Darbari gets bail as CBI fails to end probe
The Delhi high court on Friday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) official T.S. Darbari, as the investigating agency CBI has failed to complete its probe and file the chargesheet against him within the stipulated 60 days period.
Cong welcomes probe reopening
The Congress on Thursday welcomed a special court’s permission to CBI to reinvestigate the Malegaon blast of 2006 in wake of “confession” statements made by Swami Aseemanand linking Hindu groups to terror acts.
Coalition politics a hurdle: Chavan
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has said coalition politics was sometimes a hurdle in decision making. He is perhaps the first party chief minister to complain about coalition politics at a time when the Congress has been running a coalition government in the state for more than ten years.
Film festival tackles disability issues
The eighth edition of “We Care Film Fest” — an annual international festival of documentary films on disability issues was launched on Thursday at the United Nations Information Centre here.
HC: Why Rathi not dismissed?
Taking a strong exception to the non-dismissal of former ACP S.S. Rathi, convicted for killing two innocent persons in an encounter due to mistaken identity in 1997, Justice S.
Autopsy shows multiple fractures
The post-mortem of the restaurant manager who was killed near Khan Market on Tuesday afternoon was conducted by a panel of doctors at the Maulana Azad Medical College on Thursday.
Newlywed woman, 22, found dead
A 22-year-old woman, who had recently married a 24-year-old youth against the wishes of his family, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her in-law’s house on Tuesday.
Nafed vans sell `35/kg onions
Nafed on Thursday began selling onions through mobile vans in the city. The traders in Azadpur Mandi, meanwhile, claimed that the price of onions would come down considerably with the fresh lot expected by next week.
Badarpur gets Metro link today
The Sarita Vihar-Badarpur section of Delhi Metro will open at 8 am on Friday. The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety R.K. Kardam had given the statutory safety clearance on Thursday, a Delhi Metro official said.
BSP MLA held in rape case
Purshottam Naresh Dwiwedi, the BSP MLA from Banda accused of raping a minor girl and then implicating her in a false theft case when she threatened to go to the police, was arrested Thursday from Lucknow and taken to Banda. Two of his aides, also co-accused, were arrested in Banda Wednesday night. The girl is still languishing in jail on theft charges.