Pulling up the Delhi police for not taking action against its erring officials, the Delhi high court has said that instead of taking action against them, the department tries to protect them.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said that the world’s population is poised to grow to eight billion by 2025 and it would be stretching the earth’s resources to their limit. She wants Parliaments and parliamentarians to act as agents of change to ensure sustainable development.

Has governor H.R. Bhardwaj played killjoy with chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa by not giving him an audience on Wednesday at the time that the chief minister had requested?

Mr Abhishek Singhvi, an eminent lawyer, was on Wednesday virtually “suspended” as the Congress spokesperson as he was barred from holding media briefings till the party high command decided on the controversy over his appearance in a lottery case in the Kerala high court.

The main Opposition BJP on Wednesday attacked AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for showing “political immaturity” and “engaging in unruly behaviour” by comparing Sangh Parivar fountainhead RSS with banned outfit Simi. The party said Mr Gandhi seems to have “lost his mental balance” for comparing a nationalist institution with a banned outfit. The RSS asked the AICC general secretary to “brush up his knowledge” before making “meaningless” statements.

The Congress on Wednesday hit back at the RSS and the BJP for its remarks against AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi saying the right-wing outfit is a “master in spreading rumours” and that its statements should not be given any significance.

A 26-year-old jeweller was allegedly robbed of gold and diamond jewellery worth `65 lakhs in Geeta Colony area of east Delhi on Tuesday evening.
The victim, Sunny Gupta, a resident of Geeta Colony, was returning home after purchasing jewellery from Chandni Chowk. “I was crossing Geeta Colony flyover in my Alto car when a bike suddenly applied brake and my car hit it,” the victim told the police.

Metro Man E Sreedharan is eager to go to Kerala after his retirement. He has spent 15 years revolutionising Delhi by spreading world-class Metro network in the capital.
Mr Sreedharan, 78, will be retiring on December 31, 2010 when his fourth extension granted by the Delhi government will end. The second phase of the Delhi Metro is also over and major parts of the city and its neighbourhood have been connected.

If anybody dies after consuming spurious liquor then the person who supplied the adulterated alcohol may even be punished with death.

Will former chief minister H.D. Kumara-swamy emerge as a “king-maker” yet again, or will his attempts to gain power remain just another damp squib? Giving rise to the speculation over HDK’s role — even as CM B.S. Yeddyurappa was fighting for survival, faced with a rebellion by 15, some said 20 MLAs led by ally-turned-critic M.P.