In a move to ensure that the city do not get short of onions and its price remains stable over the weekend, Delhi’s largest wholesale market, the Azadpur Mandi will remain open on Sunday.

Delhi BJP on Saturday charged that the city government has failed to check prices of vegetables. Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta has charged that the onion, tomato and other vegetable prices at Mother Dairy outlets are higher than in the retail markets in the city.

Delhi Book Fair opened on Saturday at Pragati Maidan with “Books of Rural India” as the theme. The Book Fair is expecting participation of over 250 publishers from India and abroad. Various seminars, book launches and panel discussions will be held during the fair.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday expressed concern at the threat posed by home-grown terror, noting that it is something that “can become an internal intruding problem as well”.

Delhi BJP on Friday warned the city government against allowing private schools to hike their fees. The party threatened to launch a stir if the government allowed the private schools to hike fee on the plea of accommodating 25 per cent students from the economically weaker section under the provisions of the Right to Education Act.

The CBI on Friday questioned former telecom minister A. Raja in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam. The agency is also expected to make some “significant arrests” in connection with its probe in a day or two.

A father-son duo was robbed of `80 lakhs in outer Delhi while the family of a retired NCERT official was held hostage by armed robbers.
Ram Kumar Goyal, who runs an estate firm, and his son Kuldeep were going in a Toyota Corolla car when four assailants in a car intercepted them near Rohini (west) Metro Station at 9.30 pm on Thursday.

Security has been tightened in Orissa’s Kandhamal district to avoid untoward incidents during the Christmas celebrations.
At least 10 companies of armed police forces have been deployed in every nook and corner of the communally-sensitive district as Kui Samaj, a local forum of tribals, decided to observe the day as Martyr’s Day.

The Delhi Metro has speeded up its work on Phase-III and has made amendments to the project as suggested by the Delhi government, said DMRC chief E. Sreedharan on the eighth anniversary of Metro operations in Delhi on Friday.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Powai (IIT-B) batch of 1985 have committed to raise `4.5 crores or $1 million, towards promoting on campus Technology & Sustainable Development (T&SD) through academics and entrepreneurship. The alumni has already promised around `2 crores, which will be ceremonially presented to the institute on Alumni Day, December 26, as part of the silver jubilee reunion programme.