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Suicide bid by family in servant quarters of presidential estate
City track for cyclists is gathering dust
Printing press accused of cheating
Anthropology projects to throw up job openings
Member of polio squad molested, another assaulted
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Dacoities galore as cops twiddle thumbs
14,000 couples tie nuptial knot
Health check-up camp at Apollo
Nod to ten inter-city buses
NCC completes 55 years of dedicated service
Articles of Gujarat rural artisans a big draw
Artscape
Mission to check water-borne diseases
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Suicide bid by family in servant quarters of presidential estate
New Delhi, November 28 A daughter-in-law of the family had allegedly committed suicide two days ago by taking poison and the family complained that they were being harassed by the woman’s relatives, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi district) Anita Roy. “The members of the family had decided to end their lives as they could no longer suffer the harassment,” she said, quoting the head of the family, Manu Ram. They were all taken to hospital and stated to be out of danger. Further investigations were on, Ms Roy said. Meanwhile, the Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said that the family consumed some insecticide last night as they allegedly refused to bear the torture at the hands of their daughter-in-law’s family. All the members were admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and stated to be out of danger, the Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson added.
Brother gets life term for murder
A city court has sentenced a man who killed his brother to life imprisonment in Baljit Nagar area in West Delhi. The man committed the murder after a dispute over renovating their ancestral house. The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr R. K. Jain, held Ashok Kumar guilty of killing his brother Prem following a quarrel on May 6 last year. The police said that since Prem objected to the renovation of the building, jointly owned by five brothers, it had to be stopped. On the day of the incident, there was an altercation between Ashok and Prem over the issue. Thereafter, Prem picked up a bottle but before he could do anything, Ashok hit him with a spade lying nearby, the police said.
45 criminals
rounded up
In a drive just before winter sets in, the North district police have arrested 45 criminals. The crime rate generally increases during winter. The North district police have taken the preventive measures so that no major incident takes place in the district. Special pickets have been set up in vulnerable areas. Mobile patrolling has been intensified in the market or crime-prone areas. The security arrangement seems to have yielded positive results. During the last two days, the North district police have arrested 16 bad characters and 21 ruffians for violating various provisions of law in the district. Besides, the North district police have also arrested a proclaimed offender, Manoj, and seven bootleggers.
Tailor’s murder solved
With the arrest of two persons, the Delhi Police claim to have solved the murder of a tent tailor on November 25. The arrested accused have been identified as Ginni Pancal (23) and Rajat Pancal (19). The police said that Sujan Singh, the deceased, was working as a tailor in a tent house. On November 25, he went to meet Ginni and Rajat, the owners of the tent house, to collect his payments. But both happened to be away. However, when the duo returned they caught Sujan Singh and their sister in a compromising position, allegedly without her consent. They asked their sister to step outside. They allegedly killed Sujan Singh and dumped his body in a lane. The police have recovered the weapon of crime and blood stained clothes.
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City track for cyclists is gathering dust
New Delhi, November 28 The four and a half kilometer long track was constructed along Yamuna Pustha Road at an estimated cost of more than Rs 1 crore for the convenience of cyclists of the area. It had been inaugurated by the then Food and Civil Supply Minister, Mr Lal Bihari Tiwari. The track was constructed keeping in mind the sizeable population of class IV employees who mostly use bicycle as the mode of transportation. It was decided that because of the increasing number of accidents involving cyclists on Capital’s roads, an exclusive track should be provided to them. However, the cyclists could never use this exclusive track because of the inherent construction flaws which makes riding on it uncomfortable. It was much easier to use the connecting road despite the risk of being run over by heavy traffic. Now the condition of this lane is quite deplorable. Bricks have come out from many places. Halogen lights once installed for lighting do not function. In many places, loose bricks have been pried away by nearby jhuggi dwellers. Recently the PWD has started constructing another seven-meter-wide road along the cycle track. After the completion of this road, there will be no use of the bicycle lane. When contacted, the Superintending Engineer of PWD, Mr Deepak Pawar, said that he was not aware of the issue so far, but added that he would look into it. The fact remains that a huge amount of public money has been wasted because of lack of planning and foresight, the residents alleged.
