The Delhi Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution for full statehood for the city, though many such resolutions were passed earlier also but never implemented. The second day of the Winter session of the Assembly was again marked with ruckus as the Opposition BJP pressed for its demand of House Committee to enquire into the alleged Commonwealth Games corruption. All the BJP MLAs were again expelled from the House after treasury bench moved a resolution in this regard.

Endorsing the demand for full statehood for Delhi, which was raised through MLA Mukesh Sharma and a resolution passed in the Assembly on Thursday, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said that she did not want any administrative order diluting constitutional powers of the city government. Strongly replying to the motion, Ms Dikshit

Facilitating the probe agency, CBI, to unravel the alleged financial bunglings in conduct of the Queen’s Baton Relay in London 2010, Patiala House Court Special CBI Judge A.S. Yadav on Thursday extended the police custody of CWG Organising Committee (OC) official M. Jayachandran for two more days.

The ambitious proposal to have 50 world-class stations that was announced by railway minister Mamata Banerjee in her Rail Budget speech earlier this year will take between five to six years to come up. The long duration for the completion of the project is not only due to the complexity of the project but also the need to keep a station operational while it is being upgraded to world-class status.

JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the decision of NDA partner BJP to allow Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to continue in the office.

For the BJP, victory in the Bihar Assembly polls was truly a “victory of optimism over despair”.

An IAS aspirant has been arrested by the northwest Delhi police for allegedly trying to extort `52 lakhs from the head of a coaching institute, which he wanted to join.

Adding fresh dimensions to the concept of policing, the Delhi police will set up “help desks” and “women booths” across Delhi University on an experimental basis to increase the visibility of its forc

The Delhi University authorities have announced fresh dates for the semester examinations. The Delhi University Teachers’ Association, which has been opposing the semester system, refused to comment.

The latest news reports say that Taylor Momsen’s role in hit show Gossip Girls has been curtailed this season.