Japanese emperor to arrive in Delhi on Sat
New Delhi: Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko will arrive here on Saturday on a six-day visit, their first to any South Asian country after being enthroned as Royal couple in 1990, with an aim to further strengthen the “robust” bilateral ties. India was chosen over invitations by around three dozen countries, signifying the importance of the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Japanese officials said here today. The visit, which comes 53 years after their trip to India as Crown Prince and Crown Princess in 1960, will be the first one by an Emperor and Empress of Japan here.
BSF to man Myanmar border: CCS call soon
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is expected to take up on Thursday the proposal of handing over security duties of the Myanmar border to BSF replacing Assam Rifles. The MHA has prepared an exhaustive plan in this regard and according to the blueprint, Border Security Force (BSF) will require 41 battalions (about 41,000 personnel) and an estimated expenditure of about `5,000 crore to deploy its troops along the 1,640 km-long border, most parts of which have dense forests making the frontier porous and vulnerable.
Anderson extradiction under US consideration
New Delhi: Nearly 30 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the matter related to extradition of the then Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson to India is still under consideration of the US Government, the Ministry of External Affairs has said. “An extradition request in respect of Warren Anderson has been sent to the Government of USA in April, 2011. The matter is now under the consideration of the Government of the USA,” the Ministry said in reply to an RTI query.
‘WTO Peace clause not in India’s interest’
New Delhi: Asking the Government not to sign the peace clause negotiated at the WTO in Geneva by G-33 “as it is not in India’s interest”, leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the country should persist with its demand for a ‘Food Security Box’ to protect price support to farmers and food subsidy to Indians.