Two armed bike-borne assailants robbed a businessman in broad daylight in Karol Bagh, central Delhi, on Monday morning.
Police officials said the incident took place at around 11.30 am when the victim. identified as Vipin Mittal, 48, who runs a grocery store in Bapa Nagar, was going to bank to deposit `4 lakhs, which he was carrying in a bag.

The Delhi government on Monday decided to implement barcoding on liquor bottles. The government also approved hike in the prices of country liquor by 15 per cent. Decision to implement barcoding will curb smuggling and ensure regulation of liquor sale.

Fog wreaked havoc on city roads as a woman was killed and 10 others were injured in accidents reported in the last 24 hours.
A 55-year-old woman was killed and four others were injured when a speeding truck hit a car and a tempo in north Delhi’s Burari area on Sunday evening apparently after the driver was blinded by fog.

The eminent jurist Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer on Monday demanded a high-level probe into the assets of the family of the former Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan.
Justice Iyer’s demand follows an expose by a local TV channel that the former CJI’s son-in-law P.V. Srinijan, a member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, had amassed assets amounting to `7 crores in the last few years.

In what could be music to the ears of those fighting for a separate state of Telangana, the Congress on Monday declared that it was not opposed to the creation of smaller states, but added that a decision on Telangana would be taken after the submission of the Srikrishna Committee report.

Keeping in mind the sensitivity involving the Telangana issue, the self-regulatory body of broadcasters in the country, News Broadcasters Association, has asked channels to be “sensitive” while covering the release of the Srikrishna Committee report on December 31.

Chief minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday decided to withdraw 135 “non-serious” cases against the students involved in Telangana agitation, but the Congress MPs from the region refused to give up their fast until all the cases were withdrawn.

BJP parliamentary party chairman L.K. Advani on Monday hoped that the Supreme Court would play a “decisive role” in bringing black money stashed in tax havens abroad. Writing on the issue on his blog, Mr Advani has also raised the corruption issue, including the 2G spectrum allocation scam. He has also mentioned that India is yet to ratify the international convention against corruption.

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