Paul, now set for a five-year tenure as a member of the Union Public Service Commission, has claimed that Singh is planning to cause harm to him and his family and therefore, adequate security should be provided to them.
Indian investigators probing the background of Kafeel Ahmed, detained in connection with the terror plot in UK, are concerned at the "possible slackness" in the sharing of information by their British counterparts.
Kumar was dismissed under the Section 15 of the Navy Act, under which an accused official has no right to present his case or see the allegations against him.
Others who watched the movie with Patil were Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K Rehman Khan, BJP lawmaker Ananth Kumar and several Left lawmakers.
The request for a formal extradition plea could mean that Shankaran has been traced in Britain and his arrest is imminent.
The government will approach Swiss firms for providing expertise in setting up a unit for manufacturing sleeping bags and jackets for soldiers deployed in inhospitable terrains.
That is not our policy, but at the same time we can't close out eyes to what is happening in the surroundings," said Antony, who apologised to the troops for not speaking in Hindi.
"Air India has prepared a very good lunch (which is) ready for you and it is getting cold," he quipped as he walked to his chamber in the aircraft, leaving the media delegation dumbfounded.
"Any judgment as per the law of the country will be processed and carried out. Law is the final authority," Kalam firmly told media persons on Saturday night while returning from Athens.
The 75-year-old Kalam, who is in Greece on a three-day state visit, began his morning on Friday with a visit to the prestigious Hellenic Aerospace Industry.
The President said that there was a need for finding solutions for depleting sources of energy, continuously degrading environment and the scarcity of water threatening humanity.
Noting India's need to raise power generation capacity to four lakh MW by 2030, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday sought 'intensive cooperation' with the European Union in the field of energy, including nuclear, to help achieve the goal.
The proposal, which came from the Jammu and Kashmir government, will do away with cumbersome and time-consuming procedures under which applications for travel get delayed for months together.
This admission has come from a senior government officer in response to an application by Delhi-based Dev Ashish Bhattacharya under the Right to Information Act.
Police, while reopening the case, have informed Interpol that Salahuddin is in Pakistan and sought the help of the world police organisation to extradite him, highly placed sources in the state government said.
The navy's top brass has been put in a tight spot by the Central Bureau of Investigation's contention that it has not been able to establish any connection between a naval officer sacked for alleged involvement in war room leak and other officials.
The file 'Swan Amended 04 May 05.doc' was created on May 16, 2005 at 1748 hours and was last accessed on the same day, the chargesheet said.
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