Tonight on Left, Right & Centre:
Supreme Court wants politicians' cases decided within a year
The Supreme Court today set a deadline of one year for lower courts to complete trial in all criminal cases involving lawmakers. Will the move ensure that MPs and MLAs charged with serious offences can no longer avoid conviction indefinitely and help clean up politics?
Amar Singh, Jaya Prada join RLD
Former Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who has remained in political hibernation in the last four years, took his first step towards rehabilitation by joining Union minister Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal, or the RLD, today. Mr Singh's close associate, actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada too joined the RLD, scotching all speculation about her plans to make a beeline to the Congress.
