The Union home ministry has sought a nod from the Prime Minister’s Office to the Enforcement Directorate’s request to record a statement of Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh in connection with his recommendation for issue of passport to Hasan Ali Khan. Mr Singh met home minister P. Chidambaram in North Block on Monday where he is believed to have expressed his willingness to face the ED sleuths .

Expressing his anguish over “smear” campaign launched against civil society leadership, social activist Anna Hazare on Monday wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi complaining her that “corrupt forces” are trying to derail the process of drafting an effective Lokpal bill.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of former cricketer Jacob Martin, facing arrest for alleged involvement in an emigration racket, saying no relief can be granted to him as he is running away from the law, and asked him to surrender.

The Congress’ “crisis managers” are confident to contain the Anna Hazare factor. This is at a time when the regional players and the main Opposition BJP is yet to get a role in the fight against corruption. They are handling the factor on at least three fronts with a calculation that the whole issue (Lokpal bill and fight against corruption) could derail due to various factors.

The condition of national-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha alias Sonu, who lost her left leg after being pushed out of a speeding train, is stable, doctors at AIIMS where she is undergoing treatment said on Tuesday.

A day after Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan put the onus of the “controversial” CD on the Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, the expelled Samajwadi Party leader on Monday hit back and said that the social activist could be the real mastermind of the CD controversy. He also went on to charge that “the Bhushans had amassed assets worth `175 crores after they started filing public interest litigations”.

Condemning the police firing on people protesting the construction of the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, the CPI(M) on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to the project.

The MoEF has deputed a team of experts to look into the whole issue of the 1.91 million tonne Nirma cement plant coming up in Mahuva taluka in Gujarat.
This is a follow up of a order by the Supreme Court asking the MoEF to look into the grievances of the farmers.

Nalhati is a non-descript small town in Birbhum district but it has emerged as one of the most important Assembly constituencies in the state because of the presence of Abhijit Mukherjee, who is making his debut in electoral politics. Fifty-year-old Mukherjee is the eldest son of the Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. Till last month,