The Congress on Monday put the BJP in the dock asking the saffron party to explain what steps were taken by the NDA government to extradite Warren Anderson.
“The BJP should explain why its then solicitor-general Soli Sorabjee gave one opinion in 2001 and then subsequently backtracked to say that Warren Anderson could not be extradited, based on the legal opinion obtained by the NDA government from a American law firm,” party spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said.

Mahindra Satyam on Monday said it has sought three months more from the Company Law Board (CLB) for filing its restated accounts.
This is the second extension being sought by the scam-hit company. The restated accounts were supposed to have been filed by June 30, but the latest move will postpone the filing till September 30.

The mining baron, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy, got a breather from the AP high court which on Monday stayed all further proceedings on a probe ordered by the Centre into the alleged illegal mining operations of Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC).

The Congress is gearing up for the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls at a time when the ruling Janata Dal (U)-BJP combine is feeling uncomfortable and thus losing its killer instinct, while the RJD-LJP combine is not in a position to emerge as an alternative to chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Cracks between the JD(U) and BJP continued to widen with the saffron brigade making clear its intention to launch Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in Bihar for its election campaign. “Modi will campaign in Bihar if the state units wants him,” BJP spokesperson and Bihar leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy declared on Monday. Assembly

Wholesale price inflation, a measure of rising costs, rose to 10.16 per cent in May, the highest in the last 19 months, due to high food and fuel prices.
Economists and other experts predicted double-digit inflation was likely to delay any government move to decontrol fuel prices. “Inflation is always a matter of concern. S

With Assembly elections round the corner, bureaucrats from Bihar took charge of campaign through a media blitzkrieg showcasing the achievements of the state government under chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Naga leaders, after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday, hinted at a temporary suspension of their 65-day-old blockade of two national highways in the Northeast. Earlier on Monday, the Centre had said it would send more than 2,000 security personnel to end the blockade by Naga groups.

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday revised the circle rates for sale and purchase of properties in the city, effecting a substantial increase for all colonies across the city which may result in rise in property prices.

The government has decided to curb the teaching of practical subjects through distance mode. University Grants Commission, the higher education regulator, has in a directive stated that subjects that involve a large component of practical training should be taught in in face-to-face mode.