Congress offered to Anna for President post, Is it rumour or correct?

Did the Congress offer the post of President of India to anti-corruption crusader and social activist Anna Hazare, Is it rumour or correct? Yes, if the rumours floating around in this village are to be believed.
As per reports, Thursday, rumours are rife that Anna has been offered the post of President by the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government as the term of the incumbent, Pratibha Patil, is due to end next year.
What has fuelled the speculation is the steady stream of politicians, especially form the Congress, who are making their way to the village to meet the Gandhian. Among for more details....

Cash for vote scam: Amar Singh bail plea till September 12

A Delhi court on Friday deferred hearing into former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh's bail plea till September 12 in connection with the 2008 cash-for-votes scam. According to the Tihar jail authorities Amar Singh was not carrying his medical records, based on which he applied for an interim bail.
Singh, who was arrested on Tuesday, is presently lodged at Delhi's Tihar Jail. He has been remanded in judicial custody till September 19. The court had earlier on Thursday directed the Tihar Jail authorities to submit a report on Amar Singh's health condition. His counsel pleaded for interim bail for the Rajya for More details....

Digvijay express sympathy for former SP leader Amar Singh

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday expressed sympathy for the beleaguered former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh who was arrested in the cash-for-vote scam case two days ago.
"I have full sympathy for Amar Singh and I believe that he will be proved innocent,"Digvijay Singh told media at Raghogarh.
He also strongly condemned Wednesday's blast outside the Delhi High Court and asked people not to politicise the issue of terrorism.
Terror activities should be curbed with an iron hand and fundamentalists of any community should not be spared, he said.
When asked about Anna Hazare, he said he respects the Gandhian a lot, and would like to congratulate the social activist for two things: he forced the RSS people to wear white for more details....

Terror threat in Washington with the 10th anniversary of the Sep 11 attacks

US intelligence officials say they have "very specific", credible but unconfirmed reports of a terror threat in Washington and New York coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
An ABC News report quoted intelligence officials as saying that at least three individuals, including an American citizen"entered the country in August by air with the intent to launch a vehicle-borne attack against Washington DC or for more details....

I have forgiven Tewari for his comments: Anna

Anna Hazare this evening said he has"forgiven"Manish Tewari, hours after his lawyer sent a legal notice to the Congress spokesman seeking a written apology for calling the Gandhian corrupt. Hazare said though his Pune-based lawyer Milind Pawar has issued a legal notice to Tewari, he himself has"forgiven"the Congress MP for his public outburst on the eve of the August 16 fast in Delhi

Delhi HC blast: Police arrested 3 people in Kishtwar

Police arrested three people on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kishtwar, Jammu& Kashmir over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for the blast in Delhi High Court.
Investigators traced the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami email claiming responsibility for the blast to Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
"We are investigating the email link from Kishtwar district in connection with the Delhi blast for more details....