In yet another case of kidnapping, a 20-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from outside a multiplex in the Prashant Vihar area of outer Delhi and later molested by a management student, who has been arrested by the police.

The CBI is now probing the reasons why some government agencies declared certain projects related to the Commonwealth Games as “urgent” for release of additional funds at the last moment. The agency has so far registered three cases in connection with alleged irregularities in awarding of contracts related to the Games.

The Chief Vigilance Commission (CVC) has asked the vigilance departments of all the ministries to send details about the contracts awarded in the last three months. Sources have pointed out that besides asking for details of contracts valued at over `2 crores from various ministries, the CVC has also asked for the details of civil and electrical works done in various ministries.

Former Chief Justice of India J.S. Verma, who is also the chairman of News Broadcasting Standards Authority a self-regulatory body for news channels, on Tuesday advocated self regulation for the media.

After seeking Supreme Court monitoring of the CBI probe into the 2G scam case and Supreme Court reserving its verdict on the issue, NGO CPIL on Tuesday moved a further PIL in the Supreme Court for cancelling all 2G licences on the ground that there was large scale corruption and irregularities, allegedly committed by former communications minister A Raja and some allotee companies.

The CBI on Tuesday questioned R.K. Chandolia, personal secretary to former telecom minister A. Raja, again in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam.
According to sources Mr Chandolia was confronted with the documents recovered by the agency officials during recent searches on Tuesday.

Paving the way for start of trial against disgraced diplomat Madhuri Gupta in an espionage case, a Delhi court on Tuesday committed the case to a sessions judge.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Vinod Yadav, on completion of procedural formalities, sent the matter to the district and sessions judge who would allocate it to a sessions court for initiation of the trial.

The environment ministry on Tuesday refused to lift its “stop-work” order on the controversial hill-city project of Lavasa in Maharashtra. The ministry said a final decision in the case will be taken by the month-end after hearing the company again. Meanwhile, in a statement issued, Lavasa Corporation Limited said that the ministry’s interim order was under pressure from political activists and made without “objective verification and physical site assessment.”

After meeting President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and seeking her intervention in postponing the annual meeting of the Aligarh Muslim University court, a group of parliamentarians met Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal seeking his cooperation on the issue.

A three-day AICC plenary session beginning in the national capital on December 18, is expected see a frontal attack on the Left Front to keep the ally — Trinamul Congress in good humour ahead of the West Bengal and Kerala Assembly polls.