In a significant development that may have direct bearing over the insurgency scenario of the north-eastern states, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang faction) has expelled its chairman S.S. Khaplang.

Rajathi Ammal, mother of jailed Rajya Sabha DMK MP Kanimozhi, wore a dejected look and was in tears in the open court as Justice Ajit Bharihoke of the Delhi high court on Wednesday rejected her daughter’s bail plea. The court also dismissed the bail plea of Sharad Kumar, the CEO and MD of Kalaignar TV.

The Congress party on Wednesday virtually declared redundancy of the joint committee to draft a strong Lokpal bill on a day when social activist Anna Hazare sat on a fast protesting the crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s protest.
Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said civil society representatives “could not be the alternate sources” for lawmaking including the key legislation.

A Delhi court on Wednesday remanded a woman director of a real estate firm, who had allegedly duped more than 1,000 investors on the pretext of providing them affordable flats, to five-day police custody.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday rejected senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley’s remark that there were differences between the government and the Congress on certain issues and said his party does not indulge in dual acts like the BJP which has been exposed.

Thousands of lawyers from various district courts in the national capital observed a day long strike on Wednesday to protest against the wrongful acts of the Government in misusing the provisions of Section 144 CrPC for forcibly evicting Baba Ramdev and the lawfully assembled crowd from the Ramlia Maidan on the mid-night last Saturday.

As the Opposition and the civil society members continued to flay the government for the midnight crackdown on Baba Ramdev at Ramlila Grounds here, Union home minister P. Chidambaram said that the yoga guru was aware that action would be taken if he continued with his fast unto death.

A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Mact) Court has awarded `8 lakh compensation to an 11-year-old girl, whose lower limbs were disabled following an accident.

In a startling admission in the wake of the ongoing protests against corruption by civil rights activists, defence minister A.K. Antony said on Wednesday that all those holding key positions in India in various fields including politicians are “still not ready” for the transition in the “transparency revolution” that the country is currently

The Anna Hazare camp appears to have undergone a sea change from its Jantar Mantar protest days to the Rajghat show of strength on Wednesday. The India Against Corruption, spearheading the Lokpal agitation, is no more shy of showing its anguish at the Congress in a departure from regular letters that Hazare used to send to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi from Jantar Mantar.