The CPI(M) on Monday admitted that some element of “alienation” and “anger” was responsible for the drubbing of the Left Front in West Bengal polls and did not rule out a change of Central leadership, saying that the process of introspection is on.

Justice S. Muralidhar of the Delhi high court on Monday stayed a Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking the Supreme Court to explain the rationale of one of its rulings.

The Centre on Monday said that the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has its task cut out to take action against “armed camps’’ existing in the state and reinstate law and order in such areas. Union home minister P. Chidambaram said that some arms have been recovered from “local CPI(M) offices’’, including the

Union minister Sachin Pilot’s arrest over Bhatta-Parsaul farmers’ issue on Sunday has virtually given the “action plan” for about half-a-dozen Congress ministers from Uttar Pradesh at the Centre.

Rejecting reports of political violence, chief minister Mamata Banerjee once again told the police to do its job impartially. She also cautioned the people from taking law into their own hands. On being asked about the reports of political violence, Ms Banerjee said, “There is no incident of political violence in the state.”

The Delhi police has identified the woman whose body was found stuffed in a bag in a flat at Uttam Nagar, west Delhi, last Friday. The victim was identified with the help of a voter card recovered from the room where her body was found

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday said one of his “biggest frustrations” in UPA II was his “inability” to make Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) autonomous. He said he was facing resistance from the scientific community within these two organisation, who are against autonomy as will make

The Centre on Monday ruled out recalling of Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj following the demand made by the ruling party in the state, the BJP. Though the Centre has rejected the governor’s report recommending President’s Rule in Karnataka, Union home minister P. Chidambaram said that the Centre will be issuing an advisory to the state by Tuesday, bringing to its notice the issues raised by the governor in his report and advising remedial steps.

With the investigations into the murder of Shobhit Modi drawing a blank, the Delhi police has announced a cash reward to anyone who provides information on the culprits.

High-level sources have indicated that an US alert sent out last week based on chatter picked up by American snoops listening in on conversations of Taliban operatives had picked up indications that a major naval base would be attacked and that like 26/11, the attack could come from the sea.