A young man was killed and his friend seriously injured when they intervened in a fight between four other men. The incident was reported at Shakarpur in east Delhi on Wednesday night. Three persons have been arrested in this connection.

Robbers struck at the residence of a contractor in East Delhi and robbed cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees after holding his wife and domestic helps hostage while 1.25 kg gold was robbed from a jeweller in New Friends Colony who was also taken hostage by bike-borne assailants.
More than five armed robbers barged into the Mandawali house of NDMC contractor Vinod Aggarwal and held his wife and domestic helps hostage before decamping with `4.5 lakhs in cash and nearly 50 tolas of gold.

When there is much clamour for the extension of the branches of Indian institutions like IITs and IIMs to foreign countries, the Supreme Court in an impotent judgment has ruled that any degree by a foreign college affiliated to an Indian University will be illegal if there is no “prior” sanction for such affiliation from the Indian government.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to register a regular case related to the alleged large-scale financial irregularities in contracts worth `700 crores awarded towards overlay for the Commonwealth Games 2010 in a day or two.

The Centre on Thursday decided not to file any case against hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and activist Arundhati Roy for purportedly giving “hate speeches” at a seminar held here last week.

Having completed its four-day visit to the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, Dileep Padgaonkar who heads the interlocutors team constituted by the Centre has said that the team will be willing to meet the separatist Hurriyat leaders whenever they want to meet it.

After he lands in New Delhi on November 7, US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama will be visiting Humayun’s Tomb, the 450-year-old monument which is also a world heritage site. While the tomb has itself been restored in July and August this year and has been fully illuminated, the Archaeological Survey of India said that no special preparations were being planned for the occasion.

Barack Obama’s itinerary in Mumbai and to a lesser extent New Delhi resembles a CEO’s than a visiting head of state.
The major focus of his engagements in Mumbai will be his message on economics, on increasing exports, supporting jobs in the US, and commercial deals that he hopes will be clinched by the time he lands in the city.

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday stated that the Congress will move a privilege motion against Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and the then finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal for misleading the House.

As many as 34 women leaders belonging to different castes and communities have become AICC members from Uttar Pradesh. Their empowerment could certainly pose a threat to the BSP led by chief minister Mayawati.