The BJP leadership, in absence of the party president, is in constant touch with the party MP and former Jharkhand chief minister, Mr Arjun Munda, who is negotiating with JMM chief and Jharkhand chief minister Mr Shibu Soren.

State-run Gail India on Tuesday reported a 45 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 911 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2010, on higher revenues from natural gas and LPG transmission, and petrochemical businesses.

State-run power utility NTPC on Monday reported a nearly five per cent drop in fourth quarter net profit to Rs 2,017.6 crore compared to Rs 2,113.3 crore in the year-ago period.

The Planning Commission on Monday has lowered the target for the construction of roads under the NHDP scheme to 2,500 km for the current fiscal from 3,165 km in the previous year, which was not met by the road ministry.

With its weaponry facing rapid obsoleasance, the government on Monday proposed to raise FDI in defence production to 74 per cent, saying it would help ensure technology transfer and funds to effective

Several government buildings in the Lutyens Delhi have been asked to remove the unsightly wires and other fittings, like air-coolers and air-conditioners to spruce up the aesthetic quotient of the area in the wake of the Commonwealth Games-2010.

The sun is in no mood to spare the city this season. After having broken records of maximum temperature right since March and April, the city witnessed its hottest May day after eight years with the maximum temperature reaching 45.4 degrees Celsius. No respite is likely in the near future.

The Delhi police on Monday filed an affidavit in the Delhi high court informing it that they had been able to recover more than 1,000 children who were gone missing in the city and its adjoining areas since last three years, so far.

For Anil Rai of Begusarai, the tragedy visited him twice in two days as he identified his son, Govind (10), in the mortuary of LNJP hospital on Monday morning. Govind was one of the two persons to have died in the stampede that broke out at New Delhi railway station on Sunday following last minute changes in the platform of Sapt Kranti Express.

Additional revenue generation spree of the Delhi government continues further as the Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod to hike the registration fee of properties from the existing Rs 100 to one per cent of the total value, which will boost the state exchequer with another Rs 100 crores annually.