The CBI has started probing as how the estimated budget of `1,000 crores for upgradation and construction of five stadia for the Commonwealth Games, crossed the limit of `2,460 crores.

The Congress on Thursday chose to remain silent over attacks on telecom minister Kapil Sibal by CAG and PAC on the issue of the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
“A procedure is on-going. The CAG’s view-point has been presented. The government’s view is also in the public domain and the PAC has a view on it... With all three views now in the public domain, let appropriate bodies decide,” party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.

Serious differences over appointment of amicus curiae have apparently cropped up between two IPS officials, Karnail Singh of Delhi police and Satish Varma of the Gujarat police, both members of the special investigation team (SIT) probing the controversial encounter of Ishrat and three others.

Senior BJP leader and the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Thursday said those who term speeches of anti-nationalists as freedom of expression are objecting to political parties hoisting the tricolour in certain parts of the country. The BJP youth wing will be hoisting flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on January 26 despite Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah urging the party not to, fearing it will create problem in the state.

The Congress on Thursday welcomed a special court’s permission to CBI to reinvestigate the Malegaon blast of 2006 in wake of “confession” statements made by Swami Aseemanand linking Hindu groups to terror acts.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said coalition politics was sometimes a hurdle in decision making. He is perhaps the first party chief minister to complain about coalition politics at a time when the Congress has been running a coalition government in the state for more than ten years.

The eighth edition of “We Care Film Fest” — an annual international festival of documentary films on disability issues was launched on Thursday at the United Nations Information Centre here.

Taking a strong exception to the non-dismissal of former ACP S.S. Rathi, convicted for killing two innocent persons in an encounter due to mistaken identity in 1997, Justice S.

The post-mortem of the restaurant manager who was killed near Khan Market on Tuesday afternoon was conducted by a panel of doctors at the Maulana Azad Medical College on Thursday.

A 22-year-old woman, who had recently married a 24-year-old youth against the wishes of his family, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her in-law’s house on Tuesday.