Commuters in the city can hope for better transport facilities as the cluster bus service run by corporate entities and seen as replacement for the “killer” Bluelines will be launched this week.

This Republic Day will see an 87-year-old war veteran as a participant in the parade. War veteran, N.N. Shukla took part in the full-dress rehearsal on Sunday.

A special team of the Delhi police on Sunday arrested five men, including a hotel management student, for allegedly committing murders and robberies. The accused were arrested from Najafgarh area.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea for disclosure of the entire contents of corporate lobbyists Niira Radia's conversation with politicians, journalists and corporate tycoons, which were tapped by government authorities.

Former 33 Corps chief Lt. Gen. P.K. Rath, indicted by a court martial on Friday for irregularities in the Sukna land case, was on Saturday awarded a sentence of loss of seniority of two years, 15 years loss of service for pension, and a severe reprimand by the Army court martial at Shillong.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Saturday dared former Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy to bring down his government and made it clear that he was not at the mercy of Mr Jagan Mohan, though he did concede that the participation of MLAs and MPs in Mr Jagan Mohan’s programmes was embarrassing to him and the party.

Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s move to prosecute state chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has split the saffron camp from within. The camps of top party leaders, ranging from Mr L.K. Advani to Ms Sushma Swaraj, who were in favour of replacing Mr Yeddyurappa immediately after the Bihar polls, are now pointing fingers at Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari for retaining him. Though the BJP has so far decided to back the CM, the party will wait for Mr Gadkari to return from China on Monday to take stock of the situation.

Probe by the Central agencies has revealed mismanagement of a total of `450 crores allegedly by the members of the Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in conduct of the mega sporting event. The OC, headed by Suresh Kalmadi, was granted a total of `1,813 crores by the Central government for the smooth conduct of the Games.

A city court has asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Vinod Rai, and another senior official of the audit body to appear before it as witnesses in connection with the prosecution related to 2G spectrum allocation scam. The order was passed by the court on a private complaint filed by Janata Party president Subramanian

With the BJP threatening to hoist the National Flag on Republic Day at Lal Chowk in Srinagar in troubled J&K, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh issued a statement on Saturday evening calling for “maximum restraint” in the “sensitive state”.