First time after ouster, former Nepal King coming to India

In what ostensibly appears like a private visit, former King Gyanendra and his wife Komal will tomorrow leave for a two-week long visit to India, their first after the monarchy was abolished from Nepal in June.

They will attend a family wedding in Bhopal. Prime Minister Prachanda was informed about the visit today, an official source said.

The Secretariat of the former King has kept the trip under wraps but Foreign Ministry sources told The Indian Express that the King has not been issued any passport which means the former royals will use their “citizenship” or simple travel documents to visit India.

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Four Indians among 15 held in Spain over al-Qaeda links

Spanish police have arrested 15 people, including four Indians and one Pakistani, suspected of forging passports and other documents for al-Qaeda, news reports said on Tuesday.

Cadena SER radio and other media outlets said at least 10 people were arrested in Barcelona. Police confirmed an operation was in progress but could not give details.

SER radio said the suspects were from North African countries. It said no explosives had been found and that police were searching for a printer used to forge passports. Else where, four Indians and one Pakistani were arrested in the eastern town of Mislata as part of same operation, a police spokeswoman in the regional capital of Valencia said. She spoke on condition of anonymity.

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