The Congress’ campaign against the BJP and the Sangh Parivar for their “double talk” on the issue of corruption and support to civil rights activist Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev will begin from Sunday.

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh will use Mr Rahul Gandhi’s birthday on June 19 to reconnect with farmers in the state. The party has decided to celebrate the day as Kisan Adhikar Diwas (Farmers’ Rights Day).

The Congress high command has not made up its mind whether or not to replace the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief Kripashankar Singh ahead of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
Besides, it has not taken any decision on the offer of resignations by the Bihar and Tamil Nadu Congress presidents.

Giving a new twist to the raging debate over the Lokpal Bill, Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily on Saturday said the proposed piece of legislation was, in fact, an ambitious dream of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Fasting yoga guru Baba Ramdev continued to get politically isolated with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav describing him as a “trainer not a yogi.” Earlier, the DMK too had slammed the hi-flying yoga guru while the AIADMK has maintained a stoic silence over his so-called anti-corruption crusade.

Over eight lakh candidates have registered for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) being held for the first time in 2011 for recruitment in the central government schools.

The Delhi high court has refused to stay the High Security Registration Number Plates (HSRNP) tender process in the city after hearing a plea of a city-based private company.

Indian-born restaurateur Namita Panjabi, co-founder of the Masala World group of restaurants in London, on Saturday was awarded in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honours list with an MBE. Ms Panjabi runs Veeraswamy, Amaya, Chutney Mary and the Masala Zone chain along with her husband Ranjit Mathrani and sister Camilla

The Delhi high court has asked a lower court to re-judge a murder case in which the accused got convicted and sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment due to the denial of an opportunity to cross-examine several witnesses to prove his innocence.

The plight of these Indians, prisoners in a strife-torn land far from home, is going unheard. The passports of more than 500 Indian employees of the Al Thawra Modern General Hospital in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, are with the hospital authorities and the Indian government is doing precious little to bail them out.