The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has issued a notice to the doctor who “gifted” twins to a Spanish gay couple through a surrogate mother, asking him to explain whether the legal procedure for adoption has been followed. Dr Anoop Gupta of Delhi IVF Fertility Research Centre has been asked to present his case before the commission on February 21.

The Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited (NTBCL) has reportedly decided to roll back the hike in toll rates on DND flyway after Noida Authority officials issued a stern warning. The company had implemented new rates early this week without approval. The CEO of Noida Authority, Rama Raman, said that NTBCL has informed it about

Delhi University will introduce semester system in all the streams in the new session. In a meeting with the principals, vice-chancellor Prof. Dinesh Singh also said that each college should try to establish its own unique image for which the university will extend all help.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who divested senior minister Dr A.K. Walia of finance portfolio and has kept the department with her, on Thursday said that she was new to the department and is looking at various issues.

A day after the Cabinet portfolio shake up, new health minister A.K. Walia gave his office a miss on Thursday giving rise to murmurs in the power of corridor, while a much happier new urban development minister Raj Kumar Chouhan spelt out his priorities.

The author of the controversial Nanakshahi calendar says the Sikh almanac has lost its originality and identity with Sikhism as a consequence of “arbitrary” amendments forced by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) — the community’s apex religious affairs body.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday recorded the statements of five persons, including top Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and two of his associates, Maroof and Chitresh Srivastava, in connection with undeclared foreign currency being recovered from their possession. Questioning ended late Thursday night. They were questioned for nearly 12 hours. There was a possibility of the trio being asked to appear before the agency again. Earlier, the DRI had let off the trio on February 14 and asked them to appear before it on Thursday. Their passports have already been seized.

The CPI(M) on Thursday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intention of undertaking major economic reform measures in the near future will “spell doom” for the people. Noting that Dr Singh during a media interaction on Wednesday had given “an indication that major economic reforms are round the corner”, senior party leader

The death toll in the thunderstorm in north Bihar rose to 11 on Thursday, prompting the state government to announce ex gratia payments of `1.5 lakh to the next of kin of each dead person and an assessment to begin into the crop loss believed to be about `30 crores.

A Delhi court on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Shekhar Deorukhkar, former Commonwealth Games (CWG) OC chief Suresh Kalmadi’s aide, by two more days till February 19, for his alleged role in the multi-crore rupees overlays scam in the 2010 biggest sporting extravaganza.