A man travelling in a car chased two motorcycle-borne assailants who were fleeing after robbing a woman of her bag containing cash and valuables, and helped the police nab one of them by hitting their motorcycle from behind.
The incident has been reported from Mandawali area of East Delhi.

Six persons, including a Delhi police constable, suffered injuries after two groups clashed in Jamia Nagar area of southeast Delhi and began pelting stone at each other after a tiff over a minor road accident. The constable was injured when he was trying to pacify members of the two groups.

The city government on Monday decided to continue the distribution of sugar at subsidised rates under the public distribution system (PDS). The city government’s decision came following the Centre’s decision to de-control sugar. The decision was taken in Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday.

In a stinging counter-offensive to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s “burqa of secularism” barb at the Congress, the ruling party on Monday viewed that it was much better than “naked communalism”. But the BJP in its defence accused the Congress of evading “issues of public concern” and asked it to stop its “Modi-phobia”.

Officers investigating the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case have made a startling revelation: that the weapons which found on the deceased after the alleged shootout did not bear any bloodstains, leading them to believe the arms may have been planted on the bodies.

Three people were killed and several others injured as violence erupted in the second phase of the panchayat elections in West Bengal. Significantly, all three deaths were reported from the district of Burdwan which, along with Hooghly and West Midnapore, went to polls on Monday.

A day after Narendra Modi slammed the Central Food Security Bill and a top JD(U) leader enumerated its loopholes, Bihar chief minister and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar on Monday backed the UPA, saying the JD(U) would support the bill and that Bihar had already started preparations to implement it.

It’s not just the Congress, but Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s “burqa” remarks has not gone down well within the BJP also. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha appeared to differ with Mr Modi on the secular-communal divide saying such a discourse would deviate from real issues of economic downturn and corruption for which Congress should be held accountable.

BJP leaders of Orissa are anxiously waiting to welcome Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi who is scheduled to arrive here on Tuesday morning.

The Monsoon Session of Parliament will be held from August 5 to 30, during which the ordinance on Food Security Bill will come up for ratification and other important economic legislation like the Land Acquisition and Insurance Bills are expected to be taken up for consideration.