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Kanth exempted from personal appearance

Accepting the plea of former IPS officer Amod Kanth, Patiala house court metropolitan magistrate (MM) Sanjeev Kumar, on Friday exempted from his personal appearance before this court till September 29.

HC refuses to stall proceedings against Sajjan Kumar

The Delhi high court on Friday refused to stay criminal proceedings of murder and other charges to be initiated against senior Congress leader and MP Sajjan Kumar over the killing of six people during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Opposition attacks govt over issue

The Opposition BJP on Friday attacked the city government for having failed to regularise unauthorised colonies in the capital despite provisional regularisation certificates having been given to them just before the Assembly elections in 2008. Delhi urban development minister A.K. Walia, while defending the government, stated that the process of regularisation is being carried out.

Another day of rain, traffic jams

It was yet another day of rain, traffic jams, roads caving-in, buildings falling and trees getting uprooted for Delhiites on Friday as the capital received 10.3 mm of rain since morning. What made matters worse was 110 mm of rain received in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 am.

Teenage girl dies of electric shock

A 15-year-old girl was electrocuted to death after she stepped into a puddle of water inside her school in north-east Delhi’s Dilshad Garden area on Friday morning.
The police officials said Priya Mishra — a student of Class 9 at Eak Nath Rajakiya Kanya Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in Dilshad Garden’s J&K block, had just stepped out of her class when the incident occurred. The police was informed about the incident at 12.30 pm.

Onam delicacies

God’s Own Country, as Kerala is called by travellers and locals alike, has much more to offer than long beaches and verdant backwaters. The food for example, is like no other cuisine, thanks to the amalgamation of Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Christian influences combined with the harvest from the sea, the fields and of course, spices.

Lalu is ‘PM’ for a bit

Lalu Prasad Yadav was the “Prime Minister” and Gopinath Munde was the “Speaker”. This was the scene in the Lok Sabha after it was adjourned for the day on Friday in view of the uproar created by members over the salary hike demand and the protest against the passage of the Medical Council of India Bill without discussion.

Moily skips questions on Reddy yatra

Union law minister Veerappa Moily, the general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, refused to get dragged into a debate on Congress MP Jaganmohan Reddy’s Odarpu Yatra. The issue already has led to daggers being drawn between those who empathise with Mr Reddy and those who oppose him tooth and nail.

Trinamul MPs meet Chidambaram

Trinamul Congress MPs met home minister P. Chidambaram on Friday demanding steps to prevent the ruling CPI(M) in West Bengal from allegedly amassing illegal weapons “fearing defeat” in the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.

PC reaches out to BJP over stuck bills

In an effort to garner support for the pending legislation, government on Friday reached out to the main Opposition BJP. Home minister P. Chidambaram met BJP Parliamentary Party leader L.K. Advani on friday to discuss contentious issues, including Enemy Property Bill and the Nuclear Liability Bill in the current session of Parliament. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mr Arun Jaitley, was also present during the meeting. Later, Mr Advani had a telephonic conversation with

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