FSKN anti-narcotics training for India
Moscow: Indian anti-narcotics officials may be trained by specialists of Russia’s federal drug control service FSKN, according to a media report on Saturday. “We are prepared to consider various options,” FSKN Chief Viktor Ivanov was quoted as saying by Russian news agency Itar-Tass. The training arrangements can either be done in India or in Russia, the FSKN chief said after a meeting with Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Saturday.
3 found dead inside Kansas home
Topeka: Police say three people have been found shot to death inside a home in Topeka, Kansas. Topeka police lt Scott Gilchrist says officers and emergency medical responders arrived after getting an emergency call on late Friday from a woman at the home reporting that several people had been shot.
Pak Minister’s views kick up controversy
Islamabad: like his predecessor Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s caretaker Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan is at the centre of a controversy as his public remarks on various issues have raised questions about his neutrality.
Japan quake leaves 23 people injured
Tokyo: A strong earthquake shook Japan on Saturday near the southwestern city of Kobe, leaving 23 people injured, seven of them seriously — mostly elderly tripping while trying to flee, police said. No one was killed. The magnitude-6.3 quake left some homes with rooftop tiles broken and cracked walls, while goods fell off store shelves, according to the Meteorological Agency and Japanese TV news footage.
5 Malian soldiers die in helicopter crash
Bamako: Five Malian soldiers died on Saturday when their helicopter crashed in the centre of the war-torn West African nation, local Government and army sources said. “The crash of a Malian army helicopter killed all five passengers, Malian soldiers. This happened near Sevare. The Malian army is in mourning,” a local official said.
nine killed in blast in Pakistan
Islamabad: Nine persons were killed and 15 others injured on Saturday when a powerful blast ripped through a minibus on the outskirts of Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan, police officials said.
‘US Immigration bill could exclude many’
Washington: Bipartisan immigration legislation emerging in the Senate could prevent hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the US illegally from ever becoming citizens, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals.