The police has arrested a man in connection with the cash van heist case that took place in Mahindra Park area of northwest Delhi. The accused was carrying a reward of `1 lakh on his arrest.

The foot overbridge near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the collapse of which just days before the 2010 Commonwealth Games had then brought “shame” to the national capital has won the “Special Award for Excellence in Design and Construction” and was declared the best infrastructure project on Friday at an award function to mark the 159th Central Public Works Department Day.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday launched a mobile number for the commuters to enquire about belongings lost while travelling in the Metro.

SP spokesman Kamal Farooqui, criticising Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s “puppy” remark, said: “What does he (Modi) think, that Muslims are worse than even puppies? He does not have a heart for them. He should feel sorry... He should apologise.”

After Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi faced severe criticism on Friday over his controversial comments on the 2002 post-Godhra riots, the Bharatiya Janata Party jumped to his defence, asking not to misinterpret his comments and maintaining that “a controversy has been created where it does not exist”.

With the President’s Rule in Jharkhand revoked, JMM leader Hemant Soren is set to take oath as the 12-year-old state’s ninth chief minister on Saturday. Two MLAs from the Congress and the RJD will also be sworn in as ministers along with him.

The ruling BJP and the main Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh have drawn daggers and leaders from both sides are gunning for each other after the Monsoon Session of the state Assembly was adjourned abruptly on Thursday by the Speaker without allowing a debate on a no-confidence motion against chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his government.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana and deputy CM Damodar Raja Narasimha gave a presentation on the issue of Telangana at the Congress core group meeting which was attended by party chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, defence minister A.K. Antony, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

The Supreme Court ruling preventing convicted persons from contesting elections may prevent urban criminals form contesting elections but when it comes to dacoits, the court verdict may not apply effectively.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the NDMA to apprise it within two weeks about the status of rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand.