Breaking his silence on the 2G scam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday defended his government and himself by maintaining that he didn’t insist on an auction of spectrum as the telecom ministry, the finance ministry then headed by P. Chidambaram, telecom regulator Trai and the Telecom Commission had all said that

A security guard shot dead his two former colleagues at Sharda University campus in Greater Noida on Tuesday night. The university staff rushed on hearing gunshots and found Sachin Gaur and Indrajeet Singh injured. They were rushed to Sharda Hospital where they were declared brought dead. The accused Ramendra Singh Yadav

The Delhi police plans to deploy more police control room vans and increase the number of police stations in the outer districts of the capital.
During an interaction with media on the Raising Day Parade, Delhi police commissioner B.K. Gupta said, “Vigilance would be increased in outer Delhi areas as they are more crime prone. Delhi police will soon get 75 new police control room (PCR) vans.”

Delhi lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna on Wednesday said that it is not acceptable that Mumbai is considered safer for women as compared to Delhi and urged the Delhi police to take all possible steps to change the image of the city. Delhi police commissioner, B.K. Gupta, while underlying the need for doing more for women’s safety, said that those cities are safer for women where people react if a woman is targeted before them.

Many parts of the city continued to reel under acute water shortage, while people complained of red spots on their bodies after using water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board.

Showers continued in the city on Wednesday morning before giving way to sunlight, though the sky remained cloudy. Rains continued in some parts of the city on Wednesday evening too. The maximum temperature went up by about four degrees Celsius and the minimum came down by about two degrees.

In a subtle political move, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday clipped the wings of political heavyweight and her emerging rival, A. K. Walia, divesting him of the high-profile finance and urban development departments. The lone minister to lose his job turned out to be Mangat Ram Singhal in whose place journalist-turned-politician Ramakant Goswami was sworn in as a minister by lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna on Wednesday.

“Psst! Psst! Ma’am, Ma’am…came a sound, as I walked down the elevator at Select City Walk on a Flea Market Wednesday afternoon.

Dancers, like athletes, face injuries all the time. Most often these injuries take a long time to heal, as the dancer does not get enough rest.

They say every moment of their dance is spiritual. Every essence of their step, twirl, leap and jump has a story to tell.