Budget 2012: Cash-strapped govt to cut defence spending? (The Times of India)
Sources say the reluctant move is due to acute fiscal distress thanks to huge shortfall in tax collection, disinvestment and miscalculation of subsidies. Read

Relief to NRI couple as uncle is to get custody of children (The Hindu)
The district court is to hold hearings on March 23, when it is expected to overturn its own ruling sending the children into care until they become majors.

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2002 Gujarat riots: Court to hear Jafri's fresh petition (Hindustan Times)
An Ahmedabad court is likely to hear a fresh petition filed by Zakia jafri, wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri today in the Gulbarg Society case. Read

Karkare was under pressure to nail RSS: Bhagwat (Hindustan Times)
Five days before he was killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the then ATS chief Hemant Karkare had told RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat that he was under tremendous pressure to nail Sangh activists in unsolved blast cases. Read

 Interior designer, shooter held for Shehla murder (Indian Express)
While these are the first arrests in the case, three others were also detained today. Read

Letters Rogatory sent in Maran-Aircel Maxis case (The Hindu)

Admitting that sniffing out the trail was a "painstakingly slow'' process, the sources said investigators were treading cautiously as the probe involved getting assistance from appropriate authorities in foreign countries. Read

Kudankulam: case filed against four NGOs (The Hindu)
Senior Home Ministry officials said the bank accounts of the NGOs had been frozen. Read