Environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that the challenge before the government is to draw the maximum possible benefit from Arunachal Prad-esh, which has a hydel capacity of over 15,000 megawatts, so that “both the people of Arunachal Pradesh and people of India also benefit’’. Mr Ramesh said that Arunachal Pradesh has over 15,000 megawatts of hydel capacity.

Top leaders in the Congress were aware of the contents of Mr Arjun Singh’s speech on the Bhopal gas disaster much before he spoke on it in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. This was because he sent a written text of his speech well in advance to the concerned in the government and thus sought their approval.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Thursday after the Yadav troika prote-sted against a group of minister’s decision to include caste in the Census 2011 at the biometric data stage.

The government on Thursday announced that it had been working on a comprehensive draft document to holistically revisit the entire gamut of CrPC and Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Government on Thursday informed Parliament that it has no records of calls made by home ministry “official or officials” to the then chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh for securing release of former Union Carbide Corporation chief Warren Anderson in 1984 and on the “safe passage” assurance reportedly given to him.

The Kerala high court order setting aside the election of Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh was stayed by the Supreme Court on Thursday while admitting his appeal against the HC verdict.

Cashless health insurance facility may be restored in big hospitals in the next seven days. However, the subscribers may have to pay a higher premium for the treatment in super-speciality medical centres.

In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two alleged aides of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, Manoj Punamiya and Arvind Vyas. The arrests have been made in connection with their alleged involvement in illegal investments and hawala transactions.

Amidst a high pitched drama rarely witnessed in the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was on Thursday allowed three months extension to complete the probe in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, haunting the Narendera Modi government while former Gujarat minister Amit Shah’s lawyer questioned the very basis of the top court order handing over the investigation to the agency.

Former IPS officer Amod Kanth is in trouble as a Delhi court on Thursday rejected the closure report of the CBI, which has given a clean chit to him in the Uphaar inferno case, after noting that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute him for allegedly allowing extra seats in the hall which allegedly led to closure of exit gates where 59 cinegoers died in the blaze 13 years ago.