FirstPost on Politics: Kanimozhi faces court today

FirstPost tells you what’s leading political news today Kanimozhi to appear before 2G special court today Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s daughter and Rajya Sabha [caption id=“attachment_4606” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi. Reuters”]  [/caption] member Kanimozhi, charge-sheeted for alleged criminal conspiracy and accepting illegal gratification in the 2G spectrum scam case, is slated to appear before the 2G special court here on Friday. Source: The Hindu Khandu’s state funeral today, PM & Sonia to attend Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will attend the state funeral organised for former Arunachal Pradesh Chied Minister Dorjee Khandu today. Source: Hindustan Times 2G scam: Now, BJP demands probe in Chidambaram’s role Opposition party,BJPon thursday attacked the home minister P Chidambaram, demanding a CBI probe in his role in the 2G scam. The party alleged that he had failed to perform his duty as the then finance minister, which allowed former telecom minister A Raja to illegally allocate spectrum licences. Source: Indian Express SIT rejects Gujarat cop Bhatt’s riot charges against Modi The Supreme Court’s special investigation team (SIT) has rejected IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s claim that he heard Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi instructing authorities not to stop anti-Muslim violence in the wake of killing of karsevaks at Godhra. Source: Times of India Deep-rooted plan to malign us: Bhushan Two private experts hired by the Bhushans have already concluded that the CD was spliced, and if a government lab also comes to the same conclusion, it will shift the balance of evidence in favour of the Bhushans. Source: Times of India