The BJP has now unearthed a `75,000-crore coal scam in the UPA government. The party has directly blamed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for it, saying that the scam related to the period when the ministry was under his charge.

Even as the government continued its talks with Baba Ramdev on his fast against graft and black money, the Congress on Saturday alleged that the movement was being “remote controlled” by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

With the Ram Mandir issue having lost the power to bring in votes and catchy slogans having failed to mobilise cadres, the Bharatiya Janata Party has finally decided to take refuge in the charisma of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to return to power in UP and at the Centre.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Sonia Gandhi-led NAC of drafting a “perverse” and “ill-conceived” bill to tackle communal violence which, he claimed, portrays that the majority community is “always the perpetrator”.

Government on Thursday rejected joint Lokpal bill drafting committee co-chairman Shanti Bhushan’s invitation to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and other government representatives on the panel to join civil society in an open debate over the proposed legislation.

The role of former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran will also be investigated by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum scam, its chairman P.C. Chacko said on Saturday.

Thousands of supporters of yoga guru Baba Ramdev are pouring into the capital to lend their support to the proposed satyagrah against corruption at Ramlila Ground.

Amidst loud chants of Vande Mataram and Bharat Mata ki jai, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev announced his decision to launch the satyagrah against corruption from Saturday is final. Ramdev asked his followers to join him in the fast till the date the government conceded to all demands that aim to curb corruption and bring back black money to the country.

Deciding to go ahead with his fast against corruption and black money, Baba Ramdev held “bhajans” and yoga sessions here early on Saturday amidst thousands of his supporters.

As the UPA government is facing clamour from all sides on the issue of corruption and creation of Lokpal, the recommendation of Constitution review commission set by the NDA government could prove handy for the government in defending its decision to insulate the PM from the purview of Lokpal. The 10-member Constitution