Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. V.K. Singh had felt that the ministry of defence (MoD’s) reference to the Attorney General on the Army Chief’s date of birth (DoB) issue a few months ago was biased and lacked objectivity, according to an official note written in June this year by the then defence secretary Pradeep Kumar.

The BJP on Tuesday maintained anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare did not have full details of arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s case, when he made remarks against the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Defending Mr Bhatt’s arrest,

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, asked whether he feared he would be targeted as a BJP supporter, said those who raise such allegations should be sent to a mental hospital. “In my whole life, not a single instance has shown that I had been associated with the BJP or RSS. I have never attended a single meeting (of the BJP or RSS),” he claimed.

In a development that could have far reaching consequences for former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday has set aside an interim order granted in favour of Mr Yeddyurappa staying proceedings before the Lokayukta court in two separate complaints related to corruption cases.

In what can be said as a significant move that could help India reduce the scarcity of doctors to a certain extent, the Union health ministry has made a move to make an amendment in the present act to facilitate foreign national doctors practice in India. As of now, these doctors can come to teach or

Malayalam poet K. Satchidanandan and Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi have figured in the list of probables for this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature that is to be announced in a few days. The list, where Satchidanandan (33/1) ranks 18, has been put out on British betting firm Ladbrokes’ website.

The Delhi police has arrested a 36-year-old woman who was wanted by the Chhattisgarh police.

India and Afghanistan signed a wide-ranging strategic partnership here on Tuesday, a move that is unlikely to go down well with Islamabad at a time when its ties with Kabul have soured. The agreement envisions bilateral ties on an altogether different and broader plane, encompassing areas such as security and economic cooperation.

The CBI may file separate FIRs in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the award of spectrum licences since 2001, which covered the stint of three former communications ministers, including late Pramod Mahajan, Arun Shourie and Dayanidhi Maran.

Anna Hazare is emerging as a crusader against the Congress but is seen soft about the BJP and its state governments on the issue of corruption. On Tuesday, he announced he would campaign against the Congress candidate in the Hisar Lok Sabha bypolls scheduled for October 13.