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Sri
Lankan Navy arrests 27 Indian fishermen
Colombo: Sri
Lankan Navy has arrested 27 Indian fishermen and seized their four
trawlers after accusing them of fishing inside the country's maritime
area.
Navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said that the Indians were
arrested last night for "poaching inside Sri Lanka international
maritime border limits (IMBL) off the eastern coast".
The boats and the trawlers would be handed over to the police in the
harbour town of Trincomalee today for further action, the Navy said.
Early this month, at least 40 Indian fishermen and their four trawlers
were repatriated by the Navy after a similar arrest for straying into
Sri Lanka's IMBL. 
Venue
for PM-Putin meeting shifted
New Delhi: 24 (PTI)
The heart of the national capital today turned into a fortress with
heavy deployment of police who blocked roads leading to India Gate and
Raisina Hill to ensure that no protests take place there but the
arrangements put commuters at severe hardship.
Office goers and students were the most affected due to blockade of
roads and closure of nine metro stations near India Gate and Raisina
Hill.
In view of the incidents in the last two-three days, the venue of the
meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President
Vladimar Putin has been shifted to the Race Course residence of the
Prime Minister.
Usually, such meetings are held in Hyderabad House which is close to
India Gate, the scene of protests in the last two days.
Police blocked Rafi Marg from both sides and one carriage way of Ashoka
Road, Copernicus Marg and other stretches around the India Gate.
Employees had a tough time reaching their offices in Krishi Bhavan,
Shastri Bhavan, Rail Bhavan and Nirman Bhavan as police did not allow
crossing Rajpath. Buses were diverted through longer routes.
There were heavy barricading on Rafi Marg and Raisina Road and employees
heading to South Bloc and North Bloc had to argue with policemen and
show their identity cards to them.
People heading to Connaught Place from South Delhi and vice versa had
severe problems in commuting.
Media persons were also not allowed near India Gate or Raisina Hill and
were asked to go to Pragati Maidan.
Dense
fog hits operations at IGI airport
New
Delhi: Dense fog badly hit operations at the Indira Gandhi
International airport here today affecting the schedule of over 50
domestic and international flights.
About 35 flights were delayed while 15 were cancelled as the dense fog
enveloped the airport this morning.
One of the international flights was diverted to Jaipur, airport sources
said.
Runway visibility started to deteriorate from late last night and
general visibility reduced to less than 100 metres in the morning,
leading to delay in departures of early morning flights.
The general visibility on the main runway (28/11 which is the most
preferred runway by airlines during the foggy days) was almost zero
while the runway visibility was 75 metres.
9
Delhi Metro stations closed
New
Delhi: Chaos ruled outside Metro stations in Central Delhi today
as hundreds of people reached the stations unaware that they have been
closed due to continuing protests at India Gate against the gang-rape of
a young girl.
Nine stations, including the busiest Rajiv Chowk, was closed from early
morning as people came only to be welcomed by boards that entry or exit
to the stations will not be allowed today as per instructions from Delhi
Police.
Rajiv Chowk sees the maximum footfall of over 5 lakh a day and shutting
down of this station has caused much problems for people who were
agitated and looked helpless.
Pragati Maidan, Mandi House, Barakhamba Road, Rajiv Chowk, Patel Chowk,
Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan, Race Course and Khan Market will
remain closed till further orders, according to an advisory issued late
last night by the Delhi Metro. Eight stations, except Rajiv Chowk,
remained closed yesterday as well but there was not much impact as it
was a Sunday.
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