A 26-year-old jeweller was allegedly robbed of gold and diamond jewellery worth `65 lakhs in Geeta Colony area of east Delhi on Tuesday evening.
The victim, Sunny Gupta, a resident of Geeta Colony, was returning home after purchasing jewellery from Chandni Chowk. “I was crossing Geeta Colony flyover in my Alto car when a bike suddenly applied brake and my car hit it,” the victim told the police.

Metro Man E Sreedharan is eager to go to Kerala after his retirement. He has spent 15 years revolutionising Delhi by spreading world-class Metro network in the capital.
Mr Sreedharan, 78, will be retiring on December 31, 2010 when his fourth extension granted by the Delhi government will end. The second phase of the Delhi Metro is also over and major parts of the city and its neighbourhood have been connected.

A 19-year-old dalit student of Satyawati College died on Wednesday morning, a week after he was allegedly thrashed by his seniors in northwest Delhi.
The police identified the deceased as Akshay Prakash, a first year student of B.Com. (Hons.) at Satyawati (Evening) College. “Prakash, a resident of Ashok Vihar’s S

A division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Delhi high court Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan on Wednesday summoned the MCD Commissioner to appear before it in person on December 12 after the civic agency allegedly failed to participate in a meeting last month convened by the chief secretary, NCT government, to solve the water woes of citizens.

A 59-year-old fireman and at least 21 persons, including 14 personnel from various government agencies, were injured when a major fire broke out in a two-storey building in east Delhi on Tuesday night.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Delhi high court Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan on Wednesday directed the labour department of the city government to take appropriate action against contractors who fail to provide details about the construction workers.

Pulling up the Delhi police for not taking action against its erring officials, the Delhi high court has said that instead of taking action against them, the department tries to protect them.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said that the world’s population is poised to grow to eight billion by 2025 and it would be stretching the earth’s resources to their limit. She wants Parliaments and parliamentarians to act as agents of change to ensure sustainable development.

Mr Abhishek Singhvi, an eminent lawyer, was on Wednesday virtually “suspended” as the Congress spokesperson as he was barred from holding media briefings till the party high command decided on the controversy over his appearance in a lottery case in the Kerala high court.

The main Opposition BJP on Wednesday attacked AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for showing “political immaturity” and “engaging in unruly behaviour” by comparing Sangh Parivar fountainhead RSS with banned outfit Simi. The party said Mr Gandhi seems to have “lost his mental balance” for comparing a nationalist institution with a banned outfit. The RSS asked the AICC general secretary to “brush up his knowledge” before making “meaningless” statements.