The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on Monday admitted that the high inflation is hurting the common masses, but expressed hope that it will come down to 5-6 per cent by December. Dr Singh said at a national press conference to mark the completion of one year of UPA-II in office.

Countries participating in this year’s Commonwealth Games here should not worry about security, said sports minister M.S. Gill on Monday, assuring that India will deliver an incident-free event.

Chennai-based squash player Joshna Chinappa on Sunday lifted the German Ladies’ Open title in Saarbrucken with a convincing 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 win over eighth seed Gaby Schmohl of Switzerland.

The England and Wales Cricket Board’s decision to pull out counties from this year’s Champions League T20 in South Africa this September has rendered the competition as a 10-team event.

Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta, arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan, was reportedly in constant touch with two officials posted at the Indian high commission in Canada. It is suspected she was using them to pass on critical information to her handlers in other countries.

Two people were killed and two others grievously injured when a speeding Honda City driven by an inebriated woman hit an autorickshaw in Delhi Cantonment late on Saturday night.

The draft food security bill has come in for sharp criticism from experts who have cautioned the government against rushing in with the law guaranteeing food grains to the poor.

The Union urban development ministry has asked the states to expedite setting up of Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) to ensure better traffic management in the cities having a population of more than one million.

In an effort to fulfil the growing demands of qualified and trained media professionals from the industry, the Union information and broadcasting ministry has proposed to begin classes at the four new proposed Indian Institutes of Mass Communications from the next academic session (2011-12). The four IIMCs are proposed to be located in Mizoram, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Kerala.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition for the winding up of a consortium established by the Andhra Pradesh government as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to provide broadband connectivity in the state to link all the offices at the district, mandal, block and panchayat level with capital Hyderabad.