India in talks to buy US predator drones
New Delhi: India is in talks with the United States to purchase 40 predator surveillance drones, officials said, a possible first step towards acquiring the armed version of the aircraft and a development likely to annoy Pakistan. India is trying to equip the military with more unmanned technologies to gather intelligence as well as boost its firepower along the vast land borders with Pakistan and
China. It also wants a closer eye on the Indian Ocean. New Delhi has already acquired surveillance drones from Israel to monitor the mountains of Kashmir.
Nirbhaya gangrape: SC appoints 2 advocates
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday appointed two senior lawyers to assist on behalf of the accused in the Nirbhaya gangrape case, to dispel any reason for the accused to later argue that they failed to get proper legal assistance during hearing of their appeal. The bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra directed senior advocates Raju Ramachandran and Sanjay Hegde to assist the Court in the appeals filed by the accused Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay and Akshay.
SC rejects plea to cancel 4g licences to rjil
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIl that challenged grant of 4G licences to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm ltd (RJIl). A bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur, Justices R Banumathi and AK Sikri found no fault with the Government decision to allow the company to offer voice services on its 4G spectrum. Due to this, the NGO argued that the Government made a loss by allowing Reliance to use the spectrum on payment of Rs 1638 crore. The court, however, left the issue of spectrum usage charge (SUC) to Government as a decision is pending on whether to retain the charge at one per cent or increase the same to three per cent.
Ashwani takes charge as new member rly board
New Delhi: Ashwani Kumar Kapoor has taken over as the New Member Electrical, Railway Board. Prior to this, he was General Manager, Metro Railway Kolkata. Kapoor is an officer of 1978 Batch of Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) and has worked in various positions in Northern Railway, Chief Electrical Engineer, DRM Nagpur other important positions in various zones. He has attended a number of National and International seminars in India and abroad and taken specialised professional training in USA, France and Belgium.
BSF sub-inspector’s wife commits suicide
New Delhi: A BSF sub-inspector’s wife on Friday allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at her residence in southwest Delhi’s Bindapur area.
The woman was identified as Ishita, who got married to sub-inspector Sandeep who is posted in Assam. The duo got married a year ago. The body of Ishita was recovered by her father-in-law at 11:30 am, following which he informed the police about her suicide.