Expressing its concern over the alleged misuse of the Domestic Violence (DV) Act to settle civil disputes between sparring couples with the use of women as “pawn” by the male relatives, Rohini court additional sessions judge (ASJ) Dr Kamini Lau said, the purpose of passing the welfare law was to protect the family value system and not to create a civil right.

Taking a strong exception to the stand taken by a senior police officer, who had favoured parole to former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma, sentenced to death for killing his wife Naina Sahani, Justice Hima Kohli of the Delhi high court has directed the Delhi police commissioner to conduct a probe against some department officials for misleading the court on the issue.

Delhi BJP has criticised chief minister Sheila Dikshit for failing to meet several deadlines for various the Commonwealth Games projects in the past and now not setting any deadline.

The wife of a Delhi police sub inspector committed suicide in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka area allegedly after a fight with the family of an additional SHO, the police said on Sunday.

The international cycling event in Connaught Place, which was being seen as a test to see the preparedness of the British-era business centre for the Commonwealth Games, on Sunday saw people unwittingly get caught in traffic jams. The Delhi police conceded that there were some problems due to the last minute changes in the route for the event.

NTPC may offer upto 49 per cent equity stake to Qatar Petroleum in its gas-based project at Kerala, to secure fuel supply for its power plant.

To reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, the government is equipping doctors across the country with multiple skills to deal with emergency services.

The government on Monday tabled the much-awaited Direct Taxes Code bill (DTC) in the Lok Sabha which proposed to raise the exemption limit on income tax from the current Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs 2 lakh.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone for the manufacturing plant of NTPC-BHEL joint venture company at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat’s style of politics is turning into an enigma for party leaders and the cadre. As the party’s position in both West Bengal and Kerala continues to weaken and the Left parties are pushed further into isolation over the nuclear liability bill, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat is busy discussing “world peace and international crises, economic and financial”, and other global issues with the Communist Party of Japan in Tokyo.