In a major security lapse, a “secret” file of the Indian Air Force on the ongoing `42,000-crore (over $11-billion) Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal process went missing and was recovered. The IAF has ordered a court of inquiry.

Bihar’s ruling JD(U) has identified a dozen senior leaders and about 500 workers who would face disciplinary action for allegations of their aggressive non-cooperation with the party during the Assembly polls. Several party MPs figure in the list, action on which would begin in January.

A division bench comprising Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Siddharth Mridul of the Delhi high court has asked the AIIMS authorities to appoint Dr Anand Kumar as the professor of reproductive biology at the premier health institute. The post has been lying vacant for the last ten years because of a legal dispute. In 2000, Dr Kumar’s appointment was quashed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

A 32-year-old woman and her six-year-old daughter were found hanging at their Bindapur residence in southwest Delhi on Thursday in highly mysterious circumstances.
The parents of the decea-sed woman have accused her in-laws for the deaths. The deceased have been identified as Meenu Sharma and her daughter Deepti.

A 24-year-old youth missing since Tuesday was found dead in a well in Mehrauli, south Delhi. The police suspects it to be a case of suicide. The deceased has been identified as Jitender, a resident of Islam Colony in Mehrauli, the police said.

Armed assailants barged into a house in Seelampur and fled with cash and jewellery worth lakhs after holding the family hostage. The incident took place at around 3 am in Gautampuri, Seelampur, when seven dacoits barged into the house of Sunil Kumar, 32, and Anil, 31. “The dacoits held a child Rishabh, 4, at gunpoint and

Delhiites woke up to a foggy and warm morning on Thursday with the minimum temperature rising five notches above average. The day was cloudy accompanied with drizzle.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday made a fresh bid to stop the last session’s Parliament deadlock on the issue of a JPC to probe the 2G scam from spilling into the Budget Session by inviting leaders of the government and main Opposition BJP to lunch. But the attempt appears to have failed as leaders from both sides stuck to their positions and the BJP put the onus of ending the impasse on the government.

The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating various cases of alleged corruption in the conduct of the Commonwealth games (CWG), has recently collected documents related to the contracts awarded to some companies for the playing surface tracks for different stadia in Delhi for the Games.

In a major relief to students from economically-backward sections of the society, Union human resource development minister Kapil Sibal announced a reservation of five per cent seats in all technical institutes approved by AICTE.