The US Justice Department on Tuesday charged two Chinese nationals for spying on behalf of China’s security service, alleging they gathered intelligence on Navy bases and attempted to recruit American service members as spies. The two men, identified as 38-year-old Yuance Chen from Oregon and 39-year-old Liren Ryan Lai, who entered the US in April…
NEW DELHI: The railways is mulling the possibility of reducing or waiving “clerkage” (clerical charges) it deducts while refunding a fare when a waitlisted ticket is not confirmed or cancelled.In the case of reserved AC and non-AC tickets, Rs 60 is deducted as clerkage, while for unreserved second class tickets it is Rs 30. The…
Sedition and fraud charges have been filed against several former top officials of the Bangladesh Election Commission, including former Chief Election Commissioners Kazi Habibul Awal and KM Nurul Huda, for their alleged involvement in irregularities during the national elections of 2014, 2018, and 2024. Dhaka Police have also named former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in…
Citing ‘no travel demand,’ airlines ask govt to waive user charges at Srinagar airport for a year NEW DELHI: Citing virtually “no demand for air travel to and from Kashmir,” India’s biggest airlines have asked government to waive off Rs 1,250 (taxes extra) that are paid by every passenger flying out of Srinagar as airport…
Bangladesh charges Sheikh Hasina with systematic attack, crimes against humanity during 2024 protests Source link
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal is set to formally hear charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday, allowing state-run BTV to broadcast live the event, a first such instance in the country’s history. Ousted on August 5 last year after a massive student-led agitation, Hasina faces multiple cases in Bangladesh courts that have so…
The Trump administration announced criminal smuggling charges on Wednesday against Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who was detained three months ago after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her luggage. In a hearing in federal district court earlier in the day, a government lawyer told a federal judge that the Trump administration…
The comedian and actor Russell Brand appeared before a London court on Friday on multiple charges of sexual assault, including two counts of rape. His 14-minute appearance at the court, Westminster Magistrates’, was the first, largely procedural step in what are likely to be lengthy criminal proceedings. It came a month after British prosecutors charged…
Eleven high school lacrosse players in Syracuse, N.Y., turned themselves in to the authorities on Wednesday in a hazing incident involving younger teammates that the district attorney said included a gun and a knife. William J. Fitzpatrick, the district attorney for Onondaga County, had given the players 48 hours to surrender and turn in the…
Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested on Friday in the northeastern city of Maceio after a Supreme Court justice rejected his challenges against a previous conviction and ordered him to start serving jail time. Collor’s lawyer, Marcelo Bessa, said he was arrested at 4:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) while traveling to…