In a major relief to more than three thousand students pursuing their technical and other professional courses, the Delhi high court on Tuesday directed Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) to promote them to academic year 2010-2011.

Human Rights Watch chief researcher, columnist and author Nicholas Bequelin on Tuesday pointed out the urgent need for the international community to hold China responsible for severe human right violations of the Tibetans. Speaking during the seminar, “The Human Rights Abuses in Tibet from 2008-10”, at Jawaharlal Nehru University Mr Nicholas spoke about how China is influencing the international media to cover up the oppression and tyranny in Tibet.

Flood scare continued to threat Delhiites as the Yamuna river remained above the danger mark on Tuesday.
According to authorities, the water level may touch 207.30 metres on Thursday evening which would be 2.47 metres above the danger mark of 204.83 metres.

While the foot-over bridge connecting the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with the parking lot collapsed on Tuesday at least 23 labourers injured, the engineers involved in the project feel that incessant rains are leaving various projects unfinished.

The Delhi police arrested a suspected Pakistani spy who was in Delhi for the last one year allegedly doing recce of Army installations. With the arrest, the police has claimed to have seized confidential documents related to Indian Army from his possession.

Defending the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as an “essential instrument” which gives troops a “security blanket” to operate in strife-torn areas, minister of state for defence M.M. Pallam Raju on Tuesday said the Army was being “demonised” and made a “scapegoat” in Jammu and Kashmir.

The relationship between the Pakistani and English cricket teams is close to breaking point over the match and spot-fixing allegations that have dogged the Test and one-day series.

The Kolkata police arrested a person from a posh nursing home in south Kolkata for duping people by making false promises of arranging kidneys for the patients. The police is yet to ascertain whether the accused is a mere fraudster or a part of a larger kidney racket.

Three years after Rizwanur Rehman’s mysterious death, his mother Kiswar Jehan is still in waiting for insaaf. She, however, said that she has not lost hope. “Mujhe umeed hai ke mujhe insaaf milega aur sach ki hi jeet hogi (I hope that I will get justice and truth will triumph),” she said on Tuesday at her Tiljala Road residence with a photograph of Rizwanur in her lap.