Suresh Kalmadi is likely to be arrested on Monday by the CBI which questioned him over alleged irregularities in the conduct of Queen's Baton Relay (QBR) held in London in 2009.

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the CBI as to how it suddenly woke up to detect fresh evidence against dentists Rajesh and Nupur Talwar after claiming there was no evidence against them in the murder case of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a magisterial probe into allegations that victims of Mirchpur Dalit violence were being targeted by those accused of killing an elderly Dalit and his daughter in the village.

Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car maker, said on Monday its profit rose marginally by half a percent to 659.9 crores (Rs.6,599 million) in the fourth quarter of 2010-11.

An Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer, who had landed in trouble after blowing the whistle on alleged forest scam in Haryana, has sought a CBI probe into his charges of irregularities involving some politicians and officers in the state as well as in the environment ministry.

Criticising Congress leader Digvijay Singh for "speaking too much" on the issue of corruption, BJP on Monday said he himself was deep in the "quagmire of corruption" with a court ordering an inquiry against him.

Sports minister Ajay Maken on Monday directed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to select a new president after the CBI arrested Suresh Kalmadi, former chairman of Commonwealth Games organising committee, for alleged irregularities in the contracts awarded for the 2010 mega event.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday welcomed the arrest of former Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, but said it was a delayed step.

Amid Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati’s demand for inclusion of a Dalit in the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, justice Santosh Hegde said if someone from the community should be included in the panel, then it should be one of the Dalit ministers.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said she was greatly pained over the death of Sathya Sai Baba.
"The news of the death of Sai Baba of Puttaparthi has greatly pained me.