New Delhi, Aug. 8: India today asked Pakistan to verify whether media reports that Dawood Ibrahim was detained or hurt in a shootout there are true.
The CBI’s National Central Bureau in India for the Interpol wrote a letter to the Federal Investigation Agency that represents the Interpol in Pakistan. Islamabad has always maintained that Dawood does not live in Pakistan.
Brisbane (Agencies): Mohammad Haneef has began his court battle against the revocation of his Australian work visa, with his lawyers dubbing the decision legally flawed as it was based on a “misconstruction of the word association”. At Brisbane’s federal court, they said the fact that Haneef was related to suspects in the failed UK bombings was not enough to show he was of bad character.
Dubai (PTI): A radio advertisement for a UAE bank has attracted controversy for being “offensive” to Indians. The commercial features a phone call from an Indian salesman who speaks rapidly — the kind of poor service the bank does not claim to give.
Chennai (PTI): M. Karunanidhi has cautioned the Centre against reported moves to impose Hindi. The Tamil Nadu chief minister was reacting to media reports on Syndicate Bank allowing only candidates with Hindi at the high-school level to apply for its clerical posts. Recalling that he started his career at 14 at an anti-Hindi protest, Karunanidhi said: “I continue to have the same spirit, even if I am 84 now.”
Mumbai (PTI): A 26-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly duping a pharma firm executive of Rs 50,000 by using his credit card data, police said. Amit Bhivadkar handed over his ICICI card details to Toufiq Razabbali Mistry when the latter approached him as an HSBC Bank executive offering cards with higher limits.
