The CPI(M) on Friday demanded a judicial probe into the Purulia arms drop case alleging that the then Central government had been grossly negligent in conducting a probe into the incident which was aimed at destabilising the then Jyoti Basu government in West Bengal. CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said that the “kingpin’’ of the conspiracy, Kim Davy, has given specific details of how he had escaped from the Mumbai airport and reached Nepal.

The Aligarh Muslim University was today shut down indefinitely following violent clashes between two rival groups of students that left around 12 of them injured.

Even as the drafting of the Lokpal bill by the joint committee of the government and civil society representatives is yet to make the initial headway, the Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that it will not allow creation of any hindrance in the drafting of the legislation by filing petitions raking up “frivolous” issues.

The government on Saturday finally appointed Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay as the chairman and managing director of telecom giant BSNL.

Unitech group managing director Sanjay Chandra, chargesheeted in the 2G spectrum scam by the CBI, on Friday told the Delhi high court that he did not “manipulate” documents to make his eight companies eligible for the Unified Access Services licences. Seeking bail for his client Mr Chandra, noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani

Voting for the fourth phase of panchayat polls in Bihar was held on Saturday under the shadow of the gunning down of a candidate late last night in Vishanpur village in Khagaria district.

Amidst the ongoing crisis on the PAC report, sources said the committee has to give it either unanimously or with dissent notes by members who hold different views, but it cannot accept or reject a report on numbers.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday presented President's police medals to 11 CBI officers including joint director O.P. Galhotra who investigated bofors scam, the then joint director Arun Kumar who led the probe into Aarushi Murder case and Rishi Raj Singh who arrested Buta Singh's son on corruption charges.

Tarring BJP and the Left with the same brush, Congress on Friday accused that the Right and the Left have come together in their bid to destabilise the secular UPA dispensation at the Centre.

Unmindful of 'rejection' of the draft report on 2G scam by UPA members, PAC chairman Murli Manmohar Joshi on Saturday submitted it to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and insisted that it be tabled in Parliament.