Turkish troops enter Syria in operation against Kurdish militia

open view web desk Turkish ground troops entered Syria on Sunday to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation. Turkey on Saturday launched operation “Olive Branch” seeking to oust from the Afrin region of northern Syria the Peoples’ Protection […]

At least six dead in 12-hour Taliban siege at luxury Kabul hotel

  open view web desk Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul and killed at least six people including a Ukrainian, sparking a s 12-hour battle with Afghan forces backed by Norwegian troops that left terrified guests scrambling to escape. Officials said the death toll from the attack […]

Chidambaram lambasts ‘anti-consumer’ Centre over surging petrol, diesel prices

open view web desk New Delhi [India], Jan 21: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram while accusing the Union government of being “anti-consumer” said citizens are being “squeezed” due to the increasing petrol and diesel prices. In a series of tweets, the senior Congress Party leader said petrol and diesel must be brought under the […]

No one can touch a woman without her consent: Delhi court

Additional Sessions Judge Seema Maini awarded rigorous imprisonment to Uttar Pradesh resident Chavi Ram, who had inappropriately touched the minor at a crowded market in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar in 2014. open view web desk New Delhi, Jan 21: No one can touch a woman without her consent, a […]

AAP says EC gave no opportunity to explain

open view web desk New Delhi [India], Jan. 20: Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was not given an opportunity by the Election Commission to explain its stand in the office of profit case. Sisodia said, “There was no hearing, we were not given a chance […]

Trump says Democrats ‘could have easily made deal’ to avert shutdown

open view web desk President Donald Trump marked the first anniversary of his inauguration Saturday with his government in shutdown, accusing Democrats of taking Americans hostage with their demands and saying they “could have easily made a deal.” As the clock struck midnight, in the absence of an […]

Pak raises Jadhav’s case in UNSC debate on Afghanistan

open view web desk United Nations, Jan 20: Pakistan raked up the issue of Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav in the UN Security Council after it was accused by India, the US and Afghanistan, for providing safe havens to terrorists. Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN Maleeha Lodhi […]

India, Pakistan summon each other’s envoys over ceasefire violations

open view web desk NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD- India and Pakistan summoned each other’s envoys on Friday, with the nuclear-armed neighbours accusing one another of violating a military ceasefire in the disputed Kashmir region and killing civilians in cross-border firing. India called in Pakistan’s deputy high commissioner saying its soldiers […]

2 civilians, 2 jawans killed in Pak shelling along IB, LoC

open view web desk Jammu, Jan 19: Two security forces jawans and as many civilians were killed and 35 others injured in mortar shelling by the Pakistani troops on civilian areas and BoPs along the International Border and the LoC in four districts of Jammu and Kashmir today, officials […]

Jewish child orphaned in Mumbai attacks makes 1st visit back

open view web desk NEW DELHI — Moshe Holtzberg, a boy whose parents were killed at a Jewish center in Mumbai during a 2008 terror attack, returned to India for the first time Tuesday to visit the site of the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in […]

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