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The IPL's Governing Council will have a tele-conference this afternoon to discuss the television sting operation which claims to have blown the lid off "murky deals" in the cash-rich T20 league. IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said strict action would be taken if any player is found to be involved in spot-fixing.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda, who is fast recovering in a hospital after suffering injuries in a chopper accident, will be discharged within a day or two.

Several Air India pilots who called in "sick" and failed to report for work were not found at home by doctors sent by the airline and their phones unreachable, according to a medical summary prepared by the carrier.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of A.K. Reddy, arrested for alleged lapses in Rs.141 crore contract for timing, scoring and result equipment for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The issue of a beer named "Kali-Ma", after the Hindu goddess Kali, being sold by a company in the US was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that the government immediately summon the US ambassador.

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed an uproar, leading to an adjournment, over Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's media remarks on the Air India pilots' strike, as members wanted him to answer their queries in the house.

With a CBI special court granting bail to former telecom minister A. Raja in the 2G spectrum case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said this was not the end of the case but could provide an opportunity for more persons to be made accused in the scandal.

Following is the chronology of the events in the 2G spectrum allocation scam in which the prime accused and former Telecom Minister A Raja was on Tuesday granted bail:

Suraj Sehrawat, 21, the accused in the BMW hit-and-run case in which two people, including a pregnant woman, were killed here, was on Tuesday granted bail by a district court on submitting a bond of Rs.50,000.

Opposition parties on Tuesday served a privilege notice against Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh for "making policy statement outside when parliament is in session".