A former divisional commander of Hizbul-Mujahedin, Rayees Kachroo escaped from a court premises in Pulwama in south Kashmir on Tuesday.

He was arrested seven months ago.

V.K. Suri, Vice-Chancellor of Chandrashekhar Azad Agriculture University, who last month shut the campus doors on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, tendered his resignation on Tuesday.

In a surprising move, the West Bengal police has arrested three school kids in connection with the Maoist ambush on the chief minister's convoy on Sunday.

Out of these three school going kids, two are studying in Class IX at Katapahari High School and the third is a Class VII student of a Lalgarh school.

Indian equities extended its losses on poor economic fears in the global front.

The 30-share index BSE Sensex belled the day below 10,000 at 9,755.03 after falling 364.98 points. Realty, metal, oil & gas and baking stocks led the declining charts.

Asian stocks tumbled after News Corp, Isuzu Motors and Cathay Pacific Airways slashed their profit viewpoint, adding to evidence the worldwide economy is headed toward depression.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index fell 3.16% and 1.95% respectively.

Alkali Metals, engaged in the business of manufacturing a range of fine chemicals, has got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) at a discount of 12.62% at Rs 90 as against its issue price of Rs 103.
 
The stock is assigned the scrip code 533029 and is placed in the `B` group on BSE.

At 10.04 a.m. on the BSE, the scrip was trading at Rs 122.50, up 18.93%, and about 357,466 shares got traded within minutes of its listing. The scrip also touched a high of Rs 137.70 and a low of Rs 90.

Researchers have decoded all the genes in a woman’s cancer and they have identified eight new genes. Published in the journal Nature, the study, a first of its kind, could help researchers discover better ways of treating the disease.