Alleging that scandals are becoming a regular feature in the UPA government, the BJP on Saturday demanded resignation of Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan over his alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The party demanded a comprehensive probe in the scam by a sitting Supreme Court judge and invoking Defence of India Rules.

Speculation about a possible successor to Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan is doing the rounds in the Congress after realising that Mr Chavan is not a “lambi race ka ghoda” and thus cannot complete a full term.

The Delhi high court on Friday gave a breather to Blueline operators plying buses in south Delhi by an order that the notification of the NCT government for complete phaseout of the buses from roads by December 14 will not apply to cluster one.

A 35-year-old executive was shot dead by assailants when he resisted a robbery attempt at his residence in west Delhi on Thursday evening.
The incident is the latest in a series of heinous crimes that have taken place in the city, where a sudden spurt in crime rate is being seen after the Commonwealth Games. Over the last week, more than a dozen cases of heinous crimes have been reported from the city.

After Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri and Dussehra, the Hindu festival calendar will be culminating with Diwali on November 5.

The Gujarat government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging constitution of a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the high court to probe alleged “fake encounter” of Mumbai student Ishrat Jahan and her three companions in Ahmedabad in 2004.

Speculation is rife on whether the Congress high command will maintain a status quo in the appointments of the rest of the PCC chiefs in the key states, including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashra, Tamil Nadu, MP and Gujarat.

Hailing the Karnataka and Gujarat high courts’ decisions in favour of it, the saffron camp on Friday said that truth has prevailed, as party cadres celebrated at party headquarters. The BJP, which was witnessing unsavoury one-upmanship between its two top leaders, Ms Sushma Swaraj and Mr Narendra Modi, for the past couple of days, finally got a chance to rejoice after the courts’ decision. Afer the Gujarat high court granted bail to its leader and former state home minister Amit Shah and the

Prof. Dinesh Singh, the pro vice-chancellor of Delhi University, was on Friday appointed the new vice-chancellor. He took over charge from Prof. Deepak Pental, whose term expired on August 31.

Commuters were stranded at various Metro stations on Dwarka-Noida/ Anand Vihar stretch due to signalling problem on Friday. The trains ran at a restricted speed of 25 km per hour from 9 am to 11.48 am due to the snag. This led to bunching of trains at stations. Most trains stopped at all stations for more than the usual time. The DMRC