Two gangsters, suspected to be among the shooters in singer Sidhu Moose Wala's murder, were killed in a shootout with the police near Amritsar today; as crude oil prices fall in the international market due to growing fears of a global recession, the government has decided to reduce special additional excise duty on domestically produced crude; former Karnataka minister, the BJP's KS Eshwarappa, who had to step down from the post after a huge controversy following the suicide of a contractor, has been cleared by the police after investigation in the case; and more in our news wrap of the day.