Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday levelled fresh allegations against Home Minister P Chidambaram, accusing him of delaying permission for the sale of Aircel to Malaysia-based Maxis in 2006 when he was Finance Minister so that his son Karti was financially benefitted.

Haunted by the ghost of Gujarat riots, Chief Minister Narendra Modi is still not welcome in US. The US has said there is no change in its visa policy with regard to Modi. "Our position on the visa issue hasn't changed at all," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference on Wednesday.

Altogether 458 people lost their lives in terror attacks in Mumbai in last 12 years, Rajya Sabha has been informed. In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday that 458 lives were lost in the metropolis since 2000.

The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday appealed to the Maoists for the extension of their deadline for the release of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, who was abducted last Saturday.

There was uproar in both houses of the Parliament with the BJP and other opposition parties demanding an explanation from the government on former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom's revelations on the Bofors gun payoff scandal, including the safe passage to main accused Ottavio Quattrocchi.

Amid controversy over his remarks on economic reforms, Chief Economic Adviser Kaushik Basu on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Basu is believed to have given clarification about his comments on economic reforms, which had generated a big debate on the issue across the country.

Hailing the successful launch of PSLV carrying Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said it was an important milestone in India's space programme and congratulated the ISRO scientists for displaying mastery of the complex launch vehicle technology.

The CBI on Wednesday said it is not going to have a re-look in the 23-year-old Bofors payoffs case in the wake of claims made by former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom in a media interview.

A local court on Wednesday issued a fresh non-bailable warrant against the father of a victim in the Nithari serial killings case for allegedly retracting his statement accusing businessman Moninder Singh Pandher of bribing police.

The CBI has expanded its probe into the Tatra vehicles case to two more countries as it plans to send judicial requests to Hong Kong and Singapore seeking details of a company which held substantial shares in Tatra Sipox UK.