BJP vice-president Shanta Kumar on Friday said social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev had to come forward on corruption and black money because political parties had failed on the two issues.

India on Thursday achieved yet another success in missile technology as it successfully test-fired the Prithvi-II nuclear capable missile, which hit the target with “very high accuracy” of around 10 meters.

“Eight soldiers and 10 Taliban were killed after militants attacked a Pakistani security checkpost in the lawless tribal belt before dawn on Thursday”, local security officials said.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who continued his fast against corruption for the sixth day on Thursday, has agreed to take lemon juice and honey in the evening, but may be force-fed glucose, a senior district official said here.

As yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Thursday declared his assets, his close aide Acharya Balakrishna said the measure was intended to put an end to the controversies being created on the matter.

Yoga guru Ramdev, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against black money and corruption, on Thursday made public details of his business empire worth over1,100 crores, claiming everything was in order.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is said to command a mammoth financial empire, said on Thursday he would declare all his assets by evening.

“Mexican magnate Jorge Hank Rhon, an eccentric ex mayor of Tijuana who was arrested after weapons were found in his home, is being investigated for possible links to drug cartels,” a prosecutor said.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s health has started deteriorating as his fast for tougher anti-graft laws and bringing back black money from foreign nations, entered fifth day here on Wednesday.

Japan’s embattled centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan has pledged to step down once the March 11 quake and tsunami recovery is well underway, setting off speculation on who will replace him.