New Delhi
Girls slashed with blade, robbed in Chanakyapuri
May 11: Two teenaged girls were attacked by an unidentified assailant in the Chanakyapuri area on Tuesday morning when they had gone out of their school to get some papers photocopied.
Man steals Rs 70 lakhs in diamonds
May 11: A jeweller escaped with diamonds believed to be worth Rs 70 lakhs belonging to another jeweller in Karol Bagh area on Tuesday evening.
Eveteasers stab youth to death
May 11: An argument with six youth who were allegedly teasing a girl in Katwaria Sarai on Monday evening resulted in the death of a 19-year-old hotel management student.
Sale of forms to begin May 28
May 11: Clearing the air on the introduction of semester system in the Delhi University with the teaching community strongly resisting the move, the vice-chancellor Deepak Pental said on Tuesday that it is not mandatory for all colleges to implement the system this year.
Liquor becomes costlier in city
May 11: Liquor prices in the capital have just gone up as the Delhi government effected change in rates of various brands of the Indian made foreign liquor, which will help it mop up an additional revenue of Rs 250 crores annually.
Ticker display at Azadpur mandi
May 11: Benefiting a large number of farmers across the country, the government will put up ticker display boards in major mandis to disseminate information on the spot and future prices of commodities.
MCD will start sealing cell towers
May 11: The MCD on Tuesday decided to resume sealing of cellular phone towers in the capital in violation of the norms specified by the corporation. Meanwhile, the opposition Congress alleged that the BJP-ruled MCD was not serious about taking action against the guilty companies and was dilly dallying on the issue.
‘Support to UPA betrayed people’
May 11: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday accused the SP, BSP and RJD of betraying the people to suit their political needs. He accused these parties of supporting the Congress on the price rise issue when the Congress-led UPA government has “failed to curb spiralling prices of essential commodities”.
‘Khap panchayats have no legal sanction’
May 11: Even as some politicians have openly come in support of the unrecognised “khap panchayats” dictates against “same gotra” marriages dominating the headlines in the wake of certain cases of “honour killings”, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan disapproved of their interference in personal liberty of any person, saying they have no legal
CJI admits criticism on appointments
May 11: Outgoing Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan on Tuesday admitted that the Supreme Court collegium has come under sharp criticism from several quarters on the appointment of judges in the wake of the corruption charges against some of them.
