Amid series of allegations against eminent lawyer Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant, activist Swami Agnivesh said the two were the "strongest link" in the fight against corruption and the controversies should not be allowed to affect the Lokpal Bill drafting committee.

The Delhi high court has stopped the Election Commission from acting on a plea seeking former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan's disqualification as a state legislator for allegedly submitting wrong poll expenditure incurred during the 2009 Assembly election.

The CPI(M) on Saturday demanded immediate investigation of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots and his prosecution following accusations by a senior state police officer.

President Pratibha Patil will Sunday embark on a five-day state visit to Mauritius during which she will address the national Assembly and hold discussions with the island nation's top leadership.

The history and controversies of the British royal family and the grand nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be showcased in a week-long TV show centred on the royal family starting on Saturday.

Former telecom minister A. Raja and two corporate honchos, who have been chargesheeted in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, on Saturday complained to a Delhi court that documents supplied to them by the CBI were incomplete.

The Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party are now preparing for another face-off on the Bundelkhand issue. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will jointly address a rally in Banda district in Bundelkhand and will announce a developmental package for the region.

Director General of Civil Aviation E.K. Bharat Bhushan said on Friday that the Pawan Hans helicopter that crashed at Tawang earlier this week had the requisite certificate of air-worthiness and added that there did not seem to be anything wrong with the chopper.

After going through details of over 15,000 phone calls made in connection with the 2G spectrum scam, the CAG is likely to get access to the Department of Telecom’s answers to a questionnaire sent by various agencies investigating the 2G scam. Sources said that the CAG is likely to receive the answers on Monday. However, the senior CAG officials were not available for comments.

The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing several cases of corruption in the conduct of the Commonwealth Games (CWG), is likely to make significant arrests in connection with the alleged irregularities committed in awarding broadcast contract (worth `246 crores) for the Games to the UK-based SIS Live by Prasar Bharti very soon.