Indian fisherman dies in pak jail
New Delhi: India has asked its mission in Islamabad to find out the details about the death of an Indian fisherman in Karachi jail. After media in Pakistan reported that an Indian fishermen, named Kishore Bhagwan, was found dead in landhi jail there, the Ministry of External Affairs has asked its mission to check and find out the details of the incident, official sources said. According to media reports, the cause of Bhagwan’s death is yet to be ascertained. His body has been shifted to a hospital. Kishore was arrested by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) along with other fishermen and was sent to the landhi jail for allegedly entering Pakistan’s exclusive economic zone without legal documents, it said.
CISF chief removes Red beacon on his vehicle
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the Supreme Court’s criticism of indiscriminate use of beacons, the chief of paramilitary CISF has taken the lead among police officers in the national Capital by having the red flashing light removed from atop his vehicle. CISF Director General Arvind Ranjan, who took over the command of 1.40-lakh personnel force in December, decided to remove the beacon from his official car soon after he entered office. The vehicle, however, bears a blue three-star board indicating the vehicle belongs to a DGP rank officer and is escorted by a commando team drawn from the forces. The move by the top boss has prompted other officials in the force, who include Inspectors General (IsG) and Deputy Inspectors General (DIG), to take off the blue beacons from their vehicles.
ishrat jahan case: CBI submits fresh report
New Delhi: CBI has provided the additional documents and fresh submissions to law Ministry for an opinion on whether sanction is needed to prosecute Intelligence Bureau officers in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. Top CBI sources said fresh set of documents as desired by the Ministry have been provided to know whether it needs sanction of the Home Ministry to prosecute four IB officials in the fake encounter case. The sources, however, clarified that their supplementary charge sheet is almost ready and if the law Ministry does not give timely advice, it might consider proceeding ahead with filing of the final report before the competent court.
Govt to start DTH for
pension services now
New Delhi: After the direct benefit transfer project, the Government is now planning to usher in a Direct-To-Home (DTH) scheme to plug leakages and hand over pensions, work wages and other entitlements directly to beneficiaries across the country. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said the scheme has been initiated in Andhra Pradesh and the need to bring out such a programme was thought as the government was witnessing that funds of welfare schemes were getting “leaked” rather than reaching legitimate beneficiaries.
Amity campus extends
to dubai int’l city
New Delhi: Amity University laid the foundation of its new state-of-the-art campus at Dubai International Academic City (DIAC). The campus is set to become a centre of excellence for the research community and leading academics in the region with latest technology for Departments of Engineering, Management, Hospitality and Forensic Science, said Dr Ashok K Chauhan, founder president, Amity Group. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed AI Maktoum, Chairman of the Economic Development Commission in Dubai’s Executive Council; Dr. Abdullah AI Karam, Director General of Knowledge and Human Development Authority were also present.