Khushwant Singh came clean on his decision to pen the “last” book at the launch of The Sunset Club, released by Gursharan Kaur, wife of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, at the Le Meridien hotel in New Dellhi on Tuesday evening.

Giving a sigh of relief to Kashmiri pandits, who fled the Valley following outbreak of militancy, Justice Gita Mittal of the Delhi high court on Tuesday restrained the Centre from evicting these Kashmiri pandits from their government quarters here and directed it to provide them alternative residence in the capital after their retirement.

Delhi health minister Kiran Walia continued to face tough time in the Assembly on Tuesday with even Speaker Yoganand Shastri singling her out for giving the wrong answer during Question Hour.

Delhi lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna on Tuesday directed the police to be more vigilant on the safety of woman, including BPO staffers. It has been decided that woman employees should not travel alone with cab drivers at night and a security guard must invariably accompany them.

The four suspects picked up by Delhi police in connection with the rape of a girl from the northeast last week have led the investigators to a vehicle “similar to one used in the crime” with the police releasing the sketch of third suspect on Tuesday.

Former tennis superstar Boris Becker recently admitted that he has undergone a facelift to protect his face against the ravages of ageing. Becker said in a televised interview, “I turned 43 this week, and winning Wimbledon was 25 years ago, and I do feel very much like I’m 43 right now,” as he revealed that he had opted for a facelift and a hair colouring treatment in an attempt to bring back his youth. Incidentally, Becker and his second wife Lilly Kerssenberg became parents this February.

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh took forward his attack on diesel-guzzling sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and suggested that users of such cars be made to pay full market price for the fuel instead of the subsidised rate.

India chose Tuesday not to comment on the WikiLeaks revelations even as the US sought to cushion the impact of the expose on its ties with India.
The external affairs ministry spokesman said the WikiLeaks cables “purportedly are an account of privileged internal US government assessments and correspondence” and therefore India would prefer not to comment. He added: “We have a multi-faceted and forward-looking strategic partnership with the US and there is a regular, open and candid dialogue between the two countries on a number of matters of mutual interest.”

Home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is inquiring into the alleged leak of tapes of telephone conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and politicians, journalists and industrialists.

Amidst the deadlock in Parliament over the Opposition demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into alleged 2G spectrum allocation scam, the ruling Congress on Tuesday stepped its attack on the BJP by dubbing the saffron outfit a “drama company”.