In a major setback to the senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, the high court on Monday refused to quash the murder and rioting charges against him in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The renovation work of Delhi University hostels is about 60 to 80 per cent complete and the authorities are hoping that they will be able to hand it over to the organising committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010 by August 31.

In a suspected case of death due to corporeal punishment, a 15-year-old student committed suicide by jumping in front of a train near Hazrat Nizamud-din railway station in south Delhi after being allegedly harassed by his school staff.

The Noida police on Monday arrested six members of a family in connection with a honour killing case. The police said that the six people, including parents of girl, have been arrested for killing her as they could not “bear to see her live” with a lower caste man she had married.

Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta, arrested for espionage, has reportedly revealed the names of certain Indian officials who were allegedly part of the anti-India spy ring.

The wait is now over for the US investor who wants to bet on the Indian stock market: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will start trading in Nifty Futures from Monday.

The Rajya Sabha-appointed judicial committee on Sunday commenced hearing the charges against Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen, facing impeachment for alleged misappropriation of Rs 33.22 lakhs a

BSP supremo Mayawati is reinventing her famed “social engineering” strategy, which in its new avatar seeks to carry out a caste head count in the state.

Miffed at the pullout of top foreign athletes from the Delhi Commonwealth Games, sports minister M.S. Gill on Sunday had stern words for Commonwealth Games Federation chief Mike Fennell.

Amidst apprehensions being expressed that the Waqf Amendment Bill may impact the Babri Masjid title case, Union minister for minority affairs Salman Khurshid has sought to allay such fears.