Wednesday, September 2, 1998
NAM to condemn US attack on Sudan in draft resolution
A strong resolution condemning the US attack on Sudan will be passed by NAM during the two-day summit which begins in Durban today. For India, the bright side is that there will be no similar resolution on the US aggression on terrorist camps in Afghanistan, with which India is directly concerned.
End Indo-Russian arms ties: Bill to Yeltsin
US President Bill Clinton hasurged his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin to stop military cooperation with India and warned that nuclear rivalry in South Asia could lead to a "direct war'' between the two nuclear super powers. India remains the biggest customer of Russian arms and Indian orders to the tune of $2 billion annually have a vital importance for the cash-strapped Russian economy.
Nina Pillai sues CBI for contempt
Nina Pillai, widow of biscuit baron Rajan Pillai, has filed a petition of criminal contempt against the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not complying with the court orders and investigate the alleged conspiracy behind her husband's death in July, 1995. The petition -- the first ever case of contempt against the CBI -- charged director Trinath Mishra and SP D P Singh of abuse of the process of the court.
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