Just after it came out that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is planning to kidnap or assassinate India’s top scientists, the Government of India beefed up the security of its prominent scientists. The government on Sunday provided "Z" category security to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair, and "Y" category security to six other notable space scientists.

Mumbai, Apr 6: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani has promised that his government would give top priority to national security, if voted to power.

Addressing a joint rally with Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park in Central Mumbai last night, Advani said that identity cards would be mandatory for all citizens of the country in view of the continuous illegal immigration from Bangladesh.

Mumbai, Apr 6: The trail of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured in the Mumbai terror attacks last year, will begin from April 15.

The trial will begin at Arthur Road central jail.

On Sunday, Kasab''s trial was put on hold by a week, as the construction of the special court in the jail premises was not yet over.

"The construction of court''s slab is still on and the work is expected to be completed in six to seven days," special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said.

New Delhi, Apr 6: Vice President M. Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh have greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, which will be celebrated tomorrow.

In his message, the Vice President said that the teachings of Bhagwan Mahavir are relevant at all times to emancipate mankind from suffering and to ensure peace and happiness through spiritual excellence

He called upon the people to imbibe the enlightened teachings of Bhagwan Mahavir to usher in peaceful and harmonious society.

New Delhi, Apr. 6: An auto lifter, who stole over thousand vehicles in the past 20 years, has been arrested in connection with TV news producer Soumya Vishwanathan’s murder case.

“Ajay Sethi was arrested by a special team of Delhi Police from Faridabad-Badarpur border on Sunday night and the car used in the crime was recovered,” said H G S Dhaliwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).

Sethi was absconding since last month after the arrest of four persons in connection with the murders of Vishwanathan and IT executive Jigisha Ghosh.

New Delhi, Apr. 6: Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor Govind Singh Gurjar died in New Delhi on Monday following a cardiac arrest.

Gurjar, 77, was admitted to a private hospital on March 14 following a massive cardiac arrest when he was visiting his native village in Rajasthan.

He suffered another attack on Monday and was declared dead at 6:00 a. m.

Pudducherry Chief Minister, V. Vaidhilingam and his cabinet ministers have offered condolences on Gurjar’s demise.