Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday dismissed speculation about the possibility of him entering the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.
“Till 2013, I am out of electoral politics. No and that too in capital letters,” he said when asked about speculation that he could be the “outsider” taking the Upper House seat vacated by Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned chief secretaries of all states and union territories that they will have to appear in person if they fail to apprise the court of the steps taken by them to rehabilitate sex workers.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s disengagement-is-not-an-option line came under increased strain on Tuesday following Pakistan’s unhelpful attitude on the issue of bringing the 26/11 perpetrators to justice.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday reserved its order on perjury proceedings against 19 witnesses who had allegedly turned hostile in the 1999 Jessica Lall murder case.

On a modest opening day for Indian archers, Commonwealth Games gold-medallists Deepika Kumari and Rahul Banerjee were the only ones to make an impression for the country at the World Cup (Stage I) in the Croatian city of Porec.

The scheduled visit of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief Robert S. Mueller to New Delhi on Wednesday has been called off, official sources said. Though no reason has been given for the change in plans, the engagement of the US administration with the hectic developments after the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, is believed to be the reason, sources said.

CBI has asked Swiss Timing to clarify its stand on alleged irregularities in the award of contract for installing Timing, Scoring and Results system during Commonwealth Games, a case in which sacked OC chairman Suresh Kalamadi has been arrested.

Pakistan, which had denied knowledge of Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, had a lot to explain following his killing by the US special forces in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, external affairs minister S.M. Krishna said.

Speaker Meira Kumar appears to be in no hurry to decide whether the "document" submitted by PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi on its scrutiny into the 2G scam issue is indeed the report of the committee.

Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) has proceeded on an indefinite sit-in strike on the campus to protest against the institution’s indefinite closure following a clash between rival students groups last week.