Portal:Current events/India/2006 October 16

October 16, 2006 (Monday)

2006 ICC Champions Trophy: Two Pakistani players, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, return home after being tested positive for the steroid, Nandrolone, in the second biggest doping case after Shane Warne in 2003. (CricInfo.com) 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: New Zealand beats South Africa by 87 runs in the second cricket match at Mumbai. (CricInfo.com) Ashoka Kumar Thakur vs. Union of India [1]: In the PIL filed against the quota policy to provide 27 per cent reservation to the Other Backward Classes, the Centre assures the Supreme Court that the policy of will be implemented only after the law is approved. (The Hindu) Barak Missile Deal Scandal: The controversy involving former Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes in alleged misappropriations during the purchase of Barak systems from Israel in 2000 heats up, as the indigenous Trishul missile project is posed for closure. (The Indian Express)