Politics

2G Scam: Raja Wants to Examine PM, Chidambaram, Sibal as Witnesses

Jailed former telecom minister A. Raja on Wednesday told a Delhi court that he would get Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, then finance minister P. Chidambaram and present Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal summoned as witnesses to prove government did not in

Sonia Gandhi to Return From US Aug 30

Sources in the Congress party say Sonia Gandhi is expected to return to Delhi on August 30.

Cash-for-votes: Amar Singh, BJP MP chargesheeted

Delhi Police on Wednesday chargesheeted Amar Singh, Ashok Argal, Mahaveer Bhagoda, Phagan Singh Kulaste, Sudheendra Kulkarni, Sanjeev Saxena and Sohail Hindustani in the cash-for-votes case.

The Special Needs of India's VVIPs

4,232 police personnel were deployed for 24 VVIP visits to Mumbai from January 2010 to June 2011. This works out to an average of 176 policemen per VVIP

Criticism Builds of Anna Hazare's Crusade

Govt Calls All-Party Meet to Discuss Lokpal Bill

Amid the standoff with Team Anna over the Lokpal Bill, government has convened an all-party meeting tomorrow to find a way to solve the issue. Leaders of all political parties have been invited to attend the meet scheduled for 3.30 pm on Wednesday.

PM, Chidambaram Decided Against Selling 2G Spectrum Licences

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and then Finance Minister P Chidambaram were fully in the loop on the 2G spectrum license allocation and had decided along with then Telecom Minister A Raja not to auction them, jailed DMK MP Kanimozhi told a Delhi court

Anna Sticks to August 30 Deadline For Lokpal Bill

Anna Hazare on Tuesday stuck to his August 30 deadline for passage of Jan Lokpal Bill and asked his supporters to intensify the protest by gheraoing the houses of parliamentarians if government failed to do so.

Government Scrambles for Control Over House Panel on Finance

With three important Bills pertaining to crucial economic reforms stuck with the parliamentary standing committee on finance, the government is scrambling for control over it. Since the term of the present committee ends on August 30, the government

Sheila Dikshit Meets PM to Discuss Over the Situation

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the situation arising out of Anna Hazare's fast demanding a strong Lokpal here. Dikshit is understood to have expressed concern over the situation ari