In the wake of two gangrapes taking place in less than a month in the city, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday expre-ssed unhappiness with the law and order situation. “We discussed the entire situation. We finalised several measures to make women feel secure. What government can do, we will do. We are concerned over the incidents, so is the police. We have to end this atmosphere of panic,” Ms Dikshit said.

A 42-year-old engineer was shot at in Mayur Vihar on Monday.
The victim, Sunil Kumar, who works with NBCC as a civil engineer, was leaving for his office on Monday when an assailant fired four shots at him for allegedly resisting robbery attempt. The incident took place outside SSS apartments in Mayur Vihar, Phase III, at 10 am, the police said.

A 32-year-old loan agent purportedly became a victim of road rage in Vikaspuri on Monday afternoon when four assailants travelling in a Santro car hit his Honda City car and stabbed him to death following an argument.

The Supreme Court Monday sought a copy of the complaint from the government against corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, referred to in the I-T department’s affidavit alleging she was an “agent” of a forei

The Delhi BJP sought an apology from Union home minister P. Chidambaram for his remarks against migrants. Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta and Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly V.K. Malhotra termed Mr Chidambaram’s statement an insult to 50 lakh people residing in unauthorised colonies.

Two days before Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrives here on a three-day visit, Beijing’s ambassador to Delhi Zhang Yan warned Monday that his country’s relations with India were “very fragile”, and needed “special care”.

The world-famous comic strip, Adventures of Tintin is now available in Hindi too. After being translated into 58 languages across the globe, the Belgian reporter will speak in Hindi, with the catchphrase “Great Snakes” being changed to Baal ki khaal, his four-legged companion Snowy rechristened Natkhat and detectives Thomson and Thompson renamed Santu and Bantu.

Stirring a hornet’s nest, Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Monday sought put the blame on migrants in the national capital for most crimes in the city, including rape. But he was soon forced to retract as he came under severe criticism from both Congress and Opposition leaders.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi declared on Monday that the government had “nothing to hide, nothing to fear” on the 2G spectrum allocation issue, and firmly rejected once again the Opposition’s demand for a JPC to probe the scam.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a u-turn after suggesting the scrapping of the Rajya Sabha and said he held both Houses of Parliament in high esteem.