A Delhi district consumer forum has slapped a fine of `25,000 on the city’s power distribution firm, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, for raising an inflated electricity bill of `1.17 lakh against an user and lodging a false power theft case against him.

In three separate incidents three bodies have been found in the city on Saturday. Body of a four-year-old girl was found near railway tracks in South Delhi’s Sriniwaspuri area. The body was unclad and also had injury marks. A senior police official said that there are evidences of an attempt of sexual attack.

The slow process of appointing the judges of high judiciary has badly affected the functioning of several high courts with the vacancy level in some of them going up to 45 per cent and country’s biggest high court at Allahabad is working almost with one-third of the sanctioned strength of judges.

Gurmeet Singh, a lookalike of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with the cast members of Act 498A — The Wedding Gift at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi on Saturday. PHOTO: Biplab Banerjee

The Janata Dal (United) on Saturday demanded immediate removal of Union textile minister Dayanidhi Maran from the government in the wake of allegations of a “quid pro quo” in awarding spectrum licences to Aircel.

Oscar-winner Colin Firth, England cricket captain Andrew Strauss, Nobel laureate Robert G. Edwards, rock star Bryan Ferry and television presenter Bruce Forsyth were on Saturday included in Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday honours list.

Arsenic levels have registered an alarming increase in the water in Lucknow, causing a grave threat to the health of the people in the state capital.

Ready is en route to becoming a blockbuster, netting close to `70 crores in the first week itself. Many are now speculating `100 crores which will make the film amongst the top money-spinners in Bollywood, after the likes of 3 Idiots and Dabangg.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the 2G spectrum scam, may question Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi, in connection with alleged transfer of `200 crores to Chennai-based Kalaignar TV by a company linked telecom promoter Shahid Balwa, next week. According to sources, statement of Ms Kanimozhi will

Until a while back it seemed that the month of October will be ruled by Kareena Kapoor who will be seen with two of her big releases hitting the theatres — Ra.One with Shah Rukh Khan and Short Term Shaadi opposite Imran Khan. But now, the leading lady of both films, who was expecting a gruelling time ahead with back-to-back promotions, is heaving a sigh of relief as the release dates for STS have been postponed to November.