Cheques bare Romesh's extortion links
The recovery of two cheques worth Rs 50 lakh from the house of Romesh Sharma during the October 20 raids may prove to be a clinching piece of documentary evidence to link him to the extortion racket being run by the Dubai-based mafia.

Karnataka says no to CBI probe
The Karnataka government in Thursday withdrew the blanket permission granted to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe any issue based on complaints.

Original retractions were not enough for Anwar, says Witness
Malaysia's former deputy premier forced police to produce even stronger retractions from two people who had accused him of illegal sex, a former police official testified in court on Thursday.

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