After a decision was taken by the Union Cabinet to hike CNG price, the Delhi government has decided to appoint a high-powered committee to examine its impact on road transport in the city.

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association on Thursday informed the Delhi high court that the internal assessment results in 17 colleges will be declared on Friday after the association members’ meeting with vice-chancellor Deepak Pental on Friday.

A 25-year-old assailant was allegedly stabbed to death with his own knife when he tried to snatch a mobile from an unidentified man near Kirti Nagar Metro station on Thursday.

The prime accused in the Soumya Vishwanathan murder case, Ravi Kapoor, on Thursday caused a stir in a Delhi court when he took out a knife from his pocket and claimed that the policemen gave it to him to attack undertrials in the high-security Tihar Jail.

Food inflation went up by a notch to 16.49 per cent for the week ended May 8 and analysts expect prices to remain at this level till the advent of the monsoons.
The annual food inflation in the previous reporting week was 16.44 per cent. Analysts said the food inflation would come down drastically only in the latter half of the fiscal when the impact of a normal monsoon becomes visible on crops.

The Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) will acquire the Oman-based Shadeed Iron and Steel Co for $ 464 million, which will enable the company to cater to the Middle East and North African countries.

Ahead of his company’s formal discussions with the Anil Ambani group firm RNRL, Reliance Industries chairman, Mr Mukesh Ambani, on Thursday met top government officials and a Cabinet minister.

The CBI has asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to form a special team to investigate the financial aspect of the investigations in connection with 2G spectrum auctions in which the Union telecom minister, Mr A. Raja is facing charges of corruption.

A significant hike in the prices of petrol and diesel are on the cards following the hike in the price of natural gas on Wednesday. An empowered group of ministers (eGoM) constituted by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will meet on June 7 to decided on the issue of liberalising prices of auto fuel as recommended by the Kirit Parikh committee.

World champion Viswanathan Anand conceded he and his team of seconds were nervous after challenger Veselin Topalov spent a fortune to secure a super computer with lightning speed ahead of the summit clash in Sophia in which the Indian prevailed.