Questioning the timing of allegations agai-nst Prime Minister Manm-ohan Singh by former Union minister Arun Shou-rie, the Congress dubbed his move as a “diversionary ta-ctic”, and said no communication had ever taken place between him and Dr Singh. Mr Shourie claimed he had informed the PM about DMK leader A.

Tainted Congress MP and former Commonwealth Games organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi’s personal aide Shekhar Mukund Deorukhkar was arrested by the CBI from his Pune residence on Friday morning on charges of criminal conspiracy.

Telugu superstar K. Chiranjeevi, who recently merged his Praja Rajyam Party with the Congress, could soon be offered a berth in the Union Cabinet, top political sources have told this newspaper.

The Centre, rattled by a spate of corruption charges against top functionaries, has worked out a comprehensive plan which includes scrapping of the discretionary quotas of Central ministries and state governments.

There is fresh trouble brewing for Shahid Balwa, who ran into trouble earlier this week as the government of India on Thursday stopped the sale of Hotel Corporation of India’s Centaur Hotel in Srinagar to DB Realty following his arrest by the CBI.

India will discuss terror threats — such as hijacking and attempted bombing of aircraft — to the aviation sector as well as an “aviation security roadmap” with countries that include Pakistan and Afghanistan at a five-day regional aviation security conference being hosted by the Indian government in New Delhi from February 14 to

The CBI is set to make some significant arrests in connection with its probe related to Commonwealth Games (CWG) contracts. The agency is also expected to register three more FIRs related to sponsorship contracts to an Australian firm, purchase of surface tracks for different stadiums and alleged irregularities committed in awarding broadcast contract (worth `246 crore) for the Games to a UK-based company by Prasar Bharti.

The CBI on Friday confronted Shahid Usman Balwa, MD of DB Realty and a promoter of Swan Telecom, with the former telecom minister A. Raja for the second consecutive day and quizzed them directly in relation to the share-holding pattern of Swan Telecom.

Arrest of former Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi’s aide Deorukhar Shekhar’s by CBI sleuths might provide a missing link to Comptroller Auditor General for India (CAG) in concluding audit report on Commonwealth Games for the submission in the Parliament. The CAG’s audit on the Games will be tabled in the Parliament in the coming session. However, senior CAG officials refused to comment on the issue.

The Himachal Pradesh government on Friday gave a clean chit to Karmapa Ugyen Trinely Dorji in a foreign currency haul case, saying he has no links with the money seized from his transit home near Dharamsala.