Lords inquiry finds British Indian peer ‘bullied’, ‘harassed’ woman journo

impact on her and her family, as well as on her professional life and livelihood".

While Ranger regretted his decision to engage with Joshi on social media, he emphasised that he had responded due to significant provocation by the London-based journalist, who he said had lied about, and defamed, him and his daughter on social media.

London, June 14 (IANS) An Indian-origin House of Lords peer was asked to apologise after an investigation found that he breached the parliamentary code of conduct by running a campaign of harassment and bullying against a female journalist.

Conservative peer Rami Ranger, 76, faced an investigation by the House of Lords Standards Commissioner following a complaint filed by Journalist Poonam Joshi.

Joshi accused Ranger of shouting at her during a Diwali event in the House of Lords in October 2022, which led to an exchange of insults and abuses on Twitter and WhatsApp.

In her complaint, she described his behaviour as "unethical" and "unhinged", adding that his "behaviour had had a significant

"Regarding the possible breach of the rules relating to bullying and harassment, following my consideration of all the evidence, I concluded that Lord Ranger's behaviour did meet the criteria for bullying and harassment and therefore breached the Code of Conduct," the report by Akbar Khan, Commissioner for Standards for the House of Lords, stated.

"In the light of the findings, I recommended that Lord Ranger apologise to Ms Poonam Joshi about his conduct and undertake bespoke training and behaviour change coaching. Lord Ranger agreed to the remedial action and has issued a written apology to Ms Joshi. Ms Joshi also chose to issue a written apology to Lord Ranger regarding her actions." However, regarding the possible

Abuja, June 14 (IANS) At least 103 people were killed and about 100 others were rescued after a boat capsized in the country's central state of Kwara, police said. The accident occurred on Monday morning in a river in the Patigi local government area of the state, as the passengers were returning home from the neighbouring Niger state in the central region, Ajayi Okasanmi, the spokesman for the police in Kwara, told Xinhua on Tuesday on the phone.

Okasanmi said some others remained missing, confirming that rescue operation was going on in the Kpada community of Patigi local government area,

Xinhua news agency reported.

"I can confirm to you that well over 200 people were involved in the sad incident. We will continue to collaborate with rescuers and other agencies of government to rescue the remaining victims and recover other bodies," the police officer added.

In an earlier statement, Kwara state governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq said the victims of the incident were returning from a wedding in the neighbouring Niger state when the incident occurred.

Boat accidents in the West African country are frequently reported due to overloading, bad weather, and faulty operations.