The controversy over a “mock session” held by the BJP, RJD and SP on Friday to protest against passing of the Medical Council of India Bill without debate was resolved on Saturday with the government agreeing to discuss the matter in the Lok Sabha later.

A 26-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his rented accommodation in West Patel Nagar area of west Delhi late on Friday evening. He was apparently passing through a phase of depression after failing to get admission in an engineering college despite repeated attempts.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) should record the minutes of its various meetings. While applauding the parcitipative discussion approach in decision-making, the CAG has said the records of the meeting would be required for future reference.

A 19-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her friend who committed the offence after giving her drug-laced soft drinks. The incident was reported at Safdarjung Enclave in south Delhi on Friday evening and the accused has been arrested.

A 40-year-old truck driver died after allegedly being beaten up by a car owner, whose vehicle was slightly damaged when the truck hit it. The incident was reported at Shaheen Bagh in Jamia Nagar on Friday. The police, however, said that the truck driver did not die due to assault but because marble slabs, which he was carrying in his

The trial for dedicated lanes for the CWG vehicles are set to begin from Sunday. But many problems await the new arrangement. Although the Delhi police claims that nearly 40 days of exposure of the people to the new arrangements would suffice and will help in ensuring that people do not venture on to the Games lanes, the

For the third consecutive day, road users were stranded on roads, cave-ins were reported, trees fell on vehicles leaving them damaged and portions of houses collapsed, as the capital received 17.4 mm of rain since Saturday morning. Several surrounding areas of the city also received heavy and persistent rainfall. So far, the city has received 600 mm of rainfall, which is more than 30 per cent of the season average for Delhi of 454.1 mm.

Flood alert was sounded in the low-lying areas of Delhi, after heavy downpours for three days caused the water level to cross the danger mark in the Yamuna river on Saturday.

The country’s tennis stars — Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna — on Friday threatened to pull out of the Delhi Commonwealth Games if they “were not paid their dues”, a move that jeopardises India’s run in tennis.

A salary hike of close to 300 per cent would leave most jumping with joy. But our country’s MPs are fretting and fuming and demanding more. Nothing less than a 500 per cent hike, as recommended by the joint committee on salaries and allowances of MPs, would suffice, they say.