WION Evening News brief, February 20, 2018
Top developments of the day
The IncomeTax Department has attached 14 bankaccounts of Rotomac which belong to various banksas the CBI grilled the owner Vikram Kothari today. Reports said three accounts belong to Vikram Kothari and his family.
China has emergedas the winner against India in thebattle for supremacy in the Bangladesh stock exchange. After reports ofIndia and China putting up bids in theBangladesh stock exchange took everyone by surprise, an official told AFP that Bangladesh has agreed to sell a large stake to a Chinese consortium, disregarding India's bid.
A massive political firestorm erupted over Delhi Tuesday after the chief secretary alleged that he had been assaulted by AAP MLAs at the chief minister's residence.The Aam Aadmi Party has called Anshu Prakash's allegation "ludicrous", adding that he was acting on the BJP's behest.
An explosion killed at least three tribal elders and wounded two when it hit a hotel in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, officials said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Turkey will lay siege to Afrin in northern Syria after launching an offensive against Kurdish militia in the region last month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.