Senior BJP leader and Supreme Court advocate Ravishankar Prasad, who argued the Ayodhya case before the Supreme Court on Thursday on behalf of a Hindu religious leader opposing deferment of the verdict in the case, said that there was no possibility of reconciliation between the contesting parties.

VHP supremo Ashok Singhal on Thursday ruled out talks to resolve the long-pending Ayodhya dispute. Expressing disappointment over the delay in pronouncement of the judgment on the Ayodhya title suit, the VHP leader said the only way out is to await the verdict of the Allahabad high court. The Supreme Court stayed for a week the

Hailing the Supreme Court’s order staying the high court judgment on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit by a week, Congress on Thursday said, the party always believed that an out-of-court solution in the vexed issue arrived through mutual agreement should be the first priority.

The Yamuna continues to flow over the danger mark and is expected to remain so for another couple of days as Haryana released another 3 lakh cusecs of water into the river on Thursday which is expected to reach the capital by Friday afternoon.

Coming down heavily on the striking teachers, the Delhi University vice-chancellor has issued a circular saying that salary of those teachers will be deducted who abstain from academics due to strike, dharna and demonstration.

The dedicated lanes for Commonwealth Games came into operation in the city from Thursday, but the common people were allowed to use them as there was not much Games-related traffic movement and none was challaned.

Seeking to allay the fears of athletes and delegates participating in Commonwealth Games after concerns in the wake of attack on foreign tourists near Jama Masjid, Delhi police commissioner, Y.S. Dadwal after meeting Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday assured that the arrangements for the Games are “foolproof”.

Two persons were killed and three others were grievously injured when a luxury car rammed into a tree in south east Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin area on Wednesday night.

The Ninth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held in New Delhi from January 7 to 9, 2011.
Making the announcement here Wednesday, Overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate it while President P

The department of telecommunications on Wednesday banned bulk SMS and MMS services across the country for the next 72 hours as a preventive measure to halt the spreading of rumours by mischief-mongers over the Ayodhya title suit verdict expected on Friday.