The CPI(M) on Tuesday said it was not correct for members of Parliament to decide on their own salaries and demanded creation of a separate mechanism for the purpose. The CPI(M) said that it was against the “normal political morality” for MPs to themselves decide on their pay structure.

The organising committee of the Commonwealth Games, led by Mr Suresh Kalmadi, which is now under the scanner for various alleged financial irregularities, is paying the New Delhi Municipal Council a whopping Rs 66 crores per annum as rent for its current office at the New Delhi City Centre (NDCC)-II, adjacent to the NDMC

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010, seeking amendments in the Guardians and Wards Act (GWA), 1890 and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA) of 1956. The bill allows the mother along with the father to be appointed as a natural guardian and also aims at removing hurdles in the way of a married woman to adopt.

Ending days of uncertainty, People’s Democratic Party chairman Abdul Nasser Madani was arrested by a Karnataka police team on Tuesday afternoon.
He was later flown to Bengaluru. The PDP leader is an accused in the Bengaluru blasts case.

The Centre on Tuesday assured compensation to those affected by the oil spill resulting from the collision of the two ships off Mumbai coast early this month maintaining that “polluter must pay” principle is being implied. “Polluter must pay and polluter will pay,” environment minister Jairam Ramesh told the Rajya Sabha in reply to a short duration question on the oil spill.

The prospect of quick passage of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 through Parliament turned brighter on Tuesday with the Opposition BJP saying it was willing to cooperate with the government, though with some riders.

Alleging brutal torture at the hands of the Maharashtra police, including “twisting of private parts”, Malegaon bomb blast case accused Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit on Tuesday petitioned the Armed Forces Tribunal seeking quashing of the Army’s court of inquiry in his case.

Lok Sabha MPs cutting across party lines showed rare unity when they created an uproar to protest against a delay in their salary hike, forcing Speaker Meria Kumar to adjourn the House on Tuesday.

The common entrance test for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in medical colleges across the country from the next academic year is set to become a reality with the Union health ministry clearing the proposal by the board of governors of MCI.

Union minister for road transport and highways Kamal Nath on Tuesday launched a book Superpower? The amazing race between China’s Hare and India’s Tortoise, written by Raghav Bahl, founder and editor of Network 18, in the national capital.