Will corruption be an issue in the coming Assembly elections in five states? The reports coming to New Delhi are mixed suggesting that local factors, incumbency and image of candidates would matter more in the electoral battle.

Alleging that scandals and scams to the tune of `58,000 crores had taken place in the Northeast, the BJP on Saturday demanded a time-bound probe into it.
Attacking Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari said: “Sonia Gandhi had made tall promises against corruption. They are so hollow that not only are the Central leaders corrupt, even the chief ministers of Congress-ruled states are making money.”

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has written an open letter to Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan accusing him of deceiving the people and holding him responsible for failure when it comes to developing the infrastructure and improving the quality of life of the masses.

The second team of special observers of the Election Commission has not come on the invitation of the Left parties. This surprising announcement was made by CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose on Saturday when the special observers fanned out in the districts to make an assessment of the law and order situation. “We have no idea

The running feud between the CPI(M) and Trinamul Congress has once again landed at the doorstep of the home ministry with chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee writing to Union home minister P. Chidambaram about alleged Trinamul-Maoist linakages.

In a first, the department of post’s (DoP) postal stamp made of khadi was unveiled at the ongoing philatelic exhibition, “Indipex 2011”, inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil on Saturday. The World Philatelic Exhibition began on Saturday at the Hamsadhwani Theatre at Pragati Maidan. The week-long exhibition will showcase some of the

Four persons, allegedly involved in the robbery of a van carrying mobile phones that was reported from Paschim Vihar in west Delhi on February 1, have been arrested by the crime branch of the Delhi police. The police has recovered 57 cartons having more than 2,850 cellular phones, valued at over `1 crore, from the accused. According to

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the department of health and family welfare of the Delhi government to put up all the agreements signed under public-private-partnership (PPP) since January 1, 2009, on its website. The order of the CIC came on an RTI petition seeking information related to ambulance fleet that

In new findings of the ongoing probe in the Commonwealth Games-related financial irregularities, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) interim report on medical purchases for the Commonwealth Games says that the Delhi health department bought equipment worth crores of rupees for the Games. However, many of these

The Delhi police commisioner B.K. Gupta on Saturday awarded 17 constables from various police stations in recognition of their exceptional work.
Mr Gupta stated that he has decided to reward the best beat officers from each police station every month so as to encourage them. The various deputy commissioners of police will select the recipients.