Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was on Tuesday (27) appointed as India’s high commissioner to the UK, where he succeeds Navtej Sarna.
Sinha, an IFS officer of the 1981 batch, currently serves as India’s high commissioner to Sri Lanka.
Sarna has been appointed as India’s ambassador to the US, where his first task will be engaging with a new administration in Washington following the November 8 presidential poll
This month, the Indian government appointed 1988-batch IFS officer Taranjit Singh Sandhu as the new high commissioner of India to Sri Lanka to replace Sinha.
Sinha is a seasoned diplomat with a career spanning 35 years. He has handled several assignments at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and in diplomatic missions in south Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
During the hearing, Clifford denied all the charges except for the rape charge, which was added to the indictment at the session. (Photo: Hertfordshire Police /Handout via REUTERS)
Man pleads not guilty to murder of BBC presenter's family
A 26-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering the wife and two daughters of BBC sports commentator John Hunt in a crossbow and knife attack.
Kyle Clifford, who also faces charges of rape, appeared via video link at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday.
Clifford, arrested in July after a manhunt, is charged with three counts of murder, one count each of rape and false imprisonment, and two counts of possessing offensive weapons – a 10-inch knife and a crossbow.
During the hearing, Clifford denied all the charges except for the rape charge, which was added to the indictment at the session.
He is expected to enter a plea for that charge at a later date.
The victims were Carol Hunt, 61, wife of horseracing commentator John Hunt, and their daughters Louise, 25, and Hannah, 28.
An earlier hearing revealed that Louise had been found tied up and that both she and her sister had been shot with a crossbow, while their mother had been stabbed with a knife.
The fatal attack occurred at the family’s home in Bushey, a commuter town near Watford, northwest of London.
(With inputs from AFP)