European Parliament vote to sanction Hungary is blackmail: Italy
Rome, Sep 12 : Italy's anti-migrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday deplored the European Parliament's vote to punish Hungary's government led by far-right Premier Viktor Orban, calling the move "blackmail".
"Hungary won't give in to such blackmail and will continue to protect its borders," Salvini wrote on Facebook after the 448-197 vote by Euro MPs to sanction Hungary for flouting EU rules on democracy, civil rights and corruption.
"All my solidarity. No to sanctions and to trials of freely elected governments," read the post by Salvini, who is also Italy's Deputy Prime Minister.
Much of Orban's conservative European People's Party in the European Parliament which includes German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats voted in favour of the motion to sanction Hungary over the rule of law.
Wednesday's vote is the first time the European Parliament has voted to take such action against a member state under EU rules.
Under Article 7 of the European Union treaty, breaching the bloc's founding principles can lead to the suspension of a member state's rights as a punitive measure.
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Human body parts found under train coach in Kerala's Alappuzha
Alappuzha (Kerala) (PTI): A probe has been launched after human body parts were found under a train coach here on Saturday, police said.
According to Alappuzha Railway Police, a human right arm along with a finger of a foot was found on an iron bracket under the auxiliary reservoir tank of the S-5 coach of the Alappuzha–Dhanbad Express.
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The body parts were noticed by cleaning staff when the train was parked at the pit-line yard early in the morning.
The train had reached Alappuzha from Dhanbad on Friday evening and was scheduled to depart again on Saturday morning.
Railway police have registered a case of unnatural death and begun an investigation.
Police said an inquest will be conducted and a detailed probe is underway into the incident.
They will also seek details from police in other states to ascertain whether any deaths were reported along the route on which the train had been operating in recent days.
