Court reserves order in Sajjan ’84 riot case
After hearing the arguments of the Delhi Police, special prosecutor as well as victim’s counsel, District Judge S.K. Sarvaria reserved his order on the application filed by the prosecutor seeking a direction on a chargesheet prepared by the Delhi Police against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, which was never filed.
BJP: CM’s family in CWG corruption
The Delhi state BJP on Tuesday alleged involvement of close relative of Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit in the corruption related to the just concluded Commonwealth Games.
Party is above family, says Prakash Badal
Punjab’s chief minister Parkash Singh Badal believes the interests of his party, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, must be served before any individual or familial considerations.
‘Pak to blame for failure of talks in July’
India has blamed “Pakistan’s overreach” for the failure of their foreign minister-level talks in July.
“Our efforts to bridge the trust deficit and pave the way for a serious and comprehensive dialogue were thwarted by a level of overreach by Pakistan that complicated the
Did Mittal sing to party bosses?
The saffron camp was caught unawares on Tuesday when the income-tax department raided BJP national council member and CWG contractor Sudhanshu Mittal’s premises on a day when party president Nitin Gadkari threatened to “expose” the UPA government’s alleged involvement in controversies related to the Games.
MCD principal tries to rape son’s wife
A 26-year-old lecturer of a renowned west Delhi college has alleged that her father-in-law attempted to rape her at their residence in Outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala area on Sunday night.
DDA takes over CWG Village flats
Four days after the Commonwealth Games got over and a day after all the athletes and delegates left, the process of handing over of the Commonwealth Games Village back to the DDA began on Monday. The DDA will be taking up possession of around 700 flats out of a total of 1,168 flats, while the rest will go to the private builder EMAAR-MGF for further disposal.
Bluelines kept off, govt to decide Oct. 25
The Blueline buses will stay off city roads for another week, with the Delhi government exploring ways to phase them out. In a move to decongest city roads, the city government had ordered the Blueline buses to stay off roads ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Cabinet mulls sports academy
In a move intended at making use of the stadia and the sports facilities put in place for the Commonwealth Games and to popularise sports culture in the capital, the Delhi Cabinet on Monday discussed a proposal to set up a sports academy in the city.
Sheila tells depts to assist in inquiry
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit is learnt to have asked all departments of the city government to keep relevant documents ready and to “fully cooperate” in the inquiry with investigators, after the Prime Minister ordered a probe into the Commonwealth Games corruption and the Comptroller and Auditor General also having begun its audit.