Rebutting point by point telecom minister Kapil Sibal’s claim that the CAG erred in its report on 2G licences, Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday asked the minister to withdraw his statement.

Senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar requesting her to ensure that the authority of the PAC and CAG is not impinged upon by ministers. Dr Joshi has asked the Speaker to take “prompt” steps to stop “such constitutional impropriety” by ministers. He has asked whether it was appropriate for a minister, particularly the one holding the charge of the ministry concerned, to cast aspersions on the CAG report after it has been tabled in the House.

With the government deciding to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the controversial Telangana issue, in the first week of February, and amidst divergence of views among MPs of Andhra Pradesh over the controversial issue, the Andhra chief minister Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday called on the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and is believed to have discussed the emotive statehood issue. Also the Telangana subject came up for discussion in the congress core group meeting attended by Prime Minister Dr Singh, Congress president Ms Sonia Gandhi and other top brass of the party.

The group of ministers (GoM), headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, on corruption on Friday held its first meeting and discussed various aspects relating to finding ways in tackling the ailment, which has currently plagued system in a big way.

The action of Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj granting sanction to private complainants to initiate the prosecution of chief minister B.S. Yeddeyurappa and state home minister R. Ashoka is the first case of its kind when the governor had granted sanction for prosecution of a chief minister on the private complaints.

The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council “rejected” the views of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expert panel on the proposed National Food Security Bill and approved a broad framework guaranteeing grains to around 75 per cent of the population.

Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s sanction to prosecute chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on corruption charges is consolidating the Opposition. This could intensify the battle between the Centre and the Opposition during the Budget Session of Parliament next month.

After seven successful editions, We Care Filmfest, India’s first travelling film festival on disability issues, launched its eighth edition with 27 documentaries and short films and a feature film mad

The enthusiasm is spreading, and there’s a growing buzz about the first ever comic convention in India, to be held at Dilli Haat from February 19 to 20.

After all the hoopla about Peepli Live making it to the Oscars, much to the disappointment of many fans, the film failed to make it to the final nine.