For 17th year in a row, Bill Gates tops richest Americans' list

Boston: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has retained his position as the richest man in the US with a net worth of $54 billion, topping Forbes '400 Richest Americans List' for the 17th year in a row.

Industrialist Warren Buffett, Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has bagged the second place this year with fortunes worth $45 billion. While worth $27 billion dollars, software company Oracle's co-founder and CEO Larry Ellison is the third richest American.

Among others in the list, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg ranks 35th with a net worth of $6.9 billion.

Zuckerberg is richer than Apple's boss Steve Jobs and media mogul Oprah Winfrey. Jobs comes 42nd on the list with a net worth of $6.1 billion while Winfrey is on the 130th position with total valuation of $2.7 billion.

Breakup on Facebook? Ex-lover booked in connection with IIM-B student suicide case

Bangalore: Mico Layout police have registered a case against Abhishek, a native of Delhi, in connection with the suicide case of an Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), student.

Malini Murmu, 21, had allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room on Monday, accusing her boyfriend Abhishek of using foul language against her.

Police have registered a case of abetment of suicide under the provision of Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, against Abhishek. They have also seized the laptop from where Murmu, a native of Jamshedpur, wrote the reason for her extreme step.

Meanwhile, Murmu's father Bishwanath Murmu rushed to the city on Tuesday and received the body. A post-mortem was conducted at Victoria Hospital. Her friends from IIM-B were also presented on the hospital premises.

Police said that Murmu committed suicide between 2 pm and 4 pm on Monday. Preliminary investigation revealed that she fell in love with Abhishek while studying in Delhi.

She went to Delhi recently and returned to IIM-B on Sunday. She attended her class on Monday morning. But she returned to her hostel room around 2 pm. She was alone in the hostel as the other students were in the class. Malini committed suicide on Monday.