Indian warships join s’pore naval exercise
New Delhi: Indian Navy has dispatched four vessels, including a destroyer and a stealth frigate, on a long overseas deployment to Indian Ocean and South China Sea during which they will make port calls in various countries, including Australia and Cambodia. As part of this deployment, a four-day bilateral Naval exercise began on Saturday with Singapore in which INS Satpura, an indigenously-built guided missile stealth frigate, and INS Kamorta, the latest indigenous anti-submarine warfare corvette, are taking part. Sources said that the Eastern Fleet's deployment, led by Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, will see the vessels, including guided missile destroyer INS Ranvir and fleet tanker INS Shakti, make port calls in Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Ex-Afghan prez Karzai calls on Modi
New Delhi: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a transit halt in the national capital and discussed with him the recent developments in that country. “They (Modi and Karzai) discussed the recent developments in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister reiterated that India and Afghanistan share age-old ties. India deeply values the friendship of the Afghan people. India stands with the people of Afghanistan as they build a united, stable, democratic and prosperous nation,” an official release said here.
1,500 detonators seized from a house
Dehri-on Sone(Bihar): As many as 1,500 detonators were recovered on Saturday from a house in Takia locality of Bihar’s Rohtas district and one person has been arrested, a senior police official said. Acting on a tip off, the police raided a house in Takia locality under Model police station and recovered 1500 detonators, Superintendent of Police Shivdeep lande said.