Mumbai Attacks
Pak court records evidence
Islamabad, January 30
A Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of seven men, including Lashker-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks, today recorded evidence against the accused and the testimony of a witness.

IPL Fiasco
It’s Modi’s fault: PCB
New Delhi, January 30
Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ejaz Butt has squarely blamed the Indian Premier League (IPL) and its commissioner Lalit Modi for ignoring Pakistani players for the third season of India’s Twenty20 league, but said it will not have any long term effect on sporting ties between the two countries.

62 years after death, Gandhi’s ashes immersed off Durban
Durban, January 30
Sixty two years after Mahatma Gandhis's assassination, ashes of the apostle of peace, preserved by a family friend, were finally immersed in the Indian Ocean off the South African coast today.



President Pratibha Patil pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Drunk woman driver kills two in Mumbai
Mumbai, January 30
One police officer and a biker were killed and four police constables were seriously injured when a woman driving under the influence of alcohol knocked them down near Mumbai's Marine Drive early this morning, the police said. The names of the dead have been given as Assistant Sub Inspector Dinanath Shinde of the traffic police department and Afzal Kanojia.

No regional benches of SC: CJI
New Delhi, January 30
Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan today opposed the proposal for setting up regional Benches of the Supreme Court, stating that it would dilute the importance of the apex court. “I feel the Supreme Court cannot be in any other part of India…. It is the final court and we should maintain its integrity,” the CJI said at a function here.

Quacks at work in top hospitals too 2 lakh fake docs operating in India; MCI registered 41 FIRs last year New Delhi, January 30 If you thought shady alleys in remote corners of villages and cities alone could house quacks, think again. Over the past one year, health authorities have detected close to 20 fake doctors operating in some of the most reputed multi-speciality hospitals in and around the Capital. These include Batra Hospital; Max Balaji Hospital, an ISO-certified heart care facility; Dharamsila Cancer Hospital, one of the best cancer hospitals in India; Shanti Mukund Hospital; Sant Parmanand Hospital; Deepak Memorial and Action Balaji hospitals.