NEW DELHI: In a major blow to consumers, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority today hiked prices of 20 drug formulations, including Dettol liquid anti-septic, Novalgin tablet and insulin injection. Prices of different bottles of Dettol have been increased in the range of 3.94 per cent and 5.44 per cent.

Bhutto sentenced

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was today sentenced to five years in jail, disqualified from politics and fined $8.6 million by the Lahore High Court.

Shaheen test-fired

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today test fired a second nuclear-capable missile, the Shaheen I, the first in a new series of surface-to-surface missiles, with a range of 750 km (450 miles), military and Government officials said.

NATO bombs

PARIS: At least 75 people were killed and 25 injured when two convoys of refugees were bombed during NATO air raids in western Kosovo last night even as the United States said bombings wouldcontinue.

SC on Jaya

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a bunch of SLPs challenging the constitutional validity of two notifications issued by the Tamil Nadu Government and one by the Centre on the trial of several corruption cases against Jayalalitha.

Poet dead

JALANDHAR: Noted Hindi and Punjabi poet Madhusudan Sharma suffered a heart attack and died during a book release function at Kapurthala, near here, today. Madhusudan's latest anthology Vachhar (Showers) was being released when the poet suffered a heart attack.