The Danish high court dismissed Purulia Arms drop case accused Kim Davy's plea that CBI's arrest warrant cannot be the basis for his extradition to India since it had expired and will deliver its verdict before July.

The government on Thursday gave its formal nod to the politically-sensitive caste census. This will be done along with the head count of those living “Below Poverty Line” (BPL). A separate BPL census data is collected every after five year to better target government’s subsidy programmes.

With the Union Cabinet at its meeting on Thursday not discussing the Karnataka Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj’s special report recommending imposition of President’s rule in the state, it appears that the government has decided to ignore the recommendations and let the BJP government led by B.S. Yeddyeurappa continue for a while.

Putting up a brave face after Allahabad high court ordered the ED to probe money laundering charges against him, Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh on Friday said he should be punished if found guilty as he was not above law.

After NDA members in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) objected to telecom secretary’s presentation before the committee on Thursday, not reflecting properly the irregularities in 2G spectrum allocation, committee chairman P.C. Chacko asked executive summary of the CAG report on the 2G spectrum issue to be part of the next

On a day when the Union Cabinet chose not to take a call on Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj’s recommendation for President’s rule, Janata Dal(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh not only to press for imposition of Central rule but also to assure him of requisite numbers to support the decision in the Rajya Sabha.

Alarmed by the declining child sex ratio (CSR) in the country, the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has called a meeting of the concerned Central ministries on Friday to take stock of the situation. The meeting, to be chaired by the principal secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr T.K.A.Nair, will discuss how this problem can be dealt with “on a war-footing” and the alarming trend arrested.

The government on Friday ruled out recalling the '50 most wanted' list given to Pakistan after two more fugitives figuring in it were traced in India but said the document is being reviewed.

The Supreme Court on Thursday called for the details of the two sets of charges framed against Sikkim high court chief justice P.D. Dinakaran in the impeachment process to examine whether the three-member inquiry committee probing the charges had overstepped its limit.

The fate of DMK MP Kanimozhi, charge sheeted by the CBI for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum case along with former telecom minister A. Raja, is to be decided today by a Delhi court.