Alleging that scandals are becoming a regular feature in the UPA government, the BJP on Saturday demanded resignation of Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan over his alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The party demanded a comprehensive probe in the scam by a sitting Supreme Court judge and invoking Defence of India Rules.

Speculation about a possible successor to Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan is doing the rounds in the Congress after realising that Mr Chavan is not a “lambi race ka ghoda” and thus cannot complete a full term.

Come 2011, Portugal will unveil the world’s first nationwide electric vehicle charging network that will enable people to travel without having to worry about charging them. In an interview to this newspaper, Portugal’s vice-minister for energy and innovation Carlos Zorrinho said consumers of electric vehicles will be given a bouquet of incentives to switch over from fossil fuels to green energy. The motorists will stand to gain by way of tax breaks or discounts.

The dispute between the ministries of HRD and health on the proposed “common entrance” test for medical and engineering admissions in the country on Friday reached the Supreme Court with the CBSE seeking the top court’s intervention in the matter after MCI supported HRD minister Kapil Sibal’s move.

The CBI has recently begun a probe into the reasons for delinking six major projects worth several hundred crores of rupees from the list of Commonwealth Games projects by the authorities concerned.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to take a final call on the fate of controversial Prasar Bharati CEO B.S. Lalli. The Union ministry of information and broadcasting is all set to approach the PM for initiating a probe against the Prasar Bharati CEO who stands accused of financial irregularities in the ongoing broadcast scam.

Three technological cooperation agreements will be signed between Indian and the US during US President Barack Obama’s visit here, all of which are expected to give the much-needed boost to Indian agriculture.

Democracy, or the lack of it, in Burma may wade into Barack Obama’s address to the joint session of Parliament on November 8, the day after the Burmese military junta would have conducted an election which has been dismissed as a sham by the international community. Any adverse comment about Burma by a foreign dignitary

The Gujarat government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging constitution of a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the high court to probe alleged “fake encounter” of Mumbai student Ishrat Jahan and her three companions in Ahmedabad in 2004.

Speculation is rife on whether the Congress high command will maintain a status quo in the appointments of the rest of the PCC chiefs in the key states, including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashra, Tamil Nadu, MP and Gujarat.