With Opposition parties gearing up to corner government on a host of issues, the month-long Winter Session of Parliament, which will commence on Tuesday, is set to be stormy.

Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani waves along with other leaders at a public rally marking the end of his Janchetna Yatra in New Delhi on Sunday. — Biplab Banerjee

The Delhi high court has sought explanation from the Delhi University on a plea of a student questioning the validity of admission criteria in the faculty of music and fine arts.

A city court has ruled that maintenance cannot be denied to a divorced wife on the ground that she was involved in an adulterous relationship.

Sudden dense fog on Saturday night resulted in three accidents in the city. One person was killed on the spot on NH-1 and eleven others were injured when a private van rammed into a mini-truck. The police said that the van driver could

Delhi health minister A.K. Walia ordered a departmental enquiry into the fire incident with the fire services department claiming that the organising committee had not been given an NOC to hold the event. Mr Walia said that deputy commissioner (revenue) of east Delhi, J.P. Sharma, has been asked to investigate the incident and file a report.

The irony that the man who transformed India’s economy at a key moment in its history, reversing years of socialism, should pay tribute to India’s founding father who first powered the Indian economy, albeit in another time and another place

At least 14 eunuchs died and 50 persons, most of them eunuchs, suffered burn injuries when a major fire broke out at a community function at Nand Nagri area in east Delhi during a function on Sunday.

Sikh athletes and spectators will be able to wear a kirpan, a ceremonial dagger compulsorily worn by baptised Sikhs along with four other articles of faith, at the London 2012 Olympic sites.

Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday joined forces with state Congress leaders who attacked chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of trying to marginalise the Congress in the state. Mr Ramesh said: “The