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CBI to expedite NEW DELHI, May 31: The Central Bureau of Investigation will step up efforts to seek the extradition of the key accused in the Bombay serial bomb blasts case from the United Arab Emirates under the the extradition treaty between New Delhi and Abu Dhabi that came into force yesterday.........more
Results of CBSE NEW DELHI, May 31: Results of Class X examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of all the regions will be ...........more FEMA to bring down NEW DELHI, May 31: The draconian Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) will lapse......more IA flights to NEW DELHI, May 31: Indian Airlines (IA) will resume its service to Nepal from tomorrow after ......more |
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‘US will do whatever CHENNAI, May 31: The United States today said it would do whatever possible to avoid a .............more
NHAI to award contracts NEW DELHI, May 31: National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will award contracts for...........more Quality education need PANAJI, May 31: Union Home Minister L K Advani today stressed the need for quality......more CBI to expedite efforts NEW DELHI, May 31: The Central Bureau of Investigation will step up efforts to seek the.....more |
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to expedite efforts to extradite Bombay NEW DELHI, May 31: The Central Bureau of Investigation will step up efforts to seek the extradition of the key accused in the Bombay serial bomb blasts case from the United Arab Emirates under the the extradition treaty between New Delhi and Abu Dhabi that came into force yesterday. The extradition treaty was signed between the two countries on October 25 last year, but came into force only yesterday with the exchange of the instrument of ratification by under secretary in the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saif Saeed Saed and Indian Ambassador to the country K C Singh. The CBI has been for the past several years working for the extradition underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and other members of the Memon family and Abu Salem and Chota Shakeel, wanted in the serial blast which rocked the commercial capital of the country on March 12, 1993. But the efforts did not yield any result in the absence of an extradition treaty between India and UAE. The CBI sources told UNI today that with the extradition treaty coming into force, the issue (of extradition of these accused) would be given a fresh look. "The matter has been pending with the UAE authorities for a long time, but now we expect things to move faster." The sources said the agency was planning to approach the UAE authorities once again to get the accused extradited. They are wanted by the designated CBI court for their trial. (UNI) |
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Results of CBSE Class X on June 3 NEW DELHI, May 31: Results of Class X examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of all the regions will be declared on June three, 2000, CBSE Chairman Ashok Ganguly said today. The CBSE will provide results through e-mail to its schools located in different parts of the country and also upload the results with subject wise marks in the its website (www.Cbse.Nic.In) for the benefit of the students, he said. Regular students can also get their results at their respective schools while results of private candidates would be made available at their respective examination centres, he said. |
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FEMA to bring down curtains on draconian FERA today NEW DELHI, May 31: The draconian Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) will lapse into history tomorrow bringing relief to the corporate world. Enacted in 1973 in the backdrop of acute shortage of foreign exchange in the country, FERA had a controversial run for 27 years during which many big names in the Indian corporate world found themselves at the receiving end in the hands of the enforcement directorate. But even today some feel that FERA was necessary to deal with those who have stashed money abroad. The Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), which will replace FERA, was enacted by the Government as it became incompatible with its pro-liberalisation policies. The most significant change brought in by FEMA is that forex law violators would no longer be treated as criminals but as civil offenders. Sections three to nine of FEMA spells out the do’s and don’ts for those dealing in foreign exchange but contravention of these provisions would invite a monetary penalty amounting to a maximum of three times the sum involved, in contrast to five times prescribed in FERA. While specifying that there would be no prosecution in the forex violation cases, the law provides that in case an offender fails to pay the penalty the Enforcement Directorate could move the court, which could send him to jail. In jail also the offender would be treated like a civil prisoner, who has to pay for his stay behind bars. The cases already under FERA purview would have to be settled within a time period of two years, that is May 31, 2001, beyond which it would lapse. However, if the FERA cases were in court, it would end with the verdict given by the judicial officer. There are around 4000 cases which are before the courts under FERA and another 3000, in which investigation is almost complete and the same ready for filing before the competent courts, says ED Chief Sot S Dawra. He said the ED might not be in a position to pursue 346 cases which are still in nascent stage and added these cases would automatically move under FEMA. FEMA PRA number of appellate authorities who could be approached by a person against whom the directorate officials have adjudicated and levied penalty. Section five and six of the act provides for freer convertibility of rupee into other currencies with regard to ‘current account transactions’ as compared to the same in ‘capital account transactions’. FEMA has been welcomed by the industrial chambers with ASSOCHAM saying that the introduction of the new law was a in tune with economic liberalisation which has proved beyond doubt that stringent laws of the early seventies need to be done away with. It advocated transfer of all pending cases under FERA to fema saying "Government may provide for compounding of all offences pending under FERA as provided under the new law." (PTI) |
