Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is anguished over the washout of the Winter Session of Parliament while Rajya Sabha chariman M. Hamid Ansari asked all sections of the House to introspect disapproving behaviour of the members during the session.

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who had made several attempts to break the logjam in Parliament during the Winter Session, on Monday termed the turn of event in both the Houses “very unfortunate”. He said, the MPs, who create procedures to run the House had violated their own rules resulting in the complete washout of the entire Winter Session of Parliament.

With the Winter Session of Parliament ending on Monday, the government and Opposition are all set for confrontation over the issue of corruption outside Parliament. Congress president Sonia Gandhi attacked the Opposition, especially the BJP, saying it disrupted the session everyday. She said this has been the pattern from the day the BJP was voted out of office in 2004. While the NDA has decided to launch a full-scale attack on the government and the Congress at a rally in New Delhi on

The Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said the government has nothing to hide or fear on the 2G spectrum allocation issue and firmly rejects the Opposition’s demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to probe the scam.

In the wake of two gangrapes taking place in less than a month in the city, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday expre-ssed unhappiness with the law and order situation. “We discussed the entire situation. We finalised several measures to make women feel secure. What government can do, we will do. We are concerned over the incidents, so is the police. We have to end this atmosphere of panic,” Ms Dikshit said.

A 42-year-old engineer was shot at in Mayur Vihar on Monday.
The victim, Sunil Kumar, who works with NBCC as a civil engineer, was leaving for his office on Monday when an assailant fired four shots at him for allegedly resisting robbery attempt. The incident took place outside SSS apartments in Mayur Vihar, Phase III, at 10 am, the police said.

A 32-year-old loan agent purportedly became a victim of road rage in Vikaspuri on Monday afternoon when four assailants travelling in a Santro car hit his Honda City car and stabbed him to death following an argument.

The Delhi BJP sought an apology from Union home minister P. Chidambaram for his remarks against migrants. Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta and Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly V.K. Malhotra termed Mr Chidambaram’s statement an insult to 50 lakh people residing in unauthorised colonies.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said he was aware of the "nervousness in the corporate sector" over phone tapping and asked Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar to look into the matter and submit a report within a month.

A Muslim group in the country, has on Tuesday, filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a ruling that divided a bitterly-contested religious site between Hindus and Muslims.