The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the Special Investigation Team (SIT) from continuing its probe into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan staged shooting case.

MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi’s health has improved and his vital parameters, including blood pressure, pulse rate and urine output, were “stable” on Monday.
Authorities at the Care Hospital said that though he was still not out of danger, there had been no further surgeries on Mr Owaisi and the need to bring in experts from other cities or abroad didn’t arise.

The CBI, after arresting sacked chairman of the Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, has found prima facie evidence of irregularities reportedly committed by the top brass of the committee in finalising eight Games-related contracts.

With civil society representatives submitting two documents to the government outlining “principles and objects” for the proposed law at the second meeting of the joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee on Monday, the members decided to fast-track the process of preparing a strong anti-graft bill and agreed to meet again on May 7, 23 and 30 to discuss the matter further.

After going unsold in the players' auction, former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday made a dramatic return to the Indian Premier League by signing up for struggling franchise Pune Warriors as replacement for injured pacer Ashish Nehra.

With the strike by Air India pilots entering the seventh day, the Delhi high court on Tuesday rapped the airline management and the pilots' association for their rigid attitude and appointed a counsel to assist it in resolving the stand off.

The core American response to the killing of Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan is captured in a sentence of President Barack Obama, “Justice has been done”.
As for the Indian reaction to a historical turn of events, which occurred in our region, and whose implications should have a bearing on our foreign policy thinking, there is only guess-work to go by. Only unexceptionable generalities have been offered at the official level by the external affairs minister and the Union home minister.

S. Sreesanth has irked quite a few with his on-field antics but Kochi Tuskers Kerala skipper Mahela Jayawardene is at ease with the pacer's behaviour so far in the IPL, saying the temperamental player has mellowed down a bit.

Jihadi groups in Kerala slipped into a gloomy mood after TV channels flashed the news of the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Monday morning.
Many former Simi leaders, who are now working in other organisations, have refused to react to the news.

Delhi Daredevils are languishing in the bottom half of the standings after six defeats from nine matches, but captain Virender Sehwag is still optimistic about his side's chances of making it to the play-offs of the ongoing Indian Premier League.