CBI team nabs Indian fugitive from USNEW DELHI - A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has brought here Captain Raghuvir Singh Virk, a proclaimed offender wanted in a criminal case, the agency said Tuesday. MCD will sack errant sweepers: Delhi mayorNEW DELHI - The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is moving to sack 25 percent of its errant safai karamcharis (sweepers) as ‘they have been drawing salaries sitting at home’, city Mayor Arti Mehra said Tuesday. Maldives is a model for democracy in Islamic world: NasheedNEW DELHI - Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Tuesday said his country was a model for bringing democracy into an Islamic nation. Poojashri qualifies for second round of Women’s ITFNEW DELHI - Poojashree Venkatesha was the only Indian Tuesday to qualify for the second round as her compatriots Shalini Sahoo and Parul Goswami lost their first-round matches in the $50,000 Women’s ITF tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA). Amrish Singh Gautam elected deputy speaker Delhi assemblyNEW DELHI - Congress’s Amrish Singh Gautam was elected deputy speaker of the Delhi assembly Tuesday, the last day of the first session of the newly elected legislature. Motorbike riders rob couple of jewellery, cash in DelhiNEW DELHI - Two motorbike-borne men Tuesday robbed a couple going in an auto-rickshaw in the heart of the national capital Tuesday evening, the police said. UTV suspends all commercial deals with PakistanNEW DELHI - UTV Software Communications Tuesday temporarily deferred all deals with Pakistan in an endeavour to support the Indian government in demanding stricter action against terrorism emanating from across the border. Defending champion Tania held by Bhakti in national chessNEW DELHI - Defending champion Tania Sachdev suffered a dent in her defence of the title, as she was held to a draw by last seed Bhakti Kulkarni of Goa in the 35th Parsvnath National Women’s chess Championship here Tuesday. |