WION Evening News brief, February 16, 2018
Nirav Modi's jewellery
Top developments of the day
A lookout notice was issued by the CBI against jeweller Nirav Modi and his associates last month in the PNB banking fraudcase but by then they had escaped from India.
Even as the skeletons tumble out of closet in the Rs 11300 crore PNB scam, former Allahabad Bank director revealed that he resigned from his post after he was pressurised to give a loan to Gitanjali Gems.
The external affairs ministry on Friday suspended with immediate effect the passports of diamantaire Nirav Modi and his business partner Mehul Choksi for four weeks.
In a major policy shift, Pakistan has decided to deploy troops inSaudi Arabiaunder bilateral security cooperation with the kingdom which is involved in the ongoing civil war in neighbouring Yemen.
ThePakistan Armyannounced the decision after a meeting between Army Chief GeneralQamar Javed Bajwaand Saudi ambassador to Pakistan NawafSaeed Al-Maliki, at army headquarters in Rawalpindi yesterday.
British Prime Minister Theresa May travels to Berlin on Friday to meet German leader Angela Merkel, hoping to overcome near-deadlock in her attempts to negotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union.