Secretary among nine charged in payment gateway scandal
The charges were a result of causing losses of Rs 232.75 million to the national treasury by the purchase of the payment gateway software, which has remained unused.
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Two unidentified bodies found in container shipped from Philippines
Officials said the bodies were decomposed beyond recognition and there were no identification documents with them.
Tackling drug abuse: Cambodia reveals strategy
Individuals involved in various aspects of drug production, distribution and use have consistently exceeded 10,000 per annum in recent years. PM Manet has thus prioritised the…
A PhD scholar and engineers: All 3 ISIS terror suspects are well-educated, experts in making bombs
One of the suspects was also allegedly involved in bomb-making and part of a bigger ISIS conspiracy to carry out attacks across India.
4 arrested, 2 detained for Meitei student couple’s murder
The pictures of victims' bodies went viral recently and reignited violence in Manipur, following which Chief Minister N Biren Singh assured that his government is committed to…
Believed-to-be Vietnamese citizens found in refrigerated truck in France
French police on September 27 discovered six women, including two from Iraq and four believed to be Vietnamese, on a refrigerated truck in the Rhone that the women thought would…
4 members of Surigao ‘cult’ to testify against leader
A senator also said more embers had also expressed their willingness to testify against Quilario after the Senate conducted an eight-hour investigation of the group’s activities…
‘Socorro cult’ leader denies child abuse allegations: ‘I can’t do that’
Senator Ronald dela Rosa grilled alleged cult leader Jey Rence Quilario after a woman testified that her 12-year-old sister was compelled to marry and sleep with an adult man.
‘Socorro cult’ compelled marriage, sex with adults ‘to go to heaven’: Teen
A victim testified that she was coerced to marry and sleep with an 18-year-old man she never met when she was 14 years old,
Vietnam loses US$350 million due to copyright infringement
Around 80 per cent of violations take place on digital platforms with the most violated content including TV shows, movies, music and books.