Alleging brutal torture at the hands of the Maharashtra police, including “twisting of private parts”, Malegaon bomb blast case accused Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit on Tuesday petitioned the Armed Forces Tribunal seeking quashing of the Army’s court of inquiry in his case.

Lok Sabha MPs cutting across party lines showed rare unity when they created an uproar to protest against a delay in their salary hike, forcing Speaker Meria Kumar to adjourn the House on Tuesday.

The common entrance test for under-graduate and post-graduate courses in medical colleges across the country from the next academic year is set to become a reality with the Union health ministry clearing the proposal by the board of governors of MCI.

Union minister for road transport and highways Kamal Nath on Tuesday launched a book Superpower? The amazing race between China’s Hare and India’s Tortoise, written by Raghav Bahl, founder and editor of Network 18, in the national capital.

The CWG Organising Committee, is paying the New Delhi Municipal Council Rs 66 crores per annum as rent for its current office at the New Delhi City Centre (NDCC)-II.
The total space rented by the OC is over 1.25 lakh-square-feet. The ninth floor is used by top honchos of the OC, while the eighth floor is for the technology department. T

Okhla MLA Mohammad Asif was on Tuesday suspended after he tore off his clothes in the House while protesting against the spread of dengue, particularly in Jamia Nagar. Meanwhile, the total number of cases of dengue in the capital has gone up to 277 with 23 new cases being reported on Tuesday. Mosquito breeding has also been found in an MCD park near Town Hall, the headquarters of the municipal corporation.

The Lok Sabha united to condemn the “forcible” acquisition of land in Aligarh and Mathura districts of Uttar Pradesh and subsequent firing on protesting farmers in an attempt to put pressure on the BSP government in the state.

A 30-year-old executive was found dead under highly mysterious circumstances near railway tracks in an east Delhi locality on Monday evening.
The police officials said the deceased, identified as Anjani Thakur, a resident of Pandav Nagar, was found lying near railway tracks in Chander Vihar in Mandawali area by a pedestrian who alerted the police control room. The body was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Even as officials are claiming that the Barapulla Nulla elevated road project, which will connect the Commonwealth Games Village with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, will be completed by September 10, the situation on the ground indicates that it may take longer to finish.

The Delhi Assembly was rocked with pandemonium on the first day of the Monsoon session, with the Opposition BJP launching scathing attack on the government for alleged irregularities in the preparations of the Commonwealth Games. Leader of the Opposition Mr V.K. Malhotra accused the government of diverting about Rs 4,000 crores meant for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes for Games related works.