India,China to discuss bilateral issues
New Delhi: Indian and China will discuss bilateral issues related to defence during the Annual Defence Dialogue in Beijing on Tuesday. Defence Secretary RK Mathur, who is heading the Indian delegation, will also take up the issue of transgressions of the line of Actual Control (lAC) by the Chinese troops besides further strengthening confidence building measures to ensure peace and tranquility on the lAC, officials said here on Monday.
Jaya DA case: verdict on SPP removal reserved
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea of a DMK leader seeking removal of special public prosecutor (SPP) Bhawani Singh from appearing for the state before the Karnataka High Court hearing appeal of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa against her conviction in the disproportionate assets case. A bench headed by Justice Madan B lokur reserved the judgement after senior advocates Fali S Nariman, appearing for the AIADMK Chief and KTS Tulsi, who represented other convicts and TR Adhyarijina, the lawyer for DMK leader K Anbazhagan, concluded their rejoinder arguments in the case.
Indian fishers’ Killer seeks to stay in Italy
New Delhi: Italian Marine Massimiliano latorre, who along with a colleague is accused of killing Indian fishermen in 2012, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking extension of his stay in Italy on medical grounds. A Bench comprising justices A R Dave and Kurian Joseph fixed the plea of latorre for hearing on April 9.
CBI yet to reply to RTI queries since 2012
New Delhi: CBI, which primarily probes corruption cases, has not filed its mandatory report giving statistics of RTI applications received and processed by it since 2012 when it was included in the list of exempted organisations. In contrast, Intelligence Bureau which holds information pertaining to security and intelligence is regularly filing returns with the CIC despite being in the list of exempted organisations, an analysis of annual report of the CIC done by activist Venkatesh Nayak of Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative reveals.
2 aides of gangster ravi Pujari held
Mumbai: Two suspected henchmen of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari have been arrested in connection with a plot hatched to carry out a shooting attack on a city-based builder, police said on Tuesday. The accused Dayanand Jatan (48), a sharp shooter in the Pujari gang and his aide Bipil Patil (37) — both residents of Dombivali in neighbouring Thane district — were summoned to the crime branch office here for questioning, after which they were placed under arrest. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to six. In March, city crime branch apprehended three Pujari men from suburban Bhandup.