On a day the capital should have experienced its first monsoon showers of the season, it witnessed high levels of heat and humidity, thanks to the heat wave conditions existing over Rajasthan and the slow progress of monsoon. Though the power demand relatively did not go much high, there were long powercuts in South Delhi areas, including Green Park.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing a man in a bid to get himself declared dead. Facing several criminal cases in Punjab and Haryana and wanting to get rid of them, he killed a man to fake his own death.

In a bizarre incident, five unidentified assailants barged into a residence in Saraswati Vihar, northwest Delhi, and held a family and relatives attending a condolence meeting hostage at gun-point before decamping with jewellery worth lakhs of rupees.

In a significant development in the Ashok Vihar “honour killings”, the Delhi police claimed to have recovered the weapon reportedly used to kill Monica, her husband Kuldeep and her cousin Shobha on June 20.

A 27-year-old Brazilian student was allegedly drugged and then raped by her landlord at her rented accommodation in the upscale Greater Kailash area, the police said.
Police sources said that the incident came to light on Tuesday evening when the victim, a student of journalism at a Noida-based institute, walked up to the Greater K

Former Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan has charged that though the Commonwealth Games are just 95 days away, roads and footpaths leading towards the main stadia are all dug up, with just 19 to 38 per cent of the work having been completed so far.

Members of a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Culture and Tourism on Tuesday expressed serious concern over shortcomings in aviation infrastructure, recent incidents where aircraft have not followed the prescribed flight path as well as manpower shortages that could have an impact on aviation safety in the country. The concern was expressed at a meeting of the committee in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.

The Union home ministry has created four new specialised posts within the CRPF for anti-Naxal operations in the aftermath of the gruesome Dantewada attack.
Under the new system, Pankaj Kumar Singh, an IPS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as Inspector General (Operations) in West Bengal.
Mr Singh will exclusively deal with the anti-Naxal operations in the state and will not be given any administrative duty.
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The draft legislation for the creation of 14 world class innovation universities in the country is ready. The draft legislation is presently going through last round of consultations with stakeholders and academicians.

In the wake of the long-standing demand of NRIs and international community that India should sign the “Hague Convention” on custody of children in the cases on inter-country marital disputes, the Law Commission’s recommendation on the same line becomes very relevant as an international conference in London deliberates on the issue.