Commuters on the Jehangirpuri-Gurgaon line of the Delhi Metro were stranded due to signalling trouble in the morning. This is the third such incident in the past one week on the same line.

A four-storey building developed a “tilt” and also damaged adjacent building following which it was evacuated and sealed. The incident was reported from Shakarpur in east Delhi on Monday. The building has been “put under seven-day observation” as initial inspection did not reveal imminent danger of collapsing. However, the incident has once again raised the hackles of the residents living in areas near to the Lalita Park building collapse site.

Kashmiri separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer-activist Arundhati Roy and five others were charged with “sedition”, “promoting enmity” and “circulating rumours with the intent to cause mutiny” by the Delhi police on Monday following their remarks at a seminar held at LTG auditorium last month.

Country’s top industrialist Ratan Tata stung by the public disclosure of his private conversation with corporate lobbyist Nira Radia on Monday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction for destruction of “Radia tapes” after they had served the purpose of investigation for which the income tax department had done the recording.

The Enforcement Directorate may send a “Letter of Request” to authorities concerned in certain countries in order to gather details about the alleged investments made by those who reportedly benefited from the 2G spectrum scam.

As the deadlock between the government and the Opposition over constituting a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the alleged 2-G spectrum allocation scam continued, both the Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Monday for the 12th consecutive day without transacting any business.

“We believe that some of the eligibility necessary for the grant of a licence may not have been in place when the companies sought licences,” new telecom minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday, adding that one eligibility criteria under the scanner is that at the time of application these new firms didn’t have memorandums of association to

The UPA constituents in the government on Monday toed the Congress’ line against constituting a joint parliamentary party to probe into the 2G spectrum scam. On the other hand, the government played the RSS card to widen the rift between the BJP and rest of the Opposition who remained united on the issue since November 10.

Eminent lawyer and sitting Rajya Sabha member Abhishek Singhvi is back in the team of AICC spokesperson, well-placed sources in the party made clear on Monday night.

The Congress on Monday put up a brave face in the light of rebel MP Jaganmohan Reddy’s resignation from the Lok Sabha and the party saying the party is above any individual. Union law minister and party in-charge for Andhra Pradesh Veerappa Moily termed Jagan’s decision “unfortunate and misguided” and claimed it would have