Month: April 2018

Swiss Aviation Consulting denies bid for Air India assets

open view web desk Aviation advisory firm Swiss Aviation Consulting (SAC) on Monday denied it has expressed interest in buying the debt burdened state-run carrier Air India. SAC has never expressed interest in acquiring Air India or parts of it, or has acted as a front for some […]

Wife not a chattel, husband can’t force her to live with him: SC

open view web desk New Delhi, Apr 8: A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court observed this while hearing a […]

Under united Oppn, even Modi may lose Varanasi in 2019: Rahul

open view web desk Bengaluru, Apr 8: Forget the BJP winning the 2019 polls, even Prime Minister Narendra Modi might lose his Varanasi seat under a united opposition, asserted Congress president Rahul Gandhi today. Pegging his confidence on opposition unity, Gandhi said far from the BJP winning the 2019 […]

War crimes judges to rule in radical Serb leader appeal

open view web desk UN war crimes judges will rule Wednesday in an appeal brought by prosecutors against the surprise acquittal of radical Serb Vojislav Seselj, accused of atrocities committed during the 1990s Balkans wars. Presiding judge Theodor Meron will hand down a ruling in the long-running case, […]

Suspected toxic attack in Syria prompts outrage

open view web desk A suspected chemical attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta sparked international outrage Sunday, as state media reported that the last rebel holdouts in the onetime opposition stronghold had agreed to evacuate. State news agency SANA, citing a government source, said fighters with the Jaish al-Islam […]

Jodhpur Jail inmates not allowed to meet relatives during Salman’s stay

open view web desk Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 7: During the time Bollywood actor Salman Khanwas lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail, the prisoners were allegedly not allowed to meet their relatives. Speaking to ANI, the prisoners‘ relatives said the police were not letting them meet the prisoners inside jail. “It is for the first time […]

Iraqi army tackles its demons 15 years after Saddam fall

open view web desk As Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group, former general Abdel Karim Khalaf came to a sad realisation — they were fighting against some of his former army comrades. The tactics IS jihadists used — from the way they dug tunnels to their construction […]

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to have kidney transplant surgery

open view web desk NEW DELHI – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will enter hospital on Saturday for kidney transplant surgery, two officials said. Jaitley tweeted earlier this week that he was suffering from kidney related problems and infections and that his treatment would be determined by his doctors. […]

China ready to pay ‘any cost’ in trade war: Ministry of Commerce

open view web desk China said Friday it was ready to pay “any cost” in a possible trade war with the US, after President Donald Trump warned he was considering $100 billion in extra tariffs. “If the US side disregards opposition from China and the international community and […]

South Korean court jails former president Park for 24 years

    open view SEOUL – A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. Park became South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office […]

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