First terrorist case under penal law The Coimbatore serial blasts case was the first terrorist related case to be tried under the normal penal laws of the country.
'Indians to fly even if air fare rises two fold' According to a survey conducted by aviation consultant Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation [CAPA], 67 per cent of passengers of full service carriers (FSC) and 51 per cent of low cost carrier (LCC) travellers would have in any case travelled even if the fare had been doubled.
Tug-of-war over CRB post Railway minister Lalu prasad wanted RB's Member (Staff) K C Jena to be made the CRB following the retirement on Tuesday of J P Batra, whereas the PMO, according to official sources, refused to do so on the ground that Jena did not have a two-year term ahead of him which is now the norm for key posts
Lending vision... Immy Bidwell, a social worker from Scotland helps a visually challenged student Saraswathi on computer at Devnar School for Blind in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The first digital library for visually challenged students in Andhra Pradesh was inaugurated at the school. AP
Film actor Sanjay Dutt has been sentenced to six years in jail by the TADA court.
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