Narendra Modi didn’t incite rioters:
SIT Ahmedabad:
The lawyer of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT, which has given a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2002 post-Godhra riots case after investigating complaint
filed by Zakia Jafri, on Thursday said that “Modi has never said that go and kill people”. Opposing the protest petition filed by Jafri against SIT's closure report, its lawyer RS Jamuar said,” (social activist) Teesta Setalvad and others have falsified the complaint targeting Chief Minister who had never said that go and kill people.”
MoD nod to appoint Army commanders
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has approved key appointment of Army Commanders including present Western Army Commander lt General Sanjiv Chachra taking command of Northern Command after incumbent lt General K T Parnaik retires on June 30. Chachra will be replaced by lt Gen Philip Campose currently heading the Perspective Planning (PP) Directorate at the Army Headquarters here. Director General (IT) lt General Sanjeev Madhok will be elevated as the chief of Army’s Shimla-based Training Command. Central Army Commander lt General Anil Chait will head Integrated Defence Services Headquarters and lt General Rajan Bakshi will replace him at Central Command. These senior appointments will be cleared by Appointments Committee of Cabinet, officials said here on Thursday.
‘Need to strengthen states’ intel set up’
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Bangalore blast, Centre on Thursday said it has been advising States on the need to strengthen their intelligence set up but has "not seen much progress" on that front. As many as 16 persons including 11 personnel were injured in a blast outside BJP office in Bangalore on April 17. In a statement laid in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh made a strong pitch for setting up NCTC to strengthen intelligence gathering. He also said the Home Ministry was working towards putting in place an explosive tracking system.
Man arrested for raping 6-year-old
Patna: A 50-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on the charge of raping a six-year-old girl at Rasulpur under Motipur police station area in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Superintendent of Police of Muzaffarpur, Saurabh Kumar, told mediapersons that the accused, Qamrul Hoda made the girl victim of his lust when she was playing near his shop.