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.

In a bid to reach out to the Muslims ahead of the Bihar elections, the JD(U) in its national executive meeting passed a resolution to demand for a sub-plan on the pattern of one for the scheduled tribes for the minorities. The JD(U) also sought for the implementation of the Rangnath Mishra Commission report for reservation for the Muslims in jobs.

The JD(U)’s subaltern strongman and three-term MP, Prabhunath Singh, on Saturday joined the RJD along with two MLAs from Bihar’s leading ruling party in presence of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav at a massive public meeting, hinting at a major shift in the state’s political landscape ahead of the Assembly polls.

The “Review Report of the Political-Tactical Line of the 19th Party Congress” of the CPI(M) being debated at the ongoing four-day extended Central Committee of the CPI(M) targeted the party general-secretary Mr Prakash Karat’s electoral line.

West Delhi MP Mahabal Mishra on Saturday alleged that his car was stolen and the driver was assaulted by four unidentified men in the Dabri area. While the driver Hari Mohan was rushed to a nearby hospital after the incident, an FIR in the case was registered at the Dwarka (north) police station.

Vice-president Hamid Ansari on Saturday said that though the prestigeous IITs may take pride for being the finest technical institutions in the country but they are yet to be recognised among the top 100 best institutes worldwide.

A decision to finish co-education in a New Ashok Nagar-based government school allegedly led the students to stone pelting. While students were left after being given warnings by the police officers, at least two low-floor buses, one RTV mini bus and a car were badly damaged in the incident. The incident happened in the Dallupura area of New Ashok Nagar.

A 62-year-old woman was killed by unidentified armed assaila-nts who managed to barge into her house at Shahpur Jat in Hauz Khas police station area of south Delhi in the early hours of Saturday. The police suspect personal enmity to be the reason behind the incident.