After Delhi BJP chief Vijendra Gupta alleged that the party hoardings were removed at the behest of chief minister Sheila Dikshit, he was served a legal notice for defamation. Mr Gupta on his part shot off letters to the Delhi police commissioner and lieutenant-governor asking for registration of FIR against the culprits behind “illegal” removal of the hoardings.

Protesting Jat leaders, who have been demanding reservation in Central services, on Sunday downed the shutters of a plant in Modinagar, UP, which supplies water to the Sonia Vihar treatment plant here hitting adversely various parts of the capital already reeling under acute water shortage. More than 40 per cent of Delhi will be affected due to the cutting off of the water supply line with the Delhi Jal Board deciding to ration water in the capital to deal with the situation.

Duststorm at a speed of 62 kms per hour and light showers lashed parts of the city on Sunday afternoon, bringing relief to the people reeling under heat conditions. The weatherman stated that the duststorms and light rains were due to western disturbances. The met department also stated that there is likelihood of thunderstorm and rains in the capital in the next few days as well.

It’s business as usual for the $7-billion-plus conglomerate Mahindra Group with the shares of flagship M&M spurting 4.5 per cent last week despite its chairman, Mr Keshub Mahindra, being sentenced by a Bhopal court for the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

Calls for reining in astronomical salaries for corporate head honchos notwithstanding, the number of top management personnel getting a pay package running into crores of rupees has crossed the century mark, and the data flow has just started.

In a move that could cause concern, the telecom department has given the mobile operators six more months to self-certify that radiation from their towers meet the prescribed limits.

Leaving little to doubt about their growing understanding at home and at work, Mukesh and Anil Ambani holidayed with their families in South Africa and are believed to have discussed synergising their businesses to mutual advantage.

The Indian Army is studying the military imp-lications of the formation of an artificial lake that has blocked the Karakoram Highway in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the only land route linking Pakistan

The government on Saturday cleared the infusion of Rs 6,211 crores in five public sector banks. This will help them lend an additional Rs 77,637 crores to various sectors of the economy.

Media magnate Kalanithi Maran on Saturday entered into an agreement to acquire 37 per cent stake in low cost carrier SpiceJet, sources representing the airline have confirmed.