Govt plans amnesty scheme for black money (The Times of India)

The scheme will allow corporates and others to declare their unaccounted wealth and bring it back into the economy after paying a "levy". Read

Amar Singh needs psychiatric help, says AIIMS medical report (The Times of India)

The medical reports of the Rajya Sabha MP submitted by AIIMS and Tihar Jail authorities suggested that he needed psychiatric help for his "anxiety". Read

Two terror attacks in two months a blot on govt's record: Chidambaram visits sites (DNA)
Chidambaram said that there was no decline in violence in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Maharashtra. Read

Inaccurate assets declaration: Panchshil confirms Sharad Pawars lie (DNA)
Panchshil Realty Group on Wednesday admitted that it issued bonus shares to the NCP president. Read

High Court blast case: Suspected HuJI operative detained (DNA)
A man identified as Hilal Amin was detained in J&K's Kishtwar district in connection with Delhi High Court blast. Read

Both Lokpal Bills appear unworkable, CBI to tell panel (The Hindu)

The CBI will tell the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Law, Justice and Personnel that both the civil society's Jan Lokpal Bill and the government's Lokpal Bill appear "unworkable" and will weaken the anti-corruption regime. Read

TN train driver did not stop at red signal: Minister (The Hindu)

Preliminary investigations by the Railways into Tuesday night's train collision near Arakkonam point to an error on the part of the driver of the Chennai Beach-Vellore Cantonment Mainline Electrical Multiple Unit. Read

Court to decide on framing of charges against Kanimozhi, Raja (Hindustan Times)

A Delhi court is likely to pronounce its order today on framing of charges against 17 accused in the 2G scam including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi. Read

Omar Abdullah divorcing wife of 17 years (The Times of India)
Omar Abdullah and his wife of 17-odd years, Payal Nath, are heading for a split. Payal had continued to live in Delhi with their sons after Omar took over as J&K CM. Read