Expelled SP leader Amar Singh attributed the decision of Jaya Bachchan to turn down the offer of the Samajwadi Party for Rajya Sabha renomination to her husband Amitabh Bachchan’s views that his family should be away from politics. Mrs Bachchan had on Friday surprised the SP leadership by turning down the offer of renomination of the Rajya Sabha.

Describing BJP’s efforts to cobble up numbers through “opportunistic alliances” to form government in Jharkhand as “misadventure”, its MP Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday suggested party leaders stop the exercise immediately in the eastern state.

The World Cup is a showcase of the best football on the planet. It has often also been a platform for the launch of many an eye-catching hair-do. From Guiseppe Meazza, who burst goalwards without a single brylcreemed hair out of place, to the man with the craziest mane in Germany 2006 — the unfortunately named Manuel Loco of

The city is likely to face a shortage of fire-tenders and rescue workers in the month of October as over 650 firemen and 50 of the 250 fire tenders will be deployed at various Commonwealth Games sites.

Four persons, including a woman, have been arrested by the police for a robbery in the house of a doctor at Shastri Nagar on Wednesday. The police has recovered the robbed cash and jewellery worth Rs 3 lakhs.

Fearing honour killing, a couple which got married in Australia against family wishes, has petitioned local police in Ghaziabad for protection. The couple, Mohit and Kaamna, got married in Sydney, Australia, where they have been working in a bank for the past one year.

Parts of the city experienced light showers on Saturday evening, bringing relief from the heat and high humidity level after a pleasant Friday. The showers brought in big relief after the maximum temperature was recorded at 41.2 degrees Celsius on Saturday about four degrees above Friday’s 37.7 degrees Celsius, according to the Met department. There is hope for rain or thundershowers on Sunday, says a met report.

A labourer has been arrested by the outer Delhi police for allegedly killing his wife on Friday morning. The accused suspected that his wife was having an affair with another person.

A 72-year-old man was on Saturday found stabbed to death in his house at Daryaganj in central Delhi. The police suspects robbery to be the motive behind the incident.
According to the police, the incident came to light when the neighbour of senior citizen Dev Sen, a tent owner living near Jain Temple in Daryaganj, went looking for him and found the house ransacked around 10.30 am. He then informed the police.

Six persons have been arrested by the central Delhi police for allegedly trying to dispose of an antique stolen idol of “Lord Aadinath”, one of the founders of Jainism. The accused expected to fetch Rs 9 crores by selling the idol that was apparently stolen from a Rajasthan temple. The idol dates back to the year 1559.