A Delhi court on Wednesday framed murder charges against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and four others for allegedly killing one person in Sultanpuri area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, paving the way for the leader to face trial.

With the arrival of monsoon in the city and neighbouring states, the Delhi government has on Wednesday asked residents of low-lying areas along the Yamuna river bank to remain alert and if possible shift to safe places.

The department of textile and clothing in the College of Home Science at Chandra Shekhar Azad (CSA) University of Agriculture and Technology in Kanpur has designed special clothes for the physically-challenged persons, particularly women.

A 56-year-old senior customs official and his elderly mother were run over by an unknown vehicle on Inner Ring Road near Ashram flyover early on Wednesday.
The police officials said the deceased, identified as B.S. Thapa, who worked as an additional assistant director with central excise and customs department was going to

The Delhi police on Wednesday said that the 27 passengers, who were held at IGI airport here, were not part of any terrorist outfit and a “rival visa racket,” may have blew the lid off the racket by making hoax calls to two private airlines on Tuesday evening.

Barely a couple of centimetres of rain in the city since Wednesday morning was enough to catch the residents, the traffic police and all the other civic agencies hopelessly off guard all across the city. More than 100 complaints of waterlogging, traffic snarls from virtually all corners of the city and reports of earth and road caving in at busy intersection like AIIMS left the residents filled with despair. At least 13 trees also got uprooted.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought details from the Centre regarding the steps taken by it for securing the release of Indian national Gopal Das from Pakistan jail after he had served life sentence on being convicted on the charges of spying.

India’s auto majors continue to see strong growth in sales, but the impact on bottomlines is expected to be muted this time. Higher raw material costs are expected to hit the margins of auto firms for Q1 FY11.

In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old American woman was repeatedly raped by an unidentified youth at her residence in the posh locality of Banjara Hills in the early hours of Wednesday.

The telecom department on Wednesday referred two controversial reports — the Sam Pitroda committee’s report on BSNL and Trai recommendations on telecom licences and spectrum — to the internal committee.