Senior BJP leader and the Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj on Friday called on visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and discussed issues, including the contentious issue of stapled visas being issued to people of Jammu and Kashmir. Ms Swaraj also expressed her concern over Chinese incursions into Arunachal Pradesh, saying this was not fair as the state is a part of India.

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao iterated Friday that the Indian media was causing “damage” to the bilateral ties, in what was seen as a reaction to the not-so-flattering headlines of the morning’s newspapers on the outcome of his talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

India is likely to soon approve levy of a monetary charge on those visiting foreign dignitaries — for use of the VIP lounge at the New Delhi IGI airport — who hail from countries where visiting Indian dignitaries are asked to pay up for use of the VIP lounge. “The ministry of external affairs (MEA) and the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) are

The high commissions of Australia, Italy, France and the United Kingdom have written to the Central ministries concerned seeking expeditious clearance of payments to the tune of around `350 crores by the Organising Committee (OC) to the contractors of their respective countries who supplied equipment for the Commonwealth Games.
The situation has arisen because secretary general of the OC, Mr Lalit Bhanot and Chairman Mr Suresh Kalmadi have reportedly stopped signing crucial files related to

Tata Teleservices on Friday termed as “cheap gimmick” allegations by Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar that Tata benefited from policy flip flops and the role of former Trai head Pradeep Baijal in it. Tata Teleservices also said that it will not be responding to further statements from Mr Chandrasekhar as the Supreme Court has

Veteran socialist thinker and former parliamentarian Surendra Mohan died here on Friday. He was 84.
Mohan died at his residence here, family sources said. He is survived by his wife Manju, a former Janata Dal activist, and a son and a daughter. His cremation took place in the afternoon.

After receiving representations from MPs and allegations of corruption against Aligarh Muslim University administration, the HRD ministry has on behalf of the President issued a showcause notice to Aligarh Muslim University asking it why the proceeding of the university to convene the meeting of the court on December 19 should not be annulled.

Amidst a slew of controversies including alleged 2G spectrum allocation scam, the Congress will hold its two-day plenary session beginning from Sunday. It is expected that the party would take up the issues and work out strategy to deal with the situation.

The CBI may start questioning of former telecom minister A. Raja, corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and certain politicians of Tamil Nadu in a day or two in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam. The agency is also expected to make some “significant arrests” next week.

While widening the investigation on the spectrum issue, the Supreme Court in its order has given enough indications of how former communications minister A. Raja had virtually bulldozed awarding of the 2G licences by showing great alacrity in processing the matter since he took over the ministry in May 2007.