While about 8,000 people are in the long list of invitees, the select list features 506 A-listers, including prominent politicians, leading industrialists, top film stars, sportspersons, diplomats, judges and high priests.

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From Presidential battles to prime ministerial ones... From Mamata Banerjee's shenanigans to Kapil Sibal's true passion... All this and more in this week's edition of Dilli Gupshup.

Shivakumar, who was declared guilty by a Bangalore fast track court for the rape and murder of Pratibha Murthy, an employee of the Hewlett-Packard run business process outsourcing arm, was given a life term till death on Friday.

Priyanka Chopra and Arjun Rampal joined an elite club of winners on Friday after being presented with the National Awards at a ceremony in New Delhi which also saw veteran cameraman V K Murthy receiving the Dada Saheb Phalke amid a standing ovation from the audience.

Infosys chief mentor N R Narayan Murthy and renowned hotelier P R S Oberoi were also conferred with the award. The first man to step on the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary was conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that he was not aware of Pakistan's proposal that both India and Pakistan should release every prisoner belonging to the neighbouring country. Asked when he was planning to visit Pakistan, Dr Singh said that he would wait till things settle down in the neighbouring country. However, Dr Singh steered clear of the controversy about United States George W Bush attributing the global food crisis to the prosperity in India.

Sanjay Hegde, the Karnataka counsel in the Supreme Court, said that this is the maximum punishment Mittal could attract if found guilty.

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the prosecution of Som Mittal, chief of National Association of Software and Service Companies in the Pratibha Murthy murder case.

Bush said that in its 60-year-old journey as an Independent nation, India has set an example for other countries.

None of the politicians who held the position of President particularly distinguished himself. Kalam, on the other hand, certainly stood out.

R Karthik Shekhar took the lead to float the Union for Information and Technology Enabled Services in September 2005.

Gururaj Kishore is being questioned as he was a suspect and "if he is involved, we will arrest him", the police said

The body of Sania Bargi was found on the national highway with stab wounds.

Two female call centre employees have been murdered in Bangalore since December 2005. Is your call centre safe?

Mercury Infocomm's product Auto Vigil comes as a boon to the millions of young girls and women employed in business process outsourcing industry.

Do you think women employees in call centres are given adequate security? What do you think can be done to ensure better safety of BPO workers? Tell us.