Wednesday, January 5, 2011, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 2:30 am (IST)

Guard guns down Pak Punjab Governor
Assassin confesses he had avenged Governor’s statement against blasphemy law
Punjab Governor Salman Taseer was assassinated here on Tuesday by his security guard while emerging from a restaurant in capital's heavily guarded area. The alleged assassin identified as Malik Mumtaz Qadri confessed he had avenged the Governor's statement against the blasphemy law labelling it as a "man-made black law".

A file photo of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer (left); and the arrested police guard sits in a police van in Islamabad on Tuesday. — AFP

Nothing new in ruling on Bofors: CBI to court
New Delhi, January 4
A day after the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that kickbacks worth Rs 41 crore were paid to late Win Chadha and Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the controversial Bofors gun deal, the CBI told a local court that the tribunal’s order was “nothing new” and pleaded for the closure of the case.

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Sex-tainted MLA stabbed by woman, dies
Patna, January 4
BJP MLA from Purnea Raj Kishor Keshri (51) was stabbed to death by a woman visitor on Tuesday morning under mysterious circumstances while he was meeting visitors at his residence in the constituency. The bodyguards and supporters of the MLA immediately overpowered the assailant and thrashed her badly before the police took her in custody.

Karkare’s call
Digvijay provides ‘proof’
New Delhi, January 4
Congress leader Digvijay Singh today presented “proof” of the call he received from slain ATS chief Hemant Karkare on the fateful day of November 26, 2008. Furnishing call records of the mobile number he was using at that time, Singh sought an apology from Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil and all those, including BJP leaders, who had dubbed him a “liar” and accused him of “weakening India’s position regarding the terror attacks”
Digvijay Singh shows a letter addressed to Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI

Murder of Boy from Kerala
Dubai court sentences 10 Punjabis for 15 yrs
Chandigarh/Dubai, January 4
A Dubai Shariat Court today held 10 Indians and a Pakistani boy guilty of murdering a co-Indian worker after a drunken brawl and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for periods varying from 10 years to life.

Chidambaram assures safety for Binayak family
New Delhi, January 4
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today allayed apprehension of any threat to the life of Ilina Sen, wife of jailed activist Binayak Sen who has been sentenced on the charge of sedition, or any member of her family. He advised her to go in appeal if she was not satisfied with the Raipur court verdict awarding life term to the paediatrician for supporting Naxalites.
I am sorry if she (Binayak Sen’s wife) apprehends threat to her life. I will speak to the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh also. There is no reason why she or any member of her family should feel threatened in India. — P Chidambaram, Union Home Minister

FIR against Citibank global CEO, 10 others in fraud case
Gurgaon, January 4
The local policy today registered an FIR naming Indian-born global CEO of the bank Vikram Pandit and 10 other officials in the Rs 300-crore Citibank fraud case. The fraud at the bank's Gurgaon branch, involving diversion of depositors money into the stock market, was uncovered last week. (Details on Nation page)