17 INJURED IN KAVRE ACID ATTACK Kathmandu, 29 Aug.: At least 17persons suffered burns when a youth threw acid on a group of villagers of Bayarbot VDC in Kavre. Two are in critical condition, police said. The group collected to discuss road expansion when Suresh Bajagain, 19, threw acid on his neighbours. nnnn MAN MAULED BY TIGER IN CHITWAN Kathmandu, 29 Aug.: Dil Bahadur Kumal, 50, was mauled by a tiger Wednesdayin CHitwan National Park. He was attacked at Meghauli. , Chitwan on Wednesday. Kumar was foraging in the protected forest. nnnn GOLD GAINS RS.105 PER TOLA Kathmandu, 29Aug.: Gold gained Rs 105 per tola Wednesday in he bullion market.. he domestic market on Wednesday. The price fell Tuesday by Rs.204 per tola The price of the yellow market gained in the local market with gain in foreign market. Nnnn DEATH SENTENCE FOR LONE SURVIVING GUNMAN OF MUMBAI ATTACKS Kathamandu, 29 Aug.: India's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were killed, AFP reports from New Delhi.. Pakistan-born Kasab, one of 10 gunmen who laid siege to Mumbai in attacks that lasted nearly three days, had appealed against the sentence and claimed he had not been received a fair trial. "We are left with no option but to award death penalty," the two judges said in a court order. "The primary and foremost offence committed by Kasab is waging war against the government of India." The judges had opened the appeal by Kasab, who is being held in a maximum-security prison in Mumbai, in January. He was found guilty in a Mumbai court on charges including waging war against India, murder and terrorist acts, and was handed the death penalty in May 2010. After losing his Supreme Court petition, Kasab is expected to lodge a final appeal for clemency with the president. nnnn