Janata Party president and former law minister Subramanian Swamy, who already has filed a complaint in a special court here for prosecution of former communications minister A. Raja in the 2G scam case, on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court with a fresh petition for cancellation of all the 122 2G licences.

The CBI, which is investigating various cases of alleged corruption in the conduct of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), is all set to question Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Wednesday.

The main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday claimed that senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh is compromising the fight against terror by repeatedly raising question marks about the 26/11 attacks and its ramifications.

The government on Tuesday said that it was confident that all the eight political parties invited to attend the meeting on Telangana from Andhra Pradesh would do so on January 6.

Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday as part of the run-up to the Railway Budget which she will be presenting to Parliament in February.

The main Opposition BJP on Tuesday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should apologise for defending Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi in the Bofors kickback case, saying that findings of the ITAT were contrary.

The CBI on Tuesday contended before a Delhi court that there was “nothing new” in the Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) order that would obstruct the withdrawal of the over two-decade-old criminal proceedings and pleaded for closure in the Bofors payoff case against 70-year-old Italian businessman, Ottavio Quattrocchi.

Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former Prime Minister Deve Gowda on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa by calling him shameless despite being corrupt. The seniormost politician of Karnataka declared that the BJP has been reduced in strength after the elections to the local bodies in the state.

In a move to showcase governance in next year’s Assembly elections in UP, BSP supremo and chief minister Mayawati is working overtime to bring in the state version of “Public Service Guarantee Act” to give statutory provisions for delivery of services to the people in time.

The Directorate of Education has instructed schools to sell nursery forms till January 15. The DoE has reprimanded schools for closing admissions and going by first come first serve basis.