3-yr RI for Pereira in hit-and-run case While a sessions court had awarded just six months jail to Alistair Pereira due to the want of enough evidence, the Bombay High Court, which had reopened the case after the public outcry against the verdict, enhanced the sentence to three years hard labour.
SK Singh is Rajasthan Governor Shilendra Kumar Singh, former diplomat and governor of Arunachal Pradesh, was sworn in as the new governor of Rajasthan at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan.
Cong menu: Half baked growth rate for dinner "Anybody with any objectivity and respect for truth has to open newspapers to find out that we are a country galloping with 8-9 per cent growth," AICC spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said.
IAF to boost defence along eastern skies The IAF has formally closed down its airbase at Tezpur in central Assam, in order to make it fit for the state-of-the-art Sukhoi 30s and other new generation combat aircrafts that it is likely to induct by 2012.
Monica Bedi acquittal upheld Bhopal district and sessions judge Renu Sharma has upheld the decision of a lower court acquitting Monica Bedi in a forged passport case.
The power game in Karnataka is headed for a climax. Come October 3, will JD(S) hand over power to the BJP? If it does, will Mr B S Yediyurappa become the chief minister? We invite our readers to express their opinion in about 100 words.
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