New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said his meetings with disgraced American financier Jeffrey Epstein were part of an official delegation of the International Peace Institute as he launched a vigorous defence against allegations by the Opposition that linked him to the swirling global controversy around the sex trafficker. In a combative press conference, Puri also asserted that he did not visit Epstein's private island, Little St. James, and cut off contact with the American when he "realised what the guy was".P7...