3 jailed for life for road rage killing
Additional sessions judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau has awarded rigorous life imprisonment to three brothers for killing a man in a road rage and also sentenced a witness one month in jail for perjury.
HC orders protection for couple
Directing the Delhi police to provide protection to a couple from different castes who were apprehending threat from the girl’s family, Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra of the Delhi high court said that i
Deadlines missed, but officials still not serious
Even as they are fighting a race against time to meet the Commonwealth Games project deadlines, which have already been pushed back, the authorities concerned with these projects themselves do not see
‘Govt failed to check theft at Games sites’
Raising questions on the safety of materials being used in the Commonwealth Games preparations, Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta on Saturday asked if the city government can not protect them how would they protect foreign sports persons and sports lovers during the mega-sporting events.
L-G, officials take stock of Games projects
Lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna on Saturday presided over a high-level meeting attended by Union Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar and head of various agencies to hammer out inter-departmental issues coming in the ways of the preparations of the Commonwealth Games.
Yadavs, Maya vow bill support
The SP, BSP and RJD have assured the government they will support the “introduction, consideration and passing” of bills during the month-long Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning Monday.
Man, 29, shot dead by chain snatchers
A 29-year-old youth was shot dead by two unidentified men when he tried to resist their attempt to snatch the chain of his wife in the Bhajanpura area of east Delhi. The deceased, Ganesh Puri, an MNC employee, succumbed to injuries at GTB hospital early Saturday.
Docs, lawyers join shutdown
Kashmir Valley remained shut for the seventh-day straight on Saturday and it was the turn of lawyers, doctors and paramedical staff of various hospitals to sign up with the separatists’ “Quit Jammu and Kashmir” catch phrase.
Jurists appeal for special sports law
In the wake of Indian sports facing one controversy after the other and politicians clinging to the top positions of various sports bodies for decades, noted jurists led by former Chief Justice of India J.S. Verma on Saturday felt an urgent need for enacting special laws to regulate sports in India.
GJM discusses demands with govt, Bengal
Representatives of the Central and West Bengal governments and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Saturday discussed the modalities on how to carry forward the dialogue process on the demands of the GJM.