An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 struck the parts of Delhi & Haryana experienced mild tremors of 3.4 magnitude at 23:09 pm on Thursday night. There was no immedite reports of any casualties.
The epicentre of this eathquake was in Sonepat in Haryana, about 40 km from Delhi at latitude 29.0 north & longitude 77.1 east.
The tremors were not unusual since Delhi lies in seismological zone IV. People in many high-rise buildings rushed out of their houses.

Chattrapal the kidnapper of Adobe executive’s son has been arrested on Wednesday, Police said today.
Chattrapal, the main accused in the kidnapping of former Adobe executive Naresh Gupta’s son Anant, who escaped from a court premises in February, has been arrested.
Chattrapal was arrested last night by a Special Operations Group team of Uttar Pradesh police from his home in Rabupura, his native town in the state.
Chattrapal, who was in judicial custody, escaped after giving a slip to two constables on February ….

Ansar Burney the Pakistani human rights activist & former Minister has arrived in India. Burney was received at the border by Punjab Information & Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. He might meet family members of other Indian prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails, including Kirpal Singh.
He will also meet Sarabjit Singh’s kin. He visit Punjab in a bid to persuade Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal to release ….

A Truck & School bus has been collided with each other near Silaj village in Ahmedabad, in which 1 student killed & 18 students injured. According to a private channel Zee news the fourth standard student Atul Rathore has died at the spot.
The bus was of Delhi public School (DPS) of Ahmedabad. The injured were taken to the nearby hospital in Ahmedabad. Three are said to be critical.
The bus was carrying 30 children when the accident took place. According to ….

A multi-storey underconstruction building has been collapsed on Brahampuri road in Seelampur in north east Delhi on Saturday. Building was collapsed at 7:15 am (IST), in which 7 killed & several others injured.
At least 20 people were critically injured when the building in New Usmanpur locality collapsed.
The injured were shifted to GTB hospital. Six of the injured succumbed to their injuries at the hospital.
Several people are still trapped under the debris of the building & resuce operations is going ….

Akash alias Appu who was kidnapped from Delhi has been rescued on Thursday. Eight years old Akash, who was kidnapped for ransom last week from Delhi, was rescued by the police from Bihar’s Farbisganj in Araria district district on Thursday.
A senior official of Police said Akash, who was kidnapped from Delhi’s Okhla locality March 21, was rescued, about 350 km from the state capital here. Akash was kidnapped on his way to school.
Akash was rescued in a police raid following ….

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to constitute a five-member special investigation team to re-investigate the post-Godhra communal riots. The SC said it would submit its report within three months.
The five-member team would comprise three senior IPS officers from Gujarat, Gita Johri, Sivananad Jha & Ashish Bhatia, besides retired CBI director R K Raghavan & former DGP C B Satpathy.
A three-member bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam said it would pass necessary orders on Wednesday for ….

Rajbir Singh, ACP of Delhi Police special Operations Squad on Monday night was shot dead by a propery dealer on the city outskirts. The “encounter specialist” was murdered in Gurgaon.
A senior official of Gurgaon Police said that the shooting is believed to have taken place around 10:30 pm & they were informed about the incident by their counterparts in Gurgaon around Monday midnight. The official said that the property dealer was shot dead Singh over some monetary dispute.
The official said, ….

A number of Tibetans on Monday staged a protest in New Delhiy against alleged Chinese atrocities in Tibet. With black bands tied around their heads, the protestors observed “Black Day” by raising 15 black flags, symbolising 15 days of “brutal repression” by the Chinese in Tibet.
Voicing their anger against Chinese, the protestors blamed the Chinese for forcing the Tibetans to resort to protests.
An official said, “The way they oppressed the Tibetans ….

