Britain’s top military officer is being replaced months before his term as chief of the defence staff was due to end, according to reports in the media.
Defence secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times in an interview that Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the chief of the defence staff, and defence ministry’s top b

Days after she was abducted from her north Delhi residence, a three-year-old daughter of a railways official was rescued from Kathmandu’s international airport by the Delhi police. The girl Vaibhavi Chaturvedi is a pre-nursery student at a local government school. Her father Venkateshwar Chaturvedi, is an inspector in railways’ planning department.

More bad news for all those living in Delhi, many areas of which are already reeling under an acute shortage of water. Protesting Jat leaders angry at being denied reservation in Central services on Sunday downed shutters at a plant in Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, from where water is sent to the Sonia Vihar treatment plant.

After Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta alleged that the party hoardings were removed at the behest of chief minister Sheila Dikshit, he was served a legal notice for defamation. Mr Gupta on his part shot off letters to the Delhi police commissioner and lieutenant-governor asking for registration of FIR against the culprits behind “illegal” removal of the hoardings.

The CPI(M) has decided to launch a week-long nationwide campaign to fight for the rights of tribals from July 23. It was decided after party’s two days national convention on tribal rights organised in New Delhi. While addressing the delegates senior CPI(M) leader Biman Bose said tribals are facing discrimination in many parts of the country and government along with multinationals are indulging in unholy land-grabbing.

Protesting Jat leaders, who have been demanding reservation in Central services, on Sunday downed the shutters of a plant in Modinagar, UP, which supplies water to the Sonia Vihar treatment plant here hitting adversely various parts of the capital already reeling under acute water shortage. More than 40 per cent of Delhi will be affected due to the cutting off of the water supply line with the Delhi Jal Board deciding to ration water in the capital to deal with the situation.

An unknown person lobbed a brick at the glass window of a dental clinic owned by lawyer Farhana Shah’s (Ajmal Kasab’s lawyer) brother-in-law. According to the VP Road police, the incident happened at around 1 pm on Sunday.

Duststorm at a speed of 62 kms per hour and light showers lashed parts of the city on Sunday afternoon, bringing relief to the people reeling under heat conditions. The weatherman stated that the duststorms and light rains were due to western disturbances. The met department also stated that there is likelihood of thunderstorm and rains in the capital in the next few days as well.

Mumbaikars’ fascination for water bodies during the monsoons and the resultant cases of drowning — an annual city feature — saw two teenagers drowning in the sea off Juhu during the high tide on Sunday morning.

Jagdish Singh Dhariwal-trained Siachen was ably ridden by Y. S. Srinath to claim the Fillies Trial Stakes, the feature event of the races held here on Sunday.
Srinath raced Siachen in mid group of the closely bunched field before shooting into lead mid way up the stretch to win quiet convincingly from late rallying Moonlight Romance, the favourite before the event.