Day: July 26, 2019

Britain draws Russia’s fury by fining RT for bias over Skripal

10:26 pm July 26, 2019

London: Britain drew the ire of Russia on Friday after it fined the Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT ?200,000 for “serious” bias in its coverage of last year’s Salisbury nerve agent poisoning and the Syria conflict. The Russian foreign ministry called it an “act of censorship” and warned British media operating in Moscow “to face the consequences”. […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste offloaded to India, Dubai

10:24 pm July 26, 2019

Colombo: A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tonnes of illegally imported hazardous waste has shown that some of it was sent on to India and Dubai, a top minister said Friday. Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera told parliament the importer of the waste had reshipped about 180 tonnes of raw garbage to India and Dubai […]

S African leader defends meetings with controversial tycoons

10:21 pm July 26, 2019

Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday he had met members of an Indian-born business family at the heart of a giant corruption scandal but “nothing of consequence” was discussed. In an affidavit submitted to a judicial inquiry probing a web of dodgy deals between government officials including Ramaphosa’s predecessor Jacob Zuma, the Gupta […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Man held from Panchkula for cheating Russian woman on pretext of marriage

10:15 pm July 26, 2019

Chandigarh: A man has been arrested from Haryana’s Panchkula for allegedly cheating a Russian woman after promising to marry her, police said on Friday. In her complaint, the 38-year-old woman said that after she came in contact with Deepak, who is in his late 20s, on social media, she arrived in India from Russia on […]

Kejriwal did not take strong stand against CAA: Tharoor

Tharoor gets court nod to travel abroad

10:03 pm July 26, 2019

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday allowed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, an accused in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death, to travel abroad. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj granted permission to Tharoor to go to the United States of America, Canada, Germany, Maldives, the United Kingdom and Republic of Korea from August […]

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