As part of its probe into alleged irregularities into the conduct of the Commonwealth Games, the CBI on Wednesday registered an FIR against several accused persons, including former officials of the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), for the alleged award of a broadcast network contract at an exorbitant rate of `570.12 crores to a Noida-based private firm.

As the acquisition of land for development purposes has embroiled in major political controversies in different states, the Supreme Court has stressed that the government should give preference to the policy of “land-for-land” to ensure that no farmers, especially the tribals, were rendered landless.

A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Mact) Court has awarded `8 lakh compensation to a 11-year-old Rupali, whose lower limbs were disabled following an accident.

Activists of Bharat Swabhiman Trust continued their Satyagraha for the sixth consecutive day in Bihar in support of the indefinite fast launched by Baba Ramdev against corruption.

In yet another case of honour killing, the family of a girl allegedly got her killed by her brother’s friends who helped them murder the parents of the boy with whom she eloped. The two friends were arrested from south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar on Tuesday while they were on way to kill Durgesh Tiwari, the youth who eloped with the girl, DCP

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday condoled the death of celebrated Indian artist M.F. Husain in London, terming it as a “national loss”.

Rajathi Ammal, mother of jailed Rajya Sabha DMK MP Kanimozhi, wore a dejected look and was in tears in the open court as Justice Ajit Bharihoke of the Delhi high court on Wednesday rejected her daughter’s bail plea. The court also dismissed the bail plea of Sharad Kumar, the CEO and MD of Kalaignar TV.

Friends and admirers of M.F. Husain were on Thursday at a loss of words at the demise of the painter famously dubbed “Piccaso of India” and angry at the fact that he had to die in a foreign land.

BJP on Wednesday criticised home minister P. Chidambaram for alleging that RSS was behind Ramdev’s agitation and announced a three-day anti-corruption campaign starting on Thursday.

Legendary painter M.F. Husain had his heart in Bollywood and many from the film industry have expressed grief over his demise on Thursday.