With the draft report of the Public Accounts Committee being leaked to the media before being discussed amongst its members, Union information and broadcasting minister Ambika Soni on Thursday said that the government will find out how the draft report was leaked.

A day after a chaotic meeting of the Parliament's PAC, its chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi along with NDA, AIADMK, BJD and Left members are exploring the possibility of submitting the draft report on 2G scam to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar before its term expires on Saturday.

The entire Opposition, led by the BJP, reacted very strongly to the manner in which the ruling UPA “stage-managed” the proceedings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), calling it a mockery of parliamentary democracy. The Left, for its part, suggested that the confrontation within the PAC would have implications for the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) that is all set to probe the 2G scam.

A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the bail plea of two top CWG organising committee officials arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in awarding a Rs 107 crores contract to a Swiss firm.

British arms major BAe Systems on Thursday opted out of India’s tender for 1,580 towed artillery guns with the deadline for submitting the bids coming to an end, a company official said here. The tender was issued on January 28 under the Indian Army’s `20,000 crores artillery guns modernisation programme that has been hit by

CPI(M) on Friday accused Air India honchos of showing an "attitude of repression" towards its striking pilots by derecognising their union and demanded that the management sit with protestors to resolve the issue.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday took a dig at Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani saying it was baffling that the hardline separatist leader could meet Lok Jan Shakti president Ram Vilas Paswan, who’s just an MP, yet was not willing to meet interlocutors appointed by the Centre.

Karnataka government on Friday told the Supreme Court that PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, a key accused in the Bengaluru bomb blast case, could pose a major threat to national security if released on bail.

Social activist Anna Hazare is expected to address a people's rally here May 1, organisers said on Thursday, asserting that the programme will go ahead even in his absence or if the local administration does not give permission.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Wednesday virtually split on the 2G spectrum allocation issue on the political lines with the Congress and DMK members coming out openly against PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi and made serious allegations about his style of functioning and intention.