Even as the judiciary is under public scrutiny with allegations of corruption flying in the thick air against some judges and even former CJI, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it has no hesitation in hearing arguments on judicial “corruption” if they surface in the course of a “contempt of court” case against activist lawyer Prashant

The CBI has started probing as how the estimated budget of `1,000 crores for upgradation and construction of five stadia for the Commonwealth Games, crossed the limit of `2,460 crores.

The Congress on Thursday chose to remain silent over attacks on telecom minister Kapil Sibal by CAG and PAC on the issue of the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
“A procedure is on-going. The CAG’s view-point has been presented. The government’s view is also in the public domain and the PAC has a view on it... With all three views now in the public domain, let appropriate bodies decide,” party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.

The CBI has started scrutinising details of the email server back-up of corporate lobbyist, Niira Radia, and some others in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam.

The tussle between minister of forests and environment (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh and minister of coal Sriprakash Jaiswal for allowing coal extraction in forest areas continues unresolved with the Cabinet on Thursday having decided to constitute a group of ministers (GoM) to look into the issue of “no-go” mining areas.

The year 2010 was the warmest year since 1901, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Thursday.
The annual mean temperature for the country as a whole was 25.8023ºC during 2010 — 0.93ºC higher than the average for the 30-year period from 1961.

Senior BJP leader and the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Thursday said those who term speeches of anti-nationalists as freedom of expression are objecting to political parties hoisting the tricolour in certain parts of the country. The BJP youth wing will be hoisting flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on January 26 despite Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah urging the party not to, fearing it will create problem in the state.

The Congress on Thursday welcomed a special court’s permission to CBI to reinvestigate the Malegaon blast of 2006 in wake of “confession” statements made by Swami Aseemanand linking Hindu groups to terror acts.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said coalition politics was sometimes a hurdle in decision making. He is perhaps the first party chief minister to complain about coalition politics at a time when the Congress has been running a coalition government in the state for more than ten years.

The Congress is finding it difficult to explain as to why there is no need to have a coordination committee between the party and its allies in the UPA when the Congress has decided to have such a mechanism between the Pradesh Congress Committees and Legislature Party at the state level.