Day: June 10, 2019

Doc suicide case: Bail plea hearing adjourned, accused break down in court

8:24 pm June 10, 2019

Mumbai: A special court extended till June 24 the judicial custody of three women doctors, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague and passing racist slurs against her, and adjourned the hearing on their bail pleas. The accused, Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal, broke down in the court saying they cannot stay […]

Russia objects to Ukraine sea dispute case in The Hague

8:19 pm June 10, 2019

The Hague: Russia on Monday objected to a move by Ukraine to drag it before the world’s oldest arbitration tribunal over access to coastal waters around annexed Crimea. Moscow’s lawyers said the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague had no jurisdiction over the case brought by Kiev over the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait. Russia snatched the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, […]

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

Nitish advocates for “court ruling or dialogue” on BJP’s polls promise of scrapping Article 370

8:13 pm June 10, 2019

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday refrained from making a direct comment on what his party would do if the BJP-led central government goes ahead with its poll promise of scrapping Article 370, which gives special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Janata Dal (United) president reiterated his stand that the proposals to remove Article 370, impose Uniform Civil Code and […]

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Trump raises tariff threat anew over secret provision in Mexico deal

8:07 pm June 10, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump said Monday a secret provision of the US immigration deal with Mexico will require the approval of that country’s legislature and warned US tariffs will be reinstated if it is not forthcoming. Trump did not say what the provision entails, only that it would be revealed “in the not too distant future and will need a vote […]

Britain agrees Brexit trade deal with S Korea

8:03 pm June 10, 2019

London: Britain said Monday it had concluded a trade deal with South Korea to maintain links after Brexit. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has agreed a preliminary deal with Korean Minister of Trade Yoo Myung-Hee in Seoul, the UK government said in a statement. It is Britain’s first post-Brexit trade deal in Asia and follows similar agreements with nations including Chile, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. “The […]