Mining scam: CBI set to chargesheet Reddy today

The chargesheet will be filed before 5 pm on Wednesday,otherwise all the accused will be released on bail, said a CBI source.

Reddy,his wife and their associates are accused of conspiring with government officials in Karnataka to steal large quantities of iron ore from the mines of Bellary for exports and domestic supplies by passing off the iron ore as being produced in the AMCs mines.

HC no to Italy plea,imposes Rs 1 lakh cost

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday rejected the petitions of the Italian government and its two marines to quash the FIR registered against the marines accused of killing two fishermen off the Kerala coast earlier this year. Judge P S Gopinanthan directed the Italian Consulate in Mumbai,which had represented the Italian government,to pay Rs 1 lakh towards court expenses. Besides,the families of the two deceased fishermen were asked to pay Rs 10,000 each.