NEW DELHI - The verdict on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to shut the Bofors payoff case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi has been deferred till March 4.

DARJEELING - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said that the separate state of Gorkhaland would never be carved out.

CHANDIGARH - He cannot see but has always wanted to reach out to people through his voice. Now Rishi, 21, is doing just that, thanks to Panjab University's community radio Jyotirgamaya that gave him a chance to host a radio show.

LEH - It has been a long journey for me, growing up in Ladakh and having all the aspirations of any ordinary girl who wants a happy life. Not for a moment did I imagine that I would find this happiness amongst the disabled people in Ladakh, those who struggle not only with the hard life in this icy desert terrain but with their own compromised abilities seeking a life of dignity which so many of us take for granted.

NEW DELHI - Senior BJP leader and former Telecom Minister Arun Shourie will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today in connection with its probe into the 2G scam.