Month: September 2014

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PM Modi’s gesture to offer help for relief work in PoK is praiseworthy: Naqvi

September 7, 2014 0

New Delhi, Sept. 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gesture to offer all possible assistance to Pakistan for carrying out the relief operations in flood-ravaged Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), saying this reflected his humanity. “The announcement which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made to help the flood victims of Kashmir shows his humanity. His actions are praiseworthy,” Naqvi told ANI here.

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German Foreign Minister visits Gandhi memorial

September 7, 2014 0

New Delhi, Sep 7 (ANI): The German Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier today visited the Gandhi Smriti, a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi as well the spot where the Father of the Nation was assassinated.

Family, friends remember Joan Rivers at a private service

September 7, 2014 0
Flowers and a photo, which were left in tribute as part of a makeshift memorial, sit on the steps in front of Joan Rivers' former residence in New York

By Christine Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) – Family and friends gathered on Sunday to remember Joan Rivers, the outspoken comedian who became famous around the world for her acerbic wit and brash style, at a private ceremony in Manhattan. Journalist Barbara Walters, comedian Whoopi Goldberg, tycoon Donald Trump, actress Sarah Jessica Parker were among the first to arrive for the invitation-only service at Temple Emanu-El, a landmark synagogue on New York’s Fifth Avenue where Rivers, 81, was a member of the congregation. Hundreds of fans, along with dozens of reporters, photographers and television crews waited for the arrival of friends and family, including Rivers’ daughter Melissa.