The son of the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, former Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy, through his close relative Y.V. Subba Reddy, filed an application on Wednesday with the Election Commission for his soon-to-be launched political party.

In stinging observations on the “total neglect” of the tribal population, mainly spread over the Maoist-infested areas of the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said their marginalisation for thousands of years has resulted in reduction of their population to mere 8 per cent though they were the real “original inhabitants” of India.

The government has made it clear that it may take up to six weeks for it to take a final call on the issue of a separate Telangana state. It is most likely that a final decision on Telangana would be taken before the Budget Session of Parliament.

Despite a committee of doctors recommending that the infant abandoned by parents at St. Stephen’s Hospital can be taken back home and looked after, they refuse to take back the child. The parents apparently want that the health problems of the child are treated before they take him back. The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) is now of the view that criminal action should be initiated against the parents for abandoning the child.

Delhiites can now lodge complaints of uncleanliness and poor sanitation in their areas on the Facebook page of MCD which promises to take prompt action on the same. The MCD on Wednesday launched its page on the popular networking website Facebook (FB) and the page was “liked” by many citizens who see in it a ray of

The MCD on Wednesday sealed the property belonging to a BJP councillor, who is also the chairman of the wards committee for the central zone, for alleged misuse of the properties.

The Delhi government is planning to commission more than a dozen new hospitals in the city during next few years to deal with the ever-increasing medical needs. The plan is aimed to enhance the number of beds in the capital which seem inadequate at times. There are presently 7,510 beds in 38 city government hospitals

At least 15 people, including an MP, two MLAs and a senior transport department official of another state, have been challaned for driving in vehicles with red beacons unauthorisedly. The challans were issued during a special drive which started on January 4.

A gang of burglars struck at three shops in east Delhi’s Shakarpur area and decamped with cash and valuables worth lakhs of rupees on Tuesday night.
The police said all the incidents were discovered between 9 am to 11 am on Tuesday when the shop owners arrived and found that their shops were broken into in the same manner. “The stolen cash and merchandise is estimated to be around `6 lakhs,” a senior police official said.

In the wake of the extreme cold conditions in the city, the Delhi government on Wednesday announced closure of all schools till January 9. Delhi continued to shiver even as the minimum temperature rose by 0.5 degrees Celsius over the season’s lowest recorded on Tuesday.