The Delhi high court has stayed construction of residential flats being carried out by two defence organisations in the city’s ecologically sensitive ridge area, taking note that environmental clearance was not acquired before starting the construction.

A Jammu and Kashmir native who is an accused in the Delhi high court blast case, on Monday sought permission from a city court to visit Bangladesh, where he was studying before his arrest by NIA, to fill in an examination form.

Eight mobile phones were stolen from the food fest in Connaught Place area on Sunday. However, the beat officer on duty nabbed the accused immediately and recovered all eight mobile phones from his possession.

A delegation of city MLAs led by BJP general secretary Vijay Goel met Union urban development minister Kamal Nath on Monday to discuss resolve the problem of unauthorised colonies in the city.

Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, won a small reprieve Monday as the high court ruled he can move the Supreme Court to seek permission to present his case against extradition to Sweden.

A foreigner couple buys bangles at a shop at the food festival ‘Dilli ke Pakwan’ at Baba Kharag Singh Marg, New Delhi, on Monday. — PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY

The family of Hindi film actor-director Dev Anand, who passed away in a London hotel on Saturday night due to cardiac arrest, has yet to announce the final plans for his funeral. “We have put together a rough plan of what we are going to do

Conciliation, and not confrontation, appears to be the new mantra of the government. This has become evident from crisis managers deciding to call an all-party meeting on the controversy over FDI in multi-brand retail here on

The investigations into the explosives and arms recovered from the Indian Mujahideen module smashed a few days ago has led the intelligence agencies to Udupi in Karnataka. Sources say there is credible information to believe Udupi has emerged as a major South India hub for the supply of explosives and ammunitions to terrorists.

Finding it difficult to break the logjam in Parliament, the government on Monday indicated to the Opposition it was prepared to hit the pause button on FDI in retail till a broad consensus is reached. It has convened an all-party meeting on Wednesday to settle the issue. The Opposition, however, is insisting on a complete rollback, not just putting a policy decision on hold.