The CBI informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has completed its probe against former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in the 2G spectrum allotment scam and will approach the Centre for taking sanction for prosecution of officials.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday issued show-cause notices to four firms for alleged foreign exchange violations of `3,805 crores in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam case.

Coming down on the Centre for failing to cooperate with the CBI in its probe into alleged irregularities in allocations of coal blocks for mining, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to file a comprehensive affidavit justifying the allotments of all 164 blocks which are under the scanner.

As the CBI-intelligence Bureau stand-off over the controversy surrounding the killing of Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan by the Gujarat police in an alleged fake encounter continues, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Wednesday refused to step in defence of the IB saying, “the CBI probe is on. Those guilty must be punished’’.

The national capital will soon have a new state-of-the-art National Press Centre. A project that was envisaged over a decade ago (in 2001) is finally expected to be inaugurated in the next few days.

In a bid to establish the alleged link of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers, including special director Rajinder Kumar, in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case conspiracy, the CBI is now taking help of the Gujarat police as it has recently questioned a number of state cops connected with the case.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Tata Motors to clarify its stand on its leasehold rights on the controversial Singur land. The top court suggested that as the company has moved out of West Bengal, the land should now be returned to farmers.

Even as terrorist groups are striking with impunity, the Union home ministry is under pressure to permanently shelve its ambitious NCTC project which was aimed at creating a first of its kind counter-terror agency with the exclusive mandate of preventing and countering terrorist attacks.

The BJP on Wednesday sought to know from the government why it “suppressed” information about Chinese incursions into Ladakh in mid-June and said the Manmohan Singh dispensation should clarify if it is reassessing the situation.

India may soon convey to China that it (India) has every right to develop defence infrastructure on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The process of building infrastructure is expected to continue in areas near the LAC that are controlled by India and where the Indian military has a permanent presence.