The beggars are missing from the streets and unclean spots are nowhere to be seen as the city hosts the 19th Commonwealth Games.

The Supreme Court will on Monday take up an appeal filed by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, key accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, challenging her prosecution under Maharashtra Control of Orga

The IAF on Monday justified the need for the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), whose removal has been demanded by the Jammu and Kashmir government, saying "legal protection" is a must for the t

The Allahabad high court in its majority judgment in the Ayodhya case relied upon a plethora of historical and religious texts, including British Gazetteers, to establish the right of Hindus on the core portion of the disputed land on which the demolished structure stood, but found the Archaeological Survey of India report of little help.

Leon Panetta, the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States, has concluded a series of meetings with Union home minister P. Chidambaram and Indian officials during a stopover here to discuss security threats in the South Asian region.

Forget the spit-stained walls, the unsightly loos, paw prints on athletes’ beds and flooded basements. Much of that has been tackled and as the overflowing Yamuna recedes towards normality, hopes are on the rise of a 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games that will be one to remember.
Just the figures — and not those dealing with cost over-runs or overpriced treadmills — are impressive. For the first time ever, the Commonwealth Games will see in e

A 17-year-old Games volunteer was injured when he got into an argument with some bikers who were passing comments at the girl volunteers accompanying him in a DTC bus. The incident was reported in the early hours of Saturday at Rajouri Garden in west Delhi.

The body of the 24-year-old MBA, who was suspected to have jumped into the Yamuna from ITO bridge on Friday evening, has not yet been recovered. The police has, meanwhile, prima facie ruled out any other possibility than the incident being that of suicide. With the girl leaving her car abandoned on the bridge and no witnesses seeing her jump, theories were being floated that there could be more to it than what looked apparent.

Four patients, including a four-year-child, died at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital here on Saturday as the medical services were crippled due to a strike by the doctors after one of them was allegedly physically assaulted by a patient and his relatives on Friday night. The doctors later suspended the strike.

The city is all spruced up for the biggest sporting event in the country since the 1982 Asian Games and is all set to host the 19th Commonwealth Games with a spectacular opening ceremony showcasing a display of music and dance by thousands of artists. Spectators, 6,700 athletes and officials from 71 countries and territories eagerly await the inaugural by Prince Charles and President Pratibha Patil at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the heart of the city on Sunday evening.