The formalities as to how and where veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari's blood sample will be taken for his DNA test on a paternity suit would be determined on February, 19, the Delhi high court decided on Tuesday.

Former telecom minister A. Raja was on Tuesday remanded to two more days of CBI custody by a court here for further interrogation after the agency submitted that he was not divulging any "useful information" regarding his role in the 2G scam.

Indicating that the stalemate in parliament over the opposition's demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the 2G spectrum scam could finally end, the government on Tuesday told political leaders that nothing was "dearer" to it than letting the house run, sources said.

Signals that government mayagree to formation of a JPC to probe the 2G spectrum scam emerged on Tuesday after talks between government and the opposition to break the stalemate in Parliament ahead of the Budget Session.

Kerala speedster S. Sreesanth on Tuesday replaced injured paceman Praveen Kumar in the Indian squad for the upcoming cricket World Cup starting later in February.

In what could be described a great boost to the Congress unit in the state, the Praja Rajyam leader and matinee idol, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, on Sunday announced the merger of his party with the Indian National Congress (INC).

“You count, therefore we count”. With this pithy yet catchy motto, the largest-ever headcount exercise in the world kicks off across India on Wednesday, February 9 — the mammoth task of enumerating the population of a country that boasts of well over a billion people.

The 2011-12 Plan size might see an overall 18 per cent increase in the Budget.
But this will get real only when the finance ministry drops the idea of insisting that the Planning Commission shift many schemes run on non-Plan cess collections into Plan expenditure.

India has belatedly invited China to Aero India 2011, being held in Bengaluru from February 9 to 13, after protests by Chinese journalists that there were not allowed to cover it.

In a big boost to the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi on Sunday announced his party’s merger with the Congress.
Speaking after meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence, the filmstar-politician called the move “historic”, and added: “Our party’s main plank is social justice. The Congress too has the same plank. So we decided to merge.”