Chief minister Sheila Dikshit was pressed in the election campaign for Hisar bypoll in Haryana by the Congress party on Monday to help party nominee Jai Prakash. Ms Dikshit was sent by the Congress high command just after social activist Anna Hazare and his team held a rally and launched a campaign against the Congress on the issue of a strong Lokpal.

While Delhiites are facing severe powercuts, blamegame has started among the politicians. Delhi power minister Haroon Yusuf on Monday that the power crisis has surfaced because of Uttar Pradesh.

The Orissa government’s off-and-on encounter on administrative lapses in the Central fund utilisation, implementation of some flagship programmes and strict enforcement of environment laws with regard to industrial project commissioning continues as ever.

A division bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Siddharth Mridul of the Delhi high court has sought a response from the Delhi University after hearing a plea of a law student for direction to hold supplementary examination in each

The Orissa government on Thursday announced to build concrete roads in all the 3,000 villages which were submerged in the recent spells of flood.
At least `150 crores will be spent for the purpose.

A single-judge bench of the Delhi high court has directed the Delhi University to convert 50 unfulfilled Other Backward Castes (OBC) seats into general category in the LLB course for the academic year 2011-2012 and give admission to students who are in the waiting list.

International Film Festival of India, the premier film event scheduled for November 23-December 3, will partner the ministry of tourism’s initiative Incredible India.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh releases doves before the burning of effigies of Ravan, his son Meghnath and brother Kumbhkarna in New Delhi on Thursday. — PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY

High-level sources here on Thursday described the recently-concluded strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan as a “progression” in ties that points to a direction, rather than a “step-up”.

Breaking his silence on the mysterious death of a National Conference (NC) worker in police custody, party president and Union minister Dr Farooq Abdullah denied the allegations that the deceased had collected `12 million from two other partymen promising them ministerial berth and senior positions in the state government on his behalf.