A group unidentified assailants barged into the Muthoot Finance group’s Pandav Nagar branch on Tuesday afternoon and held the staff hostage before decamping with jewellery and cash reported to be worth crores.

In a bid to facilitate opening of new schools to fulfil the norms under the Right to Education Act, the Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod to allotment of Nazul land by Delhi Development Authority to private educational institutions and societies.

Political equations in Maharashtra appear to be changing with RPI leader Ramdas Athawale moving closer to the Shiv Sena-BJP combine, while the NCP is feeling uncomfortable following dissolution of the board of directors of the Maharashtra state co-operative bank.

Fresh leads have emerged in the murder of engineering student, Shobhit Modi, with police sources claiming that the suspect is close to being identified and a manhunt is on to nab him.

Sitting BSP MLA Farid Mehfooz Kidwai, created a flutter in political circles on Monday when he joined the Samajwadi Party.
Mr Kidwai, who represents the Masauli Assembly segment in Barabanki district, is the first sitting BSP MLA to quit the party.

A 42-year-old woman was on Sunday detained by the CISF and later declared arrested by the IGI Police for allegedly trying to carry a country-made pistol and a live cartridge while boarding a flight from the IGI airport. The accused, Vandana Kaushal, is a resident of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Expressing satisfaction over the Supreme Court’s interim order staying the Allahabad high court direction for tripartite division of the disputed land in Ayodhya, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is also representing one of the parties in the case said, “There will be no change of situation at ground zero (the make-shift temple of

The Delhi police said on Monday that the head constable, who was brutally stabbed to death in Dwarka last week, had run into a gang of criminals who killed him on the fateful night.

Trinamul Congress general secretary Mukul Roy on Monday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission, demanding removal of officers-in-charge of three police stations in Jangalmahal because of their partisan behaviour. The sixth and the last phase of polling will be held in 14 Assembly constituencies in Jangalmahal.

The Delhi government will move the Supreme Court for cancellation of permits of the 300 Blueline buses which are still plying on city roads. The decision has been taken in the wake of death of a man and 12 others sustaining injuries near ISBT Kashmere Gate by a Blueline bus early Sunday morning.