The Supreme Court administrative on Thursday struck to its known stand before the apex court on judicial side that it was not in favour of revealing any information about the appointment and transfer of judges under the RTI Act as it would have “adverse” impact on the independence of judiciary.

Though the BJP national leadership indicated there would be no change of guard in Karna-taka, the state’s chief minister, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa, has been asked to come to New Delhi to meet the party high command. The BJP bosses have also summoned some leaders from the dissident camp.

The AIADMK on Thursday stepped up pressure on the government by demanding a white paper on the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The party has warned the government that Parliament would not be allowed to function the government did not agree to a joint parliamentary committee probe.

Telecom regulator Trai on Thursday cracked the whip on six telecom players, five of which are new, recommending that the 69 licences given to them be cancelled for not meeting the roll-out obligation. The crackdown comes in the wake of the 2G licence allocation scam, where cheap licences were awarded to new telecom firms in 2008, costing the exchequer a loss of `1.76 lakh crore.

Even as the Centre in the Supreme Court swore by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s track record of maintaining high standards of propriety in public life, the top court on Thursday sought an affidavit on “his behalf” explaining the reasons for the delay in deciding an application for sanction to prosecute former telecom minister A. Raja in the 2G spectrum scam case.

Attorney General G E Vahanvati will represent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G spectrum case in the Supreme Court in place of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium.

A residential building in north-west Delhi was found to have developed cracks this morning following digging work in its basement, The Delhi disaster management authority said.

Government on Friday replaced solicitor general Gopal Subramanium with Attorney general G E Vahanvati to represent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum case in the wak

The nation on Friday fondly remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 93rd birth anniversary with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh among prominent personalities w

CBI on Friday arrested an absconding Jatin Chatterjee, popularly known as Swami Asimanand, for his alleged involvement in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad that left nine people dead.