Nitish Katara murder
Life term for Yadavs
New Delhi, May 30
Rejecting the prosecution’s plea of death sentence to the accused Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav in the Nitish Katara murder trial, Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur today awarded life imprisonment to the duo. “I have awarded life sentence to both the convicts as the case does not fall under the rarest of rare cases.

Petro-blues
In Punjab, oil cos impose a Rs 300 limit Chandigarh, May 30 Even as the Ministry of Petroleum has denied any hoarding of fuel, the oil marketing companies have allegedly started cutting down on the fuel supply to its retail outlets. Reports coming in from different parts of Punjab said most of the retail outlets were not selling fuel beyond Rs 300 to one consumer.	Police called in parts of Mumbai Mumbai, May 30 Police personnel have been deployed at several petrol pumps across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane after petrol pumps in the area ran out of stocks. With petrol pumps putting up no supply boards for the past three days, tempers have been running high and motorists are getting into scuffles with employees of these pumps.

Hello mate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with his childhood friend from Pakistan, Raja Mohammed Ali, who called on him at his residence in New Delhi on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Inflation at 8.1% — 45-month high
New Delhi, May 30
The steps initiated by the government seem to have little impact on rising prices as the inflation rose to a 45-month high of 8.1 per cent for the week ended May 17 on account of rising prices of fruits, vegetables, pulses, spices and some industrial fuels. (Details in Business page)
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Punjab VAT Tribunal No. 2 put on notice
Chandigarh, May 30
An inquiry conducted by chairman VAT Tribunal Punjab Justice M.M. Aggarwal (retired) into the conduct of two fellow members of the tribunal in a specific case has found both officials guilty of reversing their own orders with the presumption that the same has been done for “extraneous considerations”.

Gujjar Reservation
Mulayam for special session
Lucknow, May 30
Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Mulayam Singh Yadav has asked for a special session of the Assembly to discuss the issue of reservation for Gujjars. Yadav, who is also national president of the Samajwadi Party, said he had asked Chief Minister Mayawati to convene a session of the Vidhan Sabha at the earliest.

2 Gujjars die in Sawai Madhopur Jaipur, May 30 Two Gujjar protesters were killed and a policeman critically injured in fresh outbreak of violence at Sawai Madhopur, about 180 kilometeres from here, this morning. Four other cops were also injured in the incident. Gujjar protesters have sat on a dharna with the dead bodies at Kushalidharra, leading to the creation of a third sit-in protest site in the state, where dead bodies of slain protesters are being used by the Gujjars to barter for their demand for an ST status. Postmortem allowed outside state Nation page: Transport services hit in Uttarakhand Meeting held to scrutinise Gujjars’ demand Railways cancels 8 trains Delhi page: BKU backs Gujjars