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ECOMONIC TIMES  RAGHAV OHRI  November 09, 2017 Terrorists and smugglers from Pakistan may use drones and paragliders to escape detection while dropping arms and contraband items in India from across the border, a multi-agency group has said in a confidential report accessed exclusively by ET.  The report submitted to the government also expresses concern over attempts to “revive terrorist activities” in Punjab. The group set up by the government includes members of the Indian Army, BSF and Punjab Police, among other agencies.  Senior officials representing their respective agencies have elaborated in the report on the threat of use of drones and paragliders from across the border for dropping arms and drugs that can be retrieved later using the GPS coordinates. “This possibility needs to be factored into security arrangements, especially around international border,” says the report.  This comes after BSF troops recorded 40 observations o...

Rohan Dua |  TIMES NEWS NETWORK,   Nov 9, 2017 A 59-year-old NRI clerk working in a money exchange company in Dubai has a modest two-storey house at a nondescript town in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh, but "has made it" to the list of the 714 Indians mentioned in the Paradise Papers. Javed Ali Khan, a resident of 42, Najju Khan Khair in Rampur, a constituency represented by Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan, figures in the list along with business magnates, politicians and Bollywood celebrities linked to tax havens. According to the list, Khan had become director and shareholder of a firm, Siam Capital and Investments Ltd, on November 10, 2003. The firm, which has its registered address at Portellius Trustnet Chambers, PO Box - 3444, Road Town, Tortola British Virgin Islands (BVI), had investments from 18 companies, including Muchiri Catherine Nyambura and Zetland Corporate Services Ltd, based in the Caribbean Islands. The Paradise Papers, however, don't ...

TIMES NEWS NETWORK,   Nov 9, 2017 In a message unlikely to go unnoticed in Beijing, India has called for nations involved in maritime disputes to exercise self-restraint and not do anything which could affect peace and stability in the Indian Ocean region. China has continued to build artificial islands in South China Sea (SCS) to validate its claim over 90 per cent of the sea waters and is currently testing a new dredging vessel, described by the media in south-east Asia as a magic island-maker. Speaking at the inaugural session of second IORA Meeting of Experts for Maritime Safety & Security, foreign secretary S Jaishankar said India encouraged resolution of territorial and maritime disputes through peaceful means in accordance with universally recognised principles. "We have always stood for exercising self-restraint in the conduct of activities that could complicate or escalate disputes affecting peace and stability," said Jaishankar, adding that India...