With India’s reputation as a destination fast sinking, Commonwealth Games organisers were still trying to put an acceptable face with just 12 days to go for the October 3-14 event.

Fears about India’s ability to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games were realised on Tuesday afternoon when an under-construction footbridge near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium came crashing down, leaving 27 labourers injured, four of them critically.

CRPF Wives’ Welfare Association organised a photo exhibition at the India Habitat Centre in the city showcasing the spectrum of activities undertaken by CRPF in the Left-Wing extremism (LWE) area.

In a major relief to more than three thousand students pursuing their technical and other professional courses, the Delhi high court on Tuesday directed Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU) to promote them to academic year 2010-2011.

Human Rights Watch chief researcher, columnist and author Nicholas Bequelin on Tuesday pointed out the urgent need for the international community to hold China responsible for severe human right violations of the Tibetans. Speaking during the seminar, “The Human Rights Abuses in Tibet from 2008-10”, at Jawaharlal Nehru University Mr Nicholas spoke about how China is influencing the international media to cover up the oppression and tyranny in Tibet.

Flood scare continued to threat Delhiites as the Yamuna river remained above the danger mark on Tuesday.
According to authorities, the water level may touch 207.30 metres on Thursday evening which would be 2.47 metres above the danger mark of 204.83 metres.

While the foot-over bridge connecting the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with the parking lot collapsed on Tuesday at least 23 labourers injured, the engineers involved in the project feel that incessant rains are leaving various projects unfinished.

The Delhi police arrested a suspected Pakistani spy who was in Delhi for the last one year allegedly doing recce of Army installations. With the arrest, the police has claimed to have seized confidential documents related to Indian Army from his possession.

In the news for all wrong reasons, the collapse of a foot bridge outside the main venue for 2010 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday added yet another blot to the Commonwealth Games, which have been embroiled in a series of controversies and corruption charges.

Defending the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as an “essential instrument” which gives troops a “security blanket” to operate in strife-torn areas, minister of state for defence M.M. Pallam Raju on Tuesday said the Army was being “demonised” and made a “scapegoat” in Jammu and Kashmir.