The special operations squad (SOS) of Delhi police has busted a racket allegedly involved in providing “escort services” to customers in the city.
Police officials said the accused, identified as Raj Kumar Dubey and Syed Gabbar, both 23, were arrested at around 12.30 last night from near a prominent four-star hotel in south Delhi.

The domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) called-off their strike on Thursday following an assurance from the office of the lieutenant-governor that their demand for regularisation would be looked into. At least half of the 3,200 DBCs had gone on strike since Sunday. Meanwhile, even as the total number of dengue cases reached

Thanks to the delayed and incomplete streetscaping and other construction works, another assurance given by the organising committee in its bid document submitted to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) in connection with traffic management runs the risk of not being fulfilled.

The Yamuna is rising again, threatening to enter city limits with more than six lakh cusecs of water being released into the river from Hathnikund barrage on Wednesday evening after heavy rainfall and inundation in Haryana and Punjab. However, environmentalists maintain that, of late, the “flooding” in Yamuna is more a case of encroachment on the flood plains.

The Yamuna on Thursday again crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metres and was flowing at 205.09 metres, posing a flood threat in the capital and the work at the Commonwealth Games Village at Akshardham is likely to see another stoppage on Friday. However, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said that there was no need to panic.

General Association of National Sports Federations chief V.K. Malhotra on Friday criticised sports minister M.S.

India and Russia have signed an agreement for setting up a Rs 2,900-crore joint venture to co-develop and co-produce a military multi-role transport aircraft (MTA) for their armed forces.

The delay in procuring new cycles could turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Indian riders as their coaches feel training on old cycles has worked to their advantage ahead of next month’s Commonw

Enthused by 13.8 per cent industrial growth in July, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday pegged industrial expansion at 12-13 per cent in 2010.

The Planning Commission on Friday felt that there is case for revising economic growth projections upwards from the present 8.5 per cent, given the impressive 13.8 per cent industrial expansion in Ju