After receiving representations from MPs and allegations of corruption against Aligarh Muslim University administration, the HRD ministry has on behalf of the President issued a showcause notice to Aligarh Muslim University asking it why the proceeding of the university to convene the meeting of the court on December 19 should not be annulled.

The Gurgaon police is planning to launch autorickshaws exclusively for women on a pilot basis to ensure that women feel safe while on the move. The proposal comes in wake of the gangrape of a BPO employee in New Delhi on November 24.

A 24-year-old labourer accidentally fell from the sixth floor of an under-construction hotel near IGI airport area on Thursday morning and died.
According to the police, the incident occurred at around 11.30 am in Mahipalpur where the building of IBIA, a five star hotel, is being erected by a leading private building construction company. The police has registered a case of negligence against the construction company.

The hearing on the Blueline bus phaseout in the Delhi high court was adjourned till December 21. On Wednesday, the high court had refused to give Blueline bus operators any relief.

The Centre has received intelligence inputs about the Taliban, and other Pakistan-based terror outfits, like the Laskhar-e-Tayyaba, planning strikes at Indian missions and other assets in Afghanistan. New Delhi has requested Kabul to deploy adequate Afghan security personnel at the Indian missions as well as other assets.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit targeted the firms involved in various Commonwealth Games-related projects on Thursday saying that they compromised on quality despite being paid heavily. “Some of the ‘best’ firms involved in Commonwealth Games projects had cut corners with quality despite having taken ‘so much money’,” she said.

India Inc. and the banks breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday as not only did the Reserve Bank of India not increase any of its policy rates, it also produced a pleasant surprise in the form of a cut of one per cent in the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), the amount that banks have to keep aside before lending. This means that borrowing will not get expensive. Rising interest rates have been a problem for India Inc.

A 22-day-old infant died within two hours of being administered vaccines at MCD’s maternity and child welfare centre in Tri Nagar in north Delhi on Wednesday. The MCD has constituted a probe committee to identify the reasons for the death of the infant and fix responsibility on the erring staff if any. The incident was reported on

Union minister for heavy industries Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday rejected Opposition demands for his resignation after the Supreme Court rebuked him for abusing his position when he was the chief minister of Maharashtra.

A 32-year-old man admitted to the G.B. Pant Hospital here allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the building on Thursday morning. The deceased, identified as Naseem, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was depressed. Officials said Naseem had undergone a heart surgery last week.