It was Sadananda Gowda's moment in the sun today and his name suggests, the new chief minister elect of Karnataka, couldn't stop smiling. All the news on what happened in the state as you scroll down. Gowda will take oath of office on Friday. The other stories today...

1. Virat, Ojha replace Yuvi, Bhajji in England Tests
2. On hospital bed in court, Mubarak pleads not guilty
3.  Norway gunman spared youngest on island
4. I took no decision in Adarsh case: Narayan Rane
5. Gowda to be sworn in as Karnataka CM on Friday
6. Sheila Dikshit refuses to comment on CAG report
7. Rajiv Gandhi Trust: Gadkari demands Hooda's head
8. Chautala to go on trial in corruption case
9. Ramdev aide Balkrishna appears before CBI
10. Price rise debate in Parliament

The bbc.co.uk reports that a Malaysian TV channel has withdrawn a series of public-service messages about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, after viewers complained they were racist.

One of the adverts showed an ethnic Chinese girl acting in a rude manner towards Muslims, followed by a message saying: "Do not be loud or obnoxious."

In another of the adverts the girl is wearing a vest-top and is told: "Do not wear tight and revealing clothes." The station, 8TV, apologised for any "inconvenience or uneasiness" caused.

In a scene that Egyptians could have never imagined, ousted president Hosni Mubarak, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom, deined all charges of corruption. He has also been charged with complicity in killing protesters during Egypt's uprising. The scene, shown live on Egypt's state TV, was Egyptians' first look at the 83-year-old since February 10, the day before his fall when he gave a defiant speech refusing to resign. Read

Dikshit said she would only comment on the report after it was tabled in Parliament.

The CAG report is understood to have rapped the Government in Delhi for irregularities in certain contracts related to the Commonwealth Games.

Dikshit has been blamed for costing the government Rs. 31 crore in losses by deciding to use imported equipment for street lighting in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games. 

In Bengaluru, Karnataka's chief minister in waiting S Gowda says there is a tough job ahead for him.

R Rajagopalan on twitter gets us anecdotes from today's session in Parliament.

MK Alagiri Union Minister entered Lok Sabha at 2 pm and left at 2:30 hours, while Minister Jairam Ramesh takes out copies of the land acquisition bill from his leather bag distributing it to the leaders of political parties in LS.

News of another Gowda.

Deve Gowda was seen in Lok Sabha in front row wearing dark glasses, still dozzing off. Mulayam Singh seen restless on Gowda snoaring.

BJP's Dhananjaya Kumar tells CNN IBN that the state cannot do without BSY since he has a mass base and is therefore a mass leader. Basically, Yeddy has still won the battle in Karnataka.

Gowda is supposed to be close aide of the outgoing chief minister. A lawyer by profession, he began his career in politics at a young age beginning as an activist of the party's youth wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad.

He was also involved in the cooperative and labour movements of his native district. He first came into the limelight when he turned giant-killer and defeated the well-entrenched Congress stalwart Janardhan Poojary from Mangalore in the 2004 general elections.

In the 2009 elections, he was shifted to the neighbouring Udupi Chikmagalur constituency and won.

So who is D V Sadananda Gowda?

The new Karnataka chief minister is a former president of the Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a MP representing the Udupi Chikmagalur constituency and has been pitch-forked into the reckoning as a chief ministerial candidate following the resignation of B S Yeddyruppa on Thursday because he is seen as a non-controversial candidate.

Details on Toral Varia's report on the bail granted to Malegaon blast accused Shivnarayan Kalsangra and Shyam Sahu. The two have been in custody since
October 2008, and were granted bail on a surety of Rs one lakh each today.

The court said, "There is not sufficient material to show prima facie involvement of the two accused in the blast case. They have not taken any active part in the blast conspiracy.

"The only link of these two accused to the blast case is that they knew the prime accused Ramchandra Kalsangra, who is yet to be arrested," Justice A M Thipsay remarked while granting bail.

Shivnarayan is Ramchandra's brother and Shyam was his business partner. Ramchandra is still absconding in the case.

The court further observed that though the duo were aware about Ramchandra's involvement in unlawful activities and about his strong philosophy for Hindutava, it is not sufficient to accuse them of being part of the conspiracy.

As we wait for news of Karnataka's new CM, read this in the Indian Express: 'Funds for terror activities come from Saudi'

Vicky Nanjappa reports:

When the BJP national leaders landed in Bangalore, it was decided that Sadananda Gowda would be the CM and Jagdish Shettar the deputy CM.

However, the Shettar camp has opposed this completely, which has forced the BJP to opt for a secret ballot. The BJP legislators have been told not to go public about the secret ballot since it will send out a wrong signal to the people.

Rediff.com's Toral Varia says that two men -- Shyam Sahu and Shivnarayan Kalsangra -- accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, have been granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Read the lastest on the blasts.

OK, it's begun. BJP MLAs begin secret ballot voting for Karnataka CM.

Vicky Nanjappa reports that Rajnath Singh has just addressed the legislators and told them they need to stay united. He says that it is important in the larger interest of the party to have a consensus candidate .

Meanwhile, inside Hotel Capitol, the scene is tense. Leaders are aggressive about pushing their candidate and the pleas by senior leaders have fallen on deaf years.

Yeddys camp with 71 MLAs is now pushing for a secret ballot. Jaitley and Rajnath seem emotional as they say that the party should not be fractured and a secret ballot be avoided at any cost.

