People in south Delhi and adjoining areas will have to bear with the more traffic restrictions from Tuesday morning as Delhi police has decided to close the Surajkund Road for a week due to shooting competition at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range falling on this crucial link road.

The dengue menace continues unabated in the city with 86 fresh cases being reported on Monday. The total number of cases have now reached 3,641 in the city and seven persons have died so far.

A 27-year-old man was injured when he accidentally fell in the pool in the house of Navy War Room leak case accused Abhishek Verma at Vasant Kunj in south Delhi on Sunday.

Jhootha hi Sahi sees the resurrection of director Abbas Tyrewala and music composer A.R. Rahman. The album is a mixed bag of some peppy tunes and a few forgettable numbers.

A 17-year-old Games volunteer was injured when he got into an argument with some bikers who were passing comments at the girl volunteers accompanying him in a DTC bus. The incident was reported in the early hours of Saturday at Rajouri Garden in west Delhi.

The body of the 24-year-old MBA, who was suspected to have jumped into the Yamuna from ITO bridge on Friday evening, has not yet been recovered. The police has, meanwhile, prima facie ruled out any other possibility than the incident being that of suicide. With the girl leaving her car abandoned on the bridge and no witnesses seeing her jump, theories were being floated that there could be more to it than what looked apparent.

Four patients, including a four-year-child, died at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital here on Saturday as the medical services were crippled due to a strike by the doctors after one of them was allegedly physically assaulted by a patient and his relatives on Friday night. The doctors later suspended the strike.

The city is all spruced up for the biggest sporting event in the country since the 1982 Asian Games and is all set to host the 19th Commonwealth Games with a spectacular opening ceremony showcasing a display of music and dance by thousands of artists. Spectators, 6,700 athletes and officials from 71 countries and territories eagerly await the inaugural by Prince Charles and President Pratibha Patil at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the heart of the city on Sunday evening.

Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday vowed to “throw out” both the Maoists and the Trinamul Congress from the state. Addressing a massive Left Front rally in West Midnapore, the Maoist bastion, Mr Bhattacharjee said the Maoists were indulging in bloodbath in the Jangalmahal with the connivance of the Trinamul Congress.

The BJP, which did not include Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s name in the list of its star campaigners for the coming Bihar Assembly polls, on Saturday claimed that the party is yet to submit names of its chief ministers to the Election Commission who would campaign in the state. Meanwhile, hectic lobbying has begun in the