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 […]

India defence ministry website hacked, Nirmala Sitharaman says

open view NEW DELHI – The Indian defence ministry’s website was hacked on Friday and the government was working to restore it, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. “Needless to say, every possible step required to prevent any such eventuality in the future will be taken,” she said. Screenshots […]

No jobs, no vote: Rajasthan town warns Modi ahead of 2019 polls

open view KASBA BONLI, India – Rakesh Kumar has a post-graduate degree but works as a house painter in the small town of Kasba Bonli in northwestern India. The 31-year-old, the only one of eight siblings to attend university, said his attempts to get a salaried job had […]

Doctor arrested for raping medical intern

open view web desk New Delhi [India] April 5: The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a doctor of Hindu Rao Hospital who allegedly raped a medical intern. Talking to ANI, Jatin Narwal, DCP North, said, “The medical intern complained about the doctor that he raped her on the pretext of inviting her over for dinner. We […]

Fear and isolation for Myanmar’s remaining Rohingya

open view web desk By the twisted standards of Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Abdullah is one of its more fortunate Rohingya residents. The 34-year-old is alive, his village is intact and he is able to make a living — albeit a meagre one — in his homeland as a […]

five years jail for Salman Khan

open view web desk Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was sentenced to five years prison on Thursday by an Indian court for killing endangered wildlife nearly two decades ago. Khan, regarded as the bad boy of Indian cinema, was taken into police custody and driven to jail after the […]

Bollywood star Salman Khan jailed for five years for poaching antelope

open view web desk MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – A Rajasthan court jailed Bollywood star Salman Khan for five years for poaching on Thursday, lawyers said, a sentence likely to derail the career of one of the country’s most popular actors. Khan, 52, was found guilty of violating wildlife laws […]

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