Hinting at social activist Anna Hazare, Congress on Friday said those who praise Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi should introspect their comments in the light of latest affidavit by an IPS officer in the Supreme Court implicating the Saffron leader in the 2002 communal riots in the state.

In the midst of allegations and accusations against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on the 2002 communal carnage in the state, a debate is raging within the BJP to project him as the party’s prime ministerial candidate for the forthcoming general elections.

Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that she will release all political prisoners who had been arrested on false charges, after she came to power. “As soon as this (Left Front) government is dislodged from power, we will review all cases where people had been put behind bars vindictively on false charges.

Amid roiling controversy over Lokpal Bill drafting committee members, Union minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday ruled out any changes in the panel and said the government is looking forward to receiving inputs from Justice Santosh Hegde on the bill.

Lawyer Shanti Bhushan and his three children were on Saturday granted one more week's time by the stamp and registration office here to reply to a notice for alleged stamp duty evasion to the tune of Rs 1.33 crores on purchase of property in a prime locality in the city.

Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) late on Friday approached the police after a verbal duel between hospital staff and a relative of national-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha, whose leg was amputated after she was pushed out of a running train last week.

BJP on Saturday cautioned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against India holding talks with Pakistan in the wake of a top US Army commander's statement that ISI was working in "close coordination" with terror groups.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that corruption is an “impediment to faster growth” while admitting that there is a “growing feeling in the people that our laws, systems and procedures are not effective in dealing with corruption”.

Social activist Anna Hazare could be the next trarget after Shanti Bhushan, Prashant Bhushan and Justice Santosh Hegde with the Congress insiders questioning his presence in the 10-member Joint Drafting Committee set up to draft the Lokpal Bill.

In a setback to BJP especially Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Congress on Thursday won the maiden elections to the state capital Gandhinagar’s Municipal Corporation.