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Putin invites Indian PM to visit Moscow for 2020 Victory Day celebrations

5:03 pm September 4, 2019

Vladivostok: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War in Moscow in May 2020. “We are expecting you in May next year at the celebrations devoted to marking the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great […]

Chandrayaan-2’s second de-orbiting manoeuvre executed: ISRO

4:02 pm September 4, 2019

Bengaluru: The second de-orbiting manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was successfully carried out early on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said, inching towards achieving a historic soft-landing on the lunar surface. “With this manoeuvre the required orbit for the Vikram Lander to commence its descent towards the surface of the Moon is achieved,” ISRO […]

EX-PM Manmohan Singh, union ministers part of first jatha to Kartarpur Sahib

India, Pak agree on visa-free travel for Indian pilgrims to Kartarpur gurdwara

3:27 pm September 4, 2019

New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed on visa-free travel of Indian pilgrims to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara without any restrictions based on their faith, a Home Ministry official said. As many as 5,000 pilgrims could visit the holy site of the Sikhs every day, officials said. However, no agreement has been reached on […]

Texas relaxed gun laws after recent mass shootings

Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition

11:18 pm September 3, 2019

NEW YORK: Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one […]

DCW chief Swati Maliwal's phone stolen, recovered

DCW issues notice to Delhi Police over assault of pregnant woman

9:01 pm September 3, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi Commission For Women on Tuesday issued a notice to the Delhi Police in connection with the thrashing of a pregnant and deaf-mute woman over suspicion of being a child-lifter in northeast Delhi. The four-month pregnant woman was beaten up by a mob in Harsh Vihar on August 27 over suspicion that […]