Hosts India sustained their remarkable run at the 19th Commonwealth Games, adding four gold medals to stay second in the overall tally after six days of competition even as runaway leaders Australia opened up an even bigger gap on their pursuers with success in the pool, track and field, the shooting range and elsewhere.

New Delhi summoned the ambassador of a foreign country for the second time this week over racist comments about Indians.
This time it was the high commissioner of Australia, Mr Peter Varghese, who was called in to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Saturday and handed over a d

In an apparent bid to stem the volume of criticism of programmes named after Congress leaders of the past, the government has directed all ministries to sparingly use the names of leaders like Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi because the implementation and impact of these progra-mmes is not in tune with the expectations of the people.

The Delhi high court has upheld a trial court’s order by restituting the marriage of a couple while dismissing the wife’s plea that the marriage was not solemnised as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. Dismissing the appeal filed by Meghan Machida, Justice Kailash Gambhir said that the husband, S. Sharma, had been able to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the marriage was solemnised as per the Hindu rites and rituals.

The Delhi high court has directed MRF to pay `58 lakh to an advertisement agency in a 10-year-old dispute over services rendered to the tyre manufacturer.
A single member bench, comprising Justice Anil Kumar, directed MRF to pay the disputed amount after it found that there was a contract between the tyre manufacturer and the agency over display of advertisements across the city.

If you wonder what happened to the Commonwealth Games tickets and complimentary passes distributed by Organising Committee while the events fell miserably short of spectators, here are some of the answers. An employee of a Delhi government school and a jeweller were arrested by the police and more than 100 CWG passes and

The Delhi police has received several complaints of theft and loss of accreditation passes issued to volunteers and officials participating in the ongoing Commonwealth Games, raising security concerns as two incidents of impersonation, where the accused tried to get into stadiums using passes issued to different persons, were reported last week

Commuters faced problems on Saturday after key roads and two of the Metro stations were closed for Commonwealth Games events in the Connaught Place areas. Commuters faced problems as the 20-km walk event was staged in the area with Ashoka Road, Red Cross Road, Jai Singh Road and Parliament Street remaining closed from Friday midnight till 10.30 am on Saturday. More trouble await commuters heading towards Connaught Place areas as the cycling events of the Commonwealth Games are scheduled for Sunday in the areas.

Election manifestos have become the last priority of political parties in Bihar, which have already started campaigning for their nominees and adding colour to the electoral battle dominated by regional players.

Even before the announcement of the poll schedule, the Tamil Nadu political scenario has entered into a feverish pitch, with many theories about the alliance doing the rounds, the declaration of Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad that the Congress-DMK alliance will continue notwithstanding.