Describing that it was “very unfair” on the part of BSP chief Mayawati-led UP government to forcibly acquire farmers’ land in Aligarh and adjoining areas for a road project, young Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the issue with him.

The Metro line to Gurgaon is set to become fully operational in the first week of September as the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety R.K. Kardam has confirmed August 30 and 31 as the date of inspection of the Central Secretariat-Qutab Minar stretch. The DMRC will also make operational Chhattarpur Metro Station on the Qutab Minar-

With MPs getting a pay hike and Delhi MLAs in the line, the municipal councillors in the capital do not want to be left out. The councillors are demanding fixed salaries as against allowances and perks they get. Unsurprisingly, there was support across the party lines on the issue.

Appearing before a division bench comprising Delhi high court Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan, standing counsel of the Delhi police, Najmi Waziri, filed an affidavit and submitted that the MCD was not cooperating with it in the investigation into the ghost employee scam in which salary was paid to more than 22,000 non-existent staffers.

With 54 fresh cases reported on Wednesday, the total number of dengue cases in the capital reached 530, raising questions over the ability of the civic agencies to check the spread of the disease in time for the Common-wealth Games. The fact that the incidence of dengue tends to go up in the month of September and continues till the better part of October, which is the time when the Games are going to be held, can only worsen the situation.

A 32-year-old pregnant woman died under highly mysterious circumstances in Bindapur area on Tuesday with her relatives alleging that she was poisoned by her husband for dowry.

A six-year-old boy was killed and his elder sister and mother critically injured when a century-old three-storey building collapsed in Hauz Qazi area of central Delhi on Wednesday afternoon.

Persistent and heavy rainfall since Tuesday evening left several areas in the capital submerged leading to huge traffic snarls and water-logging at more than 100 places on Wednesday. The Old Yamuna Bridge, which is used both for rail and road traffic, had to be closed down due to safety concerns. Several passenger and express trains

In a major relief to West Bengal CPI(M) secretary and Left Front chairman Biman Bose, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday quashed the Calcutta high court (HC) order convicting him for the contempt of court for defying its ban on rallies in the metropolis in 2005.

Facebook has become the number one social networking site in India, toppling Google-owned Orkut in one of the few markets the site had held a leadership position, a survey showed on Thursday.