The Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government on Thursday revealed the complete details of their policy agreement.

A significant hike in the prices of petrol and diesel are on the cards following the hike in the price of natural gas on Wednesday. An empowered group of ministers (eGoM) constituted by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will meet on June 7 to decided on the issue of liberalising prices of auto fuel as recommended by the Kirit Parikh committee.

In a significant order, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday dismissed the CBI’s plea challenging a lower court order in the Babri Masjid demolition case that dropped charges of criminal conspiracy against senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Vinay Katiyar, Uma Bharti, Kalyan Singh, VHP leader Ashok Singhal and 14 others.

In an embarrassment for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, a Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the government to present the notification of the of remission of interior minister Rehman Malik’s jail sentence awarded by an accountability court and upheld by the superior court. The Lahore high court — that upheld the sentence

India will take on regining world and Olympic champions Holland in their opening encounter of the women’s Hockey World Cup in Rosario, Argentina, from August 29 to September 11 this year.

The CBI has asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to form a special team to go through the financial part of the investigations in connection with 2G spectrum auctions in which the union telecom minister A. Raja is facing charges of corruption.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that the matter of awarding extension to the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani will be looked into “when its time will come”.

The International Cricket Council on Thursday gave a clean chit to Indian Premier League-3 saying it had no evidence or intelligence of any corruption, despite rumours.
Lord Condon, the outgoing chairman of the ICC anti-corruption and security unit, said here on Thursday, “IPL-3 from a clean cricket point of view seems to have been a very clean event.

The CBI has registered a disproportionate assets case against tainted former chairman of the Medical Council of India (MCI), Ketan Desai, and his family members. So far, the CBI has recovered unaccounted assets to the tune of Rs 24 crores.

British author J.G. Farrell’s Troubles has been announced as the winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize.