A 22-year-old employee of a multinational software firm was smothered to death in Madangir area of southeast Delhi on Wednesday night, allegedly by a 28-year-old boy with whom she was to get married next week.

Senior BJP leader Vijay Goel on Friday led a protest sit in to demand 85 per cent reservation for students of the city in admissions to Delhi University colleges.
Under the aegis of Lok Abhiyan, Mr Goel brought in a number of students and their parents to press for reservation in seats in the Delhi University colleges by stating that the number of applicants far exceeded the available seats in Delhi University.

Under a new chairman, India’s largest steel-maker SAIL plans to spread its wings over the global landscape and produce speciality steel for nuclear power plants, defence and the space sector.

After last fiscal’s double-digit expansion, industrial production picked up more steam to grow by 17.6 per cent in April, boosting the prospects of achieving 8.5 per cent economic growth in 2010-11.

Media magnate, Mr Kalanithi Maran, is close to buying about 37 per cent equity in low cost carrier SpiceJet at an estimated Rs 45 a share that would cost him about Rs 700 crore.

The auction of wireless broadband (BWA) threw up a big surprise on Friday with the little known Infotel Broadband winning pan-India licence.
Bharti won a BWA license for four circles, Aircel for eight circles and US-based technology player Qualcomm in four circles.

The CBI on Friday arrested Leslie Missal, assistant vice-president (security) of a private airlines in Mumbai, in connection with a case of alleged misuse of official position by Manoj Malviya, additional commissioner of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.

The team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has concluded the questioning of 26/11 plotter David Coleman Headley in the US. Meera Shankar, the Indian ambassador to the US, said from Washington that the visit was “useful”.

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Friday asked airports across the country to be on high-alert following an alert sent by the Mumbai police on Thursday night about possible attempts by terrorists to hijack aircraft to demand release of terrorist Ajmal Kasab.

A 22-year-old employee of a multinational software firm was allegedly smothered to death in Madangir area of southeast Delhi on Wednesday night by a 28-year-old boy with whom she was to get married next week.