LoC trade of California almonds new mode of terror funding: NIA
PTI After clothes and 'dupattas', California almonds have emerged as the new product in cross- LoC trade in Jammu and Kashmir that are being used a mode of terror funding, according to the NIA. The NIA has registered a case in this connection and carried out searches on traders at trade facilitation centres at Salamabad in Kashmir region's North Kashmir's Baramulla district and Chakan-da-bagh in Poonch district of Jammu region.According to the cross-LoC trade agreement between India and Pakistan, products grown in both sides of Jammu and Kashmir will be exchanged under barter system. The products included 'Badam giri' that is grown in parts of Pakistan- occupied-Kashmir (PoK).During the searches, documents related to exchange of California almonds were seized by NIA and ...
Modi to go ahead with Brussels visit despite terror attacks
The Dollar Business Bureau Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public event with the Indian diaspora on March 30th is scheduled to go ahead as per plan as Brussels provides three-tier security to him. The Prime minister is to address a group of 10,000 Indian diasporas after the Indo- EU summit and a formal meeting with Belgium. This event is being organised to be a public event, on the lines of the events that happened in Canada, UK, USA, Dubai, Russia, China and Australia. Officials handling Modi’s Belgium visit have specified that they are in constant touch with the Belgian Foreign Ministry, the Belgian government and the Indian Embassy in Brussels to assess the threat to Modi’s security. As the attack happened in ...
