Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said Wednes-day that the CAG had not exceeded its jurisdiction. “I am making it clear I don’t think the CAG is exceeding its jurisdiction (as) the basic responsibility of the CAG is to identify if there is any lapse,” Mr Mukherjee said at the economic editors conference.

Pakistan has deployed regular Army and additional paramilitary troops along the border with Afghanistan ostensibly to match the flood of US soldiers on the Afghan side due to fears of an attack on North Waziristan Agency targeting the Haqqani network.

The Indian Air Force has revealed allegedly sensitive information in a tender document posted on its website, giving the exact coordinates (latitude and longitude) of a number of Army helipads in the vital northern and eastern sectors bordering Pakistan and China.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said the UNSC must be expanded by increasing its permanent and non-permanent membership in tune with the contemporary realities. Ms Kumar, who is currently leading an Indian

The Congress has identified about a dozen districts in Maharashtra where its base is rapidly eroding for the past few years. They include Thane, Nashik, Jalgaon, Beed, Jalna, Parbhani, Satara, Buldhana, Akola, Aurangabad and Ahmednagar.

Stung by criticism of his bizarre “escape to hospital” drama on Tuesday, former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday did a 180-degree turn and had himself discharged from Victoria Hospital and taken to the central prison at

After extracting clear assurance from Karnataka chief secretary and DGP on providing adequate security to Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa for her visit to Bengaluru on Thursday for court hearing and record her final statement in

Mr Arvind Kejriwal, RTI activist and a senior member of Team Anna, was the target of a shoe attack in Lucknow on Tuesday where he had arrived to address a meeting of India Against Corruption (IAC).

Mr Arvind Kejriwal, RTI activist and a senior member of Team Anna, was the target of a shoe attack in Lucknow on Tuesday where he had arrived to address a meeting of India Against Corruption (IAC).

The current mood in the Congress is to expose Team Anna by ignoring it after realising that it has been playing tricks to remain in the limelight and the media glare.