The brutal murder of a jail doctor on duty by convicted prisoners inside a jail in Bihar has prompted the state’s shocked government doctors to call a day-long strike in protest on Tuesday and renewed demands for stringent measures to protect doctors across the state.

There was no relief for Rajya Sabha DMK MP Kanimozhi, arrested and chargesheeted by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, with the Delhi high court on Monday reserving its order on her bail plea.

A Cabinet reshuffle could take place either before June 15 or else be deferred to July, but ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, highly placed sources here indicated on Monday night.

Delhi was once again hit by a security scare on Monday when a bag filled with explosive material was found lying near Delhi University’s Gargi College in south Delhi.

The Allahabad high court on Monday set aside the Uttar Pradesh government’s acquisition of 170 hectares of land for industrial development at Gulistan village in Greater Noida. The quashing of the move, seen as another blow to

The CBI officials have provided specific information related to bank account details of certain Mauritius-based companies, who are under the scanner of the agency in connection with the 2G spectrum scam probe, to the authorities concerned there during their recent visit to the tax haven.

The Ganga river has moved away from the ghats of Varanasi, creating panic among devotees in the holy city.
The river, which is apparently changing its course, has moved about 7-10 feet away from the ghats. At the famous

Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) Vinod Rai, who briefed senior Congress leader P.C. Chacko-headed Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Monday, maintained that the CAG acted within its constitutional mandate while preparing the report on the 2G spectrum issue. The JPC is looking into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

The government and the Anna Hazare-led civil society team on the Lokpal Bill joint drafting committee are on a collision course over inclusion of the Prime Minister and the higher judiciary, and the actions of MPs inside Parliament within the purview of the proposed legislation.

The three-day national executive of the BJP, being held in Lucknow, will prepare the road map for the next Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.