The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to inform it whether or not the Organising Committee (OC) for the Commonwealth Games-2010, led by Suresh Kalmadi, had taken its permission to carry out the transactions with the London-based AM Films and the Australian company Sports Management and Marketing (SMAM), in connection with Queen Baton’s Relay and sponsorship commission, respectively.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is set to take up its first fully independent turnkey project outside the Delhi-NCR region as the government of Rajasthan has approached Metro Chief E. Sreedharan to construct the Metro Rail for Jaipur city.

Appealing to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to end the cycle of violence, Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said the situation in the valley continues to be a cause of concern. In an identical statement, which he made in both the Houses of Parliament, the home minister said, “The situation in Jammu and

Should young children be allowed to form part of the crowds of stone pelters venting their anger and smashing property? In a large number of these protests, fathers were seen carrying their sons, some even toddlers, on their shoulders, as they braced themselves to face the bullets of the security forces.

The DGCA may soon levy restrictions on the passenger load carried in certain types of aircraft landing at some of the 11 critical airports in the country in case corrective measures recommended by the DGCA are not carried out either by the airport operators or concerned state governments.

An attempt by the Ghaziabad district judge to “interfere” in the trial proceedings in a special CBI court under his jurisdiction in the infamous provident fund scam against six former judges, including the three who had retired from Allahabad high court, has landed him in soup with the Supreme Court issuing notice to him asking to explain the reasons.

In a shocking case of wiping the entire family of their neighbour in the name of “saving their honour” the Supreme Court has awarded rigorous life sentence to three accused from Uttar Pradesh, including the father of a girl who was at the centre of the whole controversy even as the top court said they actually deserved death penalty.

Though the Bihar Assembly elections are less than three months away, first sign of strain in the RJD-LJP alliance has come to the fore, with seat-sharing talks between the two parties having run into a wall. While the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD has indicated that his party can not give more than 30 seats out of the total of 243 to the LJP, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan has conveyed that his party would like to contest on more than 60 seats.

In a major move that could liberalise adoption laws in the country, giving women equal rights in guardianship and adoption of children, the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice has unanimously recommended a bill which seeks to amend two acts in this regard.

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has decided not to issue any more notices to the industrial units spewing out pollution levels more than the prescribed limit. The exercise is to ensure that the pollution levels come down in the city during the Commonwealth Games 2010. Several athletes have expressed apprehension about the high pollution levels and were keen to avoid coming to the city as long as possible.