The work on sprucing up the central vista — which includes area around the Rashtrapati Bhavan, North Block, South Block and India Gate — for the Commonwealth Games-2010 is proceeding at a fast pace. However, the final touches are likely to be given beginning September.

A 17-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly kidnapped by a businessman in Janakpuri area of west Delhi on Wednesday afternoon and subsequently raped by him in a desolate place at Bali Nagar which comes under the jurisdiction of Moti Nagar police station of West Delhi.

An overwhelming 90 per cent of the components of the Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv — which is “indigenously” manufactured by the Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) — is foreign, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General has revealed. The Dhruv ALH is a “light 5.5 tonne class, multi-role, multi-mission

Blackberry users don’t have much to worry right now about the smart phone services being shut down in India. Government sources said that Blackberry services will continue in India as the maker of BlackBerry — Research in Motion (RIM) — has conveyed to the Indian authorities that its voice and email facilities can be intercepted by

Government on Thursday assured Parliament that it would soon carry out a research on the effects of chemicals like oxytocin and copper sulphate on human health. These chemicals are being illegally used to ripen fruits and vegetables.

The ministry of mining and the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) have received over 20,000 cases of illegal mining during the last two months. These complaints have been received at the state and national level, many of them having been filed at groups of villagers, NGOs and rival mining groups complaining against business

TDP MP, Mr M.V. Mysura Reddy on Thursday raised the issue of construction of Babhali barrage on Godavari river by the Maharashtra government despite the Supreme Court ruling to maintain status quo, in Parliament.

What began as a lament on Urdu newspapers not getting government advertisements by SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in the Lok Sabha on Thursday turned into a full-fledged discussion on the plight of the Urdu language.

The Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed heated exchange of words between BJP and treasury benches, when Congress MP Mohsina Kidwai tried to raise the issue of “moral policing.” The Congress MP, during Zero Hour, expressed concern over recent incident of “moral policing” by Bajrang Dal and Dharam Sena in Raipur. She said India is a multi-cultural society and no group can force anybody, alleging girls were chased, their hair pulled and faces blackened by the groups.

Stating that the Centre had done whatever was possible to blunt inflation, Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday demanded a partnership of state governments in controlling price rise. Replying to a debate on inflation in the Rajya Sabha he said that states need to revamp the public distribution system and act against hoarders to check prices.