At least 16 people were arrested on Tuesday morning after violent protests broke out in an east Delhi locality over shortage of water supply in the area. Seven police personnel were also injured in the incident.

The city continued to receive rain on the second day of monsoon hitting the city with nearly 16 mm of rain being recorded on Tuesday. It got very dark in a couple of areas where it rained heavily leading to waterlogging. A total of 55 complaints of water logging were received by the MCD control rooms.

India’s women put up a brave fight before losing to Singapore on Day Four of the 7th Asian Youth Netball Championship at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

The newly-contructed wrestling venue at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex was re-christened K.D. Jadhav Stadium here on Tuesday. Jadhav was independent India’s first individual Olympic medallist, when he won the wrestling bronze at the 1952 Olympic Games held in Helsinki.

Jamaican sprinter and men’s Olympic champion Usain Bolt has already decided to give this year’s Commonwealth Games a miss and now women’s Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser will also be skipping it.

When Sushil Kumar became only the second Indian grappler ever to win an Olympic medal — at the 2008 Beijing Games — the entire nation stood up to take notice. A couple of years later, the 27-year old is still going strong after bagging a gold in the Asian Wrestling Championships here in May.

India’s spin legend E.A.S. Prasanna on Tuesday hailed Sri Lankan record-breaking offie Muttiah Muralitharan as the greatest ever.
“He’s the best I’ve seen and by a long mile. What he has accomplished despite bearing the brunt of so many controversies is incredible,” Prasanna told this newspaper on the day.

State-owned miner NMDC on Wednesday said it is in talks with Japanese companies Nippo Steel and Kobe for two separate projects in India which will see an investment of at least Rs10,000 crore.

India Inc’s hiring activity grew by 21 per cent in June this year compared to the year-ago period, led by the improving business sentiment, job portal naukri.com said in a report.

Tata Motors on Tuesday said it will invest about Rs 10,000 crore in the next 2-3 years on product development, modernisation of its facilities and other purposes like capex.