The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing various terror cases in Kerala, on Thursday filed the chargesheet in the case relating to a secret meeting of activists of banned Simi near Kochi in which five of the 17 accused were slapped with sedition charges.

Against the backdrop of unease in the BJP over pursuance of 2G spectrum allocation probe by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee(PAC), its chairman and senior BJP leader M.M. Joshi on Thursday associated himself with his party’s demand for JPC into the issue of corruption during UPA-II, saying he was “fully committed” to it. But Dr Joshi made it clear that the PAC also has “vast powers” in bringing greater accountability in public spending.

Lok Manch president Amar Singh on Thursday termed Samajwadi Party as a “gang of a family”. The expelled SP leader on Thursday concluded his 450 km yatra in Gorakhpur for a separate “Poorvanchal” state in Uttar Pradesh.

Malvani mutton curry, Cottonseed halwa… These might sound like dishes conjured up in a land far, far away.

The Union Cabinet is expected to take up the issue of equity infusion of `1,200 crores from the government to Air India on Thursday and could also examine a proposal for pay harmonisation and rank rationalisation between employees of the unified national carrier.

The owner of a steel factory and a labourer were killed and four others were injured when a recently-laid concrete roof on the third floor collapsed when its support system was removed on Wednesday.

The CBI, which is investigating various cases of alleged corruption in the preparations for the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), has called CWG organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi for questioning. He is expected to appear before the agency on Monday.

With the Srikrishna Committee set to submit its report on the contentious issue of statehood for Telangana, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reviewed the political and security situation in Andhra Pradesh with his senior Cabinet colleagues. The Congress, meanwhile, reiterated that it is not against smaller states.

The BJP on Wednesday claimed that there was no contradiction between its demand for JPC probe into 2G spectrum allocation scam and its senior leader M.M. Joshi, who is heading the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will soon start questioning of the alleged hawala operators Mahesh Jain and Alok Jain in connection with its probe into the 2G Spectrum scam.