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 2 dead, 25 hurt as bus falls 20 feet |
| A chartered bus, plying between Okhla and Dilshad Garden, fell off an elevated road on the NH-24 in Mandawali area of East Delhi on Wednesday evening, killing two people and injuring at least 25 others. |
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| ‘Gangrape’ by cops: Case filed, no arrests made |
| A day after a woman leveled allegations of gang rape against the Station House Officer (SHO) and four other police officers of the Inderpuri police station in South-west Delhi, the Delhi Police said that none of the accused police officers have been arrested so far as no evidence has been found against them. |
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| Woman raped before son as backlash of family row |
| A 25 year old woman was allegedly raped by three men, reportedly her husband's cousins, in front of her three-year-old son following a family feud with her husband over some money matter. |
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| Teenage maid who jumped to death was raped |
| An autopsy report has confirmed that the 16-year-old girl who committed suicide by jumping off the ninth floor of Mahagun Apartments had been raped. |
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| Young bride jumps to her death as husband watches |
| A 23-year-old woman jumped to death from the third floor of the famous shopping mall situated on the border of Delhi near Kaushambi in Ghaziabad. She jumped from the food court of the mall Wednesday afternoon in East Delhi Mall (EDM) in Indirapuram police station area of Ghaziabad. |
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| High Court snubs NHRC |
| The National Human Rights Commission has been pulled up by the Delhi High Court for violation of human rights of one of its employees. The Court was hearing the plea of an ex-employee of the Commission who was sacked and his appointment as a regular employee not made despite ten years of service. |
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| Delhi University raises the bar |
| Entry into the prestigious Delhi University will get even tougher this academic year. As expected the cut-offs for most of the colleges have shot up. The colleges are also taking no chances as far as filling of the OBC seats is considered. |
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| With couple’s arrest, police solve two-year-old’s kidnap |
| The Delhi Police claimed to have solved the mystery of the kidnap of a two-year-old girl Gungun from the India Gate lawns last Thursday with the arrest of a couple on Wednesday. Police said that the couple residing in West Delhi's Raghubir Nagar had lost their daughter to illness and desperately wanted a girl child. They have a son. |
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| Noida cops fix Rs 10-crore security budget |
| The Noida Police has fixed a budget of Rs 10 crore for implementing a high-level security system ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The police have prepared a five-pronged approach, which includes a Security Plan, Response Plan, Communication Plan, Traffic Management Plan and Disaster Management Plan. |
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| Buses wrecked as outages spark citywide stir |
| The severe power and water crisis in the Capital took an ugly turn on Wednesday when residents and affected people came on to the roads to protest prolonged power cuts and water shortage in several parts of the city. |
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| CM chairs power review meet |
| The Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday chaired a review meeting on present power situation in the Capital-city. The meeting was attended by Power Secretary Rajendra Kumar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the discoms, BSES and NDPL, and senior officials of Delhi Government. |
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| Suit charges Prasar Bharati with bias in appointments |
| Alleging that the selection process for the appointment of anchors-cum-correspondents in Prasar Bharati was biased to grant undue advantage to the kin of Ministers in the UPA Government, an unsuccessful aspirant has approached the Central Administrative Tribunal seeking quashing of the selection procedure. |
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| CISF jawan succumbs to his injuries |
| The CISF jawan who was reportedly dragged around 30 feet when on metro track at Civil Lines Metro Station on Tuesday morning succumbed to injuries on Wednesday in Aruna Asaf Ali hospital. The police is still investigating into the matter but has almost ruled out possibilities of suicide. |
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| Mayor attacked by fired workers |
| Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain was attacked and his office at the main building of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was completely ransacked on Wednesday afternoon. |
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| Rains not ‘delayed’ but will be light |
| Even though the Indian Metrological Department is hopeful of monsoon's revival by June end all through the country, the Capital is predicted to receive much less rainfall than the national average. |
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| Busstop makeover turns up the heat |
| With several bus shelters across the Capital dismantled to construct new, good looking bus stops, commuters would have to wait under the sun for several more months. |
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| Ex-DJB chief gets plum job |
| A 1978 batch IAS officer and former Chief Executive Officer of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Rakesh Mohan is the new Principal Secretary (Education) in Delhi Government. Mohan was holding the additional charge of the Principal Secretary (Administrative Reforms). He was booked under corruption case by the Central Bureau of Investigation when he was DJB chief in 2005. Mohan was considered close to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. |