Strasbourg, Feb 13 (IANS/AKI) European Union countries must take shared responsibility for handling the influx of boat migrants to the bloc - as leaders agreed at a summit in June last year, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.


Europe must share burden of migration: Conte


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The Committee of Creditors (CoC) for Bhushan Power and Steel has issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) to Sajjan Jindal owned JSW Steel, thereby declaring it a winning bidder for the bankrupt power company, sources said.


(ATTN PRASHANT SAXENA)JSW Steel gets Letter of Intent for Bhushan Power and Steel


Reliance Communications (RCom) on Tuesday submitted to the Supreme Court that the company has not committed any contempt in not paying around Rs 550 crore outstanding dues of Ericsson.


No contempt in non-payment of Ericsson's dues: RCom


A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to quiz corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar for two more days in a money laundering case.


Court extends Deepak Talwar's ED custody


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday opposed bail plea of British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.


CBI, ED oppose Christian Michel's bail plea


The Supreme Court on Tuesday held former CBI interim director M. Nageswara Rao and in-charge prosecution S. Bhasuran guilty of contempt of court for disobeying its order to not transfer out Additional Director A.K. Sharma, who was probing the Bihar shelter home cases.


SC holds ex-interim CBI chief Rao guilty of contempt, orders him to sit in a corner


The Centre spent Rs 1,150 crore more during the last fiscal across various grants without Parliament's authorisation, the national auditor said here on Tuesday.


Government spent Rs 1,157 cr in 2017-18 without approval: CAG


A Delhi court on Tuesday sent Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena to judicial custody till February 18 in the AgustaWestland deal case.


AgustaWestland case: Court sends Saxena to judicial custody


Former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who was interrogated with Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scams on Tuesday, claimed that many conspirators are still outside the purview of the probe.


Many chit fund conspirators still outside CBI probe: Ex-MP


The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday decided to launch a bill to curb spurious liquor in the state, days after 36 people died due to its consumption.


Uttarakhand to launch bill against spurious liquor


US House and Senate legislators have reached an agreement "in principle" to provide $1.375 billion for fencing and other physical barriers at the Mexico border, a figure far lower than the $5.7 billion that President Donald Trump had demanded, to stave off another government shutdown.


US lawmakers reach deal to avoid government shutdown (Third Lead)


Neomi Rao, US President Donald Trump's Indian American nominee for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals judgeship has apologised for her controversial college writings about date-rape victims, which had come under scrutiny.


Trump's Indian American judicial nominee apologises for writing on rape


Around 70,000 policemen in Jharkhand started their agitation with a seven-point demand, including the salary of 13 months in a year, from Tuesday.


70,000 Jharkhand policemen start agitation for seven-point demand


US Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has directly confronted critics who questioned her black heritage, her record of incarcerating minorities as a prosecutor and her decision to marry a white man.


Kamala Harris confronts critics on her black heritage


The Supreme Court on Tuesday held former acting- chief of CBI M. Nageswara Rao guilty of contempt of court, sentencing him till the rising of the apex court for the day and fined him Rs 1 lakh for transferring an agency officer probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home case despite the court's embargo against the transfer of then Additional Director A.K. Sharma who was heading the investigation team.


CBI's Nageswara Rao held guilty of contempt


A Dubai woman who fled to Macedonia has made a desperate plea for help after her asylum request was rejected by the Balkan state, the media reported on Tuesday.


Dubai woman flees family, begs for asylum in Macedonia


Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said.


Child marriages still prevalent in Bihar, Bengal, Rajasthan: Unicef


A 35-year-old sanitation worker was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl at a public toilet in west Delhi's Naraina area, police said on Monday.


Man arrested for raping minor at public toilet in Delhi


Rome, Feb 12 (IANS/AKI) United Nations World Food Programme in Bangladesh said it welcomed a new contribution of $50,000 from Vietnam to support operations in Coxs Bazar - home to nearly one million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar.


Vietnam offers support to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: UN


The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Monday announced the launch of an online consumer community and an online industry community for standards consultation.


BIS to launch online community for standards consultation


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday introduced the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

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