Even as the entire city reeled under high levels of humidity, it rained heavily around Indira Gandhi International Airport in Palam leading to traffic snarls, particularly around Dwarka underpass. Meanwhile, the power demand shot up almost reaching the 4,500-MW mark once again.

A 28-year-old woman, who was forced by her in-laws to quit her job after she refused to fulfil their demands for dowry, committed suicide at her residence in Bindapur area of southwest Delhi on Wednesday night.

The Delhi government on Thursday formed a committee to take care of the Commonwealth Games’ branding and public advertising. The committee will be headed by tourism ministry principal secretary Rina Ray, confirmed the Delhi government officials.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the principal district and sessions judge to instruct all trial court judges to put bail orders on the Internet t make it easily accessible to all the undertrial prisoners and convicts lodged in various jails in the city.

As the executive and judiciary are grappling with the problems faced by the subordinate courts in the country, the Supreme Court has taken a serious view of the high court administration not even recording the “confidential reports” of the judicial officers in time leading to various complications regarding their confirmation, promotion and other service-related issues.

With two deaths due to H1N1 being reported in the city, the hospital authorities have begun gearing up to ensure that the disease does not spread.
At least two other persons admitted in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital are said to be in a stable condition, though not completely out of danger. At RML hospital, an Australian woman, who was put on ventilator, is now reported be recovering.

Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan will be proceeded with a contempt of court case by the SC on its suo moto motion for casting aspersion against Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia, some former CJIs and judges in a media interview. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph and H.L. Dattu rejected the

A 25-year-old youth was assaulted and his left hand was almost chopped off by a customer when he demanded Rs 600 repair charges from him in the east Delhi’s Mandawali area.

The GoM on Commonwealth Games on Wednesday asked all the agencies to try and finish their work by August 1 and hand them over to the organising committee (OC) as the latter also needed time for streamlining various aspects of the event.

If you are contemplating to raise a pet dog, then be sure of the licence rules laid down by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Come August and the KMC would be reviving the licence system for raising pet dogs at home. “Licence for keeping pets had been one of the oldest rules of KMC. But during the tenure of the Left Front civic