Protests against Rafale in Kancheepuram
Congress party members taking out a rally and protest against Rafael deal at Kancheepuram on Friday.
Congress workers in Kancheepuram gathered to protest against the Rafale deal on Friday. The Congress had accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of “lying” about the number of fighter aircraft required by the Indian Air Force, and termed as “preposterous” her claim that the IAF does not have parking and maintenance facility to fly 126 fighter jets.
'Kinderjoy' Ganesha
Artist Kandikuppa Surya Prakash's Kinderjoy Ganesha displayed at Nacharam in Hyderabad on Friday.
Ganesh Chaturti pandals are the places of creativity across the country. Seen here is a Ganesha idol installation made of Kinderjoy chocolates, in Hyderabad.
Youth Congress protest
Youth Congress members protest outside Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's residence in New Delhi on Friday.
With Congress upping its ante against the NDA government and Arun Jaitley after fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya claiming he met the Finance Minister before leaving the country, Youth Congress members held a protest today. They protested outside Mr. Jaitley's residence wearing masks of Mr. Mallya, Mr. Jaitley and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
JNUSU elections
ABVP supporters during JNUSU polling day at JNU Campus in New Delhi on Friday.
Polling for the keenly contested Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) election is underway with students queuing up to cast their votes for the four crucial posts of president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary.
The first phase of polling began at 9.30 am and will continue till 1.30 pm. In the second phase, the voting will resume at 2.30 pm and go on till 5.30 pm.
Koreas open 1st liaison office for better communication
This photo shows a liaison office building between South and North Korea in Kaesong, North Korea.
The rival Koreas on Friday opened their first liaison office near their tense border to facilitate better communication and exchanges ahead of their leaders’ summit in Pyongyang next week.
The office’s opening at the North Korean border town of Kaesong is the latest in a series of reconciliatory steps the Koreas have taken this year. The office is the first of its kind since the Koreas were divided at the end of World War II in 1945.
In an opening ceremony at Kaesong, South Korea’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said the office will become the “cradle of Korean co-prosperity.”
Evacuations underway as huge typhoon nears Philippines
A member of the Philippine Air Force stands in front of a satellite image of Typhoon Mangkhut, locally named Typhoon Ompong, at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council operations center in metropolitan Manila, Philippines on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.
Philippine authorities were evacuating thousands of people from the path of the most powerful typhoon this year, closing schools, readying bulldozers for landslides and placing rescuers and troops on full alert in the country’s north.
More than 4 million people live in areas at most risk from the storm, which the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre in Hawaii categorised as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane.
ABVP wins president's, two other posts in DUSU poll
ABVP’s newly-elected DUSU president Ankiv Basoya (3rd R) Shakti Singh (vice president) and joint secretary, Jyoti Choudhary (L) celebrate after DUSU election results in New Delhi on Thursday night.
The ABVP, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, on Thursday bagged three posts, including that of the president, in the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections.
The NSUI, the student wing of the Congress, won only one seat.
