The BJP virtually kickstarted its election campaign at the “Bijli Andolan” rally at the Ramlila Grounds here on Sunday by launching an offensive against the Congress government in the city.

Four men, including a Delhi police constable were arrested in connection with a kidnapping and gangrape of an 18-year-old girl that took place in Vikaspuri area of West Delhi.

Three teenagers killed a 16-year-old Class 9 student for having refused to give them money to buy cigarette. The victim had reportedly also complained to the mother of one of juveniles that they were extorting money from him.
The incident took place in Pandav Nagar area of east Delhi on Saturday night.

Finance secretary in Delhi government Shakti Sinha, who had served as joint secretary to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, has sought voluntary retirement from services due to “serious differences” on a number of policy issues in the power and finance sectors.

A 21-year-old man suffered stab wounds after being attacked by a co-passenger at Patel Chowk Metro Station on Sunday.

As tensions rose with fresh communal violence incidents, curfew was extended to several more towns of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, including Jammu, its winter capital. The Army called out to help the police and CRPF enforce curfew restrictions overnight. This, however, failed to deter miscreants from repeated attempts to enter areas with a sizeable population of a particular community.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, head of the BJP campaign committee for the 2014 general election, on Sunday mounted a scathing attack on the Congress-led UPA government for its failures on multiple counts, and urged people to get rid of the “corrupt, weak, incompetent and politicking” government.

Violating the ceasefire thrice in the last two days, Pakistani troops opened fire on Sunday at forward posts along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, seriously injuring a Border Security Force jawan.

The BJP launched its Delhi Assembly poll campaign by targeting the Sheila Dikshit government at a big Ramlila Maidan rally on Sunday; promising, if elected, to reduce power tariff in the city by 30 per cent.

The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland is trying to re-establish its base in Bhutan with the help of Bhupali Maoists, an insurgent group of Nepali migrants in Bhutan.