The Delhi police will take over all the Commonwealth Games venues on Tuesday. The Delhi police, which is the nodal agency for Games security, will conduct various drills, including anti-sabotage checks once it takes over possession of the venues, confirmed Delhi police officers. Apart from around 80,000 Delhi police personnel, over 17,500 paramilitary personnel, 3,000 commandos and 100 anti-sabotage check teams will be deployed across the city. The Army has been asked to be alert.

Heavyweights like SBI, ONGC, ICICI and Axis Bank, which hit their 52-week high, catapulted the Sensex to close at 18,560.05, up 338.62 points, on Monday. It was the best close in 31 months.

Noting that all cases cannot be probed by the agency, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to hand over to the CBI the investigation into the alleged fake encounter killing of 19-year-old Mumbai college girl Ishrat Jahan, an alleged operative of terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, by the Gujarat police six years ago.

The Election Commission on Monday announced a six-phase poll schedule for the Bihar Assembly. The entire exercise is spread out over a period of one month beginning October 21 and ending November 20. Counting would be taken up on November 24. The bypoll for Banka Lok Sabha seat, which fell vacant due to the death of Digvijay Singh, will be held on November 1 along with elections for 42 Assembly constituencies in the fourth phase.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asserted he is not thinking of early retirement. This is the second time he has spoken on this issue.
He also rejected suggestions of a “disconnect” between his government and the Congress and made it clear he would not ask every Cabinet colleague to “shut up”. He s

Prime Minister Manmpohan Singh, responding just days after the Supreme Court rapped the government for not distributing free foodgrains to the poor, as directed by it, said the apex court should not get into “the realm of policy formulation”.

Six persons allegedly involved in smuggling of fake Indian currency and contraband from Pakistan, have been arrested by the special cell of Delhi police. The police has recovered `1.95 lakhs’ worth fake currency in the denomination of `500 notes, apart from one kg smack and 2 kg charas from the accused. Six mobile phones have also been recovered. One of the accused had been convicted in a drug smuggling case and sentenced to 14 years’ jail.

Three persons have been arrested in Munirka here over the weekend for allegedly threatening a teenage rape victim. The criminal assault had allegedly taken place in a flat occupied by the relatives of a senior Haryana minister at Gurgaon last month, sources said.

Even as dengue continues to spread its tentacles in the city, half of the entire work force of the domestic breeding checkers (DBCs), who check for mosquito breeding in residential, institutional and commercial establishments, went on an indefinite strike on Monday demanding regularisation of jobs. There are around 3,200 DBCs of

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday upped its ante against the Centre and announced to hold a massive public rally at Malkangiri on September 12, to protest against the latter’s forest clearanc