NEW DELHI, Feb. 3: Senior BJP leader in the MCD, Ved Prakash Gupta, on Wednesday heavily criticised the functioning of the MCD brass saying if they worked honestly, things would have vastly improved in the corporation.

New Delhi, Feb. 3: Move over Frederick Forsyth, Tom Clancy and Robin Cook. India has its own answer to these writers of military action thriller in Mukul Deva, whose third novel in a four-part series on global terrorism titled Blowback (HarperCollins) was launched at the DLF Promenade in New Delhi on Thursday.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 3: A Delhi court on Wednesday remanded Shahzad Ahmad, an alleged terrorist of Indian Mujahideen (IM), wanted for his role in September 2008 Delhi serial blasts, to three days police custody after he was produced before a magistrate.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 2: Even though the municipal elections are nearly two years away, the rift within the BJP in the MCD became evident on Tuesday as former mayor Arti Mehra literally took on current Delhi mayor Dr Kanwar Sain, questioning his style of functioning. Though she later categorically denied any intention to attack Dr Sain, it gave the Congress councillors an opportunity to score some brownie points as they rallied to support the present mayor.

New Delhi, Feb. 2: An MBA graduate was arrested for kidnapping two siblings in Gurgaon on Tuesday. The kids, who were abducted early morning, were rescued safely. The Gurgaon police said the accused was going through a financial crisis and hatched the conspiracy with six others to make quick money. The police is now looking for his accomplices who managed to escape.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 2: A city-based lawyer, whose son was denied admission in a nursery school, on Tuesday approached the Delhi high court alleging that the school has not followed the procedure under the Delhi School Education Act.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 2: A resolution seeking to alleviate the unsavoury conditions in which eunuchs live and to employ them for collection of outstanding dues is likely to be moved in the MCD House on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Feb. 2: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has witnessed a heavy influx of fake currency notes in the past one month and as many as three FIRs have been registered at the Parliament Street police station in this regard since January.

New Delhi, Feb. 2: Party chief Nitin Gadkari will lead a Delhi BJP protest on price rise at Jantar Mantar on February 10. The protest at Jantar Mantar on February 10 has been organised as part of the BJP’s nationwide agitation against price rise. Mr Gadkari has directed Delhi BJP legislators to organise three-tier protests against price rise, at the block, district and state levels. "Mr Gadkari will lead the protest at Jantar Mantar and the party workers will march towards the Parliament. Senior BJP leaders are likely to join the protest," stated a senior Delhi BJP leader.

New Delhi, Feb. 2: A 42-year-old woman was found murdered at her residence in outer Delhi. The victim, Mamta Thakur, was alone at her home when the incident took place in Sector 9 of Rohini. Her husband Praveen Thakur, a broker, and three children were all out of their Friends Apartments’ residence at the time of the incident.