Friday, August 28, 1998
If US can, so can we, asserts Govt
The Vajpayee government has rejected the US contention that it had the right to attack terrorists in any country but India could not take similar action in Kashmir. Accusing the US of pursuing "double standards" on the issue of combating terrorists, Union Home Minister LK Advani and the ruling BJP said it was unacceptable to India.
Libya accepts US-UK offer on Pan Am trial
Libya has accepted a US-British offer to try two Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing in the Netherlands as long as there are no conditions.
CBI autonomy: Govt violates SC order through the backdoor
What had been struck down by the Supreme Court in its Jain hawala judgment last December has now been revived by the Government. In its ordinance granting statutory status to the Central Vigilance Commission, the Government has brought back the controversial "single-point directive." Thus making it, once again, mandatory for the CBI to seek sanction before it can probe senior officers.
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