Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N. Santosh Hegde said he will be meeting other committee members on the future action. Justice Hegde said several groups which claim to be part of the civil society are upset as they too wished to be part of the committee.

Hitting back at CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat for allegedly calling DMK a “family controlled party”, chief minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday sought to turn the tables on the Communist leader, reminding him that his wife is working with him in their party.

The giant PSLV-C16 soared spectacularly into the sky and placed three satellites in their designated orbits on Wednesday, lifting the gloom at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) following the failure of two GSLV missions in 2010.

Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday filed two defamation cases against AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa before a sessions court for her alleged defamatory remarks against him in her statements during the state Assembly election.

The major partners of the Opposition United Democratic Front — the Indian Union Muslim League and Kerala Congress (Mani) — have formed an axis to wrest more Cabinet berths in case the coalition comes to power.

In what seems to be endorsing the charge of CPI(M) central committee member Gautam Deb that the Trinamul Congress was pumping black money in the poll campaigning as well as promoting corruption-based politics in Bengal, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Wednesday said that the Trinamul Congress will have a government (if it comes to power) which will surely sponsor price hike and patronise corruption.

The condition of Sathya Sai Baba is very critical with all his organs showing very poor response to treatment, doctors attending on him said on Thursday.

Hitting back at CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat for allegedly calling DMK a 'family controlled party', chief minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday sought to turn the tables on the communist leader, reminding him that his wife is working with him in their party.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Election Commission (EC) will have a web camera along with a laptop on each and every table where electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be placed for counting on May 13. It will help agents of political parties to know the number of votes counted at the end of each and every round.

Isro on Wednesday put in orbit three satellites using its trusted PSLV rocket, the space agency’s first successful mission after the the GSLV launch failure in December 2010.