APF seizes fertiliser

LAHAN: Armed Police Force (APF) Base-camp, Jhajarpatti has seized three carts of urea fertilizers being smuggled to India. The 34-sacks of urea fertilizers worth around Rs 30,000 has been seized from Fulbaria village of Nawarajpur VDC. — RSS

Ending child labour

BHUBANESWAR: An anti-child labour body on Saturday demanded an amendment to article 24 of the Indian constitution to end child labour in the country. The National Coordination Committee of the Campaign Against Child Labour held a two-day long meet that ended in Hyderabad. Article 24 of the constitution ‘unfortunately provides legal validity to the child labour system in India’. — HNS

ASEAN, Japan FTA

MANILA: Economic ministers from ASEAN and Japan have agreed in principle on major elements of a free trade agreement they hope to sign in November. — AP