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Guv okays K’taka CM’s prosecution
Bangalore, January 21
The political potboiler in Karnataka, featuring fight between Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and Governor HR Bhardwaj, is heading for a stormy climax with the Governor today according sanction for the prosecution of the Chief Minister.

Vital to sustain talks, but ball is in Pak’s court: PM’s envoy
New Delhi, January 21
India needs to intensify its engagement with Pakistan, notwithstanding its fragile polity and uncertain interest in peace at this stage, because keeping away from it is not a wise choice, Prime Minister's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan SK Lambah said today.

Lt Gen Rath found guilty in Sukna scam
New Delhi, January 21
A court martial of the Indian Army today found the former 33 Corps Commander Lt Gen P. K. Rath ‘guilty’ on three counts in the Sukna land scam in West Bengal that rocked the force and tarnished its image in the latter part of 2009 and early 2010.

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The charges n Intent to defraud the army by issuing the NOC "improperly and without authority" n Signing an MoU with the private realtor to reserve seats in the educational institution for wards of Army officers n Not informing the higher authorities about the land transfer. Punishment The fraud charges could attract punishment from “displeasure to dismissal”.

Staines’ murder: SC confirms life term to Dara
New Delhi, January 21
Confirming the life sentence awarded to Dara Singh for burning to death Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons in Orissa in 1999, the Supreme Court today frowned upon religious conversions as well as killings that have a communal or caste angle.                            A file photo of Dara Singh

Golden Temple may go public with its treasure
As of now one can see rare relics, ornaments only during ‘jalau’, a show of splendour
Amritsar, January 21
Soon pilgrims visiting the Golden Temple may not have to wait for a special occasion like the Gurpurb to catch a glimpse of rare artefacts and invaluable gifts kept in the shrine’s ‘toshakhana’ (treasure), as the SGPC is contemplating to put them on public display permanently. (Details on Punjab page)

Hardest to get published in Turkey: Orhan Pamuk
Jaipur, January 21
Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel laureate whose session remained talk of the day on the opening day of Jaipur Literature Festival, which took off today, said, "I am translated in 58 countries but the hardest thing was to get published in Turkey (the country he belongs to and writes about).”

Nobel winner Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk at a book-signing event on the first day of the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday. — AFP