The Queen’s Baton will arrive in the city on Thursday. The baton would be received by lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna and chief minister Sheila Dikshit along with senior officials of the Games Organising Committee.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India finally called a truce in its battle with former president Jagmohan Dalmiya by deciding to withdraw the 1996 World Cup-related fund embezzlement charge against him.

Former Punjab chief minister Capt. Amarinder Singh made a triumphant re-entry into the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Wednesday two years after the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance used their majority numbers to “illegally” expel him from the House.

In a bold move, the Indian Union Muslim League has fielded a brahmin woman, Ms Radha, as its candidate from the Karamana ward here for the local bodies’ polls to be held on October 23 and 25.

Union law and justice minister Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said everyone should respect the Ayodhya verdict, slated to be delivered by Allhabad high court on Thursday.

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh has no complaint against the Mayawati government in handling the situation in UP ahead of a judgment on the Ayodhya issue but he is apprehensive about the real motive of BJP, VHP and RSS and thereby refuses to believe in their appeal of peace and harmony.

Charging senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh for making “reckless” statement against it on the Ayodhya issue, the BJP on Wednesday claimed that it is a “responsible party” and has always respected courts’ verdict. The party made an appeal to the people to maintain peace and harmony after the Ayodhya title suit verdict is pronounced on

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi and resting hope on the young generation, home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday made an appeal for peace on the eve of the Ayodhya verdict stating that India has “moved on since

The Delhi police arrested two former students of Jamia Millia Islamia who are allegedly involved in the death of a 20-year-old fine-arts student of the university on Tuesday afternoon.

With the Delhi government scrambling to finish the work at the Commonwealth Games Village, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday had a fresh advise for the athletes and delegates putting up there, asking them to “lock their rooms” following reports of thefts and pilferage. She also gave a new “deadline” saying all the remaining CWG-related works will be finished by October 3.