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Mumbai, Feb 27 : Singer-composer Adnan Sami is none too pleased by attempts in the Pakistani media to club his case with that of Pakistani singer Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who was arrested in Delhi airport earlier this month for carrying undeclared foreign currency.

Attempts have been made by the Pakistani media to get in touch with Adnan and his family in Pakistan and India.

Says Adnan angrily: "I don't know why the Pakistani media is bringing my name up in Rahat's context. I am doing just fine."

On Friday, the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered to have an environmental investigation over the illegal mining in Karnataka. It was suspected that illegal mining work has been carried out in the areas which were considered as forest land. It had also been a reason for the political fight between Governor HR Bhardwaj and the BS Yeddyurappa government.

The court has been requested by the special Bench which included Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam along with K S Radhakrishnan to have a proper inspection.

The chairman and managing director of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) Mr. Abhay Kumar Srivastava has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today. He has been accused of taking bribe and corruption. He was involved in taking bribes in the form of gold bricks.

With him his wife Chandni Srivastava and two assistants were also arrested by the agency.

The Economic Survey for year 2010-11 has been tabled in the Parliament today. The Union Finance minister had presented the Economic Survey for the fiscal year 10-11. As per the survey report, the retail sector has been given more emphasis. In this report, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail sector has been recommended.

Stock prices of MphasiS have declined by a massive 28.4% on Friday trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). MphasiS is one of the leading IT and BPO company of the country from Hewlett-Packard. The stocks have plummeted by 178.1 points and were closed at Rs 448 on the exchange. The main reason of this decline is the poor financial results of the company in the previous quarter.

During the three months from November to January, the net profit of the firm has terribly hampered. There has been a sharp decline in the net profit and sales of the firm in this quarter under review.

The Economic Survey, 2010-11 has been presented in Parliament today by the union finance minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. Chief economic advisor in the finance ministry, Mr. Kaushik Basu is the principal author of this Economic Survey.

As per the Economic Survey, 2010-11, the Indian economy is expected to grow remarkable in the coming fiscal year. The GDP is expected to touch the figure of 9 per cent in the next financial year.