In a breather for Delhiites, diesel will cost Rs 2.50 less per litre, which will come into effect from July 20.
Reacting to the Delhi government decision, the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association said the decision will bring the much desired relief to the common man. However, it renewed the demanded to bring parity in VAT rates of diesel between Delhi and Haryana.

Thousand of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) activists vandalised a media group’s office in the heart of the city on Friday evening after it reported the alleged links of RSS in various blasts across the city.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India, will get an ISO: 14001 certification as the international auditors from Bureau Veritas (BVQI) have wrapped up their auditing. They will be awarding the certificate by the end of this week. A film on the entire process of implementation of the benchmarks of ISO: 14001 is also underway.

The CPI(M) has urged the UPA government to show “political will” and take action on reported links between Trinamul Congress and Maoists in West Bengal. CPI(M) politburo member and Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referring to reported links between a Trinamul MP and Maoists, including supplying of arms to the extremists.

Minister for rural development and panchayati raj, C.P. Joshi, pulled up the states over the performance of flagship MGNREGA and asked them to do more. He was addressing the performance review committee meeting.

Following pressure from all parties, the Centre has decided to give five years extension to the three statutory development boards in Maharashtra. The decision is being taken at a time, when the Vidarbha leaders are asking for a separate state. Leaders from Vidarbha, Marathwada and Konkan regions, were accusing the western

Justice K.T. Thomas committee appointed by the Supreme Court go into the issue of fixed tenure to state police DGPs in the light of top court’s order on the police reforms is expected to submit its report soon.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant interim stay on the Andhra Pradesh HC order quashing the state’s notification for inter-shifting of the groups of backward communities for the purpose of reservation, saying it would adversely affect the students in the midway of the admission process.

Denying any role of her outfit in terror activities, Himani Savarkar, chief of the radical Hindu outfit Abhinav Bharat, on Friday said that the leaders of her organisation remained in touch with BJP leaders as well as top brass of several right-wing organisations.

Despite several Commonwealth Games projects facing criticism for slow pace of work and doubts over meeting deadlines, the media centre for the broadcast and coverage of the Commonwealth Games is scheduled to be completed before time.