Day: February 7, 2020

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Business man arrested for sleaze charged under POCSO

8:44 pm February 7, 2020

Kolkata: The police has slapped stringent sections of the POCSO Act against a member of a well-known business family in the city who was arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from women, an official of the force said on Friday. Anish Loharuka, who belongs to a family that owns several hotels in the city, […]

Over 200 partnerships finalised at DefExpo on Friday

8:41 pm February 7, 2020

Lucknow: Over 200 partnerships and technology transfer initiatives involving state-run defence majors, private firms and foreign arms manufacturers were sealed on Friday at the defence expo here, providing for joint development of military hardware and weapons systems. The pacts were inked at the on-going defence expo, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a […]

Ruckus in LS over Vardhan’s attack on Rahul for ‘danda’ remark against PM, both sides demand apology

8:38 pm February 7, 2020

New Delhi: A few members of the BJP and the Congress almost came to blows in the Lok Sabha on Friday when Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan roundly condemned Rahul Gandhi’s ‘danda’ remark at Prime Minister Modi and called it “outlandish”, sparking demands for apology from each side to the other The ruckus broke out […]

Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from China

Pakistan Parliament passes resolution demanding public hanging of child sexual abusers

8:28 pm February 7, 2020

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Parliament on Friday passed a resolution demanding public hanging of those convicted of sexually abusing and murdering children amid increasing incidents of crime against them. The resolution, which referred to the brutal killing and sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl in Nowshera area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in 2018, was passed with majority votes […]

Downing Street said Karen Pierce would replace Kim Darroch

New UK ambassador to US appointed after Trump row

8:26 pm February 7, 2020

London: Britain appointed its current UN envoy as the next ambassador to the United States on Friday after London’s previous top diplomat in Washington resigned over comments about President Donald Trump. Downing Street said Karen Pierce would replace Kim Darroch, who quit last year over leaked diplomatic cables in which he criticised Trump as “inept” […]