RJD chief Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday stated that he would like the Parliament to discuss in detail issue of alleged misuse of the CBI for political purposes. Mr Yadav asserted that he and the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav were not afraid of CBI but would like to know to what extent the investigative agency is willing to go in the case of the killing of Sohrabuddin.

The price rise issue is refusing to die down with the Opposition planning to give a notice for discussion under Rule 184 which entails voting in the Lok Sabha, next week.
The Opposition wants a discussion on this issue with voting as it not only fixes the Centre but expose the duel stand of the Congress allies and supporting parties. H

On a day when the BSP moved an adjournment motion on the issue of price rise in the Lok Sabha, a 39-member delegation of MPs from both the Houses of the party called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand a Rs 80,000-crore economic package for UP. The delegation also demanded from the Prime Minister six coal

Continuing his tirade against the Congress-led UPA government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday asked AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi why he did not see the plight of poor when he visited the shanty of a poor woman, Kalawati. The BJP chief was referring to the large-scale rotting of foodgrains.

Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, who is in the eye of a storm over his controversial remarks on the Commonwealth Games, has become an attached member of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on a petition filed by his maternal uncle V.M. Singh for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign.

The Supreme Court on Thursday listed for August 9 hearing on the application moved by Rajesh Talwar, father of murdered teenager Aarushi, seeking restraint on the media from irresponsible reporting in the case.

In the midst of a bedlam created by the Opposition over the spiralling prices, both houses of the Parliament on Thursday approved without a debate the imposition of President’s Rule in Jharkhand.

Security heads of 31 countries, including Pakistan, participating in the Commonwealth Games on Thursday inspected security arrangements at the Games village and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, main venue of the fortnight-long mega sporting event to be held here in October.

Shahid Khan, the Ukraine MBBS student accused of driving the Honda City which killed four labourers late Sunday night, was arrested by the police in dramatic circumstances at Delhi airport early Tuesday morning after he had already boarded a flight to Russia. The aircraft was stopped on the runway to stop him fleeing the country.