Patting his force for a “commendable job” in the Commonwealth Games, Delhi police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal said on Saturday that crime rate has gone down drastically during the Games.

The services of the Delhi Metro on the Central Secretariat-Sarita Vihar line will begin one hour after the usual time from Sunday in order to facilitate the integration of the Sarita Vihar to Badarpur stretch. The line had been opened on the morning of October 3 (the day of Commonwealth Games opening ceremony) from Central Secretariat to Sarita Vihar, which is part of the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line, as a special measure in the wake of the CWG.

The Delhi university authorities are hopeful that the ban imposed on it against using radioactive substances for academic purposes will be lifted. Delhi University vice-chancellor Deepak Pental has said the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, which had imposed the ban, was “sensitive” to the needs of the university to use such

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday praised Delhiites for showing discipline during the Games and asked them to remain so forever. He also lauded the Delhi police and the para-military forces for doing a splendid job ensuring foolproof security during the Commonwealth Games. The Nagaland’s women police battalion, who patrolled capital’s markets, also came in for special praise from the minister. He also favoured removing gender bias against women in the police forces.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said his ministry was ready to provide all inputs to the appropriate authorities looking into allegations of corruption relating to the Commonwealth Games.

Having acquired “assets” worth hundreds of crores for the conduct the of the Commonwealth Games, including `70 crores aerostat and kitchen equipment for the Games village, the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games has now written to the government of India to decide on how to dispose of these “assets” to make up for

As a section of academics and historians have raised questions on the Archaeological Survey of India’s Ayodhya excavation report, former ASI director R. Nagaswamy, examined by the Allahabad high court as the key evaluator of the excavation results had stated that it “indisputably” showed the existence of a temple beneath the disputed structure (Babri Masjid).

The AICC is tightlipped on whether Maharashtra PCC president Manikrao Thakre will get a second term.
While his continuation will be seen as a victory of chief minister Ashok Chavan, a change at the PCC will be described as an attempt to check the chief minister in the party divided in different factions.

The BJP on Saturday claimed senior leader L.K. Advani will campaign in Muslim-dominated areas of poll-bound Bihar, including those constituencies where polling is scheduled in the first phase of elections. The party said reports suggesting Mr Advani not to campaign were “totally misleading and false”.

Election campaigning in Bihar is heating up ahead of the first phase of polling. While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh put the Nitish Kumar government and earlier governments of the RJD in the dock for the state’s backwardness, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav hit back at the Congress and held the PM equally responsible for Bihar’s plight.