In a bid to give a tit-for-tat treatment to Bihar chief minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, the BJP has decided not to take his name during campaigning during the state Assembly elections.

Lauding the Centre’s initiative to probe into the allegations of corruption relating to the Commonwealth Games, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday hoped that “no wrong doer would be spared.”

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Sunday officially announced that the audit work of the Commonwealth Games Village will start from October 28.

The Durga Puja celebrations, which have been low key on account of the Commonwealth Games this year, are likely to reach boisterous culmination on Sunday with the immersion of idols and Dussehra celebrations in the evening.

A young woman, alleged to be in a drunken state, rammed her Volkswagen Passat into an Alto in R.K. Puram area of south Delhi on Friday night.
The incident took place at 12 pm near Sector 6, R.K. Puram. Police sources said that the accused woman lost control over her Volkswagen Passat and rammed it into an

The Delhi police received 29 complaints of harassment, theft and loss of currency, accreditation cards, mobile phones and passports from athletes and delegates at the Games Village police station. In total nine cases were registered and 20 non-cognisable reports were filed. However, none of these cases have been solved so far with the sources claiming that a majority of them will “die a quiet death”.

The services of the Delhi Metro on the Central Secretariat-Sarita Vihar line will begin one hour after the usual time from Sunday in order to facilitate the integration of the Sarita Vihar to Badarpur stretch. The line had been opened on the morning of October 3 (the day of Commonwealth Games opening ceremony) from Central Secretariat to Sarita Vihar, which is part of the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line, as a special measure in the wake of the CWG.

The Delhi university authorities are hopeful that the ban imposed on it against using radioactive substances for academic purposes will be lifted. Delhi University vice-chancellor Deepak Pental has said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, which had imposed the ban, was “sensitive” to the needs of the university to use such

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday praised Delhiites for showing discipline during the Games and asked them to remain so forever. He also lauded the Delhi police and the para-military forces for doing a splendid job ensuring foolproof security during the Commonwealth Games. The Nagaland’s women police battalion, who patrolled capital’s markets, also came in for special praise from the minister. He also favoured removing gender bias against women in the police forces.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said his ministry was ready to provide all inputs to the appropriate authorities looking into allegations of corruption relating to the Commonwealth Games.