PRAMOD MAHAJAN MURDER CASE:
“The murder is not a rarest of rare case and therefore death need not be indicted,” says judge S P Davare.
Pravin Mahajan gets life imprisonment
Pravin was given life imprisonment for the charge of murder and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 15,000, while he was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 on the charge of house trespass. Both prison terms are to run concurrently.
Reinvestigate case against Tytler: Court
The CBI had filed a report before the court, claiming that one Jasbir Singh had allegedly heard Tytler inciting a mob to kill Sikhs after the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi but his whereabouts could not be located.
LOUISIANA MURDER
Sketches of murder suspects released
Police have released the sketches of two men wanted for questioning in the murder of two Indian students of Louisiana State University, who were killed last week, after a meeting with the Indian diplomats. Bodies to be flown back to India
Bodies of two Indian students of Louisiana State University, Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam -- will be flown back to their native place in Hyderabad. File photo of Allam Kiran Kumar
'Diwali in jail was a sad part'
Out on bail, actor Sanjay Dutt says, Spending Diwali in jail was the very sad part, as he couldn't be with his family. Dutt also feels that there is a need to bring about a change in jail rules.
Google mulls desi version of cross-language search
Internet giant Google may come up with Indian version of its cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) facility, which searches queries in English pages and gives result in native language.
Fidel Castro hints at retirement
Since stepping back, Fidel Castro the Cuban President has made only a few taped television appearances. On Monday night, a letter from Fidel Castro was read aloud during a news roundtable programme on Cuban television.
COLD SPELL IN NORTH: Rail, air, road traffic disrupted
Left: A truck driver smokes tobacco while looking out of a window in Mundera, near Allahabad. Below: Vegetable vendors sit around a bonfire in Jammu. People warm their hands over a fire, in the morning fog in Delhi. Delhi shivers at season's lowest 4.4 C
However, weatherman predicted that there could be respite from biting cold in a couple of days due to an approaching Western Disturbance.
Mars to come closest to earth on Tuesday evening
The two worlds will lie only 55 million miles apart. Mars won't be this near to Earth again until the year 2016, said NASA scientists in their spaceweather alert report on Tuesday.
Pravin Mahajan arrives at a local court in Mumbai on Tuesday. He was found guilty of murdering his brother Pramod Mahajan in April last year. AP
Shahrukh, Big B story better than history
Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai serve as more influential role models for youngsters than any of the famous figures from history, a new study from the University of Leicester suggests.
Kaka named FIFA World Player of the Year
Kaka, 25, beat fellow nominees Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo in the annual poll.
Brazilian soccer player Kaka (L), receives the trophy from soccer legend Pele after being named FIFA World Player of the Year.
CRICKET CAPSULE: INDIA IN AUSTRALIA
Kumble urges senior mates to conquer the Aussie frontier
''Most of the senior cricketers are here on their last tour of Australia, so its very important we go back victorious, said 37-year-old Kumble. ''The Aussies will miss Warnie (Shane Warne), so that's something we can exploit...'' Batsmen will hold the key, says Tendulkar ''We have terrific players, great players in our team. We have the potential to compete and we all believe we will go out and compete,'' Tendulkar said. Tait, Hogg given Test berths
Tait was recalled after missing the Sri Lankan Test series due to an elbow injury, while chinaman Brad Hogg comes in place of leg-spinner Stuart MacGill, recuperating after a wrist injury... TEST SCHEDULE: Dec 26-30: 1st Test, Melbourne; Jan 2-6: 2nd Test, Sydney; Jan 16-20: 3rd Test, WACA Ground, Perth; Jan 24-28: 4th Test, Adelaide Oval. Watch out for Stuart Clark: Michael Bevan "Stuart bowls similar to what Glenn McGrath used to bowl. He has been a stand-out bowler and in the upcoming series, too, he should deliver," 37-year-old Bevan said. Unleash four-pronged pace battery: Lawson to Aussies
''Kumble is a very good thinking captain, and he has been getting out of them whatever they've got,'' Lawson said.
Cramped schedule likely to hurt India: Healy
Healy felt the visitors needed another fortnight to rejuvenate themselves before the four-Test series against the world champions. ''...It seems to me the Indian administrators haven't given themselves a fair chance, he added.
SURVEY TEAM TO STUDY EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANTARTICA'S ENVIRONMENT
Two teenagers peeved over bullying, gunned down their classmate in a Gurgaon public school. Is it symptomatic of the breakdown of discipline in schools or growing western influence or ill-effects of sudden affluence in society. Deccan Herald had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. While many of our readers opine that parents must show more responsibility in bringing up their children, a few say that there should be strict rules to curb violence in media contents.
Google mulls desi version of cross-language search
Fidel Castro hints at retirement
Left: A truck driver smokes tobacco while looking out of a window in Mundera, near Allahabad. Below: Vegetable vendors sit around a bonfire in Jammu. People warm their hands over a fire, in the morning fog in Delhi.
An Audi for hole-in-one at Bangalore Open
Mars to come closest to earth on Tuesday evening
