Pegging power demand at about 5,000 MW during the Commonwealth Games in October this year, the Delhi Transco and power distribution companies (discoms) have asserted that full-proof arrangement has be

In a road rage incident, five youth in their early twenties, including three girls, got into an argument with police and a media crew after their Volkswagen hit a truck that was clearing debris in sou

Testifying as the 170th witness in the nine-year-old bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi murder case, Suresh Kaushik, an investigating officer (IO) in the case, told the court of additional sessions

The week-long impasse in the Parliament over price rise ended on Monday with the Opposition giving up its demand for voting and agreeing to pass a resolution after discussion expressing concern over the issue in both houses.

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan did not keep his date with New Delhi Saturday, disappointing his fans and causing red faces among the organisers.
Rahat, the nephew of the late legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, was to perform in the evening at the HUDA Gymkhana Club in Sector-29, Gurgaon, on the occasion o

A day after news emerged of alleged illegal money transfers from the OC to a little-known UK-based company — AM Films — Organising Com-mittee chairman Suresh Kalmadi dismissed all the charges as “totally unfounded and baseless”. The OC chairman made it clear that all expenditure in regard to the Queen’s Baton Relay in

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has become a major “embarrassment” for the Congress which is now finding it difficult to defend its MP from Pune following controversies ranging from poor construction to money transfers abroad. The Congress is now awaiting the return of party president

The Central Vigilance Commission on Saturday launched an inquiry into reports that some of the medical equipment to be installed at polyclinics at the Commonwealth Games Village and other competition venues were bought at six to seven times the original cost of the equipment. The CVC has already found irregularities in various contracts related to the Games where prices were raised after the contract was awarded.

The parliamentary standing committee on human resources development has recommended a coordinated exercise by the National Council for Teacher Education and Union HRD ministry to fill the visible gaps in availability of teacher education institutions in the country.

With prolonged disruptions in the Monsoon Session of Parliament apparently weighing heavily on his mind, vice-president Hamid Ansari on Saturday disapproved of such conduct by legislators and told them that when protest becomes habitual, it loses its novelty and effect.