Miss New York Nina Davuluri is the new Miss America, but a barrage of racist tweets quickly greeted the crowning of the first winner of Indian descent.

BJP president Rajnath Singh along with party’s general secretary and UP in-charge Amit Shah will formally launch the election campaign for Delhi Assembly polls on Tuesday. Sources said Mr Shah will be addressing a rally of party cadres at Talkatora Stadium.

Delhi’s Patiala House courts will be shifted to DDU Marg. The Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod for the construction of New Delhi district courts complex at Rose Avenue with an estimated cost of `306 crores.

A man was killed while two others were injured after they were trapped in sand at a construction site of Badli Metro Station on Monday evening.

Left-affiliated All India Students Association (Aisa) made a strong presence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) election yet again by winning all the four top posts in the central panel.

Onion price has again shot up in the national capital to `70 per kg. The crisis has struck just before the Assembly elections, slated in November this year, which can take a toll on the city Congress government. The government, however, played down the issue by comparing it with the onion crisis in 1998 during BJP’s rule.

Yesteryears actor Dilip Kumar, who was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra on Sunday night, continues to be in the intensive care unit (ICU).

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday once again urged the industrialists to invest in micro, small and medium enterprises in the state. She coined a new slogan to launch her industrial drive: “shilpo korun Bangla gorun” (Set up industry, build Bengal).

A Delhi court has refused to take cognisance of the chargesheet filed against Zee Group, including editors Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, for their alleged extortion bid from Congress MP Naveen Jindal’s firm.

The Centre has reiterated before the Supreme Court its resolve to go ahead with the controversial Sethusamudram project despite opposition from various quarters.