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NEW DELHI: The social activist and anti-graft crusader, Mr Anna Hazare Thursday stepped up his anti-corruption campaign even as the government initiated talks on formation of a joint committee to draft an effective Lokpal Bill but there was no consensus on two crucial aspects.

NEW DELHI: The Attorney General, Mr Goolam Vahanvati and the Law Secretary, Mr D R Meena have been called by the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to give evidence in the probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

NEW DELHI: The  government may come up with the name of the special public prosecutor to represent the CBI in the 2G spectrum allocation scam on Friday,  a top agency official said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI:  Launching its probe into suspected role of Rightwing groups in terror acts, a central probe agency has taken over investigation of three blast cases -- Mecca Masjid, Ajmer Sharif and Malegaon -- in which the cadres of Abhinav Bharat are alleged to be involved.

THANJAVUR (TN): The voters of Cauvery delta districts in Tamil Nadu are in a unique position to choose between two powerful chief ministerial contenders in the April 13 assembly elections, that have raised their hopes of seeing an end to their woes.

RALEGAN SIDDHI (MAHA-RASHTRA):  When an Army jeep driver returned to this village after surviving strafing by enemy planes, being the driving force behind a mammoth anti-corruption campaign was not on his agenda.

RANCHI: One person was killed on Tuesday and a dozen injured when the police opened fire on protesters opposing an anti-encroachment drive near Islamnagar here. While the Union Tourism Minister, Mr Subodh Kant Sahai was arrested for staging a demonstration, the Congress has called for a bandh on Thursday to protest the firing.

NEW DELHI: The government was at loggerheads with the CBI in the Supreme Court on Tuesday over the agency’s decision to appoint senior advocate Mr U U Lalit as special public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case, saying he did not meet the eligibility criteria for the task.

NEW DELHI: Tata Sons chairman, Mr Ratan Tata and Ms Niira Radia were Monday quizzed in connection with 2G spectrum scam, by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) whose head, Mr M M Joshi said the panel found the industrialist candid and the corporate lobbyist “evasive.”

GUWAHATI: An estimated 75 per cent voters Monday exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Assam assembly election covering 62 of the 126 constituencies, which was by and large peaceful.