The BJP has given notice in both houses of Parliament for suspension of Question Hour and demanded a discussion on Trinamool Congress chief and Union minister Mamata Banerjee’s statement on Maoists at her Lalgarh rally.

In the wake of corruption charges against the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Congress MP and former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday hinted at the removal of OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi, saying “no one is indispensable”.

The organisation of Commonwealth Games entails multiple authorities unlike the 1982 Asian Games, minister of sports and youth affairs M.S. Gill said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

India has imported more than eight million tonnes of pulses worth over Rs 21,000 crore in last three years to meet the domestic demand, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

The government on Tuesday assured the Lok Sabha that it was ready to consider any kind of inquiry into alleged corruption in the Commonwealth Games projects after the event was over.

The mystery surrounding the Indian high commission email which triggered the corruption storm that has engulfed the Commonwealth Games is getting more intriguing as the official who originally received it has refused to confirm or deny its authenticity.

Mumbai harbour, which has been affected by the recent oil spill, would be cleared for transportation by August 15, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

Will Barack Obama do a Jimmy Carter? The question is uppermost in the minds of many in India and Japan, but for entirely different reasons.
As the 44th President of the US gets ready for an Asian tour in November which will take him to India, South Korea and Japan, Indians are asking whether Mr Obama will, like Mr Carter before him, skip Pakistan altogether, or will he go the way of Mr Bill Clinton, who spent five days here and five hours in Islamabad?

In perhaps an effort to apply some balm to simmering sentiments in the Kashmir Valley, and perhaps even look for a way out, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be meeting an all-party delegation from the troubled state here Tuesday evening.

The government on Monday gave its nod to a draft bill that aims to protect those who raise the alarm over corruption in Central and state government offices and agencies.