The CBI officials, probing alleged violations regarding spectrum allocation between 2001 and 2007, are likely to meet former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran to seek his clarification over certain issues related to alleged Aircel-Maxis deal in the first week of July.

Government on Thursday ruled out sending two drafts of Lokpal Bill to the Union Cabinet in the wake of strong differences with the civil society which it accused of “obstructing” the fight against corruption.

UP chief minister Mayawati has said that she was not averse to a CBI inquiry into the Lakhimpur rape and murder case, but apprehended that if given to the CBI, it may mess up the case like it did with the Aarushi case.

Amid allegations that Swami Nigamanand was poisoned, authorities on Thursday ordered a second viscera test of the seer who died after a four-month fast against quarrying in Ganga river bed.

In the wake of the Indian Navy drawing heavy criticism from six Indians aboard freed Egyptian merchant vessel MV Suez and their family members in India for not escorting the vessel to safety after its release by pirates Monday,

The death of a 14-year-old girl in a police station in Lakhmirpur district and the subsequent controversy surrounding the death has given a fresh impetus to political parties which have attempted to gain political mileage out of it.

A day after talks on Lokpal Bill got deadlocked, Anna Hazare on Thursday accused the government of having no intention of enacting a strong anti-corruption law and said he will undertake an indefinite fast from August 16 if a diluted legislation is brought.

The government could even cancel the Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries’ biggest gas find in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin’s D6 block if the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India nails the company in its final report for furnishing fake bills or using fraudulent means to inflate expenditure, according to petroleum ministry sources.

Hours after UP chief minister Mayawati said that she was not averse to recommending a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Lakhimpur, the parents of the victim gave a letter to the district magistrate of Lakhimpur saying that they wanted a CBI inquiry into their daughter’s killing.

BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress for seeking an apology from party chief Nitin Gadkari for his remarks on Sonia Gandhi, saying it should first say sorry for using terms like “merchant of death” and “man-eater” against a "popular chief minister” of the party.