In what came as a surprise to many political pandits here in the capital, rebel Congress MP Jaganmohan Reddy from Andhra met MP Sandeep Dikshit at an undisclosed destination on Tuesday. Mr Reddy played down the significance of the meeting saying that they were friends and therefore met casually. He added that they both are of

In a tactical move, particularly when most of the Opposition favoured inclusion of caste in the ongoing census exercise, the Congress on Tuesday said, it did not have an “independent view” on the issue and would rather go with the “consensus” evolved by the government.

Kreeri, a township in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, erupted on Tuesday when the locals found the body of a local youth, who was missing after his reported arrest by the police more than two weeks ago, buried at an isolated place in a neighbourhood area.

A two-year-old girl was killed when a truck ran over her inside Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium premises, where construction related to the Commonwealth Games-2010 is going on, at Lodhi Colony in south Delhi on Monday evening.

Giving a ray of hope to several policyholders, the Delhi high court has asked the insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) to make certain arrangement to provide cashless facilities to policyholders following the dispute between insurance companies and Delhi-based hospitals due to which people having medical insurance are facing difficulties.

With the Delhi government and the civic agencies failing to complete construction work and remove the debris by Tuesday, which was the earlier deadline for removing construction debris, a new deadline of August 31 has been fixed. Meanwhile, the Delhi government said that debris could not be cleared as the civic agencies, including the NDMC and the MCD, have not been able to complete their works.

A blind couple was on Tuesday found dead in their Vivek Vihar residence. After initial investigations, the local police has registered a case of murder. Police officers have so far stated that they are suspecting the involvement of their two tenants, including a call centre employee, who are missing. The deceased were identified as Rajender

Even as the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games and other civic agencies are being sharply criticised for failing to complete the work on time in connection with the Commonwealth Games-2010, the disabled athletes seems to have been completely left behind. A group of disabled rights activists and athletes,

A woman claimed she went alone all the way to the ravines of Chambal and got her husband freed from dacoits who had kidnapped him in Agra on August 6, and without any help from the police. The dacoits were so awed by the courage shown by her that they accepted Rs 50,000 as ransom in place of the Rs 10 lakhs that they had demanded, and even gave her Rs 5,100 as a gift, Ms Sanjana Singh told reporters in Greater Noida on Tuesday.

The government in principle decided to enhance allocation of foodgrains under the PDS for the BPL families but is yet to take a view on doing away with APL allocation as desired by the Supreme Court.