Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, took his battle in Uttar Pradesh to the next level when he directly accused Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and UP chief minister Mayawati of betraying the people of UP.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are expected to be held in February with Punjab and Uttarakhand.
While the Congress party expects an early elections, the feedback coming from the state is of a hung Assembly. According to the highly-placed sources in the

The Delhi high court will on Friday hear bail pleas by DMK MP Kanimozhi and five other accused in the 2G scam, who sought an earlier bail hearing after the Supreme Court gave bail to five others on Wednesday. Their hearing was earlier on December 1.

Children’s literature festival Aviva Bookaroo is back in the city for the fourth year. Several city schools are joining the three-day festival, which aims at bringing children and books together, on Friday at Sanskriti Kendra on the Mehrauli Gurgaon Road. The world of books will be open for all word lovers on Saturday and Sunday.

The country’s most wanted Maoist leader, Koteswara Rao, better known as Kishenji, was killed by joint forces in the biggest operation launched since the new West Bengal government assumed office in May. The development is a major shot in the arm for the Mamata Banerjee government,

The average number of dengue cases reported per day is declining in the city even as the number of those affected by the virus rose to 1,064.

The parliamentary standing committee finalising the Lokpal Bill will circulate a draft report to members in a few days despite sharp differences on the contentious issue of the Prime Minister’s inclusion within its ambit.

After a Cabinet meeting, the city government on Thursday decided to call a session of Delhi Assembly on November 30 and December 1 to finalise the trifurcation of the MCD. The government has already received a conformation letter from the Centre.

Despite opposition from both within and outside the UPA, the government Thursday approved a proposal to allow 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, and decided to scrap the 51 per cent cap in single-brand retail, where 100 per cent FDI will be permitted.

A city court acquitted seven men, facing trial for gangraping a woman in a hotel in Gurgaon five years ago, as the victim made a volte face and said she was never raped. “Making allegations of gangrape against accused persons and then