Cong helps Govt pass Patents Bill
The Patents (Amendment) Bill to allow exclusive marketing rights (EMRs) for foreign pharmaceuticals and agro-chemical firms was yesterday passed in the Lok Sabha with Congress support.

Dereservation in Vyas case totally illegal, HC
The division bench of Bombay High Court has ruled that the dereservation of the Pune plot on which the then Maharashtra's Chief Minister Manohar Joshi's son-in-law Girish Vyas went on to build a multi-storeyed commercial complex was "totally illegal,''.

Kusumagraj is dead
Versatile literary genius, Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar alias "Kusumagraj',"died today of cardiac arrest. Kusumagraj, who was 87, held sway over the Marathi literary world for five decades with his poems and plays.

Letters to the editor

LEISURE
  Kusumagraj -- Not just an armchair intellectual
  Gowda fusillade hits Fernandes' Russian tank deal

SPORTS
  Tendulkar's availability for tri-series uncertain
  Gaurav Natekar calls it quits

EXPRESSIONS
  Cancel the call please
  Lab develops novel carbon rings to help polio patients

BUSINESS
  RBI panel calls for cap on state govt guarantees
  Discordant notes

GENERAL
  HC stays trial in CTV case
  Kusumagraj is dead

POLITICS
  Cong helps Govt pass Patents Bill
  New tariff on hold to keep Mamata in fold