Planning Commission chief Montek Singh Ahluwalia, India’s “sherpa” at G-20, made peace with negative global perceptions on India’s plight, drawing comfort from its $280 billion foreign exchange reserve that he said was “more than enough” to tackle the current mess.

After questioning Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’s administrative abilities and his rise in the BJP, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Goa CM Manohar Parrikar began “clarifying” their positions on Friday. Mr Chouhan claimed he was “never against” Mr Modi’s projection as PM candidate, while Mr Parrikar said he hadn’t questioned the Gujarat CM’s administrative abilities.

Fresh documents uploaded on Twitter by Punjab Cricket Association chief I.S. Bindra have claimed that sidelined BCCI president N. Srinivasan had caused a loss of `10,000 crores to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

With the time running out, as Lok Sabha was to be declared adjourned sine a die on Friday only, the House rushed through a range of legislations including Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill and Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill either after a brief or without discussion.

Trinamul Congress MPs on Friday created uproar in both Houses of Parliament against home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s meeting with Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders without informing West Bengal government, forcing brief adjournments of both Houses.

The Parliament on Friday passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011 that aims to create a regulator for the sector and allows at least 26 per cent FDI.

Isro was rapped on its knuckles by CAG for allowing a foreign private satellite service provider to park its satellite in an orbit slot meant for Indian satellites in violation of the nation’s SATCOM policy thereby benefiting a foreign firm.

The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill aimed at regulating street vending activities and also to protect the rights of urban street vendors. This also includes protecting hapless vendors from harassment by police and municipal authorities.

Speaking late on Friday evening in the Lok Sabha, defence minister A.K. Antony said India would not cede an inch of its territory to any foreign country, adding that the Indian Army has patrolled 27 times this year so far upto the Indian perception of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Depsang Bulge area of eastern Ladakh. The defence minister also declared that India would continue to build border infrastructure on its side of the LAC.

While hearing a suo motu PIL on the city’s potholes and road conditions, the HC on Thursday said that it was not trying to find faults, but strengthen the hands of the public authorities in the state.