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Nairobi-Kenyan authorities have suspended visits to the gorges of the famous Hell’s Gate National Park in the Rift Valley after a flash flood killed six tourists and their driver. Paul Udoto, spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Service, said those who died in the Sunday evening tragedy were five Kenyans ofRead More
Male A day after India thwarted an attempt by Pakistan to raise the Kashmir issue during the South Asian Speakers’ Summit in the Maldives, the Male declaration adopted by the meeting on Monday overlooked all assertions made by Islamabad on the issue. India and Pakistan had a heated exchange duringRead More
US Senator Bernie Sanders says ‘deeply concerned’ about situation in Kashmir Houston, September 1 US Senator and Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders told a gathering of Muslims that he was “deeply concerned” about the situation in Kashmir and asked the US government to “speak out boldly” in support of anRead More
Berlin The top UN refugee official has urged India to ensure that no one is left stateless by the exclusion of nearly 2 million people from a citizenship list in Assam state. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, voiced his concern in a statement issued Sunday in Geneva.Read More
New Delhi Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Sunday assumed charge as Vice-Chief of the 1.3 million-strong Army. Lt Gen Naravane will be in contention for the Army Chief’s post as he will be the senior-most commander when incumbent Gen Bipin Rawat retires on December 31, official sources said. LtRead More
New Delhi Prominent Muslim face Arif Mohammed Khan, who quit the Rajiv Gandhi government in protest against the enactment of a law to nullify the Supreme Court verdict in the Shah Bano case, was on Sunday appointed as Governor, along with three BJP leaders. BJP leader and former UttarakhandRead More
Chennai Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday allayed fears of job losses following the proposed merger of public sector banks, saying not even one employee shall be removed following the amalgamation. “Absolutely, ill informed. I want to assure every union in every one of these banks to please recall whatRead More
She put Punjabi literature on the world map. No other writer is as synonymous with Punjabi literature as Amrita Pritam (1919-2005), a familiar name even for those not acquainted with Punjabi. She cocked a snook at conventShe put Punjabi literature on the world map. No other writer is as synonymousRead More
Dubai Iran showed off an undamaged satellite on Saturday, days after a rocket exploded on its launchpad in the third failed launch of the year, which US President Donald Trump had tweeted about hours earlier. The United States has warned Iran against rocket launches, fearing the technology used to putRead More
New Delhi: In a series of late-night decisions, the government on Friday inducted five officers, including a Joint Secretary, three Deputy Secretaries and a Director in the Prime Minister’s Office, according to orders issued by the DoPT. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet inducted IAS 1994-batch Karnataka cadre’s Arvind ShrivastavaRead More
