The Enforcement Directorate has served notice to Anil Kohli, chief of the Dental Council of India (DCI) asking him to furnish the details about his foreign visits. Besides, ED has also sought details of foreign exchange purchased or obtained during his foreign visits.

With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh identifying five key areas of development in which states have pivotal roles to play, deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, on Friday said, the highest policy body National Development Council (NDC), which will meet on Saturday, would be a perfect forum to take the views of chief ministers on the issues.

The Greyhounds, the elite anti-Naxal force of the state, attacked a Maoist training camp on the Andhra-Orissa border in Chitrakonda police station limits of Malkanjgiri on Friday noon.

Upholding the Centre’s stand, the Delhi high court on Friday allowed its petition challenging an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC), which permitted the RTI activist, Subhash Chandra Aggarwal, to inspect files pertaining to the controversial Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement between India and Pakistan in Egypt in July 2009.

India has expressed its apprehension to the United States that US military aid to Pakistan could be misused by Pakistan against India and has suggested that the US set up a monitoring mechanism to ensure that its aid is not subjected to misuse, defence sources confirmed on Friday. India has also told the United States that the

The CPI(M), which was routed in its efforts to cobble up a third front during the last general elections, is at it again. Party general secretary Prakash Karat not merely tried to push forward his anti-Congress agenda, but also talked of a third alternative.

The government has an open mind on the issue of shifting Question Hour in Parliament from the customary 11 am to some other time to enable Opposition members to raise matters of urgent public importance.

Maintaining a politically correct distance from the RJD while supporting that party’s aggressive stand in the wake of the alleged “treasury scam,” Bihar’s Congress MLAs on Friday met governor Devanand Konwar and demanded the dismissal of the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government.

Maintaining that problems related to Centre-state relations could be solved if governors are appointed in consultation with chief ministers, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Friday criticised the UPA government for not taking states into confidence in the process.

The BJP has challenged Opposition parties in Bihar to fight the coming Assembly election in the state on a “fair ground.” The party accused the Opposition in the state of indulging in “dirty politics”. “What happened in the Bihar legislature in both its Houses is deeply regrettable and reprehensible,” said senior BJP leader and chief