A Gujarati woman tourist was killed and four other sustained injuries in a freak accident near Lotus Temple in south east Delhi’s Kalkaji area on Wednesday evening.

Amid drafting of the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill gaining momentum, Union rural development minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has said that the “public purpose” will be categorically defined in the legislation. Even against the stated opposition of Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in any kind of government role in land

The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre, the Delhi government and the Tihar Jail chief after hearing a PIL demanding certain changes in parole rules and other provisions to protect the fundamental rights of under-trial prisoners and convicts lodged in the jail.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi unveiled the Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram — an ambitious national healthcare programme aimed at providing free child delivery and neonatal care services across the country.

A middle-aged couple was shot dead by armed assailants in northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar area in the early hours of Wednesday.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will launch the Central government’s flagship programme National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) at Banswara in Rajasthan on Friday. The Union rural development ministry is targeting over nine crore BPL families in the next seven years through self-help groups under the programme.

President Pratibha Devi Patil has rejected the recommendation of the Delhi Lokayukta to withdraw her pleasure in the continuation of city PWD minister Raj Kumar Chouhan in the council of ministers for his alleged involvement in pressuring tax officials who were carrying out raids at a resort in the capital.

In a surprise move which at the least can be described as eating humble pie, the Hurriyat Conference faction led by Kashmir’s chief Muslim cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has revoked its earlier decision of suspending Jammu and Kashmir Itehad-ul-Muslimeen, one of the founding constituents of the conglomerate, over its leader’s holding a meeting with the Centre’s interlocutors in April this year.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre, the Delhi government and the Tihar Jail chief after hearing a PIL demanding certain changes in parole rules and other provisions to protect the fundamental rights of under-trial prisoners and convicts lodged in the jail.

A middle-aged couple was shot dead by armed assailants in northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar area in the early hours of Wednesday.