India-US to hold 2+2 Ministerial dialogue; MLA Karat Razak's name surfaces in Kerala gold scam; more
  • 3 years ago
India and the US are set to hold their third 2+2 Ministerial meeting today.
Ahead of the meeting between the foreign and defence ministers of both sides, the two ministries held separate bilateral meetings on Monday after the arrival of the visiting delegation -- US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and US Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper.

Meanwhile, in an interesting development in the Kerala gold smuggling case, wife of one of the accused has named Left MLA Karat Razak in her statement 

According to the statement of Soumya, wife of Sandeep Nair, she has made references about LDA-backed Independent MLA Karat Raza and a businessman Karat Faizal.

This and more in this edition of First Up.
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