A meeting of parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting turned ugly on Thursday with panel chief Murli Manohar Joshi walking out in anger and members of the ruling combine replacing him with Saifuddin Soz to move a resolution rejecting the draft report on the 2G spectrum case.

Taking a serious view of the conduct of the Allahabad Bank and United Bank of India which made drafts to the tune of `1.33 crores against cash payments for Trinamul Congress, the EC has directed the RBI to probe the alleged election expenditure guidelines’ violation.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh’s grievance cell is currently flooded with bizarre demands from a section of people, ranging from seeking sanction to drink liquor and smoke marijuana to finding a bride.

Around 60 Air India flights were cancelled while several others delayed on the second day of the pilots' strike which continued despite the Delhi high court directing them to return to work.

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on Centre’s curative petition for review of the top court’s 1996 verdict diluting the charges against Union Carbide India Ltd top brass, including its chairman Keshub Mahindra, resulting in their getting away with lighter punishment of two years last year.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) met here on Thursday with its chairman Murli Manohar Joshi saying the report on 2G spectrum scam was on agenda and will be discussed on merit.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday, set the stage for another face-off between the Congress and the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party when he made an unscheduled visit to the office of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) here to inquire about the financial irregularities that were responsible for the murders of two chief medical officers posted in the department.

Flyers on Thursday bore the brunt of the strike by Air India pilots with some complaining that they were not informed about the status of their flights and some coming to know about the cancelled flights only after reaching the airport.

Harvard scholar Lobsang Sangay was on Wednesday elected Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile and will take over the political duties relinquished by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

US Ambassador Timothy Roemer on Thursday announced his resignation from the key diplomatic post citing personal commitments.