
Team Anna on Saturday levelled grave corruption charges against the union cabinet, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his two top ministers: Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram.

Army Chief Gen VK Singh today refuted claims of the army leaking his letter to the PM, citing gaps in defence preparedness. The general who retires on May 31, said suspecting the army was people's figment of imagination.

Hacker group Anonymous today claimed to have hacked Twitter in India, "avenging" the Indian government for allegedly blocking its Twitter handle OpIndia_Revenge.

Rampur MP Jaya Prada today made it clear that she will take decision of joining the BJP or another political party only after consulting Amar Singh. She reportedly met BJP national president Nitin Gadkari a few days back.

Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today appeared before the CBI for the second round of questioning in connection with the alleged disproportionate assets case.
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy today told a Delhi court hearing the 2G spectrum case that he will file a private complaint in the case relating to Aircel-Maxis deal.
The national executive meeting of BJP, held in Mumbai, has made it amply clear that no important decisions can be taken in the party by sidelining Narendra Modi, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray said on Saturday.

Syrian regime forces have "massacred" more than 90 people, including 25 children, in the town of Houla, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.

Two days after its successful trial, India today again test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the test range at Chandipur in Orissa.
The Pakistan government today decided not to appeal Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's conviction of contempt by the Supreme Court for refusing to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
An FIR has been lodged against former cabinet secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh, senior IAS officer Navneet Sehgal and two others for allegedly threatening a litigant in the Taj corridor case.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will lead her party Trinamool Congress, the second largest ally of the UPA government at the Centre, in Kolkata today to protest against the steep hike in petrol price.

Even as the government is still reeling under widespread criticism for raising petrol price, there may be a hike in diesel prices soon. According to reports, the hike may be as early as June.
Days after India issued a second advisory for its citizens doing business in eastern China’s trade hub of Yiwu, police have arrested a 30-year-old Chinese woman for kidnapping an Indian over a trade dispute.
The US today said deportation of Indian orphan Kairi Abha Shepherd was consistent with its immigration priorities, indicating it would go ahead with the proceedings, despite an appeal by New Delhi that her case be treated with "sensitivity and compassion".