NEW DELHI: Questions till now were being raised on the lack of proper quality controls, safety audits, accountability and monitoring during construction and refit of conventional warships and submarines after a series of accidents over the last several months. But now, even the construction of nuclear "platforms" is under the scanner.

LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav removed his agriculture minister Anand Singh and MoS for stamp and registration Manoj Paras on Sunday. While no official reason was given by the state government, sources said the removal came on the directions of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

CHENNAI: The Madras high court has upheld an order reinstating a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer, who was dismissed from service on charges of grave misconduct in a sensitive posting.

NEW DELHI: Congress was left red-faced on Sunday when its candidate from Bhind, Bhagirath Prasad, crossed over to BJP barely hours after his name was announced in the first list of party nominees.

NEW DELHI: A video showing AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal asking a TV news anchor to emphasize certain sections of his interview has gone viral on Youtube.

KANYAKUMARI: Political heat rose to new heights in Kanyakumari as chief minister J Jayalalithaa and Union finance minister P Chidambaram campaigned in the coastal district on the same day on Sunday.

AHMEDABAD: Just before ending his 'reality check' tour of Gujarat on Friday, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal announced a list of 16 questions about the state's development he wants chief minister Narendra Modi to answer. The questions range from gas and solar power pricing to land, corruption and the state of health and education in Gujarat. Here is the list:

 MUZAFFARNAGAR: BSP MP Kadir Rana, two party MLAs and former UP minister Saeed-uz-Zama of Congress are among 10 persons chargesheeted by the SIT probing the Muzaffarnagar riots for provoking communal tension with inflammatory speeches during a Muslim community panchayat.

 IMPHAL: A professor of medicine was shot at by some unknown gunmen at her private clinic at Uripok area but she was out of danger, police said on Saturday.

PATNA: It is time for 'aya Ram gaya Ram' again! Denied tickets for the election, leaders from various parties, including MPs and legislators, are quitting their parent party and joining their erstwhile rival parties, which seem too eager to welcome them with open arms and offer them tickets.