Bapi Mahato, the alleged mastermind of the Gyaneswari Express sabotage, on Tuesday made a judicial confession of 11 pages on his role in the carnage. His confession was sealed in a cover for its secrecy following the completion of its recording under the Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure.

In a significant development in the Ashok Vihar “honour killings”, the Delhi police claimed to have recovered the weapon reportedly used to kill Monica, her husband Kuldeep and her cousin Shobha on June 20.

International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Administered Kashmir (IPTK), a pressure group, on Tuesday accused the both the Centre and chief minister Omar Abdullah of patronising the security forces involved in the killing of civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.

A 27-year-old Brazilian student was allegedly drugged and then raped by her landlord at her rented accommodation in the upscale Greater Kailash area, the police said.
Police sources said that the incident came to light on Tuesday evening when the victim, a student of journalism at a Noida-based institute, walked up to the Greater K

As the cycle of violence has only escalated and public rage is finding expression on the streets, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday blamed the anti-national forces and vested interests for the crisis.

Former Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan has charged that though the Commonwealth Games are just 95 days away, roads and footpaths leading towards the main stadia are all dug up, with just 19 to 38 per cent of the work having been completed so far.

The GoM on caste census headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to hold its first meeting on July 1. The meeting is going to take place following a war cry made by the Yadav-troika (Mulayam, Lalu and Sharad) that the government is backing out on its promise.

The taxi operators have threatened to go for an indefinite strike from July 8 unless the state government agrees for a hike in the taxi fares in wake of the recent increase in the diesel prices. The private bus and minibus operators, however, will not go for any strike.

The NDA and Left parties on Tuesday announced a 12-hour Bharat Bandh and nationwide strike on July 5 to protest against the recent hike in the petroleum products by the UPA government, while demanding a rollback of the hike. The parties have stated that the bandh from 6 am to 6 pm would be peaceful and rail and road traffic would not be disturbed.

With the aim to enable the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes to examine any reference from the state government regarding inclusion or deletion of any backward group in and from the list of backward classes respectively, the state government on Tuesday introduced the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill, 2010, in the Assembly, which was also passed.