The strike at Maruti Suzuki’s plant in Haryana’s Manesar town continued for the 12th day on Wednesday, even as the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) warned it could spread to other carmakers in a show of solidarity if the workers’ demands are not met.

The controversial draft report on the 2G spectrum allocation issue submitted by senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee chairman M.M. Joshi has been returned by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. The BJP, which although refrained from a structured response on the issue, used the occasion to attack Congress alleging that it

A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of CWG organising committee’s former treasurer M. Jayachandran, accused in the Timing-Scoring-Result (TSR) scam in which a Swiss firm was allegedly favoured causing a loss of over Rs 90 crores to the state exchequer.

A day after the Supreme Court query about the status of `200 crores alleged bribe paid to Kalaignar TV in the 2G spectrum licences deal, the CBI on Tuesday indicated that it will soon write to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to attach those properties of DB Realty, a company linked to Shahid Balwa, in which the amount was invested after return of the money by the DMK owned TV network.

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed the plea of resident doctors of AIIMS seeking scrapping of the online test conducted by the premier institute for admission to super speciality courses of different medical colleges.

The Indian government has signed a $1 billion loan with multilateral lending agency, the World Bank, to help support the cleaning of the Ganga river.

The income tax department on Wednesday conducted searches at 17 premises of contractors who conducted overlays works worth Rs 140 crores for the Commonwealth Games held here in 2010.

Defence minister A.K. Antony on Tuesday discounted the possibility of Kargil-type operations in Arunachal Pradesh as apprehended by a minister of the state, saying the situation on the border was under constant monitoring and capabilities were being upgraded.

Intensifying the war of words with the government over the proposed Lokpal Bill, Team Anna Hazare on Monday hit back asking why the “honest” Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, was “scared” to come under the Lokpal’s purview. The Congress, however, retorted saying the country has been facing threats from the “tyranny of (the) unelected and unelectable”.

Home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday dismissed Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa’s statement demanding his resignation on the ground he was elected in “fraudulent” manner in 2009 Lok Sabha polls calling it a “gross contempt of court”.