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India, Japan to launch joint naval exercise

India and Japan on Monday announced the launch of a maritime dialogue mechanism and their first joint naval exercise.

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India and Japan on Monday announced the launch of a maritime dialogue mechanism and their first joint naval exercise, a measure which Japan said will “not only serve interests of both the countries” but will also contribute to global and regional “peace and stability”. The announcement comes close on the heels of the fifth US-India East Asia dialogue in New Delhi. The announcement, sources said, will bring more “strategic balance” to the region that has seen frenzied Chinese activity in recent months. “We agreed to launch two new dialogue mechanisms between the two foreign ministries, both of which will be at the level of officials. They will further deepen our relations,” external affairs minister, SM Krishna said at a joint media interaction with Japanese foreign minister, Koichiro Gemba
DNA Correspondent

NC worker’s death: Omar gets clean chit
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah got a major reprieve when the magisterial enquiry probing the ‘custodial’ death of National Conference activist Haji Syed Mohammad Yousuf last year, gave him a clean chit and concluded that the deceased had died a natural death due to cardiac arrest. The highlight of the report is the deposition of Salam Reshi, one of the eye witnesses of the case, who went back on his earlier statement and said that “no untoward incident occurred with any of us (him, Yousuf Bhat of Ganderbal and deceased present in the CM camp office) in my presence during entire episode.” Reshi had last year alleged that the deceased vomited blood in the police vehicle while being taken to crime branch headquarters.

Yousuf, 65, had died in mysterious circumstances on September 30, a day after Omar handed him over to Crime Branch for investigations.
—Ishfaq-ul-Hassan

NCTC can help tackle hostage crisis: PC
Hoping to sort out differences on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the upcoming meet with the chief ministers on May 5, Union home minister P Chidambaram said the agency in the long run would help in dealing with hostage crisis in a better way. The home minister's reply came in context of the ongoing hostage crisis of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon in Chhattisgarh. He also indicated that a policy to deal with hostage situation might be on the anvil but would be taken up only after the current abduction crisis is resolved.  Cautious not to say anything specific on NCTC that may annoy chief ministers like Mamata Banerjee before the meeting, Chidambaram said he was not sure whether NCTC would be formed or not but, if it is formed, then the proposed anti-terror body should be allowed to build capacity and lay out its own standard operating procedures.
—DNA Correspondent

Dorjee death: Report blames copter owners
The final report of the helicopter accident in which former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu was killed has come down heavily on the owners and pilots of the chopper. The report released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - exactly one year after the accident at Lubuthang, Arunachal Pradesh in which five persons onboard the ill-fated Ecureuil AS 350 B3 helicopter chopper were killed - has criticised Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (owners) for not having adequate personnels to ensure the smooth conduct of operations in the North East. It further adds that the operational aspects are all centrally controlled at either Delhi or Mumbai and that the DGM (NE) was not aware of the operational aspects of his charter of duties as the head of North East region.  The report  was submitted by a three member team.
—DNA Correspondent

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