The crisis managers in the Congress are expected to call a meeting of the UPA partners on Wednesday to take a final view on the demand of constituting a joint parliamentary committee into the 2G spectrum allocation which has virtually paralysed Parliament from November 10.

The Congress Party on Monday advised former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to be “sober in expression” and disapproved the language he had used in making allegations against the party leaders.

Even as the Winter Session of Parliament fast draws to a close, there seems no likelihood of normal sittings happening with proceedings disrupted in the Lok Sabha for yet another day on Monday.

The Nationalist Congress Party has decided to celebrate December 12, the birthday of the party chief Sharad Pawar as the “Kisan Diwas” across the country.
Mr Pawar, whose parliamentary career began in 1967, remained active inside and outside Parliament and is a legislature for more than four decades.

A general body meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party has not been called yet when the current Winter Session of Parliament is in the last phase and could adjourn sine die either during this week or on next Monday.

The BJP chief, Mr Nitin Gadkari, forced to retain the tainted Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, will be reaching Bengaluru on Tuesday to issue a “warning to the entire state unit.” The BJP chief, who will meet the state office- bearers, ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs, is expected to deliver a “strong message” and make it clear that “there would be no compromise on the issue of corruption,” sources said.

In order to bring more transparency in criminal investigations, the Delhi high court on Monday directed the city police to make public the FIR within 24 hours by uploading it on its website.

Dumped by his girlfriend for seeking physical relationship with her, a 22-year-old man wanted to teach all young girls who spurned his proposals a lesson and allegedly attacked five of them with blades in Outer Delhi in less than a month.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Monday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to “evolve a scientific criteria for declaring certain buildings dangerous”. The directions have been given in a letter dispatched to the MCD.

A young girl was allegedly molested by the son of a businessman at a late night party at Sainik Farms after she refused to accept a drink offered by the accused.
Police sources said the victim’s bodyguard was also assaulted when he tried to rescue her. On the basis of her complaint, the police has registered a case under Section 354 of the IPC against the accused, identified as Abhishek Aggarwal, a resident of E-block, Vasant Vihar, and he was placed under detention.