In the face of mounting criticism from across the political spectrum, “spectrum king” and Union telecom minister A. Raja has virtually ruled out stepping down from office amidst increasing demands for his removal.

The environment ministry on Friday issued show cause notice to Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for violating green norms. The ministry sought a reply within two weeks to the notice which asks why the 31-storey “illegal” building should not be demolished.

A large number of Congress workers, led by Delhi Congress chief J.P. Agarwal and east Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit, on Friday protested outside the headquarters of RSS here in the Jhandewalan area against the objectionable comments made by former RSS chief K.S. Sudershan on Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Two paramilitary troopers were injured when a government car hit them at the main gate of Shastri Bhavan near Parliament on Friday morning.
The police said the car with a mounted red beacon owned by social justice and empowerment ministry was driven by Rajiv, a relative of the government driver identified as Jagdish. The incident took place outside Shastri Bhavan at around 6.30 am. The police said two head constables of CISF — Raghu Raj and one Rathore — suffered minor injuries on their legs.

A 20-year-old girl, along with her accomplice, was arrested by the special cell for allegedly running an illegal arms racket in the city.
The police said the accused, Zainab Nisha, 20, daughter of a teacher in government school in northeast Delhi, and her accomplice Riyaz Mohammed, alias Pappu, 44 were arrested by the cops from a restaurant at Birajpuri in Wazirabad on November 9. The police has recovered four semi-automatic .32 bore pistols from their possession.

A bakery owner was stabbed to death in Nand Nagri here on Thursday allegedly by a group of unidentified young men.
The police said 21-year-old deceased, Rakesh Mehrana, was on his way home from Harsh Vihar on a bicycle around 8.30 pm on Thursday when a group of young men

After returning from her Tokyo visit, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday held a meeting of her ministers amid heavy speculation that it was in connection with the circle rates issue, which is threatening to snowball into a major controversy between lieutenant governor and her. However, officials maintained that the outcome of Tokyo visit was discussed at the meeting, which lasted for about three hours.

Even as several thousand devotees thronged nearly 40 ghats along the Yamuna river to celebrate Chhath Puja on Friday, there were also many who celebrated the puja while standing in artificial and makeshift water bodies in various localities of the city. The fact that the river itself is far away from their homes and also that its water is not clean seemed to have forced them to celebrate the festival “indoors”.

Taking over reins of the scam-hit Maharashtra government, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday said he will have to take "tough decisions" while finalising his council of ministers to meet the

The BJP on Saturday asked the Congress to put a stop to attacks on RSS offices by its workers in protest K.S.