Yechury asks Rajinikanth to ‘first define his policies’

open view web desk Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 31: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday asked superstar Rajinikanth, who earlier in the day announced that he was set to join politics, to define his policies and the changes he had talked about. Speaking to ANI, the CPM leader said, […]

Tamil film star to enter politics in India’s ‘Detroit’

open view web desk NEW DELHI – A big star of India’s Tamil-language movies, Rajinikanth, said on Sunday he is launching a political party, adding drama to a heated political scene in a state with a history of film stars becoming chief ministers. Tamil Nadu, which accounts for […]

Erica Garner, activist daughter of New York chokehold victim, dies at 27

open view web desk Erica Garner, the daughter of a New York man whose death during an attempted arrest helped spark the “Black Lives Matter” movement against police brutality, died on Saturday, a posting on her official Twitter account showed. Garner, 27, suffered a heart attack triggered by […]

Bad to worse: How diplomatic hopes with North Korea plunged

open view web desk WASHINGTON— In the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency, an American scholar quietly met with North Korean officials and relayed a message: The new administration in Washington appreciated an extended halt in the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile tests. It might just offer a […]

Hong Kong ship crew questioned in S. Korea for oil transfer to North

open view web desk The crew of a Hong Kong-registered ship have been detained for questioning in South Korea since their tanker was impounded in November for transferring oil to a North Korean vessel and breaching UN sanctions, customs officials said Saturday. The Lighthouse Winmore, which was chartered […]

Egypt sentences ex-President Mursi, 19 others to three years in jail for insulting judiciary

A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison

CAG slams Modi’s slow Ganges clean-up

India has spent less than a quarter of the funds available for a programme to clean up the Ganges river over the last two years

Trachoma: Infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

open view web desk Kolkata, Dec 27: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. It is caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection is transmitted through contact with eye and nose discharge of infected people, particularly young children who harbour the principal […]

China rejects Trump accusation on N. Korea sanction breaches

open view web desk China on Friday rejected accusations that it had helped Pyongyang skirt sanctions after US President Donald Trump claimed on Twitter that Beijing was turning a blind eye to oil transfers to North Korea. Trump’s tweet was the latest salvo in his battle to persuade […]

Rooftop restaurant fire in Mumbai kills 14 during birthday party

Open View Web Desk MUMBAI – Fire swept through a rooftop restaurant in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai early on Friday, killing at least 14 people, most of them women attending a birthday party, including the celebrant who had just turned 28, police and family said. The […]

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