The city police played party poopers at a freshers’ party organised by senior medical students for newcomers when they raided the premises for playing loudspeakers without the requisite permission.

In a unique move to bridge mistrust between the police and students, the city traffic police has launched the “One police, One college” initiative where traffic policemen will “adopt” an educational institution to address their various problems.

The family members of a 22-year-old woman, who died under mysterious circumstances on September 4, have alleged that she was forced to drink acid by her father-in-law.

The CNG and PNG prices were hiked in Delhi and other towns of the national capital region (NCR) on Saturday. The price of CNG was hiked by a steep `3.70 per kg in the national capital, the second increase in rates in two and a half months.

The Congress government, which earlier ordered autorickshaw drivers to remove the posters of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from their vehicles, now has posters carrying pictures of its own leaders on the autorickshaws.

A city court on Saturday remanded alleged top Lashkar-e-Tayyaba bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda in four days’ police custody in connection with various bomb blasts in 1997 and for helping Pakistani nationals infiltrate into India.

The crime branch of the Delhi police arrested an alleged robber after a brief encounter in Ashok Vihar and recovered a sophisticated pistol and four live cartridges from him.

The police on Saturday said that it has arrested an alleged robber who was declared a proclaimed offender in a robbery case that took place in Sarita Vihar area. Two stolen motorcycles were recovered from him. A senior police official said that the accused was identified as Prem Singh, alias Bobby.

Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel confirmed on Saturday that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders will address a massive rally in the city on September 29.

In a bid to woo the Muslim electorate in Rajasthan, the BJP has directed its community leaders to galvanise the community members for the Suraj rally to be addressed by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on September 10 in Jaipur. The minority cell of the party is planning to invite Mr Modi to pay obeisance at the dargah of sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.