Nitish relents: New ads include Modi
Bihar chief minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar finally succumbed to BJP anger. After the BJP’s central leadership, including Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley, had an “informal” meeting with Mr Kumar on Sunday, Bihar government advertisements started carrying deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Modi’s photograph.
Jat threat to hit Games; block Delhi food, power
The Akhil Bharatiya Jat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti has warned that if the government does not pay heed to its demand for extending reservations to jats under the “other backward classes” category, they would disrupt the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October. It warned that the Commonwealth Games baton relay, which is now in Allahabad, might also be disrupted.
Court pulls up MCD for dismal state of city roads
As the time approaches, it seems that the tall claims of the MCD that they are prepared for the Commonwealth Games fall flat.
It was evident on Monday as the high court has expressed its serious concern over the sorry state of affair of the roads and came down heavily on the civic body for a
Student dies as minibus overturns
A minor student was killed and 11 others were injured when a speeding minibus overturned near the under construction Signature Bridge in Wazirabad on Monday morning.
Girl’s father, guard held for Delhi honour killing
The Delhi police claimed it had cracked another honour killing case in the city with the arrest of a man who has been charged for allegedly strangulating his daughter and her lover to death in the New Friends Colony area last Saturday.
‘Late hour changes delayed stadia work’
First, the idea of having a tunnel and, now, installation of an aerostat lighting system at a late hour was on Monday cited by the CPWD for a delay of nearly five months in completion of the renovation and upgradation of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games will be held, apart from some sports competitions.
Expansion for pharma industry
The National Institute of Public Financing and Policy (NIPFP) is ready to kickstart a Rs 3,000-crore venture capital fund to strengthen the pharma infrastructure and give a fillip to drug discovery in India.
Ex-Afghan Prez wife’s PSO kills self
A 50-year-old assistant sub-inspector of the Delhi police who was deployed as a personal security officer of former Afghan President’s wife allegedly shot himself dead at his official residence on Monday morning.
SC: PIL against ‘socialism’ for party registration dismissed
While acknowledging the constitutional importance of a question related to “mandatory” provision in the Representation of People Act for political parties to swear by “socialism”, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL on the issue promising to revisit it when the situation so arises.
DU student abducted, murdered
A 21-year-old Delhi University student was abducted and later stabbed to death by five assailants in the Wazirabad area of northwest Delhi.
The police said the deceased, Kamal Singh Rawat, a resident of Sonia Vihar’s Pehla Pushta, who was pursuing B.Com (correspondance) from the Khalsa College, was a