
Six farmers end life
NAGPUR: In a shocking development, six cotton growers of the state, five of them from Vidarbha region, allegedly committed suicide last week following widespread damage to their cotton crop due to unseasonal rains, and their failure to repay loans.
Jain discharged
NEW DELHI: S K Jain, an accused in the Rs 65 crore Jain hawala case, was today discharged by a city court in a FERA violation case involving a transaction of Rs five crore with Dubai-based hawala dealer Amir Bhai.
SC okays Jaya trial
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today cleared decks for commencement of the full-fledged trial of AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha, her erstwhile cabinet colleagues and some senior bureaucrats in certain corruption cases by three Chennai special courts.
Brigand surrounded
BANGALORE: The Special Task Forces of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had surrounded the hideout of notorious forest brigand Veerappan at Kadambur and would soon end the bandit8217;s elusive run, KarnatakaMinister of State for Home, R Roshan Baig said today. 8220;Anything will happen any time,8221; Baig said.
Fodder scam
PATNA: Former Bihar chief ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra would be produced before the court of the designated CBI Judge S K Lal in a conspiracy angle case of fodder scam tomorrow.