Literature, for Peruvian writer Maria Vargas Llosa, has been like a akin to fire. The firebrand writer and one-time politician, who made power and its structures, humanity and its contours, the focal points of his writing, has won the Nobel Prize for literature.

Tis Hazari Court additional sessions judge (ASJ) Bimla Kumari has acquitted 27 people of the charges of attempting to kill policemen and torching a police post following the latter’s bid to nab a suspect in Red Fort bomb blast case in 2000. The court absolved all the accused, including three women, of the charges of being members of an unlawful assembly.

The Delhi police has put in place security and traffic arrangement for Commonwealth Games road events this week-end, including helicopter-borne assault teams and commando hit squads for protection of athletes.

The Delhi police has announced a cash reward of `10 lakhs to anyone providing information on the two motorcycle-borne assailants involved in the firing on a tourist bus near Jama Masjid in Old Delhi on September 19, which left two Taiwanese injured even as two suspects hailing from Jammu & Kashmir were picked up by the police from Old Delhi on Thursday.

After putting up things in place for the 19th Commonwealth Games just in time and getting praise for the grand opening ceremony from around the world, chief minister Sheila Dikshit now thinks that the capital city is ready to host the Olympics.

Mr Abhishek Singhvi, an eminent lawyer, was on Wednesday virtually “suspended” as the Congress spokesperson as he was barred from holding media briefings till the party high command decided on the controversy over his appearance in a lottery case in the Kerala high court.

The main Opposition BJP on Wednesday attacked AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for showing “political immaturity” and “engaging in unruly behaviour” by comparing Sangh Parivar fountainhead RSS with banned outfit Simi. The party said Mr Gandhi seems to have “lost his mental balance” for comparing a nationalist institution with a banned outfit. The RSS asked the AICC general secretary to “brush up his knowledge” before making “meaningless” statements.

The Congress on Wednesday hit back at the RSS and the BJP for its remarks against AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi saying the right-wing outfit is a “master in spreading rumours” and that its statements should not be given any significance.

A 26-year-old jeweller was allegedly robbed of gold and diamond jewellery worth `65 lakhs in Geeta Colony area of east Delhi on Tuesday evening.
The victim, Sunny Gupta, a resident of Geeta Colony, was returning home after purchasing jewellery from Chandni Chowk. “I was crossing Geeta Colony flyover in my Alto car when a bike suddenly applied brake and my car hit it,” the victim told the police.

Metro Man E Sreedharan is eager to go to Kerala after his retirement. He has spent 15 years revolutionising Delhi by spreading world-class Metro network in the capital.
Mr Sreedharan, 78, will be retiring on December 31, 2010 when his fourth extension granted by the Delhi government will end. The second phase of the Delhi Metro is also over and major parts of the city and its neighbourhood have been connected.