Protest against Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

New Delhi: About 500 protesters blocked the high-security Vijay Chowk access to Parliament House in New Delhi for about an hour today, forcing MPs arriving for the session to either turn back, or get off their vehicles and walk.

The protesters later courted arrest following which the cops cleared the area. They were taken to the Parliament Street Police Station.The police had barricaded the area, which also houses the President's residence, Rashtrapati Bhawan, and important ministries, including the Prime Minister's Office in the North and South Blocks.

Narendra Modi never said 'go and kill people', says SIT

Ahmedabad: The lawyer of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has given a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2002 post-Godhra riots case after investigating complaint filed by Zakia Jafri, on Thursday said that "Modi has never said that go and kill people". Opposing the protest petition filed by Jafri against SIT's closure report, its lawyer RS Jamuar said, "(social activist) Teesta Setalvad and others have falsified the complaint targeting Chief Minister who had never said that go and kill people."

Justice (retd) Khoso takes oath as PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath to Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as caretaker prime minister on Monday, DawnNews reported.

The oath taking ceremony was attended by former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, former speaker of National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, other former ministers and high ranking officials of the Armed Forces of Pakistan.

'Very upset' about CBI raids on MK Stalin's residence: Prime Minister

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that his government is "very upset" about the CBI raids on DMK leader MK Stalin's house in Chennai today. Dr Singh said, "The timing of the raid is unfortunate. The government didn't do it. We will find out who is responsible."

The raids have further strained equations between the government and the DMK, which quit the UPA two days ago in protest against the Union government's stand on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

President Pranab Mukherjee accepts resignation of DMK ministers

President Pranab Mukherjee today accepted the resignation of five Ministers belonging to DMK, which withdrew support to the UPA government on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

"The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignation of the following members of the Union Council of Ministers with immediate effect," a Rashtrapati Bhavan release said naming the DMK representatives in the Union ministry.