Congress president Sonia Gandhi started meeting party leaders, including Union ministers, from Tuesday.

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, who had earned the tag of “PM-in-waiting”, has finally opted out of the race for the top slot. It was the RSS which reportedly indicated that the Sangh was against any move to project Mr Advani as the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections. Mr Advani’s decision to opt out of the race is likely to pave the way for the projection of

Apparently alarmed by BJP patriarch L.K. Advani’s anti-corruption rath yatra slated to start from Bihar next month, JD(U) stalwart and chief minister Nitish Kumar is all set to begin a tour of Bihar in November. This multi-phase yatra is expected to be a strategic multipurpose vehicle for both Mr Kumar and the JD(U).

In a new twist to the 2G scam, the Supreme Court on Wednesday took on record a communication sent by the finance ministry to the PMO in March 2011 stating that in January 2008 P. Chidam-baram, then finance minister, and A. Raja, communications minister, had decided not to “revisit” the spectrum price.

The Congress sees Mr L.K. Advani as a serious candidate of the BJP for prime ministership even as he indicated that he may not be in the race for the top post.
Mr Advani on Wednesday met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Nagpur.

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to a US national, arrested two days ago minutes before boarding a Hyderabad flight at the IGI Airport with four live cartridges.

Rajasthan home minister Shanti Dhariwal appears to be on his way out following a report of the Congress’ facts finding team, which visited riot-hit Bharatpur on Monday and submitted its report to the high command.

After the massive hike in the price of petrol, vegetable prices have also shot up in Delhi and the NCR. In the recent hike last week, prices of almost all vegetables shot up from `5 to `20 per kg.

The Opposition on Wednesday demanded home minister P. Chidambaram’s resignation over a finance ministry note to the Prime Minister’s Office on the 2G spectrum case which the Opposition claimed shows the minister’s “complicity”. While the BJP demanded CBI probe against Mr Chidambaram, the CPI sought the Prime Minister’s explanation on the issue.

A case of a minor girl being raped and impregnated by a neighbour came to light when she was taken to a doctor for a check up. In another case, a maid was allegedly raped in Sarita Vihar.