The unfinished work at certain Commonwealth Games venues made it difficult for security agencies to ensure complete lockdown of all premises for security purposes even on Friday. The complete lockdown process for all the Games venues is expected to be completed on Saturday night.

With the arrest of three men, the Delhi police on Saturday claimed to have unearthed a fake currency racket and recovered counterfeit notes with a face value of `1.6 lakhs.
The accused have been identified as Shankar Singh, 35, Shakeel Ahmed, 45, and Rahul Pal, 24, confirmed the deputy commissioner of police (south) H.G.S. Dhaliwal.

The flood threat in the city subsided after Yamuna water level started going down on Saturday. “The water level is expected to recede further during the day,” said an official of the Delhi government’s flood department. This has come as a respite for the residents of low-lying areas and Yamuna bank, who have been living under the flood threat. The reversal of drainage water and overflowing Yamuna had caused severe waterlogging in these areas.

The Delhi government rejected the proposal of various Commonwealth Games participating countries of not allowing use of dedicated lanes for 17 hours a day.
At a meeting with Chef de Missions of the participating countries, Delhi government officials maintained that blocking the lanes from 6 am to 11 pm would create inconvenience to the public at large. The officials said that the lanes will be blocked for the public during the movement of Games vehicles.

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson’s latest album, Teenage Dream, is a sweet serenade of a vivacious pop diva, but packs no punch and falls flat.
Boring is what best describes Teenage Dream. But it’s sort of surprising that the star who sang ‘Hot N Cold’, could turn a track about California Girls into a library yawn!

The Supreme Court has held that courts do not have unfettered powers to pass a divorce decree under the Hindu Marriage Act even if consent has been given by the husband and wife for dissolution as it is subject to the fulfilling of certain conditions.

India’s defending CWG bantamweight gold-medallist boxer Akhil Kumar was in for a rude shock as his bed collapsed moments after he checked into his room at the `1,350-crore Games Village here on Saturday.

In a bizarre demand, the British delegation to the Commonwealth Games on Saturday is understood to have demanded that due to security concerns Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s vehicle should also be checked, along with other VIP vehicles, when they enter Games venues.

The Central government on Saturday announced an eight-point initiative to restore peace in the Kashmir Valley after the unrest that began in June this year. This, among others, will include an attempt to de-scale the presence of security forces, the constitution of a group of interlocutors to hold a “sustained dialogue” with all shades of Valley life and the release of about 245 persons detained for stone-pelting.

India on Saturday said terrorism is an “unfortunate reality” which recognises no political borders and the government has taken effective measures to ensure safety and security of all during the forthcoming CWG. The statement comes in response to Australian PM Julia Gillard’s remarks on the security situation in India in the wake of the Games.