GREATER VOICE

■ MAN ARRESTED at Silvio Berlusconi hospital.

■ CT SCANS in healthy people can harm much more than they help, a new study says.

■ MUMBAI TERROR suspect Rana denied bail by US court.

■ SUPREME COURT: Do we treat children born out of surrogacy as a commodity? What do the Indian mothers receive for carrying the baby?

■ RENOWNED US EVANGELIST Oral Roberts, who pioneered religious broadcasting, dies in California at the age of 91.

■ POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS and arrest protesters who try to storm Copenhagen summit.

ON THE RADAR

A total of 119 heads of state and government, including Indian PM, are expected to attend the final two days of the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.

The almost two-week summit which opened Dec 7 is scheduled to end Friday.

US Supreme Court would rule for the first time on whether employees have a right to privacy when they send text messages on electronic devices supplied by their employers.

The justices agreed to hear an appeal from the city of Ontario, which was successfully sued by police Sgt. Jeff Quon and three other officers after their text messages -- some of which were sexually explicit -- were read by the police chief.

At issue is whether the chief violated their rights under the 4th Amendment, which forbids "unreasonable searches" by the government. The Supreme Court's ruling on the issue, due by June, could set new rules for the workplace in public agencies, and perhaps private companies as well.

» India's fast rising political party 'Bahujan Samaj Party' is (fast) becoming 'Business Samaj Party.

» Question: What's the biggest problem between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh? Answer: The issue of who gets to keep Sania Mirza!! (Thanks MTV)

» Amitabh Bachchan should recite Madhushala in Auro’s voice to promote Paa!

» Splitting Bihar into Bihar/Jharkhand only doubled the corruption. You had Lalu then. Now Lalu and Madhu Koda both loot their states! (Thanks Pritish Nandy)

» Helicopters are news all the time eh? First YSR..Rahul....now Prez Patil......! (Thanks Dilip Cherian)

■ US lawmakers reject plan to allow Americans to import cheaper drugs from Canada, other countries.

■ Two Wisconsin women accused of seeking revenge on a cheating lover by gluing his penis to his stomach have reached plea deals.

■ French first lady Carla Sarkozy doesn't want husband to run in 2012 and wants him to 'take it easy' after current term.

■ Annise Parker elected Mayor of Houston: First openly gay mayor in a top 5 US city.

■ Tortured Wipro employee takes bosses to court.

» The first robot to cross the Atlantic offers new possibilities for ocean and climate research.

» Twitter is testing one of its first features for businesses.

» AIDS prevention gel fails in African trials.

» A widening class gap is likely to be seen in the coming years over childhood obesity, a study suggests.

» 22 million missing e-mails from George W. Bush administration are found.

» Illinois man pleads guilty to shooting nude video of ESPN's Erin Andrews, could face 27 months in prison.

» A Rwandan journalist who encouraged Hutus to slaughter Tutsis during the 1994 genocide is jailed for life.

» 'Unhappy' Communist Party censors demote Chinese editor whose newspaper interviewed President Obama.

» Russia: Policeman gets two years in prison for fatal shooting of news website owner.

» The Guardian newspaper has launched a £2.39 iPhone application to allow readers to catch up on news.

■ TV rights fetch CWG organisers $60 million.

■ Delhi sets Games deadline for phasing out Blueline buses.

■ Fiji banned from 2010 Commonwealth Games.

■ Chennai firm 'VA Tech Wabag' gets contract for water treatment plant at the Games Village.

■ Centre doubles Games budget. From Rs 767 cr, sum increased to Rs 1,620 cr; money to be loaned to Organising Committee.

Who killed Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help Hemraj?

This twin-murder case is hitting too many dead ends.

Will the truth ever be known?

Isn't it one of India's biggest unsolved mysteries?

Did the investigating agency CBI commit mistakes or there is a cover-up?

Think, Discuss, Share. And Please Do It In Public.

LOOK WHAT THEY SAY

■ Vir Sanghvi: In any other country, the cops who screwed up the Aarushi case would be in jail. In India, they get promotions and transfers.

■ Barkha Dutt: Will Aarushi Talwar's murder ever be solved. I dont think so. Strange that the phone should turn up after a year suddenly, just like that.

■ Times of India, 15.9.2009: Headway at last: Aarushi's cellphone found in UP town.

■ Vincent Van Ross: The one thing that this case has done is to create a detective in every drawing room. If it is not Dr. Talwar and if it is also not Krishna, Vijay Mandal or Raj Kumar, who is it? Who killed Aarushi and Hemraj — Ghosts?

■ Indian Express, 4.11.2009: Rajkumar fears for life, requests security.

■ 29.11.2009: CBI raids hospital in Noida, takes autopsy papers

■ 29.11.2009: CBI visits Aarushi's parents

Think of Ishrat’s family - isolated and socially ostracized for a crime the 18-year-old college girl may or may not have committed!

It is tragic. Worse, it is criminal!!

In any case, she committed no crime. She was killed by the police on the suspicion that she may commit a crime. Amazing!!!

C'mmon. Speak up.

UPDATE

Sept.18 '09: Ishrat's mother challenges HC order.

Sept.30 '09: Home ministry files revised affidavit.

Oct.6 '09: SC issues notice to Gujarat govt., Centre and CBI on an appeal filed by Ishrat's mother challenging the Gujarat HC order staying the magisterial inquiry report.

Nov.30 '09: Keep out of Ishrat case, SC tells Gujarat High Court ... The Supreme Court stayed further orders pending in Gujarat High Court in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case ... SC granted the stay after hearing counsel for Shamina Jahan, mother of Ishrat Jahan.

Dec.07 '09: SC extended its stay on all further proceedings in Gujarat HC relating to the Ishrat case.