Coming down heavily on the striking teachers, the Delhi University vice-chancellor has issued a circular saying that salary of those teachers will be deducted who abstain from academics due to strike, dharna and demonstration.

The dedicated lanes for Commonwealth Games came into operation in the city from Thursday, but the common people were allowed to use them as there was not much Games-related traffic movement and none was challaned.

Seeking to allay the fears of athletes and delegates participating in Commonwealth Games after concerns in the wake of attack on foreign tourists near Jama Masjid, Delhi police commissioner, Y.S. Dadwal after meeting Union home minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday assured that the arrangements for the Games are “foolproof”.

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which is investigating almost everything related to Commonwealth Games — from display boards to installation of air-conditioners — has now asked the CPWD and the PWD of the Delhi government to provide details of all the materials used in foot overbridges at various Commonwealth Games sites and other Games-related sites.

Two persons were killed and three others were grievously injured when a luxury car rammed into a tree in south east Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin area on Wednesday night.

Preliminary investigations into the crash of a foot overbridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday, which led to huge outcry against the Commonwealth Games organisers and Delhi government, has revealed that the contractor and civic agencies involved in the construction had committed “serious lapses” by overestimating the holding capacity of the main frame of the bridge, which crashed, injuring 27 labourers.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is meeting here on Friday, two days after the return of an all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir.

With an aim of augmenting logistical support for paramilitary forces in the anti-Naxal operations, Indian Air Force will start withdrawing its 20 helicopters from the UN peace-keeping missions from No

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed all those involved in Commonwealth Games preparations that everything should be done to ensure success of the mega sporting event, minister of state in the P

Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced relief of `500 crores for flood-hit Uttarakhand, a day after Congress president Sonia Gandhi requested him for a liberal package to the state. The advance interim assistance would be in addition to the money given on Tuesday for the State Disaster Response Fund, a PMO release said.