While the Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm, the Lok Sabha session is still on, with Yashwant Sinha hammering away on price rise. He says the BJP can control price rise, inflation in two months. Says inflation is unacceptable and economic growth is not viable if people are dying of hunger.

In an aside, yesterday, CPI MP D Raja complained to the Railway Canteen manager about the poor quality of snacks at the Central Hall of Parliament. Raja found a stone in his idli.

Newsflash: Rajya Sabha adjourns till 2 pm following uproar over the Haryana land allotment issue.

And...

CBI starts property attachment of absconders in CWG Timing, Scoring and Results system case. Here's the background

Meanwhile, in Pakistan, a hearing on a petition challenging a possible presidential pardon for Sarabjit Singh, the Indian national on death row following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in Pakistan in 1990, has been adjourned till September 20 by a Lahore court . 

Sarabjit has been on death row since he was convicted for alleged involvement in four bomb blasts in 1990 that killed 14 people.

Here's the government communique on criminal proceedings against BS Yeddyurappa.

His Excellency the Governor of Karnataka and the competent authority under the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, having carefully examined the report of Hon'ble Lokayukta along with relevant annexures, with reference to the provisions of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1994 and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, accepted the findings and recommendation of Hon'ble Lokayukta in Chapter 22 of the Report for initiating criminal proceedings against Shri BS Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka.  

He has also noted that Hon'ble Lokayukta may take further necessary action through Lokayukta Police.  

The decision of the competent authority has been forwarded to the Registrar, Karnataka Lokayukta for placing it before Hon'ble Lokayukta of Karnataka.

In other news, Home Minister P Chidambaram says the government will decide on seeking a review of the Apex court judgment on Salwa Judum in the next few days.

The Centre was all set to file a petition in the Supreme Court, asking it to review its judgment on the disbanding of Salwa Judum as the order is likely affect the anti-Naxal operations, yesterday.

The government law officers are exploring the grounds on which the review petition will be filed this week and they have closeted with senior Home Ministry officials several times in past few days to discuss the issue, sources said.

Day 3 of Parliament has begun. So far things seem calm, no raised voices. Pranab Mukherjee is likely to lead the debate, even as the CPI-M calls the compromise between the NDA and UPA -- bogus..

The NDA says its hopes the price rise debate will lead to concrete results.

The bbc.co.uk story on the trial of Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak. The trial is due to start in the capital, Cairo, today. Mubarak has been charged with with corruption and ordering the killing of protesters - a charge that carries the death penalty.

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Here's what's happening in Karnataka --  a behind the scenes look. Our man in Bengaluru, Vicky Nanjappa, says it's just a matter of time before the state gets its new chief minister.

A BJP legislators meeting has now been fixed for 11 am. Seniour leaders from Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh have been involved in deliberations all through the night to bring about a consensus between the BS Yeddyurappa and Ananth Kumar factions who are claiming the support of 60 MLAs each. BJP sources say that the meeting at 11 am today will bring about clarity on the issue and there is expected to be a consensus.

Jagadish Shettar however appeared to look confident that he would be elected the next CM of the state. Sadananda Gowda is meeting with Yeddyurappa after which he will meet with the senior leaders. The BJP however is trying its best to bring about a consensus candidate and would not want any split in the party especially after the party's image has taken a beating.

The party is ready to sacrifice both Shettar and Gowda if there is no consensus and could even propose the name of a third candidate to avoid any tussle. The Yeddyurappa camp is however adamant that it would install its candidate and adds that it is even ready for a show of strength if required.

Big day ahead for Karnataka as the BJP legislative committee announces the name of the new chief minister. Day 3 of the monsoon session of Parliament when the NDA and UPA agree to discuss price rise.

Lok Sabha to discuss price rise under voting rule today. (The Hindu)

Government concedes Oppositions demand, wants it to agree to a motion that can be passed unanimously. Read

NDA government blamed for appointing Kalmadi (The Hindu)

UPA in damage control mode after another CAG report. Read

Will return as CM in six months, says BSY (Indian Express)
His comments come on a day when he moved the HC seeking quashing of Lokayukta report. Read

New Karnataka CM to be dicided today: Sadananda or Shettar? (DNA)
While BJP senior leaders reach Banaglore to decide on the new Chief Minister, Sadananda Gowda and Jagadish Shettar fight their best for the chair. Read

Breather for Amar Singh? No sufficient evidence say sources (Hindustan Times)

In a breather for Amar Singh, sources suggest that there is no sufficient evidence to arrest any politician, including Amar Singh in the cash-for-vote scandal that hit headlines during the Indo-US civil nuclear deal trust vote in 2008. Read

China suspected behind biggest-ever cyber attacks (Hindustan Times)

Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organizations including India and the United Nations, governments and companies around the world. Read

Tatas 'donated' Rs 20 crore at Raja's request, says Balwa (The Times of India)

Swan Telecom Promoter Shahid Usman Balwa on Tuesday insinuated that the Tatas had paid off former telecom minister A Raja Rs 20 crore. Read

India to give $2 billion to fund bailouts in Europe (The Times of India)
India will fund bailouts in Europe, marking a role reversal from 20 years ago when it went knocking on the doors of the IMF to avert a balance of payments crisis. Read

Mob fury: Villagers lynch 9 thieves near Bangalore (DNA)
On seeing a group with sacks filled with coins and old metal, villagers assumed they were thieves and killed them. Read