Seven passengers, including an Austra-lian woman and two children, were charred to death after a fire erupted in two AC coaches of the Dehra Dun-bound Doon Express in Jharkh-and’s Giridih district early Tuesday. Railway minister Dinesh Trivedi said miscreants could be responsible.

A Delhi sessions court on Wednesday cautioned the magisterial courts to pass the orders related to the under trails or accused in their presence or involving them.

The crime branch of the Delhi police has arrested an NRI man for brutally murdering his wife of four years and stuffing her body in a trolley bag and dumping it in Haryana.

One of the key members of Team Anna, Mr Arvind Kejriwal, has said that the Jan Lokpal will benefit distressed farmers from the Vidarbha region. Speaking after attending a meeting in Amravati, Mr Kejriwal said that the huge amount of money sanctioned by the government did not reach the deserving farmers because of the corruption that is rampant in the system.

The ever-soaring property prices may witness a wild upswing following the hike in circle rates by up to 250 per cent. The Delhi government has taken this move to deter black money in sale and purchase transactions.

Opposing a plea seeking CBI probe into the murder of IT student Shobhit Modi near his Vasant Kunj residence in May this year, the Delhi police on Monday told the Delhi high court that it has already examined over 1,100 people in the case.

In response to a showcause notice issued by Jawaharlal Nehru University to him for being guilty of painting a deity in a derogatory manner and publishing an objectionable article, a student has sent a legal notice to the university, asking it to “explain” which part of the article was found objectionable and to which students.

Hearing a plea for lodging a criminal case against Anna Hazare and his associates for allegedly instigating people against the government during their anti-graft campaign, a city court on Saturday sought to know from the complainant as to what offence was committed by them.

A woman, arrested on the charges of coaxing a 75-year-old rape victim in a courtroom against identifying her alleged rapist, had made a deal with his family that she would persuade her against deposing against him, the police told a court trying the woman.

A Delhi court has asked state governments to consider framing a policy which could act as an eye-opener for drug trafficking convicts by showing them the pain and agonies suffered by addicts, victims of their offence.