Mahabharata 2.0: Rahul likens BJP to Kaurvas, Cong to Pandvas

open view web desk New Delhi [India], Mar. 18: Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Congress President Rahul Gandhion Sunday compared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the Kauravas. “Centuries ago, there was a huge battle on the field of Kurukshetra. The Kauravas were powerful […]

‘Modi’ symbolises corruption, says Rahul

open view web desk New Delhi [India], Mar. 18: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday continued his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and compared him with businessmen accused of committing fraud – Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi. While addressing the 84th Congress Plenary Session here Rahul asserted ‘Modi’ symbolises the collusion between India’s biggest […]

TDP quits NDA; moves no-confidence motion against Modi govt

open view web desk Amaravati/New Delhi, Mar 16: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today ended its four-year-old alliance with the BJP and walked out of the NDA, eight days after two of its union ministers resigned over the Centre’s refusal to grant Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh. Upping […]

Five Indians killed in cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops

  open view web desk SRINAGAR/MUZZAFARABAD – Five members of an Indian family were killed and two injured by shelling from Pakistani troops on Sunday along the Line of Control, the de facto border between India and Pakistan, according to army and police officials. Both sides were engaging […]

Stephen Hawking, British scientist and cultural icon, dies at 76

open view web desk British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, died Wednesday aged 76. Propelled to stardom by his 1988 book “A Brief History of Time”, which became an unlikely worldwide bestseller, Hawking dedicated […]

Bangladeshi plane crashes in Nepal, killing at least 50

open view web desk KATHMANDU – A Bangladeshi airliner crashed on Monday after making an unexpected turn in cloudy weather as it came in to land at the airport in Nepal’s capital, killing at least 50 people, officials said. There were 71 people on board the US-Bangla Airlines […]

Thousands of farmers march to Mumbai to demand help

open view web desk MUMBAI – Tens of thousands of protesting farmers from Maharashtra marched into the state capital Mumbai on Monday to demand government support to address hardship in a sector that employs the majority of the country’s workforce. The protesters walked 180 km (112 miles) from […]

India, with eye on China ties, bans Tibetans rally in New Delhi

open view web desk NEW DELHI – India has banned Tibetans from holding a rally with the Dalai Lama in New Delhi this month to mark the 60th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule, officials said on Wednesday, as it tries to improve fraught ties with […]

Supreme Court upholds marriage in alleged case of “Love Jihad”

open view web desk NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted a Hindu woman who converted to Islam to live with her Muslim husband, a man federal investigators accused of being a recruiter for militant group Islamic State, in an incident they called “Love Jihad.” The […]

PNB fraud accused Mehul Choksi says Indian authorities ignoring due process

open view web desk MUMBAI – Mehul Choksi, the jeweller accused of being a central figure in an alleged fraud of nearly $2 billion against Punjab National Bank, criticised India’s investigating agencies in a letter alleging gross abuse of due process in the ongoing probe. In a letter […]

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