Behind the bars for 17 days, suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, locked in a confrontation with chief minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots, was on Monday released on bail by a sessions court which expressed “reasonable doubts” about the case in which he was arrested.

The Indian rupee was down by 22 paise to Rs 49.16 per US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, wiping out gains registered in the past two sessions on fresh demand for the American currency from banks and importers in view of dollar firmness in overseas markets.

A benchmark index for Indian equities on Monday gave up its modest early gains and fell below the 17,000-mark in noon trade. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE opened at 17,176.05 points and was ruling at 16,973.47 points, down 109.22 points or 0.64 per cent from its previous close at 17,082.69 points.

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare will observe an indefinite maun vrat (silence vow) from Sunday, but on health grounds.

Iqbal Mirchi, who had moved to the UK in 1995 as a dependant of his wife, Hina Iqbal Memon, had been arrested in the UK in April 1995.

Shares of low-cost air carrier SpiceJet spurted by over 6 per cent in morning trade on the BSE on Friday after the company raised Rs 131 crores through the allotment of shares to promoter Kalanithi Maran on a preferential basis.

A benchmark index for Indian equities markets on Friday broke free from the sluggishness in the morning session and rose in the later half to close 187 points higher.

The IIT sanctioned for Kerala will be set up at Kozhikode instead of Palakkad if sufficient land is available.

A local court here on Wednesday reserved the order on bail plea of the suspended and arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt till October 17.

Eminent ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away at around 8.10 am at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on Monday. He was admitted to the hospital on September 18 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was 70 and is survived by wife Chitra Singh. His funeral will take place on Tuesday at the Chandanwadi crematorium in Mumbai at around 3 pm.