A Delhi Court on Monday announced life term for former Haryana cadre IPS officer R.K. Sharma & three others, who were convicted in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case. R.K. Sharma was also fined 20, 000 rs & 10,000 rs for three others.
Ravi Kant Sharma, a 1976-batch IPS officer, has been found guilty of conspiring with three others Pradeep Sharma, Sri Bhagwan & Satya Prakash to conspire to kill the Indian Express journalist on ….

A blaze has been broken out in the Income Tax building in Central Delhi on Monday morning. The blaze started at around 11 a.m. in the second floor of the building.
Five fire tenders doused the blaze in 15 minutes. The cause of the fire is yet to be known. There were no reports of any casualties.

Manmohan Singh the Prime Minister of India will inaugurate a 1600 mega watt power plant in Bawana on Monday.
Once, operational the plant is expected to generate more power, fulfilling Delhi’s needs during the summer.
This is indeed good news for Delhites, who seem to be bracing for long power cuts.

Dr. Amit Kumar the kingpin of the kidney racket on Thursday denied the charges framed by the CBI against him. Dr. Amit Kumar said, “I have not removed the kidney of any person on gun point. The kidneys were transplanted with the mutual consent of the donors & the beneficiaries”.
He alleged that the CBI had falsely implicated him in the case & now it was freezing his bank account in Canada without any justification.
He was ….

The government of Delhi on Tuesday ruled out interim relief to its employees & pensioners, pending implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission report.
Minister of State for Finance P K Bansal said in Rajya Sabha today, “No proposal is under consideration for grant of interim relief to Central Government employees & pensioners”.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his budget speech said the sixth pay panel will submit its report by March 31, 2008.
PK Bansal said, “I am confident that the report will ….

Ravi Kant Sharma the suspended inspector general of police & three others were convicted by a city court in Delhi in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case.
Judge Rajendra Kumar Shastri held RK Sharma guilty of hatching the conspiracy to murder Shivani Bhatnagar, who had allegedly threaten to expose the suspended IPS officer’s alleged involvement in leaking classified documents to her, nine years ago.
Three other co-accused Sri Bhagwan Sharma, Pradeep Sharma & Satya Prakash were also ….

Train had crushed two young boys to death who were playing near railway tracks in Seelampur. The boys, 8 years old & 10 years, were yet to be identified. The police said the incident took place around 2 pm on Sunday.
An official said, “Both had severe head injuries & they suffered excessive blood loss”.
Identity of the boys was yet to be established. The official said that they were local slum residents but locals residents said that the two were outsiders.

Poonam who was 17 years old found dead after committed suicide in the national capital apparently due to failure in relationship. Poonam, a class 12 student girl of Government School in Sahadra, was found hanging in her residence at Loni road on Sunday night.
A suicide note was recovered from her body which indicated a failure in her relationship with a man. However, her family denied this by saying that she was under depression for sometime due to poor performance in ….

Man who was 26 years old died & two of his friends & a shopkeeper fell ill, after drinking a soft drink in Seelampur area of north-east Delhi. The police suspect that the drink, which was being sold under the name of a multinational company was adulterated. Police have sent the samples for a lab. test.
The incident happened around 7.45 pm on Friday & all four victims were residents of Chauhan Bangar. They were rushed to LNJP hospital where Kamaruddin ….

Two women named as Deepika 19 years old & Nisha 20 years old who were on scooty, were hit by a tempo from behind on an intersection near Vaishno Mata Mandir at Haridas Marg. When the duo fell from their two-wheeler, a speeding Blueline bus, coming from other side, allegedly ran over Deepika’s leg.
She was immediately rushed to Jeevanbala Hospital where the doctors termed her condition stable. Nisha, fortunately, sustained only minor injuries requiring only first aid. The victims are ….

The Government has warned the Delhi & Mumbai Police of possible terrorists attacks at important locations in the cities. In a letter to the Delhi Police, the Home Ministry said that terrorists could target important places such as the CBI headquarters or the IIT campus in the near future.
In Mumbai, the Bombay Stock Exchange has been cited as the possible target.