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PSU Board meetings at tourist spots to boost tourism

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New Delhi, Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) In a bid to promote tourism, Indian PSUs would go the extra mile and conduct Board meetings and conferences at places like Ajanta-Ellora, Hampi and Bodhgaya, according to an official statement. The significant move comes following a suggestion by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He had asked the managements of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) to hold their meetings at lesser known tourist destinations to help promote tourism, while addressing a conclave in April. “This matter has been considered with the ministry of tourism. It…

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Air India seeks restoration of equity infusion from govt

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Mumbai, Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) Air India has asked the government to “restore” equity infusion in the carrier, after it failed to find any takers for its disinvestment. The loss-making carrier has already received more than Rs 26,000 crore under the bailout package announced by the former UPA government in April 2012. “We have sought restoration of the equity infusion in Air India and have written to the government last week in this regard,” a senior airline official said. The official, however, did not disclose the amount of the funds…

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Nearly half of Afghan children out of school: UN

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Kabul, Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) Nearly half of Afghanistan’s children are not attending school because of worsening security, poverty and sex discrimination, according to a new UN report today. The number of children deprived of schooling is at its highest rate since 2002 — the year after the US-led ouster of the repressive Taliban regime, which had banned girls from the classroom. Girls remain more likely to miss out on a formal education, making up 60 percent of the 3.7 million children aged between seven and 17 not at school.…

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Death toll in Oman, Yemen from Cyclone Mekunu rises to 30

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Dubai, Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) Authorities say Cyclone Mekunu killed at least 30 people when it barreled across Oman and Yemen last month. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in a statement that the majority of the fatalities happened on the Yemeni island of Socotra, where 20 were killed. The federation said in a statement Thursday another four were killed in Yemen’s al-Mahrah governorate, which borders Oman. In Oman, authorities had previously said at least six people were killed by the storm. Cyclone Mekunu…

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विदेश हिंदी न्यूज़ 

सही मायने में रणनीतिक संबंधों की शर्तों पर खरे भारत-सिंगापुर के रिश्ते : पीएम मोदी

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सिंंगापुर: पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी ने भारत और सिंगापुर के बीच नजदीकी और गर्मजोशी भरे रिश्तों की सराहना करते हुए गुरुवार को कहा कि भविष्य असीम संभावनाओं का संसार है और दोनों शेरों (देशों) को इसमें एक साथ कदम रखना चाहिए. मोदी तीन देशों की अपनी यात्रा के अंतिम पड़ाव में गुरुवार को सुबह यहां पहुंचे. उन्होंने कहा कि दोनों देशों के बीच रक्षा संबंध सबसे मजबूत संबंधों में से एक हैं और दोनों पक्ष मिलकर नये दौर की भागीदारी निर्मित कर रहे हैं. उन्होंने यहां मरिना बे सैंड्स सम्मेलन केंद्र में…

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No damage to any gurdwara in Shillong: Rijiju

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New Delhi, June 3 ( DIN NEWS) There has been no damage to any gurdwara or other institutions belonging to the Sikh community in Meghalaya where clashes took place between a group of bus drivers and locals, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said today.   Rijiju’s comments come in the wake of the violence in Shillong on Thursday following which day curfew was imposed in 14 localities early on Friday and night curfew in the entire state capital. “Beware of rumour-mongers & troublemakers. There was no damage to any Gurdwara or…

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Latest ceasefire violation proves Pak says one thing, does another: BSF IG

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Jammu, Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) The latest attack on Indian forward points by Pakistani forces, in which two BSF jawans were killed today, has yet again proved that Islamabad said one thing and did another, a senior official said here. Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF), Jammu frontier, Ram Awtar also ruled out that sniping or an attack by enemy personnel wearing ‘thermal camouflage suits’ led to the two casualties on the International Border (IB) here. Both BSF personnel fell to cross-border firing from Pakistan, he said. Assistant Sub-inspector…

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न्यायाल हिंदी न्यूज़ 

हरियाणा में 4 साल की बच्ची के साथ रेप, हत्या के बाद शव को कंटेनर में छिपाया

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नई दिल्ली: बच्चियों के साथ रेप की घटनाएं रोकने के लिए सरकार द्वारा कड़े कानून बनाने के बाद भी इस तरह की घटनाओं में कोई कमी नहीं आ रही है. ताजा मामला हरियाणा के फरीदाबाद का है जहां एक 4 साल की बच्ची के साथ रेप करने के बाद उसकी चाकुओं से गोदकर हत्या कर दी गई. मामले को छिपाने के लिए आरोपी ने बच्ची की हत्या के बाद उसके शव को कंटेनर में छिपाने की कोशिश भी की. इस मामले में फरीदाबाद पुलिस आरोपी युवक को गिरफ्तार कर लिया है. आरोपी…

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Man held for abandoning newborn at church in Kerala

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Kochi, June 2 (DIN NEWS) A man was arrested on Saturday for abandoning his newborn baby in a church in Edappally here, police said. The two-day old’s parents were traced from Wadakancherry in Thrissur this morning, they said. The father of the baby will be charged under various sections of IPC and Juvenile Justice Act, police said. CCTV footage aired by television channels and circulated on social media showed a couple leaving the child in the premises of St George Forane Church late evening on Friday. The security staff of…

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In a 1st, HC recognises religious body as legal heir of dead nun

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CHENNAI ,2ND June (DIN NEWS): In a significant first, the Madras high court has recognised a religious organisation as the legal heir of a deceased person, and declared it eligible to receive compensation in a motor accident claim. Justice A M Basheer Ahamed permitted St Maria Auxilum Sisters’s Congress, represented by its mother general, Sister Animariya, to claim compensation for the death of Sister Alangara Mary. On March 1, 2002, Mary died in a road accident involving a state transport corporation bus, while she was riding a twowheeler on the…

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