The Karnataka unit of the Congress demanded the imposition of President’s Rule in the state invoking the use of Article 356, if the chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa did not tender his resignation over the “illegal mining” issue.

An MCD employee, who lost his vision in a mishap, has been awarded a compensation of Rs 30.57 lakhs by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT). The victim had met with the accident last year. In a recent order, presiding officer Gurvinder Pal Singh directed the insurance company to pay the victim, Bali Ram Singh, the amount within a month after holding the autorickshaw driver responsible for the accident.

The Centre on Saturday reviewed the security set-up for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in the capital.
Home secretary Gopal K. Pillai reviewed the arrangements being put in place at the various Games venues. Mr Pillai visited the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the venue of both opening and closing ceremonies, and conducted an on the spot assessment of the security measures being put in place.

In a bizarre case, unidentified thieves managed to escape with Rs 22 lakhs from a cash van on its way to deposit the amount in an ATM in broad daylight at Sector 18 in Noida on Friday. The cash was meant for an ATM of a multi-national bank.

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday appreciated SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s apology to Muslims for associating with Mr Kalyan Singh, a one-time poster boy of the Sangh Parivar. However, he made it clear that the Congress would not have any alliance with the SP even after the apology and will go alone in the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

In a breather for Delhiites, diesel will cost Rs 2.50 less per litre, which will come into effect from July 20.
Reacting to the Delhi government decision, the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association said the decision will bring the much desired relief to the common man. However, it renewed the demanded to bring parity in VAT rates of diesel between Delhi and Haryana.

INDEPENDENT FILMS from India have got a showcase in Britain with a new film festival.

Thousand of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) activists vandalised a media group’s office in the heart of the city on Friday evening after it reported the alleged links of RSS in various blasts across the city.

The CPI(M) has urged the UPA government to show “political will” and take action on reported links between Trinamul Congress and Maoists in West Bengal. CPI(M) politburo member and Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referring to reported links between a Trinamul MP and Maoists, including supplying of arms to the extremists.

Minister for rural development and panchayati raj, C.P. Joshi, pulled up the states over the performance of flagship MGNREGA and asked them to do more. He was addressing the performance review committee meeting.