Vidarbha will see a flurry of activity in September as two national leaders will be visiting the region to take stock of the situation there. While Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will visit the region in the latter half of the month, his visit will be preceded by that of NCP chief and Union agricultural minister Sharad Pawar’s.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) came down heavily on the environment ministry for non-utilisation of Compensatory Afforest-ation (Campa) Fund, which grew from `1,200 to `23,608 crore between 2006-12.

Trinamul Congress MPs on Friday created uproar in both Houses of Parliament against home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders without informing West Bengal government, forcing brief adjournments of both Houses.

Syrian anti-regime activists say government shelling has killed 16 people, mostly rebels, near Damascus. The attack near the Syrian capital comes as Secretary of State John Kerry lobbies European allies to back Washington’s proposed military action against the Syrian regime.

In a move that could speed up the bullet train dream, the railways will ink an agreement with Japan Internal Cooperation Agency (JAICA) for comprehensive study of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai high speed rail corridor.

The Parliament on Friday passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011 that aims to create a regulator for the sector and allows at least 26 per cent FDI.

Power-hungry Indian Olympic Association officials now have time till October 31 to get things in place, following the world body’s toughened stand on the ethics issue.

Indicating he was ready to don any role in the Congress after the 2014 general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he will be “very happy” to work under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.

The coal ministry, racing against time set by the Supreme Court for tracing the missing documents pertaining to the Coalgate scam, has begun approaching the concerned PSUs to locate the untraceable files sought by the CBI in connection with the scam.

Isro was rapped on its knuckles by CAG for allowing a foreign private satellite service provider to park its satellite in an orbit slot meant for Indian satellites in violation of the nation’s SATCOM policy thereby benefiting a foreign firm.