Even though the Supreme Court has quashed CVC P.J. Thomas’ appointment deciding the question of applicability of “quo-warranto” writ in his case, he still is planning to move the apex court for review of the verdict on the ground that the judiciary’s jurisdiction in the matter was limited only to the presidential reference.

Whenever there is an election in the state, political parties come out with lucrative manifestoes representing various issues of civil society to woo the electorates.
However, more often than not, the political parties fail to address these promises.

In a significant development the Gauhati high court has directed the Election Commission of India to find out the number of cases of doubtful voters (D-Voters) pending in various Foreigners’ Tribunals in Assam and also to ensure that such suspected foreigners name in the electoral rolls are categorized as D-voters debarring them from voting rights.

Superstar Rajinikanth held ‘secret’ consultations with well-known political analyst and Tughlak editor Cho S. Ramaswamy at his Poes Garden bungalow here on Saturday, triggering speculation whether he would extend support to AIA-DMK chief Ms Jayalalithaa in the Assembly poll. It is known that Mr Cho had negotiated the alliance between her and DMDK’s ‘Captain’ Vijayakanth, bitter foes till then.

Among the states that are going to the polls in April-May, Tamil Nadu is the only one that is definitely going to have an effect on UPA-II, irrespective of whichever alliance-be it the DMK-led group or the Jayalalithaa-led camp- romps home. Therefore, it attracts the attention of political pundits and commoners, alike.

Unprecedented, intense haggling over seats and constituencies continues in DMK and rival AIADMK camps.
Overlapping of claimants is the major issue in the DMK alliance while it is numbers on the AIADMK front.

Three juveniles have been arrested by the south Delhi police for allegedly being involved in a theft-arson incident in Sarojini Nagar on March 6.
According to the police, the three juveniles were arrested on Friday.

A team of psychologists, who examined Utsav Sharma, currently in jail for assaulting Rajesh Talwar in Ghaziabad court premises, have opined that he is mentally ill and needs treatment.

Two men have been arrested in a joint operation by the special cell and the east Delhi police for allegedly killing Anna Mammen, the 79-year-old mother of Rebecca John, the defence counsel in Aarushi Talwar murder case, at Vivek Vihar in east Delhi on March 8. The police has recovered the robbed jewellery and `80,000 from the accused.

The bodies of two scrap dealers were found in a vacant plot in Sadarpur area of neighbouring Noida on Saturday. There were no clothes on the two bodies. The police suspects that illicit relations of the two men may have something to do with the double murder. A couple of suspects have been detained and are being questioned in this regard.