Amidst reports of delays and shoddy work, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may next week inspect some of the venues of the Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital in October.

The organising committee of the Commonwealth Games, led by Mr Suresh Kalmadi, which is now under the scanner for various alleged financial irregularities, is paying the New Delhi Municipal Council a whopping Rs 66 crores per annum as rent for its current office at the New Delhi City Centre (NDCC)-II, adjacent to the NDMC

The prospect of quick passage of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 through Parliament turned brighter on Tuesday with the Opposition BJP saying it was willing to cooperate with the government, though with some riders.

Lok Sabha MPs cutting across party lines showed rare unity when they created an uproar to protest against a delay in their salary hike, forcing Speaker Meria Kumar to adjourn the House on Tuesday.

Union minister for road transport and highways Kamal Nath on Tuesday launched a book Superpower? The amazing race between China’s Hare and India’s Tortoise, written by Raghav Bahl, founder and editor of Network 18, in the national capital.

Okhla MLA Mohammad Asif was on Tuesday suspended after he tore off his clothes in the House while protesting against the spread of dengue, particularly in Jamia Nagar. Meanwhile, the total number of cases of dengue in the capital has gone up to 277 with 23 new cases being reported on Tuesday. Mosquito breeding has also been found in an MCD park near Town Hall, the headquarters of the municipal corporation.

A 30-year-old executive was found dead under highly mysterious circumstances near railway tracks in an east Delhi locality on Monday evening.
The police officials said the deceased, identified as Anjani Thakur, a resident of Pandav Nagar, was found lying near railway tracks in Chander Vihar in Mandawali area by a pedestrian who alerted the police control room. The body was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Even as officials are claiming that the Barapulla Nulla elevated road project, which will connect the Commonwealth Games Village with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, will be completed by September 10, the situation on the ground indicates that it may take longer to finish.

The Delhi Assembly was rocked with pandemonium on the first day of the Monsoon session, with the Opposition BJP launching scathing attack on the government for alleged irregularities in the preparations of the Commonwealth Games. Leader of the Opposition Mr V.K. Malhotra accused the government of diverting about Rs 4,000 crores meant for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes for Games related works.

A eight-year old girl was raped allegedly by a 37-year-old man, who has been arrested, in Niti Bagh area of Aman Vihar on Monday evening.
The police officials said that the accused, identified as Sudhir Kumar, who runs a tea shop in the area, lured the victim to his shop on the pretext of offering her coffee on Monday evening. “Kumar is her neighbour. Since he was known to the victim, she got into his shop at around 6 pm. The accused later downed the shutter and allegedly started misbehaving with her. When the victim resisted, Kumar raped her,” a police source said.