Quicktakes

Bhatia target

MUMBAI: Controversial IAS officer Arun Bhatia, who was recently moved to the State Archives, today urged the Mumbai High Court to directthe CBI or Pune police to register FIR on alleged irregularities committed by Chief Secretary Arun Bongirwar, during the latter8217;S Tenure as Pune municipal commissioner. The petition would come up for hearing before on August 2 next.

Laloo8217;s bail

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today rejected the CBI8217;s plea to cancel the interim bail granted to Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the multi-crore fodder scam cases and extended his bail period by four months.

Bomb attack

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An undertrial was killed on the spot and another seriously injured in a daylight bomb attack in front of the sub-jail in Attakulangara. The undertrials were being brought to the sub-jail after producing them in the Attingal magistrate court when a gang arrived on the scene in an autorickshaw and threw a country-made bomb.