The group of ministers (GoM), headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, on corruption on Friday held its first meeting and discussed various aspects relating to finding ways in tackling the ailment, which has currently plagued system in a big way.

The action of Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj granting sanction to private complainants to initiate the prosecution of chief minister B.S. Yeddeyurappa and state home minister R. Ashoka is the first case of its kind when the governor had granted sanction for prosecution of a chief minister on the private complaints.

The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council “rejected” the views of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expert panel on the proposed National Food Security Bill and approved a broad framework guaranteeing grains to around 75 per cent of the population.

Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s sanction to prosecute chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on corruption charges is consolidating the Opposition. This could intensify the battle between the Centre and the Opposition during the Budget Session of Parliament next month.

Home minister P. Chidamabaram on Saturday criticised BJP for its attack on Karnataka governor H.R Bhardwaj granting sanction to prosecute the chief minister and said the governor's decision was in accordance with the law. In a signed statement, he asked the Karnataka Government and BJP to maintain law and order, saying the party's move to take to the streets against the governor's decision is not acceptable.

A Delhi court has summoned controller and auditor general Vinod Rai and director CAG to appear as witnesses on a complaint by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy seeking prosecution of former telecom minister A.Raja in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday flayed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for taking to the streets to protest Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj's sanction for chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's prosecution on corruption charges.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday honoured 23 children, including two posthumously, with Bravery Awards and said such acts of courage were a source of inspiration to everybody.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must consider visiting Pakistan so that the progress made in backchannel negotiations on issues such as Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen and Sir Creek is not frittered away, according to Mr Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, a former foreign minister of Pakistan.

Frustrated at frequent adjournments by various courts, Ms Nisha Priya Bhatia, a former Research and Analysis Wing official, created a ruckus by stripping inside a courtroom in the Delhi high court, prompting the judge to order her to be taken for a mental check-up at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences.