The Delhi high court has sought a response from a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, S.K. Srivastav, against whom his two junior colleagues have filed a sexual harassment case.

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to the man who was arrested for harbouring and helping the main accused in the murder case of a girl, Neetu Solanki, whose body was allegedly found at the New Delhi railway station. After hearing the arguments of both the prosecution and the defence, Patiala house court additional sessions judge (ASJ) granted bail to Naveen Shokeen (25), after he furnished a personal bail bond and surety.

Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, along with a number of retired IAS officers, is learnt to have applied for the post of the chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC).

Six days after the Delhi Lokayukta sent his recommendation for ouster of PWD minister Raj Kumar Chouhan from the council of ministers to the President, chief minister Sheila Dikshit was called by the Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday to give explanation on the issue.

With many developed countries unable to meet their Kyoto Protocol commitments, they have now joined hands to avoid having a second commitment period so they do not face punishment for non-compliance.

To curb illegal immigration from Bangladesh, the home ministry has asked the West Bengal government to speed up the construction of border outposts (BoPs) in the Marxist bastion. The home ministry, which has taken a re-look at security measures to enhance vigil on borders following the 26/11 terror attack, is apparently peeved at the tardy pace of work on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.

In a travesty of the ethos of panchayati raj, as many as 227 panchayat mukhias in Bihar have been found to have made illegal profits from a public welfare scheme in collusion with government officials and are therefore facing arrest.

Liberal democrats, human rights activists and even right-wing radicals are pondering the verdict in the post-Godhra cases and wondering whether or not it will be as severe as the Godhra verdict.

A young married woman was strangulated to dead at her Narela residence with the police suspecting the involvement of her husband.
The police said the deceased, identified as Shikha, 28, a housewife, was found lying inside a room at her Narela residence with her one-year-old son crying by her side. The incident came to light on Wednesday morning when the neighbours heard a child crying for a long time.

A fresh batch of Indian nationals has been evacuated by air from Libya. By Wednesday night, 6,177 Indians, or just over a third of the estimated 18,000 Indian nationals in Libya, would have been pulled out to safety, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said.