India & Japan must continue to expand bilateral ties: Singh

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh in a meeting with Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs of Japan Oka Masami, in New Delhi, on Thursday. —PHOTO BY PTI

536 BAGS OF ILLEGAL ARECA NUTS WORTH

`3 CRORE SEIZED

Aizawl: Security forces in Mizoram have seized areca nuts worth over Rs 3 crore. They seized a consignment of illegal nuts in Mizoram’s Champhal district. Assam Rifles troops recovered and seized 536 bags of areca nuts in Mizoram’s Champai district. Troops “recovered 536 bags of illegal nuts worth Rs 3.0016 crore” at Zotlang in Mizoram’s Champai district. The seizure was made on Wednesday. An Assam Rifles statement said the operation was carried out by a team of Assam Rifles and Customs Department Champhai.

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liamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue. In a boost to Opposition unity, the Trinamool Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samithi, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Samajwadi Party, which had been blowing hot and cold on sharing stage with the Congress on earlier occasions, participated in the march and the presser to give a joint call against the government on issues such as the Adani matter, price rise and alleged attack on democracy.

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During checking, one terrorist associate linked with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-eTaiba was apprehended, the police spokesperson further said.

The spokesperson said that the arrested person has been identified as Jamshed Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Aloosa Bandipora. Incriminating material, ammunition and explosives, including a Chinese grenade and 12 live AK-47 rounds, were seized from him, the police spokesperson further said.

A first information report (FIR) has been registered in this regard, the police spokesperson further added.

New Delhi (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that India shares Japan’s vision for a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific and said both the countries must continue to expand the scope of bilateral ties. He conveyed this to Japan’s Vice Minister of Defence for International Affairs Oka Masami during a meeting. Oka is on a visit to India to attend the seventh Defence Policy Dialogue. The dialogue held on Wednesday over two weeks after Japanese PM Fumio Kishida visited India during which he described the country as an “indispensable partner” of Japan to

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OKA MASAMI CALLS ON DEFENCE MIN

RAJNATH SINGH achieve the ambitious goal of peace, prosperity and stability.

New Delhi: Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs of Japan Oka Masami called on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday. Oka Masami briefed him about discussions held during Defence Policy Dialogue, which he co-chaired with Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane on Wednesday.

In the Dialogue, India and Japan agreed to diversify their defence cooperation in new and emerging domains like space and cyber as part of an aim to consolidate the overall strategic engagement.