According to Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hasan Ali Khan has made a killing as consultant in when he had earned a commission of US $ 11.5 million for a Boeing deal with Air India in 1986-87. At the exchange rate then, the amount works out to over Rs 14 crore not a small sum considering that the Bofors kickback was of Rs 64 crore and brought down a government. This startling information is part of a 2007 Enforcement Directorate (ED) Case Information Report filed as an annexure in the 1000-plus-page charge sheet filed recently by the ED in a special court under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act against Khan and his associate Kashinath Tapuriah.
 

The CPM Party in Andhra Pradesh is trying to align with Jagan. The CPM party, which got routed in West Bengal by Mamata Banerjee led Trinamul Congress in the recently held assembly polls, sensed that to keep up its existance, it has to invariably float along with some stronger party.

The government today approved a proposal to conduct a survey based on caste, religion and economic conditions that will help in identifying people living below and above the poverty line and their social backgrounds. The proposed census was approved at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi today.

The Jubilee Hills police yesterday registered an FIR against PRP leaders, including party chief K Chiranjeevi, following the orders of XVII additional chief metropolitan magistrate, Nampally. The court had given direction to the PS to register an FIR on May 15 following a complaint of PRP's U-turn on Telangana issue and statements made by the leaders against Telangana.

TJAC, which is closely observing political happenings in the state, is planning to grapple Congress and Telugu Desam MLAs. The TJAC wants to bring all Telangana leaders, irrespctive of which party they belong to, under one roof again and involve them in the third phase of Telangana agitation. Congress and TDP leaders from Telangana stopped participating in the T movement launched by the JAC and TRS after the legislators from the ruling party and main opposition refused to quit their elected posts as demanded by the JAC during the second phase of the movement last year.

In a wise move, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy roped in constitutional experts to quell the fear of expulsion of the Congress MLAs who are to join his party. Sensing that the ruling Congress is going all out to desist the legislators from joining it by 'misinterpreting' the disqualification rule, the YSR Congress Party has roped in two constitutional experts to clarify the rule to MLAs and MLCs.
 

Superstar Rajinikanth, hospitalised in Chennai, has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit to improve his breathing pattern, and is now showing positive response to treatment, doctors attending to the superstar have said. A multidisciplinary team is involved, to closely watch his vital parameters to assess benefits from multi prong treatment strategies, the doctors added.

Looking at the recent political happenings in the country, it may be said that the Congress Party is slowly losing ground in southern India. To begin with, it was Tamil Nadu debacle, then Karnataka crisis erupted with tussel between the Governor and chief minister Yeddyurappa and now in andhra Pradesh - the open challenge to go to polls by Congress leader turned rebel Jagan Mohan Reddy. 

Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba, who was returning to Mumbai from Cannes, France, was detained at Chhatrapathi Shivaji International Airport after undeclared jewellery was allegedly found in her possession. According to Customs Officials, during luggage check she was found carrying jewellery worth over Rs 50 lakh. However, customs officials have refused to say how much of the jewellery being carried by the actress was undeclared.

Telugu Desam Party supremo Chandrababu Naidu today clarified the party's stand on Telangana issue. Speaking to the media at NTR Trust Bhavan, he categorically told that it's the Central Government that has to deal with the Telangana isssue, not the Telugu Desam party. Like all other parties, TD will also respond in respect of T-issue according to the aspirations and sentiments of the people. Mr. Naidu said "We have made it clear several times and have given full liberty to our party members to respond to the Telangana issue in accordance with public sentiment. When all other parties are responding to the issue under their own party flags, Telugu Desam should also do the same. Whatever programs they want to take up, should do them under the party flag only."

Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi has been served with legal notice by his own party member. Laxman Naidu of Prakasham district filed a case against Mr. Chiranjeevi alleging that he has cheated the party cadre by merging PRP with the Congress party. In his notice, Laxman Naidu demanded for the refund of amounts spent by him so far towards the Praja Rajyam Party.

Reacting for the first time, the Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president and MP, Mr Asaduddin Owaisi, said the murderous attack on his brother and MIM floor leader, the Chandrayangutta MLA, Mr Akbaruddin Owaisi, was a bigger "conspiracy" to eliminate the leader and cut a swathe through the party that has become popular in old city. Mr Owaisi accused two Urdu dailies of being the "main conspirators" in the attack.