The government may be bullish about economic growth next fiscal, but leading economists are not as confident as North block mandarins about India's ability to even maintain the current rate, given domestic and global headwinds facing the country.

NCP MLA from Pachora Dilip Wagh, who has been booked for allegedly raping a girl, was on Saturday suspended from the party, which asked the Maharashtra government to conduct an 'in-depth' inquiry into the incident.

Keeping with an interim order passed by the Supreme Court in connection with the disbursement of funds of Harshad Mehta Group (HMG),the Bombay high court has directed the custodian of assests of the late stock broker to release Rs 1995.66 crore to the income tax department, to clear their dues.

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case, has been placed under arrest by Madhya Pradesh police in connection with the murder of Sunil Joshi, a suspect in the Samjhauta Express blast case who was killed at Dewas in December 2007.

Supporting senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde’s suggestion of a tri-partite alliance, party chief Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said MNS and other parties are important for defeating the ruling Congress-NCP combine in the state.

The Bombay high court on Monday confirmed the death sentence of lone surviving 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Aamir Kasab, saying it had no option but to confirm the death penalty awarded by the trial court. Any other sentence would be inadequate for the “rarest of rare” crime by the accused, who had no scope of reformation.

The police on Sunday arrested an employee with a Mumbai-based construction company for allegedly attacking Right to Information activist Santosh Daundkar on Saturday.

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The Bombay high court on Monday is expected to decide the fate of the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Aamir Kasab along with Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed.

Union minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said that the investigation into the 2006 Malegaon blast carried out by the Maharashtra ATS and the CBI were unfair.