The CBI, which is investigating allegations of corruption in preparations for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, made its first arrests on Monday. Two top officials of the CWG organising committee (OC), who had already been sacked following allegations of corruption, were arrested on charges of forgery and cheating in connection with alleged irregularities in the Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) in London last year.

Confusion prevailed at gate number three of the Pragati Maidan on Monday morning with even the employees of the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), which is organising the Trade Fair, failed to get entry. The bar code reader is also not functional which led the security personnel to check tickets manually.

The MCD plans to give cash assistance to the Class 1 to 3 students in its primary schools for buying woollens caps and gloves during the winter season. At least 5.5 lakh students are expected to be benefited.

The Delhi government on Monday gave relief to nearly 10,500 autorickshaws, who faced cancellation of their permits as they had not switched to smart card-based permits by extending the deadline by 45 days.

Directing the Delhi University teachers to start taking classes from Tuesday by following the new semester system, the Delhi high court on Monday made it clear that if they do not join duty, the authorities can hire ad-hoc teachers.

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday cleared the draft of the anti-touting bill that would be tabled in the Delhi Assembly in the winter session. As and when passed, the Act will replace an ordinance that was promulgated to prevent the tourists from being fleeced and harassed by the touts during the Commonwealth Games.

It was a scene of total chaos all around soon after the building collapse at Lalita Park in Lakshmi Nagar area in east Delhi on Monday evening. Ramesh Tyagi, whose house was adjacent to the ill-fated building, said: “Initially, I heard a sound very similar to a bomb explosion. Before I could realise what had happened, I heard people shouting that the building had collapsed.”

The toll in the East Delhi collapse mounted to 61 on Tuesday morning even as scores of rescue workers were working to pull out people trapped inside the debris of the structure.

The police have registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the owner of an east Delhi building which collapsed killing over 60 people.

The Delhi government on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each to the families of those killed and Rs. 1 lakh to those injured in the east Delhi building collapse.