‘More coordinated anti-Naxal ops to begin’
New Delhi: CRPF, the country’s mainstay security force for anti-Naxal operations, will undertake more coordinated offensives in the Maoist violence-affected states in order to flush out the ultras and create pressure on them to surrender. It is buoyed by the success of a four-day-long operation in several Naxal-hit states, which concluded recently, in which the security forces were mobilised in particular manner that led to recovery of a “good” quantity of arms and ammunition. “This was a good operation we concluded. We obtained a macro-picture of the activities in Naxal- affected areas,” CRPF chief Dilip Trivedi said.
Decision on NIA’s move to prosecute marines soon
New Delhi: The Home Ministry is likely to decide in the next few days on NIA’s move seeking sanction to prosecute two Italian marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen under a law which provides only death penalty. The NIA has sought the Home Ministry’s nod to prosecute them under the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act (SUA) for killing the fishermen off Kerala coast on Feb 15, 2012.
CBI suggests virtual world detective techs
New Delhi: Investigating agencies should exploit social networking sites for their “overt, discreet and covert” probe by digging out profile photos, status messages and following the users, CBI has recommended. While the Government wants to “check” mischievous use of social networking sites, CBI wants to harness potential of the virtual world for “collection of information and intelligence from public”. In its presentation during the DGP and IGPs conference in November last year, CBI gave a framework and guidelines for use of social media for Government organisations and recommended a three-pronged approach in the virtual world-- apparent or overt, discrete and covert.
CAT results declared, 8 score 100 percentile
New Delhi: The Common Admission Test (CAT) results for admission to IIMs and other B-schools were declared today, with eight candidates scoring a perfect 100 percentile score. All these eight candidates are male and from engineering background. Six of them are from the IITs, said CAT 2013 convener Prof Rohit Kapoor. There are 10 candidates also who have scored 99.9 percentile, and one of them is a female, he said. CAT 2013 was conducted in 76 secure test centres across 40 cities over a 20-day testing window from October 16 to Nov 11, 2013.
CBI wants reservations over lokpal
New Delhi: CBI has written to the law Minister expressing reservations over new provisions introduced through lokpal where the agency will have to take the nod of Central Vigilance Commission before filing charge sheets in cases referred by the anti-corruption watchdog. CBI officials were taken aback after a provision was brought in the lokpal Bill by amending the CVC Act which said that in cases of corruption by group ‘C’ and ‘D’ officers, referred by the CVC, CBI will have to present its final report before the panel.