The state BJP unit has claimed that the alleged diamond-studded garland presented to the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi after his anointment as the prime ministerial candidate is worth `20 only. The issue of the garland was raised by the NCP that asked the price of the garland that was presented to Mr Modi by former BJP president Nitin Gadkari publicly.

The CBI on Saturday booked Rajiv Lochan, deputy chief security officer of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and owner of a private company for their alleged role in irregularities committed in awarding contract related to the installation of security equipment at the prestigious medical institute.

A retired government school teacher allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Saturday at his Moti Nagar residence in west Delhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is trying hard to emphasise its presence in the upcoming Assembly polls, said on Saturday that it will come up with 70 manifestos for 70 different constituencies in the city. The party has started doing street meetings and is going door-to-door asking people about issues they think should be included in the manifesto for their constituency.

A city court on Saturday granted bail to two youth arrested in NRI student Anmol Sarna’s murder case for allegedly helping in procuring drugs and remanded a third accomplice to two days’ judicial custody.

The police received around 4,29,439 PCR calls from August 16 to August 31 out of which only 1,14,137 were actionable ones.

In the wake of recent communal clashes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exhorted people to respect all religions, ideologies and maintain communal harmony. The Prime Minister visited Jaipur to lay foundation stone of the Kishangarh airport in Ajmer scheduled to get operational by 2016.

In an embarrassment to Congress, UPA ally NCP has broken ranks with it by supporting the Opposition's demand to call former communications minister A. Raja as a witness before the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G spectrum scam. The sole NCP representative in the JPC, Y.P. Trivedi, has written to panel chief P.C. Chacko demanding that Mr Raja be given a chance to present his case.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday took a jibe at Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi by saying that “some people” have started dreaming of becoming the Prime Minister. He accused him of creating conflict in the name of caste and religion to get sufficient seats and fulfil his dreams. Mr Pawar was referring to the communal riots that occurred at Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

The 8-member judicial commission from Pakistan will arrive in the city on Monday for cross-examining witnesses in the 26/11-terror attacks case. The commission members crossed the Wagah Border on Saturday and have been given 7-day visas by the Indian High Commission valid for Delhi, Mumbai, Amritsar and Agra. Additional CP (crime) Niket Kaushik confirmed the commission’s arrival on Monday.