browser Mehbooba, Omar booked under Public Safety Act Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, besides two political stalwarts from National Conference and PDP were on Thursday booked under the stringent Public Safety Act ( PSA) u2014 which allows detention for up to two years without a trial or charge. Their six- month preventive custody ended on Thursday.

10 Cong- JD( S) defectors get Cabinet berth Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Thursday rewarded with Cabinet berth 10 defectors, who helped the BJP bring down the Congress- JD( S) coalition and come to power. The cabinet expansion led to dissatisfaction among a section of u201c nativeu201d BJP leaders who were left out. The ten are: S T Somashekar, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Anand Singh, K Sudhakar, Byrathi Basavaraj, A Shivaram Hebbar, B C Patil, K Gopalaiah, K C Narayana, Gowda, and Shrimant Balasaheb Patil.