An eatery owner was shot dead and two other persons sustained gunshot injuries when unidentified persons opened indiscriminate fire at an eatery in Adarsh Nagar area of northwest Delhi around Sunday midnight. The police suspect that the incident was a result of rivalry between the members of two gangs.

The Parliament on Monday passed the Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2010 that provides for a mechanism to resolve the regulators’ disputed over jurisdiction of popular Ulip financial products.

The daughter-in-law of a 62-year-old woman, who was found dead in her house at Hauz Khas in south Delhi on August 7, has been arrested by the police in this connection. The 28-year-old accused had allegedly bludgeoned the victim to death with an iron musli, used for crushing spices in homes. She was apparently angry at

Cutting across party lines, Rajya Sabha members on Monday expressed dismay over reported fare hike by private airlines to ferry people from tragedy struck Leh. Asking the government to immediately intervene in the matter, Rajya Sabha members also sought relaxation of MPLAD rules so that members could donate from MPLAD to those effected in Leh due to flash floods.

Criticising the Delhi police for its “lack of professionalism,” the Delhi high court on Monday has said that the registration of FIRs has been made a profitable business by some of its erring police officials.

The main Opposition BJP is unlikely to oblige the government for a smooth passage of the nuclear liability bill. It has asked the government to clarify whether the draft legislation was India-specific or being enacted to fulfil requirements of international treaties.

The JD(U) on Sunday made light of senior party leader Prabhunath Singh joining the RJD. JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav remarked that the membership of the RJD and his party is “transferable”.

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday asked why the Central Vigilance Commission nominee on the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games did not proceed and filed FIRs against those who have committed irregularities in the games projects in New Delhi.

The civil aviation ministry has asked national carrier Air India and private airlines Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines to operate three flights each to Leh on Sunday to bring back stranded persons. However, all the airlines have been asked not to charge excessive fares from stranded passengers who are being brought back. A large

The Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will now be working to bring together non-Congress chief ministers to arrive at an unified approach on centre-state relations. Mr Kumar, who has been avoiding the Gujarat chief minister Mr Narrendra Modi, would now once again be rubbing shoulders with him.