The total number of people affected by dengue in the city has risen to 283, with 72 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease in the past one week here.

An unidentified elderly woman ran away with `1.50 lakh cash and an expensive mobile phone of the daughter of a Rajya Sabha MP from an exhibition booth at a five-star hotel here.

The house of a Congress MP in Lutyen’s Delhi was broken into and the bathroom fittings were stolen. The incident was reported on October 1 morning at the residence of Congress MP Manik Rao Gavit at 38, GRG Road. Mr Gavit is a Lok Sabha MP from the Nandurbar constituency in Maharashtra and he was out of station at the time of the incident.

Wilting under popular pressure, the Planning Commission on Monday made a desperate bid to clarify its position on its controversial below poverty line (BPL) cutoff, as it said that the current poverty estimate is “not linked for determining beneficiaries of government welfare schemes” and that it will soon work out “a new met-hodology” for the purpose.

Indian shares slid on Monday in line with most other Asian markets after the Greek government approved a draft budget with a higher deficit, compared to the one earlier agreed upon, sparking fears that the bailout package being

Jammu and Kash-mir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said his silence on last week’s mysterious death of a ruling National Conference (NC) worker was being used against him by the Opposition PDP and even by a section of the media. “Just because I’ve rema-ined silent, the Opposition claims I’m guilty,” he said, adding: “My own silence is being used against me.”

CBI teams raided offi-ces and homes across five cities in Karnataka which included the residences of two MLAs, one from the BJP and the other from the Congress, as well as the offices of two mining companies in connection with the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao declared on Monday that the stir for a separate Telangana state would intensify and continue until the Centre announces a roadmap for its formation. He also rejected Prime Minister

Referring to the cash-for-vote and 2G spectrum allocation scams, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Monday accused the government of putting “whistleblowers” behind bars and protecting its “corrupt ministers”.

Former BJP MP Faggan Singh Kulaste, an accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, has sought details of phone calls made by RS MP Amar Singh and others and CDs provided by him.