Appearing before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) member secretary, Asha Menon, on Wednesday told the Delhi high court that more than 500 children who have been missing for last one year have not been traced by the city police as yet. Ms Menon said that the list of missing children prepared by it did not match with the number prepared by the police.

After virtually bringing the Delhi government down on its knees on the issue of nursery admissions by getting a free hand on deciding the criteria, various organisations of the private schools have now decided to take on the government on the issue of providing free education to the students from the Economically Weaker Section (EWS). The private school organisations have threatened that they would shut down the schools rather than bear the entire burden of EWS students.

Top publishing associations supported by well-known authors launched a signature campaign for review of the proposed amendments in the Copyright Amendment Bill (2010) which makes it easier to import books to the country.

The Central Board for Secondary Education will send question paper banks in different subjects for Classes 9 and 10 in order to ensure standards. The results of Class 10 will be announced with the board results only. According to a CBSE circular, the board will provide question paper banks for English Communicative, English Language and Literature, Hindi-A, Hindi-B, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and Communicative Sanskrit.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday granted bail to Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) official M. Jayachandran, as the CBI failed to complete its probe and file the chargesheet against him within the stipulated 60-day period after his arrest in the Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) scam.

The Vohra Committee report considered to be one of the most authentic document on the emergence of “dangerous” nexus of politician, bureaucrats and underworld syndicates, came in for sharp focus in the Supreme Court on Wednesday in the context of Indians’ “black accounts” in tax heavens abroad.

Strong tremors in Delhi and NCR around 2 am on Wednesday shook thousands of residents out of their sleep forcing them to take protective measures following the earthquake that hit a sparsely populated area of south-west Pakistan at a magnitude of 7.4 Richter scale.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah and 18 other accused in the Soahrabuddin “fake encounter” case on the CBI’s petition for shifting of the trial outside the state.

Bringing the bitter political rivalry with the Left to the national capital, the Trinamul on Wednesday held a dharna at the Jantar Mantar, where not only party MPs but also its ministers in the Central government participated and delivered speeches lashing out at the Left Front-led Bengal government. Later in the day, the party’s MPs called on

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the BJP not to “precipitate” the situation in the Valley by going ahead with its “Ekta Yatra” to hoist tricolour at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk on Republic Day. Dismissing Mr Omar’s appeal, the BJP said that it does not need a no objection certificate from the chief minister and it would be better if Mr Abdullah welcomes the Yatra when it reaches the state.