A woman police officer, stationed at Lucknow, and her husband were arrested for allegedly running a sex racket at Chakeri area here, the police said on Tuesday.

Brushing aside the stiff resistance of the Centre to the CBI proposal for appointing senior advocate Udai Lalit as special public prosecutor for the 2G scam case, the Supreme Court using its discretionary powers under the Constitution on Monday ordered him to take charge of the case and put it on fast track.

Two sisters, who were locked up in their home for seven months, were rescued from their house in Noida in a state of acute starvation, police said on Tuesday.

Authorities in Chile have reportedly detained a person namely Abdul Rauf, suspected to be a key conspirator in the hijacking of Indian Airlines plane (IC-814). The CBI, probing the hijacking, is expected to send a team of its officials to Chile to verify the identity of the suspect.

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday the Centre's plea for prosecuting Bhopal gas tragedy case accused, who have escaped with lighter punishment of two years jail term, under the stringent penal provision attracting maximum ten years of imprisonment.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the 2G spectrum scam, will soon begin the process of attachment of properties allegedly acquired by telecom companies, chargesheeted by the CBI. The total cost of the illegally acquired properties is expected to be between `2,500 crores to `3,000 crores.

As Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry go to Assembly polls tomorrow, the Election Commission on Tuesday asked the electorate to vote as per their "conscience and without any inducement".

Trinamul Congress has taken a strong exception to Election Commission’s notice seeking an explanation on the role of its MP who was intercepted at IGI Airport in the national capital while carrying about `45 lakh to poll-bound Assam recently. The party has blamed the commission of giving out a “knee-jerk reaction” on the issue and issuing the notice “without proper application of mind”.

Law minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the August 15 deadline to pass the Lokpal Bill set by social activists could be met if all cooperate, and added that the government was keen on passing the bill. "If all political parties agree for introduction and passing, that is a welcome move.

The Congress party on Monday virtually rejected Gandhian Anna Hazare’s demand for videographing the proceedings of the Joint Committee on the draft Lokpal Bill.
“Let us not (allow) form (to) take the place of substance... Please do not put conditions and pre-conditions which might obstruct basic objective... statesmanship and maturity is required from every stakeholder,” party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi told reporters in reply to a volley of questions on the issue.