A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on the premises of a police station in west Delhi on Saturday evening, the police said.

The civic bodies in the city have put a halt to putting up new speed breakers and are even dismantling many following directions from lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna.

With an eye on the Assembly polls, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said that her government will consider extending the retirement age of teachers serving in the Delhi government schools fro

The Congress party on Saturday described the Janata Dal (United) as a “secular and like-minded party” while the Sharad-Pawar-led NCP appealed to the JD(U) to desert the BJP and join the secular forces

Ajay Maken on Saturday resigned as Union minister for housing and urban poverty alleviation ahead of reshuffles of the Cabinet and the AICC expected next week.

The saffron mascot for the 2014 polls, Mr Narendra Modi over whom there’s a turmoil within the BJP and in the NDA, has so far maintained a stony silence.

With Delhi Assembly elections approaching fast, the Sheila Dikshit government has also gone into an overdrive, frequently taking “voter friendly” decisions.

Five rape cases were reported from the city in past 24 hours. The police has arrested six persons as five women, including a minor and a call centre employee, were raped.

Five persons were killed in separate accidents in the city in the last 24 hours. A Nepalese, 25, who worked as a domestic help, was killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in Preet Vihar.

Two persons were arrested in the murder case of a 15-year-old Class 10 student in Ranhola on June 8.