumbai : The BSE benchmark Sensex dropped over 200 points Wednesday amid rising tension between the Reserve Bank of India and the government. Investor sentiment turned weak in early session on reports that the government may invoke certain provisions to issue directions to the central bank. The BSE Sensex […]

Nirmala Sitharaman flags off ‘Run for Unity’ in Chennai

Chennai : Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday flagged off the ‘Run for Unity,’ an event organised to mark the birth anniversary of freedom fighter and India’s first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, here. Sitharaman, besides Tamil Nadu Ministers D Jayakumar and SP Velumani, participated in the event. Later, the […]

SC asks Centre to file affidavit on Rafale deal

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to file an affidavit within 10 days to say that the pricing in the Rafale fighter jet deal between India and France is exclusive and cannot be shared with the court. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […]

Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies

Washington :  President Donald Trump is intensifying his hardline immigration rhetoric heading into the midterm elections, declaring that he wants to order the end of the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorised immigrants born in the United States. Trump made the comments to “Axios on […]

Indian Panorama Announces Official Selection for 49th International Film Festival of India, 2018

open view web desk The 49th International Film Festival of India announced the selection of Indian Panorama films for the year, 2018 to be screened in Goa. The Feature Film Jury of thirteen members was headed by acclaimed film director and screenwriter,  Shri Rahul Rawail. The Feature Jury constituted […]

Vice President embarks on three nation Africa visit

Strengthening bilateral ties, improving trade relations are priorities; The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu embarked on his first Africa visit from 31st October to November 6, here today. In his weeklong visit, he will visit Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi where he is scheduled to interact […]

Union Home Minister flags off “Run for Unity”, administers Ekta Pledge

open view wb desk Let us pledge to work for national unity”: Shri Rajnath Singh The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh flagged off the “Run for Unity” from the Dhyanchand National Stadium here today. Hundreds of enthusiastic youth, children and elderly citizens participated in the Run. On […]

Arun Jaitley hits back at RBI, says it allowed lending excesses

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley blamed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday for failing to stop a lending spree between 2008-2014 that left banks with huge bad debts, inflaming a row that recently erupted between the government and the central bank. On Friday, RBI […]

DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh lays foundation stone of ‘Technology Facility Center’ at Jorhat, Assam

  open view web desk In another landmark initiative for the Northeast, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh laid the foundation stone of new Science Centre, the […]

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