More than 260 fire incidents were reported in the last two days. Major fires broke out in a building in Rohini and Sabzi Mandi and a car was burnt due to firecrackers in Mayur Vihar. Delhi fire service officials confirmed that they received more than 260 calls regarding incidents of fire.

Delhi tops the list of 35 major cities in the country reporting the highest number of rape cases in 2010 followed by Mumbai, Pune, Jabalpur, Bhopal and Jaipur. As many as 414 rape cases were reported in the national capital in 2010 while Mumbai recorded 194 such incidents and Pune recorded 91 incidents. The

The pollution level during Diwali has been falling since last 10 years, claimed environment secretary of Delhi government Keshav Chandra on Thursday. Mr Chandra said that the positive results surfaced because of the chief minister’s appeal for better air quality during Diwali.

To sort out differences and duplication between National Population Register (NPR) and Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) over sourcing the biometric details of Indian residents, the Planning Commission is working on a Cabinet note.

On Monday, October 31, there will be seven billion humans on the planet. The world celebrated the birth of the sixth billionth baby in 1999; it took us just 12 years to add a billion more.

The country’s premier external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has stressed upon the PMO and the Cabinet Secretariat to engage Pakistan on the issue of 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind, Zakiur Rehman

AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Thursday claimed the activities of the anti-graft crusaders were part of a larger RSS-BJP design to divert attention from Sangh’s “terror links”. He also warned spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated Thursday that the ambitious Goods and Services Tax (GST) has become “hostage of contemporary Opposition politics” in the country. While some states, including Tamil Nadu, had

Indian literary giant U.R. Ananthamurthy, who is famous for his seminal work on caste system in Kannada called Samskara, was on Monday night shortlisted for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.