In another instance of rage over a trivial issue resulting in a murder, a 30-year-old shopkeeper was stabbed to death by two youth in his shop at Samaipur Badli in outer Delhi on Tuesday evening over a trivial issue.

The Mayawati government has finally cleared the way for the arrest of BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, who has been accused of raping a minor girl in Banda district.

During the proceedings in the case of the three siblings who were allegedly exploited by their school cab driver for over a year, a city court has found that even their mother had subjected them to severe physical violence making their life miserable.

The chiefs of the Indian Army and Air Force on Wednesday attended a meeting called by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to discuss a CAG report on defence rations that was tabled before Parliament last year. The Army Chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, the IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, and Indian Navy vice-chief Vice-Admiral D.K. Dewan gave a presentation before the PAC on the rations supplied to troops. The PAC asked for clarification from the armed forces following which the

The Azadpur Mandi onion traders on Wednesday called off their strike following talks with chief minister Sheila Dikshit who promised to look into their grievances. The traders assured the chief minister that the onion prices would start coming down following arrival of fresh supply.

Though describing India’s track record on releasing of Pakistani prisoners better than the neighbouring country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday felt that there was still the need for further improvement while directing the government to release forthwith 61 Pakistan nationals whose identity had been fully established.

The demolition of a mosque that had allegedly been built illegally over DDA land led to strong protests by local residents in Nizamuddin area on Wednesday morning. The police had to resort to use of tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd, which damaged more than a dozen vehicles. Four policemen, including a sub-inspector, were injured as the incident led to traffic jam for more than three hours on Mathura Road.

One of the three members of the team of interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, appointed by the government, has said that there is a “positive change” in the atmosphere in the state. The member, Mr M.M. Ansari, has further said that “many encouraging things are happening, lot of changes have taken place and lots of good things have taken place”. He said this shortly after the interlocutors met Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday.

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The ministry of defence (MoD) on Wednesday said it had received a report from the Army’s Pune-based Southern Command on alleged illegal transfer of land to a pharmaceutical company at Kandivili, Mumbai, and added the report is “under examination” even as Army sources indicated that a CBI inquiry could be ordered.