A 45-year-old witness, who lost his three brothers in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, on Monday testified before a Delhi court in the trial of senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar how he had sought help from an Army officer in order to save his siblings.

Expressing its serious concern over witnesses turning hostile during the pendency of a criminal trial as there was no mechanism to protect them from inducement, threat and coercion, Tis Hazari Court’s additional sessions judge (ASJ) Santosh Snehi Mann has sought a response from the state over its failure to put in place a witness protection programme despite several directions by the higher courts since 1998.

Even though it is not clear if US President Barack Obama’s wife and First Lady Michelle Obama will visit some of the famous shopping complexes in the city or not, the shopping associations say they are prepared to play the host any time.

The newly-elected delegates of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) on Monday passed a resolution authorising Congress president Sonia Gandhi to nominate new members of the All-India Congress Committee and also the president of the DPCC.

After missing the Commonwealth Games deadline, the Delhi government has finally decided to phase out “killer” blueline buses by December 14.
A court hearing on the fate of blueline buses is also scheduled for October 28. Out of the total fleet of 2,400 blueline buses, 800 of them were allowed to operate from last Saturday in the non-NDMC areas but now would be phased out by December 14.

A senior citizen couple were allegedly stabbed by their ex domestic help after he was refused to be reemployed at their residence in Anand Vihar area.
The incident took place on Monday evening at around 4.10 pm in Pushpanjali Apartment area of Anand Vihar in east Delhi when the accused identified as Sameer a

The stand-off continues between the Delhi University Teachers’ Association (Duta) and Delhi University vice-chancellor Prof. Deepak Pental on the issue of introduction of the semester system in 13 under-graduate science courses offered by the varsity.

A 18-year-old handicapped boy was found dead at his Sarita Vihar residence under highly mysterious circumstances on Monday morning. Hours later, two badly mutilated bodies of the deceased’s parents were recovered from the nearby railway tracks. The police suspects it to be a case of suicide.

If looks are meant to kill, then the the KTM Duke125 is not one with any mercy for its competitors.

With just a few days to go before US President Obama lands in India, defence minister A.K. Antony on Monday said there is a “possibility” of a terror threat “whenever a high-level visit takes place”.