Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal on Friday sought the active involvement of the Indian diaspora in improving educational infrastructure in the country.

Bihar is making a bid to attract investors in the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas in its food-processing industry.
Bihar is promising investors of speedy clearance of their projects with planning atlas 2011 and independent directorate in place for the purpose.

A petition claiming that the disputed land at the site of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya belonged to Buddhists has been filed in the Supreme Court. The special leave petition (SLP) has been filed by Dr Udit Raj, chairman of the Buddha Education Foundation and all-India Confederation of SC/ ST Organisations.

A Delhi court on Friday held as “maintainable” after going through the private complaint of Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy, who sought prosecution of former telecom minister A. Raja in the allocation of 2G spectrum issue.

Telecom minister Kapil Sibal on Friday disputed the Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s estimate that the exchequer suffered a presumptive loss of `1.76 lakh crore on account of giving 2G licences in 2008 without an auction, saying there was no such loss.

The Samajwadi Party on Friday unveiled its Muslim card with the minority face of the party, Azam Khan asking the Congress to induct at least eight to 10 Muslim MPs as Cabinet ministers. Mr Khan also demanded a “referendum” on corruption and stated that the Congress is answerable to the nation for the 2G scam.

The plea of a father, who had moved the Delhi high court challenging the lower court’s order of acquittal of his son’s murderer, was dismissed by Justice B.D. Ahmed, who held that only legal heir of a victim can file appeal in a criminal case.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday said that the RSS did not believe in the godhead of Lord Ram but it viewed Lord Ram as an adarsh purush. “The RSS does not believe in Shri Ram as god but as an ideal man. Even Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Hindu Mahasabha) and Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (former RSS

A 20-year-old woman, who was depressed over her mother’s recent death committed suicide at her Seemapuri residence on Friday afternoon.
Police officials said the deceased, Rupa, a housewife, was found hanging from ceiling at her Dilshad Colony residence in Seemapuri by her husband, who made a police control room at around 12 pm. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Friday charged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of deliberately leaking the confession of Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said the confession by Swami Aseemanand was given under duress. Aseemanand is considered close to some of the senior Sangh Parivar leaders.