Former Haryana DGP S.P.S. Rathore’s pension has been withheld completely from Wednesday. Rathore, in jail after his conviction in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, was earlier stripped of his police medals. The home ministry said the Centre decided to withhold Rathore’s pension after Chandigarh’s CJM convicted the 1965

The Ferozeshah Kotla has been at the centre of a storm for more than six months now. The renovation work on the turf has been in full swing since May, and the International Cricket Council made it clear on Wednesday, that it has no plans of taking away 2011 World Cup games from the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.

The Centre on Wednesday sought to put a lid on the seemingly unending cycle of violence in the Kashmir Valley in recent weeks involving security forces and the civilian population by once again instructing the former to exercise “maximum rest-raint” while dealing with rioters and stone-pelters.

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard bid to take office as International Cricket Council vice-president has fallen through with India siding with other Asian and African countries to veto the appointment.

Union health ministry wants verification of claims made by healthcare products. The ministry is planning to take appropriate steps to verify such claims and if found to be incorrect, it will take actions against manufacturers of these products.

To err is human, goes the old adage. Under-fire Fifa is in no mood to have any of it and have sent back three of the referees whose blunders re-opened the debate to include technology to aid the officials.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram told reporters shortly after a meeting called by the Prime Minister on Wednesday in view of escalating violence in the Kashmir Valley that the Centre would support the state government in restoring law and order in the state. He also hoped that the situation would come under control in the next few days.

Several areas in the city experienced light showers that helped bring the mercury down to some extent on Wednesday. The weather department said that these showers were on account of “local developments” and had nothing to do with monsoon, which will take some more time to reach Delhi.

Even as Congress and the Centre continued to rally behind Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, a section in the Congress on Wednesday felt that a more seasoned and mature leadership would have handled the situation better.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has told each Cabinet minister to oversee the Commonwealth games projects in their respective backyards to make sure that there are no lapses in the preparations for the event.