Quicktakes

Coimbatore blasts

COIMBATORE: The final modified chargesheet in the 1998 Advani poll rally serial blasts in Coimbatore has it that the explosions were a part of a conspiracy Operation Allahu Akbar8217; to eliminate Advani and in retaliation to the killing of 18 Muslims.

US arms sale

WASHINGTON: The US is planning to do away with the Pressler amendment that bars arms supplies to Pakistan and is contemplating resumption of limited arms sales to both India and Pakistan, Defense News reported.

Sukhoi induction

PUNE: A fleet of ten Sukhoi-30 MK Russian aircraft fitted with upgraded avionics systems wouldbe inducted in the Air Force by year end, according to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis.

Imams let off

CALCUTTA: A city court on Wednesday discharged two Imams against whom police brought charges that they had made azaan calls from mosques over microphones in violation of a HC order.