Another attempt by Blueline bus operators to buy time before the phaseout deadline of December 14 was rejected by the Delhi high court on Tuesday. The court refused to entertain their plea seeking stay against the phaseout notification of the Delhi government. A bench headed by Justice A.K. Sikri did not admit the plea of the operators

At least three accused in the Dhaula Kuan gangrape on Tuesday refused to appear for a Test Identification Parade (TIP).
Investigating officers have confirmed that Kamru, Shahid and Iqbal have refused to undergo the test parade at the jail. Earlier, Shamshad and Usman had gone through

With no sign of the government relenting on the demand for a joint parliamentary probe (JPC) on the controversial 2G spectrum allocation on the floor of the House, the non-NDA and non-UPA parties took their battle outside the two Houses of Parliament. The “secular Opposition” as they would like to call it on Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the Gandhi statue demanding a JPC probe into the 2G affair.

The NDA on Tuesday said it was ready for a five-day special session of Parliament to compensate for the loss of work due to the current deadlock, provided the government concedes to the Opposition demand for JPC probe into the 2G spectrum issue.

Amidst the din in the House, the government on Tuesday introduced the much awaited and much debated Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Work Place Bill, 2010, in the Lok Sabha to ensure a safe working environment for every woman.

The BJP, which witnessed a thumping victory in the Bihar Assembly polls, is confident that its numerical strength gained in Bihar polls, can help it in increasing the NDA fold. Sources said the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which had recently snapped ties with the BJP, is sending feelers to the latter for a possible pre-poll alliance. Assembly polls are scheduled in Assam for 2011.

Thirty-six Opposition MLAs — 34 Congress legislators and two Bahujan Samaj Party( BSP) legislators — were on Tuesday suspended from Chhattisgarh Assembly for disrupting the House demanding resignation of chief minister Raman Singh over deteriorating law and order in the state. As soon as the House assembled in the

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday was dismissive of the party that former Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy is all set to launch shortly. He claimed that it will not affect the prospects of the Congress in any way.

At least three persons had a lucky escape when their car fell into a 15-feet pit near Anand Vihar inter-state bus terminal on Tuesday morning. The digging had been carried out to erect pillars for a foot overbridge but there were no warning signs or barricading around.

The MCD has issued notices to more than 600 buildings for allegedly carrying out illegal construction in the area around Lalita Park, where a building collapse on November 15 had led to loss of more than 70 lives. The MCD has been carrying out a survey of dangerous buildings in the area as the problem of flooding of basements due to sub-soil water continues.