Thick security blanket would be put in place around Red Fort and other areas of the capital for Independence Day celebrations. The Delhi traffic police has also announced traffic restrictions that would be in place during the celebrations on Sunday.

In a rare order, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial proceedings against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riot case amidst the ongoing cross examination of key witness Jagdish Kaur, whose husband and son were among the seven Sikhs massacred in Sultanpuri area.

Five cases of robbery took place on Friday in three different locations of east, northeast and northwest Delhi. Police officers have so far stated that at least one such case was reported from the Gandhi Nagar area of east Delhi while one was reported from the Durgapuri Chowk in northeast Delhi and three cases were reported from north-west Delhi’s Chand cinema area in Kalyanpuri.

Domestic flight operations from the new integrated Terminal-3 at the New Delhi IGI airport will be delayed and will not begin from August 27 on account of erratic power and water supply (by Delhi government agencies) to the T-3 as well as inadequate road and metro rail connectivity to the T-3, the civil aviation ministry announced on

A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) performance audit (PA) report on the canteen stores department (CSD) has pointed out withdrawal of liquor in excess of authorisation by some Army units. The excess liquor withdrawn had a market value of over Rs 19 crores. The report has recommended that “the CSD and the Services

In an important ruling on the “misuse” of anti-dowry law to file false complaints in order to settle domestic scores, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Law Commission and the Centre to seriously consider bringing suitable amendment in the law to prevent its misuse.

In an significant judgement protecting the editorial freedom, the Supreme Court on Friday imposed an unusual heavy fine of Rs 2 lakhs on Bengaluru-based association of excise practitioners for initiating a “false” contempt case against the editor of the city-based excise magazine.

When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hoists the tricolour from the ramparts of Red Fort on Independence Day on Sunday, it will be a seven in a row for him with only Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the late Indira Gandhi ahead of the economist-turned-politician.

The Congress would stick to its original plan of “going solo” in Bihar as the party on Friday scotched all rumours of it having truck with any party, including the Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP.

After over a month long hard negotiations, the RJD and LJP have reportedly clinched the seat-adjustment for this year’s Bihar elections. Finally, the consensus that the two parties have arrived at gives the Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP 63 Assembly seats, while the RJD will pocket about 173 seats.