The Indian Coast Guard and Marine Police have earned plaudits for their efforts to check the buying of illegal goods stolen from ships by onshore vendors, which has led to a drastic drop in high seas robberies against vessels in Indian waters, a top official of a regional maritime agency said today.
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WFI ex-chief Brij Bhushan gets bail in sexual harassment case
The Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi granted regular bail to outgoing WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of sexual harassment of women wrestlers.
Manipur Cauldron: Amid national outrage, PM Modi calls sexual assault on women shameful, promises action
PM Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed “shame” over an incident in Manipur where two women were paraded naked on May 4.
Indian-American man gets life term for killing three teens in vehicle crash
Indian-origin Anurag Chandra, who was convicted of killing three 16-year-old boys and seriously injuring three other teens after the youngsters played a “doorbell” prank on him in 2020, has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
Russia blames Ukraine for blast at key bridge linking Crimea to mainland
Even as official Ukrainian sources stated that fighting had intensified in the southern sector near Bakhmut, an explosion hit the bridge connecting Crimea with the mainland before dawn today.
Setback for Iswaran, but system will work: Singapore Presidential candidate Shanmugaratnam on CPIB probe
Singapore’s Indian-origin transport minister S Iswaran was arrested in connection with a rare top-level corruption probe that has also ensnared a billionaire hotel tycoon, the country’s anti-graft body stated.
Scotland Police looking into harassment claims against Sikh-origin comic
The Scotland police have said inquiries are ongoing related to harassment allegations from a number of women against a Scottish Sikh former BBC presenter and food writer.
Salman Rushdie speaks up about trauma from being stabbed
Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie has spoken for the first time about having “crazy dreams” about the knife attack on him in New York, which has left him blind in one eye, and working with a therapist to help him process the mental impact of the trauma.
Indian-origin recidivist jailed, caned in Singapore for violent crimes
A 29-year-old Indian-origin repeat offender, who handed his alleged accomplice a harpoon that was later used to stab a man, was today sentenced to nearly 22 months in jail and ordered to receive 12 cane strokes by a court in Singapore.
Six dead in latest stabbing incident in Chinese kindergarten
According to media reports, six people have been killed and one injured in a stabbing incident at a kindergarten in southern China today.
