A Mumbai court today drops charges against eight Muslim men who were accused of carrying out bomb blasts that killed 31 people in Maharashtra's Malegaon in 2006; The Finance Ministry approves 8.7 per cent interest on PF deposits lower than 8.8 per cent decided by the CBT; A leading gay rights activist was hacked to death at an apartment in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka; and more on the news wrap of the day.