Delhi police is to see a change of “culture” and become people-friendly as a revamp of key cells dealing with counter-terrorism and crime, and evaluation of policing tactics being high on the cards of Mr B.K. Gupta, who took over as the city’s 17th police commissioner on Wednesday.

CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said that the impeachment proceedings against Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen should be undertaken during the current session which ends on December 13.

Defence minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday said defence public sector undertakings (PSUs) would not automatically be nominated for naval contracts for shipbuilding and that they would have to compete with private Indian defence companies from January, 2011, as per a defence production policy being prepared by the ministry of

While the Opposition cries itself hoarse seeking a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) into the Adarsh housing society scam, the government on Wednesday rejected this demand saying that there are a large number of similar housing estates in different parts of the country.

The issue of corruption, including that of 2-G scam, Adarsh Society controversy and Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Wednesday rocked both the Houses of Parliament.
As soon as the two Houses met for the day, Opposition members led by the BJP did not allow the Question Hour by trooping into the well raising slogans, leading to adjournment till noon.

Though decks were cleared for the impeachment of Calcuttta high court judge Soumitra Sen for alleged misappropriation of `33.22 lakh proceed of a case fund kept in his custody as “court receiver” before his appointment, still questions are being raised about the success of the motion for his ouster considering the past experience.

The stage has been cleared for the impeachment proceedings against Calcutta high court Justice Soumitra Sen in Parliament.
The first-ever impeachment initiated against a judge — V Ramaswami, who retired as an SC judge in 1994 — failed after the motion collapsed on the floor of the Lok Sabha in 1993 following abstentions by the Congress.

Barring the late V.P. Naik, no Maharashtra chief minister has remained in office for a full term since 1960. The state had a one-party rule till 1995 with an exception of the Progressive Democratic Front government headed by Mr Sharad Pawar between July 1978 and February 1980.

Having been together for nearly seven years now, the Congress-DMK relationship seems to have run into rough weather. According to Congress sources, Mr A. Raja has become a liability and that all options are on the table and a final decision would be taken in consultation with the DMK once Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from Seoul. The DMK, according to sources, feels that the Congress not being in a position to impose its will on it — due to coalition compulsions — has started hitting below the belt by deliberately and secretively releasing the CAG report to the media.

Maharshtra chief minister-designate Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday sidestepped a question on whether he was Mr Rahul Gandhi’s choice. “I will not say this. The Congress president asked me. It is a decision of the high command and not one man.”