LUKCNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday was `greeted' by angry slogans of Shia Muslims led by cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad outside Bara Imambara on Tuesday while he was on his way to old city to meet party workers on the occasion of Eid.

NEW DELHI: The CBI wants to stop disclosing details of allegations of corruption against its own officials under the RTI Act, something the agency currently provides under the transparency law. The agency will challenge before the Delhi high court an order of the Central Information Commission directing it to disclose information about its officials Vivek Dutt and Rajesh Karnatak who are facing allegations of corruption.

PATNA: If politics is the art of survival, RJD boss Lalu Prasad and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar would be its most consummate artists. Sworn enemies for the past 20 years — Nitish broke with the Janata Dal to form Samata Party in 1993 — Bihar's leadership in these two decades has been punctuated between their two charismatic and clashing personalities.

NEW DELHI: The Navy's wait for desperately-needed anti-submarine warfare helicopters to operate from its warships has just got longer. The Modi government has deferred the decision on acquisition of 16 naval multi-role helicopters (MRH) since one of the two companies in the fray is linked to Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica, which is under the scanner in the infamous VVIP helicopter case.

NEW DELHI: The government has decided on AIADMK leader M Thambidurai for the post of deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, it is learnt. The post was lying vacant since the election of senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan as Speaker of the House. The move to give the post to AIADMK is seen as a goodwill gesture towards Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha and also a bid to split the opposition ranks.

NEW DELHI: Congress is on the toes that Natwar Singh's forthcoming autobiography can embarrass the leadership because he has been an insider in the party for three generations of the Gandhi family.

NEW DELHI: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that commissions of inquiry and tribunals, even if headed by sitting apex court judges, have no contempt of court powers.

NEW DELHI: Despite the perception of being a martinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is quite comfortable with allowing a discussion on political issues outside the official agenda at the end of cabinet meetings.

MUMBAI: A day after industries minister Narayan Rane quit the state cabinet, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and Maharashtra Congress chief Manikrao Thakre urged him to reconsider his decision, without success.

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former food minister K V Thomas is tipped to head the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament while BJP nominees are expected to chair the estimates panel and the committee on public enterprises.