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Police impose restrictions in Indian Kashmir after Pakistan PM’s speech

SRINAGAR, India – Authorities in Indian Kashmir tightened restrictions on people’s movements on Saturday to prevent possible protests triggered by a speech by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan, in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, warned there would be a bloodbath once India […]

Tremors felt at Jammu

open view news desk JAMMU: Earthquake tremors felt at Jammu. At about 4.45 pm when I was working on compilation of news in my office situated at Shastri Nagar, Jammu, I felt my office chair is shaking and vibrating which puts me slightly in state of panic. I […]

Govt accepts resignation of Madras HC Chief Justice V K Tahilramani

New Delhi, Sep 21: The resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice V K Tahilramani has been accepted, according to a government notification. Her resignation has been accepted with effect from September 6, it said. She had resigned after the Supreme Court collegium declined her request for reconsideration of […]

Single phase Maharashtra, Haryana assembly polls on Oct 21; Counting on Oct 24

New Delhi, Sep 21: Single-phase assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra and Haryana on October 21 and the BJP will take on the Congress-led opposition to retain power in both the states. The date for the polls in the two states was announced by the Election Commission (EC) […]

US hints at military response to Saudi attacks as oil prices surge

Oil prices made their biggest jump since the Gulf War on Monday after President Donald Trump warned that the US was “locked and loaded” to respond to attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure that Washington blamed on Iran. It is the first time the president has hinted at a […]

Weapons used in Saudi attacks ‘came from Iran’: coalition

The weapons used to strike Saudi oil facilities were Iranian-made, the Riyadh-led coalition said Monday, heightening fears of regional conflict after the US hinted at a military response to the assault. The weekend strikes on Abqaiq –- the world’s largest oil processing facility –- and the Khurais oil […]

Veteran jurist Jethmalani passes away

New Delhi, Sep 8: Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passed away on Sunday at the age of 95, his family members said. Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi, his son Mahesh Jethmalani told PTI. Mahesh and other close […]

Pakistan denies Indian president’s request to use its airspace for foreign visits

Islamabad, Sep 7:  Pakistan has refused a request by India to allow President Ram Nath Kovind to use its airspace for his flight to Iceland, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday. Kovind will embark on a visit to Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia from Monday during which […]

India loses contact with spacecraft on mission to the moon

BENGALURU/MUMBAI – India lost contact with a spacecraft it was trying to land on the moon on Saturday, its space agency said, in a setback for the nation’s ambitious plans to become the first country to probe the unexplored lunar south pole. The lander of the Chandrayaan-2 moon […]

There will be a new dawn: Modi on Chandrayaan-2

Bengaluru, Sep 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked ISRO scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2 and asserted that there will be a “new dawn” ISRO’s plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as […]

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