Central agencies have got inputs that Maoists may have entered the orange city of Nagpur using its city hospitals for treatment of its cadres injured during anti-Naxal operations by security forces. The city and especially its hospitals has come under the scanner after agencies got inputs that Maoists were getting treated there owing to

In yet another attempt to control food inflation still hovering over 12 per cent, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on food approved sale of additional 30 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat to around 11.5 crore APL families.

The Reddy brothers, Janardhana Reddy and Karunakaran Reddy, and the Andhra Pradesh health minister Sriramalu on Monday questioned the motives of the Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj in referring the complaint of an MLC to the Election Commission.

The government on Monday reiterated that there was every possibility of US aid to Pakistan being misused by Pakistan against India.
Defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday said, “We feel that there is every possibility of diverting this sophisticated equipment (provided by the US to Pakistan as part of the military aid) against India.

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Centre’s dual stance on permanent commission to the women officers in the defence forces, saying when it has been allowed in the Indian Air Force why should there be a problem in permitting the same in the Army.

The CBI is likely to arrest another top retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Gujarat, who is considered close to former Gujarat minister of state (home) Amit Shah, on the charges of destruction of evidence in the alleged Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Minister of civil aviation Praful Patel has launched a fresh salvo against minister of environment Jairam Ramesh whose delay in granting clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport will adversely impact the economic growth of Maharashtra.

The government plans to bring the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill in the Lok Sabha in the second week of August for passage.
It expects the report of the standing committee examining this bill to be made available to it before August 10.

The issue of shifting of Question Hour in Parliament is set to turn out to be a non-starter with some Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha coming out against the move, the government sources said here on Monday. An indication to this effect was available after the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Upper House. A meeting of the BAC of the Lok Sabha is scheduled on Tuesday.

Both Houses of the Parliament were adjourned on the first day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament after paying tributes to former vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and two sitting members who died during the inter-session period.