Much to the relief of DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi, his daughter, Rajya Sabha MP and 2G scam accused Kanimozhi, walked out of Tihar prison on bail on Tuesday after more than six months of incarceration.

To facilitate passage of a bill to split the Municipal Corporation of Delhi into three smaller civic bodies, a special session of Delhi Assembly will begin today.
The government is confident of passage of the bill without any difficulty as Opposition BJP has already indicated that it would not oppose trifurcating MCD although the party had been critical of the move.

The impasse in Parliament over FDI in multi-brand retail continued Tuesday as even an all-party meeting convened by Leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Muk-erjee failed to break the ice. An unrelenting Opposition stuck to its demand for a “rollback” of the decision, while Mr Mukherjee prom-ised to get back after consulting the top leadership.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday virtually rejected the Opposition’s demand to roll back foreign direct investment in retail, saying the decision would benefit the country.

The all-party meeting on FDI in retail sector failed to break the logjam, as along with the Opposition NDA and the Left, UPA allies Trinamul Congress and DMK, as well as the SP and BSP, which lend outside support to the government,

Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday slammed the Opposition for continued disruptions in Parliament and stated that the MPs indulging in such conduct are not “doing things consistent to the oath” they took as

The main Opposition BJP, which on Tuesday asked the government to either roll back its decision allowing FDI in retail sector or accept its “non-negotiable” adjournment motion on the issue, admitted that not the BJP’s, but the BJP-led NDA’s election manifesto of 2004 had promised to allow 26 per cent FDI in the

Delegates at the Youth Congress conclave appear to have no doubt that the time has come for Mr Rahul Gandhi to take the bigger responsibilities, including that of the post of PM. “Rahulji could have become a minister but he wanted to

Invoking Gandhian ideals, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday gave lessons in leadership to the Youth Congress leaders by telling them that they should never lose the trust of the people.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and MoS for home Jitendra Singh at the two-day national convention of All-India Youth Congress office-bearers in New Delhi on Monday. — G.N. Jha