Janaki Fernandes With Pti Inputs

• Good news: rain in Delhi. Bad news: rain in rush hour

  Delhi received much-needed showers today. The average high this week in the capital had been 42 degrees.

• Arrested bookie names more Indian players involved in spot-fixing: Delhi Police sources

  Yahya Mohammad, an alleged cricket bookie arrested yesterday has disclosed the names of other Indian players involved in spot- fixing, according to Delhi police sources. Names of international players have also cropped up during his interrogation, add sources.

• Congress workers protests against BJP attack on PM

  In a growing trend of political parties attacking each others headquarters, Congress workers had to be stopped with water cannons after over 200 people gathered outside the BJP headquarters in Delhi. They were there to protest against the earlier attacks against the Prime Minister by the BJP.

• 1000 resident doctors at Safdarjung Hospital go on indefinite strike

  Nearly 1000 resident doctors at Delhi's premier Safdarjung Hospital have gone on an indefinite strike from yesterday evening demanding better security in the campus, accommodation for more doctors and timely dispersion of salaries. The doctors have met the management this afternoon but say they have not reached a resolution yet. However the manage...

• Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay dies in hospital: Who said what

  Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail and admitted to a government hospital in Chandigarh, died this morning. His death could become a diplomatic issue between the two countries.

• CBI must be liberated from political interference, says Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court has castigated the CBI sharply today for showing a report on its coal investigation to the government before submitting it to judges last month. The top court says their first exercise is to free the CBI from political interference.

• Nine suspected Naxals killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

  Nine suspected Naxals have been killed in the border area of Sukma and Bijapur in Chhattisgarh in an ongoing encounter with security forces. At least 15 weapons have been seized from the site.

• Braveheart who lost her leg after being thrown off a moving train set to climb Mt Everest

  Former national-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha, who had lost her right leg after being thrown off a moving train in Bareilly two years ago, is all geared up to climb the world's highest peak -- the Mt Everest. Ms Sinha leaves for the expedition today.

• 20-year-old says she was raped by four men in moving car as loud music played

  A 20-year-old woman in Amritsar has alleged that she was raped by four men in a moving car last night. The alleged attackers played loud music on the car stereo as they drove around the city for four hours, allegedly taking turns to rape the young woman, the police said.

• Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Court to decide on enhancement of charges against actor

  The Mumbai Sessions court will today hear the case relating to the enhancement of charges against actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit and run case.

• Suryanelli rape case: Kerala High Court to begin fresh hearing today

  A fresh hearing in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case is to begin today in the Kerala High Court. A new bench, comprising Justices KT Shankaran and ML Joseph Francis will begin hearing the bail pleas filed by some of the accused.

• Murder accused shot at inside west Delhi court complex

  Two men have been detained after a man accused of murder was shot at inside Delhi's Rohini Court complex. The man was shot at close range while he was being taken to the courtroom from the lock up.

• Centre notifies Cauvery Tribunal award; Karnataka braces for protests

  Bowing to the Supreme Court orders and rejecting Karnataka's opposition, The Central government today notified the Cauvery Tribunal award after six years. This is now meant to settle once and for all the on-going tussle between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the waters of the river Cauvery.

• Guwahati molestation case: Cigarette burns found on victim

  Shocking details emerging on the condition of the girl molested in Guwahati. A team from the National Commission for Women (NCW) flew to Guwahati from Delhi and visited the girl on Saturday. They say she had burn wounds on her body indicating that the men burnt her with their cigarettes. " It is very saddening. The girl has wounds on her body. The ...

• Mahapanchayat in Haryana on female foeticide: Over 100 women to attend

  A Mahapanchayat or meeting of village councils on female foeticide and related issues is being held today in Jind district of Haryana. The district is notorious for its skewed sex ratio where males far outnumber females. The village body is meeting this morning, in what they say is an attempt to empower women. Over a 100 women will attend the sess...