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IT raids on 46
traders’ premises
MUMBAI, Nov 18 (PTI) — "Unaccounted"
income of Rs 4.5 crore was unearthed and documents
showing rigging of prices of onions and potatoes were
recovered in simultaneous raids by income tax (IT)
officials on vegetable traders in the metropolis and Navi
Mumbai since yesterday, an IT official said here today.
Offices and residential premises of 46 traders in Mumbai
and Vashi were raided by 200 income tax officials and
searches were still on, the official said.
OCEANSAT launch
AHMEDABAD, Nov 18 (UNI) — In a giant leap forward in
space technology, India will put into orbit in March,
1999, an ambitious indigenously developed satellite,
OCEANSAT (P-4), to scan the oceans around the country. Dr
A.K.S. Gopalan, Director of the Space Applications Centre
(SAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said in
an interview here today that work on the satellite was
nearing completion at Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Launch
from the Sriharikota range has been scheduled for March
next year. The launch of OCEANSAT would put India in the
company of the USA, Japan and the European Union.
Plutonium bombs
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (DPA) — Pakistan, which has so far
used uranium in nuclear technology, has also started
producing plutonium in a move that could help it build
hydrogen, plutonium and neutron bombs in future, a news
report said today. Quoting unidentified experts,
Islamabad daily The Nation said plutonium was being
produced in a reactor at Joharabad in the Khushab
district of central Pakistan. Pakistan would be the
eighth country to produce plutonium.
Blind home case
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (PTI) — The Delhi High Court today
issued notices to the Lt-Governor of Delhi and the
Director, Social Welfare of City Administration, to file
replies as to why eviction order has been issued against
inmates of a blind home here. A Division Bench of Mr
Justice R.C. Lahoti and Mr Justice C.K. Mahajan asked the
respondents to place details on the matter by February 2,
the next date for hearing.
‘Kalank
divas’
LUCKNOW, Nov 18 (PTI) — The Samajwadi Party (SP) in
Uttar Pradesh has decided to observe December 6, the day
on which the Babri mosque was demolished in 1992, as
‘kalank divas’ (black day), party’s state
unit chief Ram Saran Das said here today. Protest rallies
and demonstrations would be held all over the state on
the day, Das told newsmen. The party would hold its third
state-level convention at Etawah from December 16, he
added.
Narmada plea
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (PTI) — The Union Government will
inform the Supreme Court within two days whether it wants
to withdraw its objection to the court dealing with a
petition challenging the construction of the
controversial Narmada dam. Former Attorney-General Ashok
Desai, appearing for the government, submitted before a
three-judge Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.S. Anand,
Mr Justice S.P. Bharucha and Mr Justice B.N. Kirpal, that
he would seek instruction within two days on the issue.
Lankan attack
COLOMBO, Nov 18 (AFP) — Sri Lankan naval vessels
attacked a flotilla of Tamil rebel craft and sank three
of them as 12 rebels were killed in ground battles, the
Defence Ministry here said today. The naval action was
off the north-eastern coast of Mullaitivu, the ministry
said, adding that LTTE militants suffered heavy
casualties. The ministry did not say if the navy also
suffered losses.
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