Even as the police seemed to heave a sigh of relief by claiming to have solved the sensational Radhika Tanwar murder case, the family of the victim appeared unconvinced about their claims.

The main accused in the Radhika Tanwar-murder case, Vijay, alias Ram Singh, 25, who was apprehended from the suburbs of Mumbai and brought to Delhi on Saturday was produced in a Delhi court. Singh has been taken into four-days police custody by the orders of the court. Singh was arrested in Friday later hours, four-days after he allegedly shot dead Radhika.

A huge contingent of police and provincial armed constabulary (PAC) has been deployed at Muradnagar regulator of upper Ganga canal, which is crucial for the water supply to the Sonia Vihar water treatment plant in the city. The heavy deployment has been carried out following threats by Jat leaders agitating for reservation in government jobs. In a previous attempt last year, the Jats had managed to “capture” the regulator and turned off the water supply to the city.

Officers investigating the murder of Ramlal Anand College student Radhika Tanwar on Saturday said that the accused, 25-year-old Vijay, alias Ram Singh, had during sustained interrogation “confessed that three days before the murder he was snubbed by Radhika when he tried to approach her for a conversation.” They added that he also felt insulted at being beaten up for harassing her and had told his friends he would avenge the humiliation whenever he got the opportunity.

Union home secretary G.K. Pillai flew to Kolkata on Friday to resolve the tricky situation arising out of differences between the home ministry and the Army over handling of clashes between rival factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim in the border districts of Tirap and Changlang in eastern Arunachal Pradesh.

Inviting a loud cheer across the political divide in the Lok Sabha, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday announced a sharp increase in the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund from `2 crore to `5 crore per annum.

Terming inflation as the most important issue to be addressed, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed hope that the country’s gross domestic product growth in 2011-12 would touch nine per cent.

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) chairman, Parimal Rai, on Friday said that the civic body had already started taking penal action against employees allegedly involved in irregularities related to Commonwealth Games. He, however, maintained that, as far as the perception about awarding of contracts with respect to renovation

Coming up with a revenue surplus budget for the year 2011-12, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is now planning to upgrade its infrastructure, besides maintaining and taking the legacy of the Commonwealth Games forward.

Finding enough prima facie evidence against the accused to put them on trial, Rohini court additional sessions judge (ASJ) Dr Kamini Lau framed charges against 98 upper caste men for killing two dalits in a Haryana village.