Garbage pile-up is a major problem for Kanchipuram residents to deal with. A waste management system is much needed for the district.
Modi pays tribute to Sant Kabir Das
Prime Minister Narendra Modi having a look at the mode of the proposed Sant Kabir Research Academy after laying the foundation stone at Maghar in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in the picture. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Prime Minister Narendra on Thursday offered 'chadar' at the 'mazar' of Sant Kabir Das and laid the foundation stone of a research institute name after the 15th century mystic poet.
The Prime Minister was at a programme to mark the 500th death anniversary of the poet.
Mr. Modi took a round of the mausoleum of Sant Kabir Das and offered 'chadar'. He later laid the foundation stone of the Sant Kabir Academy, a research institute that is expected to come up at a cost of Rs. 24 crore.
Syrian refugees return from Lebanon
Syrian refugees prepare to return to Syria from the Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon on Thursday, June 28, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Dozens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon have started to cross the border, going back home to war-torn Syria.
In the Lebanese border town of Arsal, about 400 Syrians are expected to make the crossing on Thursday, after having requested permission from the Lebanese and Syrian governments.
It’s the first batch of refugees to return to Syria from Arsal. The repatriation comes amid a row between the Lebanese government and the U.N. refugee agency.
Haley visits temple, mosque, gurdwara and church in Delhi
US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley during a visit to Gauri Shankar temple in Chandni Chowk, in New Delhi on Thursday, June 28, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters
The US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley today visited a temple, mosque, gurdwara and church here, a day after she said freedom of religion was as important as freedom of people.
On her first visit to India after becoming the US envoy to UN, Haley visited the Gauri Shankar Mandir, Jama Masjid, Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib and Central Baptist Church this morning.
Haley, who is the daughter of Sikh immigrants from Punjab, also prepared rotis for langar at the gurudwara.
- PTI
Bad weather halts Amarnath Yatra
Pilgrims shout religious slogans in a bus, as the first batch of pilgrims leaves for Amarnath Yatra, in Jammu. | Photo Credit: The Hindu
Bad weather along both the north and south Kashmir routes of Baltal and Pahalgam on Thursday halted the Amarnath Yatra that officially started earlier in the day.
“It has been raining along both Baltal and Pahalgam treks to the Cave Shrine since early morning. Pilgrims camped at Baltal and Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camps have been advised not to proceed till the weather improves,” an official said.
“All the pilgrims are safe and a decision on allowing them to proceed further will be taken later,” he added.
Officially, the annual Amarnath Yatra began around 4 a.m. with the second batch of 3,425 pilgrims leaving Jammu for the two base camps in the Kashmir Valley.
- IANS
Mexico presidential poll campaign
Mexican presidential candidate Jose Antonio Meade takes selfies with supporters during a campaign rally, in Saltillo, Mexico. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
Mexico's legal campaign season wrapped up Wednesday as the candidates made final appeals to voters ahead of Sunday's elections, with leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador the clear favorite to win the presidency.
A final round of polling gave Lopez Obrador a commanding lead in his third try for the presidency. A survey for the newspaper Reforma gave him 51 percent support, leading Anaya at 27 percent and Meade at 19 percent.
The poll surveyed 1,200 registered voters and had a margin of error of four percentage points.
Themes of corruption and runaway violence in parts of Mexico have dominated the campaign.
Rescue ship docks in Malta
Migrants wait to be disembarked from the ship operated by German aid group Mission Lifeline, carrying 234 migrants, as it docked at the Valletta port in Malta, after a journey of nearly a week while awaiting permission to make landfall. | Photo Credit: AP
A rescue ship carrying more than 200 African migrants docked in Malta on Wednesday after eight European countries agreed to take them in, ending an impasse that had left the ship stranded in the Mediterranean for a week.
The solution, coming one day before a European Union summit in Brussels that will cover migration, highlighted the enormous obstacles that the bloc faces in finding common ground on the issue.
Countries that border the Mediterranean and have borne the brunt of arrivals from North Africa, are increasingly insisting that other nations share the responsibility for taking them in.