The special cell of Delhi police on Monday said that it has arrested the main bookie Chander Prakash Jain, alias Jupiter, in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam.

Ahead of the Assembly polls, the Delhi government has come up with sops for workers and cleaners of sewer lines on Monday. The unskilled workers engaged in cleaning and desilting of drains and sewer lines have been upgraded to semi-skilled labourers and the workers engaged in mechanical cleaning of sewer and drainage systems have been upgraded to skilled labourers.

Pursuant to a direction of the Supreme Court, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Monday deferred its judgment in the December 16 gangrape case involving a minor till August 19. The inquiry against juvenile in the gangrape and robbery case had concluded on July 5 and the board had reserved its judgment for July 11. Since then, the board’s verdict has been deferred thrice, on July 11, then on July 25 and August 5.

The Delhi government on Monday decided to replace the Bombay Lift Act 1939 with a new law for operations of lifts and escalators in the city. The decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit.

Two men were arrested on Sunday for allegedly kidnapping a Japan national here. The victim was rescued from near IGI airport.

A city court has allowed seven victims of the multicrore StockGuru scam to recover `12 lakhs from the fraudulent company StockGuru India and its founders Lokeshwar Dev, alias Ullas Prabhakar, and his wife.

A dithering Samajwadi Party on Monday indicated it was ready to support the UPA’s ambitious Food Security Bill if the government promised to protect the interests of farmers and ensured they get profitable returns on their produce.

The ongoing tussle between the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government hit a new low on Monday with the latter threatening to ask New Delhi to withdraw all IAS officers serving in the state after the Centre indicated it could intervene in the ongoing controversy if suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal approached it directly.

The National Green Tribunal on Monday cracked the whip on sand mining, banning all such activity across the country till such time that sand mining operators got environmental clearance.

With agitated members storming to the well over the decision to create a separate Telangana and also over fresh demands for smaller states, proceedings in both Houses of Parliament were disrupted on the first day of the Monsoon Session, with no substantive legislative business being transacted.