With Assembly elections round the corner, bureaucrats from Bihar took charge of campaign through a media blitzkrieg showcasing the achievements of the state government under chief minister Nitish Kumar.

The Delhi Cabinet on Monday revised the circle rates for sale and purchase of properties in the city, effecting a substantial increase for all colonies across the city which may result in rise in property prices.

Unidentified armed robbers struck at a petrol pump at Sector-35 in Noida, escaping with Rs 26 lakh after tying up and gagging the cashier and two others on Monday.
According to the Noida police, five men armed with guns and iron rods barged into the first floor office of Bharat Petroleum pump, located in Sector-35, around 7.30 am and rounded up the cashier.

In a suspected case of honour killing, a teenage couple belonging to different castes was found dead with multiple stab injuries in north-west Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar area on Monday.

A day after Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit slapped a legal notice on Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta for defamation and asked him to apologise, Mr Gupta said it should be the chief minister who should apologising and not him.

A day after the agitating jat leaders cut off the water supply to the city, the crisis deepened in south and east parts of the city. Though the agitators called off their protest on Monday morning, normal water supply to the city is expected to be resumed only by Tuesday evening, as the treatment plants, Sonia Vihar and Bhagirathi, went dry on Monday.

Having missed the date several times in the past, Hockey India on Monday announced its much-awaited elections next month, while ratifying the affiliations of 33 units.
Hockey India president Vidya Stokes held a special general council meeting here on the day, which was also attended by sports ministry observer S.P.S. Tomar, and federation secretary Narinder Batra.

A day after Indian hockey goalkeeper Adrian D’Souza walked out of the national camp after he was snubbed by the national selectors, sources reveal that senior members Arjun Halappa and V.S. Vinaya have also been shown the door.

Aiming to acquire a controlling stake in SpiceJet, media magnate Mr Kalanithi Maran, on Monday launched an open offer to acquire an additional 20 per cent stake in the no-frill airline for an estimated Rs 479.29 crore.

The wholesale price inflation, a measure of rising costs, rose to 10.16 per cent in May due to high food and fuel prices. With inflation crossing the double digit figure, it is expected to put pressure on government to delay any decontrol of fuel prices.