When Indian American Siddhartha Mukherjee cancer specialist called his mother at 1 00 a.m. on Tuesday to say he had won the Pulitzer, she thought he was pulling a fast one! "It came as a complete surprise. Siddhartha called us at 1 and asked if we were awake.

Indian external affairs minister S.M. Krishna will be travelling to Nepal on Wednesday on a three-day official visit. A press release of the ministry of external affairs said here that this will be Krishna's second trip to Nepal after assuming office.

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.