50 migrants ‘deliberately drowned’ by smuggler off Yemen coast

50 migrants ‘deliberately drowned’ by smuggler off Yemen coast

Geneva, August 10 : The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that 50 teenageAfrican migrants were “deliberately drowned” by their smuggler off the coast of Yemen. The UN agency said that some 120 Somali and Ethiopian migrants, who were 16 years old on average, were forced into the sea on Wednesday as they approached the coast […]

Trump has continued with Obama’s India policy: Congressman

Trump has continued with Obama’s India policy: Congressman

Washington, August 10 : President Donald Trump has continued with the India policy of his predecessor Barack Obama and the support for the Indo-US relationship transcends political parties here, an influential Indian-American lawmaker has said. “I think that his India policy so far has been somewhat of a continuation of what President Barack Obama did […]

Cricketer Abhinav Mukund slams racial abuse on social media

Cricketer Abhinav Mukund slams racial abuse on social media

New Delhi : Indian cricketer Abhinav Mukund has slammed racial abuse on social media, saying he has himself been at the receiving end of insults and ridicule for his skin tone. In a statement posted on his Twitter page, Mukund, who featured in the first Test against Sri Lanka in the ongoing series and scored 81 […]

Chandigarh stalking case: Vikas Barala, friend to appear before court

Chandigarh stalking case: Vikas Barala, friend to appear before court

Chandigarh : Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala’s son Vikas Barala and his friend Ashish Kumar will be produced before a Chandigarh court on Thursday. The two were arrested on Wednesday for an abduction bid, four days after they were accused of stalking 29-year-old Varnika Kundu, daughter of an IAS officer. Vikas Barala, 23, and his […]