Pinning hopes on the expected good monsoon this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said food prices will soon come down and consequently inflation would ease to six per cent by December. Inflation currently is in double digits.

Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal members, at a meeting of the chief whips of the political parties here on Friday, demanded a structured discussion on “Hindu terrorism” during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, beginning Monday, with the calculation that this could embarrass the JD(U), BJP and Congress ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls.

If the CBI’s detailed chargesheet is to be believed, then the agency has found sound evidence to prove Mr Narendra Modi’s key lieutenant Amit Shah’s involvement in the killing of Kauser Bi, who was eliminated subsequent to the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin in November 2005.

Combative Gujrat chief minister Narendra Modi, who is embroiled in a fake encounter controversy, on Saturday, attacked the Centre for pursuing “pick and choose” policy in using CBI against his ministerial colleague and state home minister Amit Shah. He said, the Centre is using the investigative agency as a “political tool” against his government to settle scores.

The Congress on Saturday termed Gujarat minister Amit Shah’s resignation as “too little, too late” and attacked the BJP leadership for fully “supporting and justifying” his actions and showing no no “remorse or apology”.

In a relief to marble traders operating in the west Delhi area, the high court has restrained the city government from evicting them from their premises.
The PWD sought to acquire plots on the ground that the occupation of land by these traders was illegal as no prior sanction had been obtained by them from the Delhi Development Provisional Authority.

Raising questions on the safety of materials being used in the Commonwealth Games preparations, Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta on Saturday asked if the city government can not protect them how would they protect foreign sports persons and sports lovers during the mega-sporting events.

Lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna on Saturday presided over a high-level meeting attended by Union Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar and head of various agencies to hammer out inter-departmental issues coming in the ways of the preparations of the Commonwealth Games.

A 29-year-old youth was shot dead by two unidentified men when he tried to resist their attempt to snatch the chain of his wife in the Bhajanpura area of east Delhi. The deceased, Ganesh Puri, an MNC employee, succumbed to injuries at GTB hospital early Saturday.

The SP, BSP and RJD have assured the government they will support the “introduction, consideration and passing” of bills during the month-long Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning Monday.