The volunteers of the Commonwealth Games were in for a surprise on Saturday when they reached the organising committee office here to collect their certificates of participation. When they reached the office, they were also told that a big get together has been organised for their efforts. The OC officials said that the decision about the venue and the date was yet to be taken but the party would be organised. The entire batch of 20,000-odd volunteers would be invited at the party, said the official.

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.

Paving the way to initiate criminal trial against former MCD councillor Ashok Jain and his nine associates, Tis Hazari Court additional sessions judge (ASJ) has charged them with criminal conspiracy and murder for allegedly eliminating a property dealer three years ago as he felt the victim spoiled his political career by lodging a corruption complaint against him with the CBI.

A 48-year-old woman managed to force four robbers beat a hasty retreat near Sujan Singh Park in New Delhi on Friday. According to the police, Guddi Devi, a resident of government quarters at Lodhi Colony, was going to a doctor with her daughter Rajni. Two persons claiming to be policemen in plainclothes stopped them near Sujan

The MCD has decided to send the bill incurred on the additional sanitation staff it deployed for cleaning of Games Village and the expenses required to clear the stench of Barapulla nullah to the Delhi government. In a meeting of the MCD House, the BJP councillors also condemned organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi taking the name of former mayor instead of the present incumbent during his speech at the closing ceremony on Thursday.