Gandhis ashes immersed Sixty years after he was assassinated by a fanatic, Mahatma Gandhis mortal remains in the form of ashes were immersed in the Arabian sea at Girgaum beach here on Wednesday.
Telgi gets 10 yrs RI, Rs 3-cr fine A special CBI court here on Wednesday sentenced Abdul Karim Telgi, prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam, to ten years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 3 crore after he pleaded guilty.
Corruption in State AIDS projects A World Bank investigation that probed 53 HIV/AIDS projects worth in excess of Rs 6 crore in Karnataka under the second phase of National AIDS Control Programme, has found many evidences of fraud and corruption in as many as 50 projects.
Mittal can be prosecuted in Blore: SC The Supreme Court has said Som Mittal, the former chief executive officer and managing director of HP Global Soft and present NASSCOM president, can be prosecuted under the Karnataka Special Act in the case registered concerning the alleged rape and murder of BPO employee Pratibha Srikantamurthy two years back.
All cases registered after 93 riots The Maharashtra Government has told the Supreme Court that the police registered all the cases that came to various police stations in connection with riots in Mumbai in the aftermath of the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya in 1993.
President Prathiba Singh Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pay tribute at the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi on 'Martyrs Day', the occasion of his 60th death anniversary, in New Delhi on Wednesday. AFP
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