Going on the offensive, the Centre on Monday made a stinging attack on the Opposition for the washout of the Winter Session, virtually singling out BJP for paralysing Parliament saying it did “not have the courage” to move a no confidence motion.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is anguished over the washout of the Winter Session of Parliament while Rajya Sabha chariman M. Hamid Ansari asked all sections of the House to introspect disapproving behaviour of the members during the session.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who had made several attempts to break the logjam in Parliament during the Winter Session, on Monday termed the turn of event in both the Houses “very unfortunate”. He said, the MPs, who create procedures to run the House had violated their own rules resulting in the complete washout of the entire Winter Session of Parliament.

The Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said the government has nothing to hide or fear on the 2G spectrum allocation issue and firmly rejects the Opposition’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to probe the scam.

In the wake of two gangrapes taking place in less than a month in the city, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday expre-ssed unhappiness with the law and order situation. “We discussed the entire situation. We finalised several measures to make women feel secure. What government can do, we will do. We are concerned over the incidents, so is the police. We have to end this atmosphere of panic,” Ms Dikshit said.

A 42-year-old engineer was shot at in Mayur Vihar on Monday.
The victim, Sunil Kumar, who works with NBCC as a civil engineer, was leaving for his office on Monday when an assailant fired four shots at him for allegedly resisting robbery attempt. The incident took place outside SSS apartments in Mayur Vihar, Phase III, at 10 am, the police said.

A 32-year-old loan agent purportedly became a victim of road rage in Vikaspuri on Monday afternoon when four assailants travelling in a Santro car hit his Honda City car and stabbed him to death following an argument.

The Supreme Court Monday sought a copy of the complaint from the government against corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, referred to in the I-T department’s affidavit alleging she was an “agent” of a forei

The Delhi BJP sought an apology from Union home minister P. Chidambaram for his remarks against migrants. Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta and Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly V.K. Malhotra termed Mr Chidambaram’s statement an insult to 50 lakh people residing in unauthorised colonies.

Two days before Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrives here on a three-day visit, Beijing’s ambassador to Delhi Zhang Yan warned Monday that his country’s relations with India were “very fragile”, and needed “special care”.