ED gets Verma,wifes custody NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to take into custody Abhishek Verma and his wife for four days to question them for their alleged role in a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate produced Verma and his wife Anca Maria Neascu in court after arresting them Wednesday,following which they were remanded to custody till August 27. Lakshya-1 test flown successfully in Orissa BALASORE: The indigenously developed,micro-light,pilot-less target aircraft Lakshya-1 was successfully test-flown from the Integrated Test Range Thursday at Chandipur at 12.15 pm,defence sources said. The test was carried out to check the validity of the aircrafts engine and the duration enhancement,they said. Seven killed in Tamil Nadu bus accident CHENNAI: Seven persons including a child were crushed to death after a government bus on which they were travelling rammed into a truck in Kancheepuram district on Thursday. The bus was coming towards Chennai from Hosur when the incident took place. Local police officials said about eight of those injured were referred to Chennai for treatment. Uphold Sanjay Dutts term,CBI tells SC NEW DELHI: The CBI told the Supreme Court on Thursday that actor Sanjay Dutts conviction under Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and his six-year jail term should be upheld. However,it maintained its earlier stand and did not press for more stringent terror charges against him. Indian cabbie draws Lamborghini in Dubai DUBAI: An Indian cab driver scooped a $ 245,028 priced Lamborghini Gallardo in a lucky draw at a local shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. Soupi Abdullas prized car was plucked out from nearly a quarter of a million entries in a local malls shop-and-win draw in Al Ain in Abu Dhabi,The National newspaper reported. Prisoners attack UP jail superintendent ARARIA: The jail superintendent of a divisional prison here was injured Thursday when a group of six inmates attacked him during inspection. He suffered a fractured finger and has been admitted to Sadar hospital. The group was miffed after learning some inmates were to be transferred to another prison,police said. HC: File murder case against Rewa IG GWALIOR: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed that a murder case be filed against Rewa IG Gajiram Meena and three others in the fake encounter case of one Ramesh Kamaria in Dabra in 2005. The High Courts directive came after a plea by Kamarias aunt. Maoist couple surrenders in Chhattisgarh RAIPUR: A Maoist couple operating along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border surrendered Thursday. Chhotu Padda alias Baiju,21,was a platoon commander in North Gadchiroli and Manpur divisions,police said. His wife Karuna Usendi,19,was the deputy commander of Bhamragarh division. Baiju said he joined Naxals when he was just 12,Karuna joined at the age of 14. They also spoke about the poor treatment they were meted out by the Andhra comrades.
