Andhra babus, netas on warpath over CBI probes

Hyderabad, February 5 It is babus versus netas in Andhra Pradesh. An unprecedented war has broken out between the state bureaucracy and the political class over the ongoing CBI probes into a spate of corruption cases. IAS officers are virtually on a warpath against their political bosses following the arrest of two senior bureaucrats, charge-sheeting of two others and the continued grilling of several civil servants by the CBI in connection with corruption cases.

IAS officer BP Acharya being sent to jail in the Emaar case. A file photo

Delay in SGPC chief’s election: Akali MPs to call on PM
Chandigarh, February 5
A delegation of Akali MPs will meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the issue of election of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president. The SAD core committee, that met here today, expressed concern at the delay in the matter and termed it as a “deliberate and unwanted interference” by the Centre in Sikh affairs.

Jarawas’ buffer zone to be expanded
New Delhi, February 5
At a time when new evidence has emerged of the alleged exploitation of protected Jarawa tribals inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Centre is understood to be working on enlarging the buffer zone around the group's settlements in the island UT.