Vedanta Aluminium is bracing itself for a fresh round of trouble. Their plans to mine bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa have reached a fresh set back with the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) having set up a four member committee headed by National Adivsory Council member C. Saxena to look

After a week-long summer break in London, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is gearing up to hit the political turf again with impending visits to the poll-bound West Bangal and Bihar. The foot soldiers of Mr Gandhi have already fanned out in the two states to prepare the ground for his visit.

High on confidence after registering his fifth consecutive finish in the points bracket, Force India driver Adrian Sutil said he is determined to make it six in a row for his team in the home race in Silverstone on July 11.

The Ferozeshah Kotla has been at the centre of a storm for more than six months now. The renovation work on the turf has been in full swing since May, and the International Cricket Council made it clear on Wednesday, that it has no plans of taking away 2011 World Cup games from the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard bid to take office as International Cricket Council vice-president has fallen through with India siding with other Asian and African countries to veto the appointment.

The Indian Olympic Association is doing precious little in providing optimal training facilities for their athletes in preparation for the Commonwealth Games to be followed by the Asian Games. Tired of training under stifling conditions in India, the nation’s top boxers and wrestlers are looking westwards for more options.

Several areas in the city experienced light showers that helped bring the mercury down to some extent on Wednesday. The weather department said that these showers were on account of “local developments” and had nothing to do with monsoon, which will take some more time to reach Delhi.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has told each Cabinet minister to oversee the Commonwealth games projects in their respective backyards to make sure that there are no lapses in the preparations for the event.

After claiming that all the Commonwealth Games projects would be completed by June 30, the MCD on Wednesday said that it will take another fortnight and will finish all works by July 15. However, municipal commissioner K.S. Mehra claimed that all the major works were complete and only face-lift and street-scaping were left to be done.

The authorities of the high-security Tihar jail have allegedly flouted the order of the court on providing medical aid to an undertrial prisoner lodged in the jail in the TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case.