Nation

While speaking at the All India Conference of Director Generals and IGs of police, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the recent blasts that took place in Mumbai and New Delhi are a “Grave reminder” of the threat posed by terrorism to the national security.

The lawyer fraternity along with the whole country stood united in condemning the blast that took place at the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. These included the lawyers who have defended several persons accused of terror attacks in the country.

In a shocking development in the Karnataka mining scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy, also known as the mining czar, and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy, managing director of Obalapuram Mining Company, on Monday.

The Madras High Court has stayed the execution of the three convicts in the assassination case of the Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for 8 weeks.