French Foreign Min to visit india on Monday
New Delhi: The multi-billion dollar Rafale combat aircraft deal, the Jaitapur nuclear power plant and climate change are expected to figure prominently during talks French Foreign Minister laurent Fabius' will have with Indian leaders during his two-day visit here starting Monday. The two sides are also likely to discuss the over Rs20,000 crore Maitri surface-to-air missile system project alongside holding parleys on the regional and global security situation including Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
anti-drugs effort: prez confers awards
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Awards for Outstanding Services in the field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) Abuse on Thursday on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. President said that there is an urgent need to provide a whole range of community based services for the identification, counselling and de-addiction of addicts along with their after care and rehabilitation.
Facilities for cross loC trade discussed
Srinagar: There is an urgent need to provide banking facilities, ISD connectivity and expansion of the trading list to sustain the cross-loC (line of Control) trade between Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir, said officials at a high-level meeting here. The meeting was held to review and discuss the issues related to cross loC trade. Discussing various demands and problems faced by the traders associated with the cross loC trade at Salamabad, Baramulla and Chakan da Bagh, Poonch, it was felt that there is an urgent need for further augmentation and streamlining of the cross loC trade.
ponzi scam: odisha company, five booked
New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday registered a case against an Odisha-based company and its five directors in the multi-crore chitfund scam. The company Naba Diganta Capital Service ltd based at Bhubaneshwar and its directors Anjan Baliar Singh, Pradeep Pattnaik, Kartik Parida, Bijay Baral and Hemanta Sahu have been booked in the case for cheating, criminal conspiracy and sections of the IPC. The agency has registered three FIRs in West Bengal whereas over 40 FIRs have been registered in Odisha.
badaun: lie-detector tests conclude
New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday completed lie-detector tests on all the five accused in the Badaun double rape and murder case and said it has recorded some "deviations" in their statements. CBI sources said the agency may carry out similar test on the families of the victims as well. The two girls, cousins aged 14 and 15 years, went missing from their house on the night of May 27 and their bodies were found hanging from a mango tree in the village in the Ushait area on May 28. Post-mortem reports of the two girls confirmed that they were raped before murder. The five accused — brothers Pappu Yadav, Awadhesh Yadav and Urvesh Yadav and constables Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav — have been arrested in connection with the case and were subjected to polygraph tests this week at the Central Forensic Science laboratory here.