Day: June 5, 2019

Chhattisgarh: Garment unit run by women to make CRPF uniforms

Woman shot dead by militants in Pulwama

1:53 pm June 5, 2019

Srinagar: Militants shot dead a woman and injured a man Wednesday in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “Terrorists fired upon a man and a woman at Singoo-Narbal in Pulwama district today. While the lady succumbed to injuries, the injured man has been rushed to a hospital,” a police official said. He said […]

Visva-Bharati shits from tradition, holds spring festival ahead of Dol Purnima

Visva Bharati University not to organise Pous Mela

1:43 pm June 5, 2019

Santiniketan(WB): The Visva Bharati University has decided not to organise the annual Pous Mela, an official of the central varsity said. The Pous Mela is an annual fair which is held in Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in the month of December and draws lakhs of people. “It is not possible for an educational […]

Senators seek to block Trump's arms sales to Saudis

Trump approved Saudi nuclear transfers after Khashoggi killing: senator

1:39 pm June 5, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration approved the transfer of nuclear technical expertise to Saudi Arabia twice after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Democratic senator said Tuesday. Those two times were part of seven occasions starting in December 2017 in which the administration gave the go-ahead to such transfers, Senator Tim Kaine said. Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been […]

World Environment Day: Barista launches campaign to gift plant seeds to customers

1:33 pm June 5, 2019

New Delhi: Coffee chain Barista Wednesday rolled out a campaign of gifting specially packed plant seeds to its customers at its 200-odd cafes and kiosks across the country with an aim to encourage people to plant trees on the occasion of World Environment Day. The “#Gogreen initiative” has been launched in association with Detel Foundation to create awareness about the need to […]

HM Shah extends Eid greetings

1:20 pm June 5, 2019

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday extended Eid greetings and hoped the festival would bring peace and happiness for everyone. “Extend my warm greetings on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. May this festival bring peace, joy and happiness in everyone’s life,” he tweeted. Eid is being celebrated across the country on Wednesday.