The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating various cases of alleged corruption in the conduct of the Commonwealth games (CWG), has recently collected documents related to the contracts awarded to some companies for the playing surface tracks for different stadia in Delhi for the Games.

In a major relief to students from economically-backward sections of the society, Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal announced a reservation of five per cent seats in all technical institutes approved by AICTE.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing various terror cases in Kerala, on Thursday filed the chargesheet in the case relating to a secret meeting of activists of banned Simi near Kochi in which five of the 17 accused were slapped with sedition charges.

Taking a stand opposite to that of his party, JD(U) MP Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad on Thursday said there was no need for a JPC probe into 2G spectrum issue and the Opposition should accept government’s offer to hold a special session to discuss the contentious matter.

The CAG, which is all set to investigate details of the pre-2004 department of telecom (DoT), will likely question NDA officials. The step has been taken after the Central Government’s decision to look into the spectrum allocation procedures and policies during 2001-2009, a period that includes NDA regime. However, the CAG officials on Thursday refused to give details of the NDA officials who are likely to be questioned. Sources pointed out that the decision to summon NDA officials was taken after the

Against the backdrop of unease in the BJP over pursuance of 2G spectrum allocation probe by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee(PAC), its chairman and senior BJP leader M.M. Joshi on Thursday associated himself with his party’s demand for JPC into the issue of corruption during UPA-II, saying he was “fully committed” to it. But Dr Joshi made it clear that the PAC also has “vast powers” in bringing greater accountability in public spending.

The government proposes to re-examine the Anti-Defection Act following complaints that Speakers were partisan in giving their judgments.
A background paper of the law ministry on electoral reforms mentions defection as a “malice” of Indian political life. The law ministry has sought response from experts,

The BJP on Thursday called on environment minister Jairam Ramesh to name the MPs who had met him or his ministry’s officials to lobby for or against a project, following his letter to presiding officers of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seeking their intervention.

Lok Manch president Amar Singh on Thursday termed Samajwadi Party as a “gang of a family”. The expelled SP leader on Thursday concluded his 450 km yatra in Gorakhpur for a separate “Poorvanchal” state in Uttar Pradesh.

With the submission of the report on the contentious Telangana issue by the five-member Srikrishna Committee, Justice B.N. Srikrishna heading the panel has achieved a distinction of sort to probe into the most controversial issues of recent times while some other judges had refrained from taking up the challenge due to the high political stakes involved.