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IA flights to Kathmandu from today NEW DELHI, May 31: Indian Airlines (IA) will resume its service to Nepal from tomorrow after a five-month-long suspension of its flights to Kathmandu following hijacking of IC-814 to Kandahar as Nepal has assured of beefed up security measures at Tirubhuvan Airport. Ia early this month formally announced resumption of its daily flights from Delhi and five flights a week from Calcutta from June one after India and Nepal entered into a Memorandum of Understanding during the visit of Nepalese Foreign Minister Chakra Prasad Bastola to Delhi earlier this month. Under the agreement that followed prolonged negotiations between the two countries, the Nepalese authorities have accepted the demand of IA for installation of an additional X-ray machine as well as a final check by Indian security personnel at Kathmandu airport. This would be in addition to the security drill for passengers carried out by Nepalese authorities, the officials said. Senior IA officials told PTI "the response from tourists may be erratic in the first week as travellers, mainly Indians, go to Kathmandu and return after a few days. But we are very encouraged with the pick up. We expect the return flight from Kathmandu to be full after a few days". However, the flight services from Varanasi to Kathmandu is likely to be resumed by the end of June, the officials said adding normally the route serves tourists in groups and IA authorities have given due publicity to establish the response from tour operators. The suspension of flight service to the popular Himalayan tourist resort badly hit the tourism industry in both the countries particularly in Nepal, tourist circles said. The resumption of flights came after several rounds of talks between officials of the two countries on improving security at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport, which culminated in a meeting between Civil Aviation Minister Sharad Yadav and the Nepalese Foreign Minister here on May nine. The flights were suspended on December 24 when the IC-814 was hijacked by Pakistan-backed terrorists and taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan. The week-long hijack episode ended with one passenger, Rupen Katyal, being stabbed to death by the hijackers and the Indian Government releasing three dreaded militants in exchange of the hostages. (PTI) |
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Bombay blasts accused NEW DELHI, May 31: The Central Bureau of Investigation will step up efforts to seek the extradition of the key accused in the Bombay serial bomb blasts case from the United Arab Emirates under the the extradition treaty between New Delhi and Abu Dhabi that came into force yesterday. The extradition treaty was signed between the two countries on October 25 last year, but came into force only yesterday with the exchange of the instrument of ratification by under secretary in the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saif Saeed Saed and Indian Ambassador to the country K C Singh. The CBI has been for the past several years working for the extradition underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and other members of the Memon family and Abu Salem and Chota Shakeel, wanted in the serial blast which rocked the commercial capital of the country on March 12, 1993. But the efforts did not yield any result in the absence of an extradition treaty between India and UAE. The CBI sources told today that with the extradition treaty coming into force, the issue (of extradition of these accused) would be given a fresh look. "The matter has been pending with the UAE authorities for a long time, but now we expect things to move faster." The sources said the agency was planning to approach the UAE authorities once again to get the accused extradited. They are wanted by the designated CBI court for their trial. The agency had in June 1997 requested the UAE to extradite the accused and over a period of time it reiterated its request more than 40 times. The job of the CBI could be made easy due to the fact that the provisions of the treaty envisage that the two countries shall extradite any person found in their respective countries, accused or convicted of an extraditable offence. The treaty provides a legal framework for seeking extradition of terrorists, economic offenders and other criminals. Added to it, the treaty will have retrospective effect, making the extradition possible irrespective of whether the crime was committed before or after the the treaty came into force. The treaty is also expected to pave the way for expeditious disposal of a number of pending cases, including the present blasts case and the Gulshan Kumar murder case. Fourteen blasts, including the two which devastated the Bombay Stock Exchange and Air India buildings, took place simultaneously on March 12, 1993 killing at least 300 people and leaving more than a thousand injured or maimed. Property estimated at over Rs 500 crore were destroyed the blasts were believed to be the counter response to the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December six, 1992. Initially the case was investigated by the Bombay police, but was subsequently transferred to the CBI. The Central Government later formed a Special Task Force (STF) comprising the CBI, Intelligence Bureau, research and analysis wing and the Bombay police. Dawood Ibrahim has been named as the prime accused in the case with charges of planning and executing the blasts and indulging in terrorist activities. Tiger Memon and six members of the Memon family were charged with conspiring and carrying out the blasts. Abu Salem is wanted in this case as a co-accused and as prime accused in the murder of music baron Gulshan Kumar on August 12, 1997. Others accused include Chotta Shakeel and Mohammed Shafi, who is alleged to have smuggled a consignment of 100 kg of RDX through the coast line which was to be used for causing the large-scale blasts. The RDX was stored in the coastal villages on the outskirts of mumbai. Approximately 25 kg of RDX was allegedly used to trigger off the 14 blasts and one-third of it was planted to blow up the BSE office. The accused were charged with indulging in terrorist activities and murder of innocent people. Arrest warrants were issued against them by the trial court in Mumbai which are still awaiting execution. The CBI on the basis of the warrants approached the Interpol for issuance of a red corner alert notice to get the culprits arrested and extradited. The Interpol finally issued the notice in 1995. (UNI) |
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