Subramanian Swamy

The BJP MP said today that he will also seek breach of privilege proceedings against Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad for "falsely" saying that the UPA government had blacklisted Finmeccanica, the manufacturer of AgustaWestland choppers.

Expunging Swamy's reference to the Constitution of another country that triggered vociferous protests from Congress members, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien also ordered media not to report the remarks.

On Wednesday, there was high drama in the Rajya Sabha as BJP MP Subramanian Swamy took the Congress president's name in connection with the chopper scam. Facing fierce attack from the BJP, Sonia was forced to break her silence.

As per sources, the party's nominations for the six seats includes senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who continues to lead a crusade against the Congress first family.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi, party leaders Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YI) are accused in National Herald case filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.

The court's direction came after the counsel appearing for Indian National Congress (INC) informed it that the party needed time to follow the March 11 order by which the documents were sought.

Congress today demanded that BJP leader Subramanian Swamy be questioned in the wake of fleeing of Vijay Mallya from the country as the controversial businessman was "national working President" of his now defunct Janata Party between 2003 and 2010.

Swamy told Justice P S Teji that he would not file a reply on the petitions filed by AICC Treasurer Motilal Vora and Young India Ltd (YI) as they have no locus in the issue.

Congress today accused BJP of running a "mala fide and defamatory" campaign against Rahul Gandhi over the citizenship issue for political vendetta and asserted the party vice president has never applied for or acquired the citizenship of any other country.

A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit said that it will fix a date for hearing the plea of Swamy in which he has also sought a CBI probe into the petition filed before the apex court by Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB).

The apex court added a rider that it would be open to the magistrate at any stage to seek their personal appearance as and when required.

A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice R Banumathi assured senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the Gandhis, by saying "we will look into it".

Rahul and Sonia had sought and were granted bail in the National Herald case after the court in Delhi rejected complainant Subramanian Swamy's opposition to relief for them on the ground that they are influential and can flee the co

According to the UD Ministry list, those provided government houses on security grounds include Priyanka Gandhi who was allotted 35, Lodi Estate in February 1997.

The others who have been granted bail by Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen include senior Congress leaders Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes and Suman Dubey.

Fresh developments in a three-year-old fraud case brought by Swamy have overshadowed attempts to bridge the political divide in search of an elusive deal that would create a tax union in Asia's third-largest economy.

"The bill is not worth the price that I should leave fighting corruption for it. The bill should be sacrificed for the cause of fighting corruption," Subramanian Swamy had said.

A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy questioned the "authenticity of the document" attached with the PIL and the manner in which the papers were procured. "Can we start making roving inquiries," the bench asked while turning the petition as "frivolous".

Addressing students at Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, the RBI Governor said that bans could not be a quick resort. "It is better to improve environment for ideas through intolerance and mutual respect," he said.

Out of 72 applicants, the Reserve Bank gave in-principal approvals to 10 entities, mostly micro finance institutions, to set up small finance banks to provide basic banking services to small farmers and micro industries.