Detailed arguments were heard in the Supreme Court on Tuesday on what would be the consequences of the title suit verdict in the light of the 1994 Supreme Court Constitution Bench’s guidelines for deciding the case by the high court and the parliamentary mandate for acquiring the disputed land with 68 acres of additional land around the demolished structure.

Even as the number of vehicles challaned for straying into the dedicated Games lane increased from 39 to 168 with 129 vehicles being fined on Tuesday, Delhiites seem to be getting around to grinning and bearing the inconvenience of driving through a squeezed space, something they are not used to.

Surender Koli, the prime accused in the Nithari serial killings, was sentenced to death by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Tuesday for murdering eight-year-old-girl Rachna. This is his third death penalty awarded to Koli by the CBI court.

The city roads are refusing to hold up after heavy monsoon rains as four more cave-ins were reported over the last 24 hours. A 15-foot long crater was formed when the road connecting ISBT to Shahdara caved in at Seelampur on Tuesday at around 2 pm. “A part of the road collapsed in adjoining nullah, which led to a 15-foot long crater,” a senior police official said.

With the Delhi government scrambling to finish the work at the Commonwealth Games Village, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday had a fresh advise for the athletes and delegates putting up there, asking them to “lock their rooms” following reports of thefts and pilferage. She also gave a new “deadline” saying all the remaining CWG-related works will be finished by October 3.

A 20-year-old student of Jamia Millia Islamia was bludgeoned to death by four students on Tuesday afternoon. Police officials said the incident took place at around 3 pm near Ansari Health Club on the university campus.

In an incident that could be taken up by India through diplomatic channels with the US, minister of state for civil aviation Praful Patel was reportedly stopped for questioning by authorities at the Chicago airport in the United States after a case of mistaken identity but later allowed to go.

The BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court ruling to dismiss the deferment plea on Ayodhya title suit verdict. The RSS said the top court did the “right thing” by dismissing the plea as it was a “deliberate attempt” to derail the judicial process.

The BJP on Tuesday announced names of 87 candidates for the coming Bihar Assembly polls. The party, which is contesting on 102 seats, will announce remaining names at a later stage. The Bihar Assembly has a strength of 243. Its alliance partner, the JD(U), is contesting on 141 seats.

Muslims figured prominently in the first list of Congress candidates for the six-phase Bihar Assembly elections beginning on October 21. While the party released the list of 77 candidates late on Monday night, the NCP and the CPI(ML) also released the list of 48 candidates on Tuesday.