Politics

Counting was taken up on Wednesday morning under tight security at 36 centres and the results are expected to be known by noon.

The frontrunner for the post of Chief Minister in the Congress is Siddaramaiah, considered the tallest OBC leader in Karnataka.

Karnataka recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May 5 Assembly polls.

The Law Minister Ashwani Kumar has been charged with interfering in a CBI report on the allocation of coal blocks.

The capital has been witnessing protests since last Tuesday after a court acquitted Sajjan Kumar in the anti-Sikh riot case.

On the functioning of the CBI, Anna said it should be made an impartial agency free from government's pressure.

Hurriyat Conference also demanded segregation of political and criminal prisoners, saying it is a big security risk to lodge them together.

elhi BJP president Vijay Goel said Congress governments have never shown the will to take the long-pending cases to the logical end.

The Income Tax department seized Rs 2.6 crore in cash, besides jewellery worth Rs 1.88 crore.

The BJP called incursion by Chinese troops a very serious matter and asked Manmohan Singh to intervene.

Sarabjit Singh's family has demanded that a post-mortem examination be done in India.

Activist Urvashi Sharma termed the letter written by the UP minister as unconstitutional and against diplomatic norms.

Vijay Bahadur Pathak alleged that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has 'cheated' farmers and problems were rampant at wheat procurement centres.

The SC bench said 'suppression' of the fact that the CBI shared its coal report with the government is 'not ordinary'.

The SC bench said 'suppression' of the fact that CBI has shared its probe report with the government is 'not ordinary'.

But it is based on an old draft that has been withdrawn and its critics say it will do more harm than good.