While the Opposition cries itself hoarse seeking a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) into the Adarsh housing society scam, the government on Wednesday rejected this demand saying that there are a large number of similar housing estates in different parts of the country.

The issue of corruption, including that of 2-G scam, Adarsh Society controversy and Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Wednesday rocked both the Houses of Parliament.
As soon as the two Houses met for the day, Opposition members led by the BJP did not allow the Question Hour by trooping into the well raising slogans, leading to adjournment till noon.

The stage has been cleared for the impeachment proceedings against Calcutta high court Justice Soumitra Sen in Parliament.
The first-ever impeachment initiated against a judge — V Ramaswami, who retired as an SC judge in 1994 — failed after the motion collapsed on the floor of the Lok Sabha in 1993 following abstentions by the Congress.

The new Maharashtra chief minister has managed to irk Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray even before his swearing-in. While speaking to news channels in Delhi, Mr Prithviraj Chavan inadvertently referred to Mumbai as “Bambai”. The MNS chief immediately announced that he would gift prayer beads to Mr Chavan for him to memorise the name Mumbai.

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday welcomed Mr Prithviraj Chavan as the new Maharashtra chief minister. However, the Sena leader also cautioned Mr Chavan not to include any of the tainted ministers involved in the Adarsh Housing Society scam into his Cabinet.

Ajit Pawar, 51, is the NCP’s most aggressive leader. He is from the village of Katewadi in the Baramati taluka of Pune district and has been representing the Baramati Assembly constituency since 1991.

With a Rajya Sabha-appointed committee finding him “guilty of misbehaviour” for misappropriating large sums, making false statements and misrepresenting facts, impeachment proceedings can begin against Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen.

His unswerving loyalty to the Congress high command has earned 64-year-old Prithviraj Chavan the most coveted seat of power in Maharashtra. However, his inexperience in the state politics coupled with the NCP’s move to replace Chhagan Bhujbal with Ajit Pawar as the deputy chief minister means that Mr Chavan will have a

Maharashtra CM-designate Prithviraj Chavan said Wednesday his priority was to provide a “transparent administration” and “take everyone along” to provide the state a good government.

Maharshtra chief minister-designate Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday sidestepped a question on whether he was Mr Rahul Gandhi’s choice. “I will not say this. The Congress president asked me. It is a decision of the high command and not one man.”