A 24-inch ONGC oil pipeline developed a leak at 8.45 am Friday, after which 50 metric tonnes of oil spilled into Arabian Sea. The Coast Guard is conducting its disaster contingency plan, but thanks to the weather conditions the spill is not expected to hit the Maharashtra coast.

In a unparalleled but controversial decision, Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj on Friday approved the prosecution of chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for alleged involvement in illegal land deals, triggering protests by the ruling BJP.

The Delhi government plans to rid the Delhi University campus of both pollution and noise and will hold talks with the vice-chancellor to make the varsity vehicle-free. After handing over aesthetically designed 100 rickshaws to poor rickshawpullers in a function organised by Shri Ram College of Commerce, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said that her government would take up the matter with the vice-chancellor to make DU a vehicle-free zone soon.

The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed the plea of a charitable society seeking that more than 10 people be allowed to offer prayers on Friday at the site of the demolished mosque which was built illegally on an encroached land in Jangpura area in south Delhi.

Two unidentified bikers snatched a bag containing cash from a 65-year-old former MTNL employee in Narela, outer Delhi, on Friday afternoon.
The victim, Bhagwan Bansal, a retired MTNL employee, had visited Bawana Road branch of Corporation Bank to withdraw `5 lakhs, the police said. “He put the cash in

A division bench comprising Chief Justice of the Delhi high court Dipak Misra and Justice Manmo-han asked the city government to explain the delay in appointment of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) chairman, after retirement of Birjender Singh as the government counsel failed to explain it. The court also sought the

A WELL-DECORATED, festooned, expanded and bursting-at-the-seams Diggi Palace threw open its gates to readers, writers and book lovers from around the globe who flocked to the five-day-long DSC Jaipur

The Delhi police, its Haryana and Uttar Pradesh counterparts and central security agencies have made elaborate arrangements for criminal and terrorist intelligence sharing to ensure that the Republic Day celebrations pass off without any untoward incident.

A worker gives the final touches to the Delhi tableau before a press preview of the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Friday. PHOTOS: G.N. Jha

Two days after it carried out a reshuffle in the Union Cabinet, the government on Friday said the newly-appointed minister of state for home Gurudas Kamat will continue to hold additional charge of ministry of communication and information technology in the same capacity.