The CBI on Friday registered an FIR against several accused for allegedly manipulating the examination process of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)’s postgraduate (PG) entrance test.

Government on Thursday rejected joint Lokpal bill drafting committee co-chairman Shanti Bhushan’s invitation to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and other government representatives on the panel to join civil society in an open debate over the proposed legislation.

Thousands of supporters of yoga guru Baba Ramdev are pouring into the capital to lend their support to the proposed satyagrah against corruption at Ramlila Ground.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has mentioned the name of a senior BJP leader and former minister Rajendra Rathore in a chargesheet filed against suspects in the Dara Singh alias Dariya encounter case. The CBI described the incident in which Dariya was killed on October, 23, 2006 in Mansarovar area of Jaipur as “stage-managed.”

Amidst loud chants of Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki jai, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev announced his decision to launch the satyagrah against corruption from Saturday is final. Ramdev asked his followers to join him in the fast till the date the government conceded to all demands that aim to curb corruption and bring back black money to the country.

In one smart move, UP chief minister Mayawati has turned the tables on her political rivals and stumped her detractors.

As the UPA government is facing clamour from all sides on the issue of corruption and creation of Lokpal, the recommendation of Constitution review commission set by the NDA government could prove handy for the government in defending its decision to insulate the PM from the purview of Lokpal. The 10-member Constitution

The Jayalalithaa government on Friday announced a probe into alleged irregularities in the construction of the mega Assembly-Secretariat complex by the predecessor DMK regime, while scrapping most of its pet projects such as the housing and insurance schemes named after Mr M. Karunanidhi. Also, in a move aimed at clipping the

Baba Ramdev is apparently carrying forward senior BJP leader, Mr L.K. Advani’s agenda against the stashing of black money abroad. It was senior BJP leader, Mr L.K. Advani, who in 2008 demanded that the black money stashed abroad should be brought back “as urgently as possible.”

Former BJP leader and Hindutva ideologue K.N. Govindacharya is of the view that BJP parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani has “lost credibility” among people and therefore, he should not speak on issues like black money and corruption. Mr Govindacharya, who has joined hands with Baba Ramdev for his campaign against black money and