GERMANY

Commanding Officer of first Rafale squadron transferred

11:49 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: The Commanding Officer of the first Rafale fighter squadron based in Ambala air force station in Haryana has been transferred to the headquarters of the Eastern Air Command in Shillong, official sources said on Thursday. Group Captain Harkirat Singh is set to be succeeded by Group Captain Rohit Kataria as the commanding officer of the squadron, known as 17 Golden Arrows. The sources said Group Captain […]

EU commission ‘surprised’ by Belgium’s travel ban extension

10:22 pm March 8, 2021

Brussels: The European Commission expressed its astonishment on Monday following a decision by Belgian authorities to prolong a ban on all non-essential travel as part of measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The EU’s executive arm had previously warned six member states including Belgium that their travel-limiting measures aimed at slowing down the pace of new infections could undermine the principle […]

German court convicts radical imam of membership in IS

7:05 pm February 24, 2021

Berlin: A former imam at a radical mosque in Germany was convicted Wednesday of being a member of the Islamic State group and sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison. The state court in Celle in northern Germany convicted Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., who goes by the alias Abu Walaa, of membership in a foreign terrorist organization as well as terror financing […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

UP Police constable found dead in Ghazipur

7:53 pm February 23, 2021

Ghazipur: An Uttar Pradesh Police constable who was visiting his native village here on leave was found dead under mysterious circumstances with a gunshot injury on his head, police said on Tuesday. The body of Ajay Yadav, 29, was found lying in a pool of blood by locals in Babhnauli village in Khanpur area here on Monday, they said. ASTRO […]

Navalny daughter accepts human rights award on his behalf

Moscow court fines opposition leader Navalny for defamation

11:30 pm February 20, 2021

Moscow: A Moscow court has ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine in a defamation case, a ruling that came hours after another judge rejected the top Kremlin critic’s appeal of his prison sentence. The court convicted Navalny on charges of slandering a World War II veteran and ordered him to pay a fine of 850,000 […]