The CBI on Friday opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and co-accused Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar in the 2G case on the ground that if released, they could tamper with evidence and influence witnesses.

Swami Nigamanand was buried at the Matri Sadan Ashram having been given a “Bhu Samadhi’ by other sadhus of the ashram.

Syed Ali Geelani, the hardline separatist leader and chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group, was placed under house arrest here on Friday.

Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily, who is also the convenor of the joint Lokpal drafting committee, on Thursday ruled out sending two drafts of Lokpal Bill to the Union Cabinet. The minister’s comments came in the wake of strong differences between the government and civil society. The law minister stated that if representatives

India has not yet decided on who to support as the next chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday. “I am in touch with my counterparts from other countries. I will announce the decision in due course.

It is hard to find anyone in the country who does not believe that corruption is not hitting us in the gut. Some like Justice J.S. Narang, formerly of the Punjab and Haryana high court, however wonder just how many institutions would we go on creating to deal with a malady.

The BJP on Friday demanded that the Centre make “fresh efforts” for securing the early release of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan.

Dissent over ticket distribution in the Samajwadi Party is now finding its way to posters and hoardings and disgruntled party leaders who have been deni-ed tickets are expressing their angst through poetry.

Marking their second meeting in four months, foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks in Islamabad from June 23 during which the Indian side is expected to press for effective action against those behind the 26/11 attacks, including elements in the ISI.

The Congress is watching developments in the BJP, especially the fight between the BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and the party’s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, Gopoinath Munde, viewing that its outcome is going to strengthen the Congress further.