A glitch in the software of Delhi government’s food and supply department has apparently deprived thousands of Below Poverty Line and Antyodaya card holders in the city of ration since the past five months.

A 24-year-old youth missing since Tuesday was found dead in a well in Mehrauli, south Delhi. The police suspects it to be a case of suicide. The deceased has been identified as Jitender, a resident of Islam Colony in Mehrauli, the police said.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has been directed to immediately demolish 35 school buildings which were declared dangerous two years ago.
Issuing a notice to the MCD commissioner, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) also asked the civic body to explain why there was a delay in demolition of these school buildings.

Armed assailants barged into a house in Seelampur and fled with cash and jewellery worth lakhs after holding the family hostage. The incident took place at around 3 am in Gautampuri, Seelampur, when seven dacoits barged into the house of Sunil Kumar, 32, and Anil, 31. “The dacoits held a child Rishabh, 4, at gunpoint and

By February next, Delhi will become the first city in the country to have children’s courts which will exclusively take up cases where a child is a victim.
A total of nine courts are being set up and the first court is expected to be functional by February next year. Currently, the Delhi police and Delhi government are identifying cases pending in various city courts involving children.

Delhiites woke up to a foggy and warm morning on Thursday with the minimum temperature rising five notches above average. The day was cloudy accompanied with drizzle.

Acting on environment minister Jairam Ramesh’s complaint about MPs lobbying for projects in which they have vested interests, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Thursday referred the issue to the et

Taking a final decision on dividing the surplus water of the Krishna river, the Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal on Thursday allocated the maximum share of water to Andhra Pradesh while also enhancing the share of Karnataka and Maharashtra.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday made a fresh bid to stop the last session’s Parliament deadlock on the issue of a JPC to probe the 2G scam from spilling into the Budget Session by inviting leaders of the government and main Opposition BJP to lunch. But the attempt appears to have failed as leaders from both sides stuck to their positions and the BJP put the onus of ending the impasse on the government.

The much-awaited Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana was submitted on Thursday to Union home minister P. Chidambaram, who immediately declared that the government would consult all political parties before coming to a conclusion on the issue. The members of the Srikrishna Committee said they have given the way forward. The committee on Tuesday had said the report would bring the “maximum satisfaction to the largest number of people”.