BJP president Rajnath Singh along with party’s general secretary and UP in-charge Amit Shah will formally launch the election campaign for Delhi Assembly polls on Tuesday. Sources said Mr Shah will be addressing a rally of party cadres at Talkatora Stadium.

Delhi’s Patiala House courts will be shifted to DDU Marg. The Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod for the construction of New Delhi district courts complex at Rose Avenue with an estimated cost of `306 crores.

A man was killed while two others were injured after they were trapped in sand at a construction site of Badli Metro Station on Monday evening.

Left-affiliated All India Students Association (Aisa) made a strong presence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) election yet again by winning all the four top posts in the central panel.

Onion price has again shot up in the national capital to `70 per kg. The crisis has struck just before the Assembly elections, slated in November this year, which can take a toll on the city Congress government. The government, however, played down the issue by comparing it with the onion crisis in 1998 during BJP’s rule.

President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the recommendation of the Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin to administer “caution” to chief minister Sheila Dikshit over the issue of alleged misuse of funds on advertisement campaign in the run-up to the 2008 Assembly elections in the capital.

A 22-year-old Japan national holidaying in India was kidnapped and robbed of `9.5 lakhs by an autorickshaw driver and his three accomplices. The victim was held hostage for three days in a room near Jaipur. According to information, a zero FIR has been lodged in this respect at the Chanakyapuri police station here.

The police arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping a young businessman and demanding `1 crore in ransom from his family.

The crime branch of Delhi police has arrested two persons in connection with a murder of a 30-year-old man in Narela area. The police said that the man was killed for having an affair with a woman.

A city court will resume recording statements of prosecution witnesses from September 25 in the 2008 Delhi serial blasts case, in which 13 Indian Mujahideen (IM) men are facing trial.