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Printing press accused of cheating
New Delhi, November 28 The police said that the companies have thus swindled the ITPO out of more than Rs 40 lakh. There was a heavy rush of visitors this year. But the tickets sold were much less in comparison to their number, the police said. The ITPO authorities then got suspicious and reported the matter to the police who found that the contract had initially been given to one M/s Mode Advertising and Marketing Agency, Lajpat Nagar. It was then subcontracted to one Everest Press in Okhla Industrial Area. The firm further subcontracted it to two printers, Gopsons Printers in Noida and New Graphic Security Printer, Peera Garhi area without the permission of the ITPO authorities. No arrest has been made so far. Further investigations are on.
Call to follow Guru Nanak Dev’s path
New Delhi, November 28 On the auspicious day, devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga and other rivers and greeted each other. The vice-president of the All India Shiromani Gurudwara Sewadar Committee, Mr Darshan Singh, has appealed to the devotees to follow the path shown by Guru Nanak Dev. The President of the All India Sewadar Committee, Mr Raj Singh Sethi, said that the celebrations would be completed only if the alleged rampant corruption in the institutions run by the gurudwara prabandhak committees is checked. The Shiromani Gurudwara Sewadar Committee felt that there is no religious leader who can guide the Sikhs, Mr Sethi said.
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Anthropology projects to throw up job openings
New Delhi, November 28 Having made the announcement during a two-day conference, ‘Anthropology in the New Millennium’ on the Amity Campus, he said that efforts would be made to generate more jobs. Delivering the inaugural address, Prof. Ranjit Bhattacharya, Head, Janpath Sampada said, “The field of applied anthropology allows anthropologists to use their knowledge of culture and their research skills in variety of professions and organisations. Private corporations use their skills in areas such as research studies in urban planning, working with health organisations to study the effects of customs and behaviour on health, conduct market research for advertising.” He said anthropologists also find work with the government as policy researchers, analysts and assessors in the international organisations. The conference was conducted by Dr Roumi Deb, Prof. of Anthropology AIBHS. Speakers put forth their views on the topics like nutrition and reproductive health, tribal studies, molecular biology and medical anthropology. Dr I P Singh, Senior Anthropologist, said the subject could contribute significantly to the issues concerning a common man.
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Member of polio squad molested, another assaulted
Noida, November 28 The staff engaged in the Pulse Polio campaign is livid over the failure of the Health Department officials to take any action against the assailant. The staff demonstrated in the civil hospital today. They have also threatened to boycott the pulse polio campaign. According to health department sources, the pulse polio team (No 106) had gone to Atta village for administering polio doses to children. In one of the houses owned by one Raghubir, which was occupied by tenants, one person pulled the woman worker inside his room (No. 2) and bolted the door from inside and started misbehaving with her. On her raising an alarm, other members of the team came to her rescue and freed her from his clutches. Later, she complained to the supervisor, Mr Ravinder Rathi In Mandir Wali gali in Naya Bans area, the supervisor of team (No. 61), Mr Pankaj Kumar, had gone for checking the house of Devinder Kumar. He had an altercation with a person living on the top floor, who not only pushed Pankaj down from the stairs, but also beat him up. Since the health department officers did not take any action in these cases, the irate workers held a demonstration in the district hospital against the attitude of the authorities, threatening that they will be compelled to suspend the pulse polio campaign. Subsequently, the Deputy CMO, Dr R.C. Gaur, through a letter to Sector-20 police, lodged a complaint against the two incidents. Such incidents involving members of polio teams, which go from door to door to administrator drops to children, are of late increasing.
Three devotees die as truck turns turtle
A truck carrying devotees belonging to seven families of Nithari village in Noida turned turtle between Roorkie and Muzzafernagar on its return after Ganga snan in Hardwar, killing three persons, including a three-year-old girl, and injuring 24. Three out of the injured are serious. The incident happened when a Tata-407 truck tried to overtake another vehicle on the highway. The injured have been admitted to Vinayak Hospital, Noida. The driver of the vehicle pulled out some people who had been trapped under the truck. The highway police had rushed the injured to the hospital. Santosh Kumar, 30, and three-year-old Khushi, daughter of Dinesh Kumar, were declared dead by doctors on arrival at
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Dacoities galore as cops twiddle thumbs
Ghaziabad, November 28 In a recent case, armed dacoits broke into the house of a cloth merchant in Balram Nagar Colony in Loni and decamped with jewellery worth Rs 70,000 and Rs 30,000 in cash. In Muradnagar, dacoits wearing police uniforms looted five houses in the area and escaped with cash and valuables worth Rs 5 lakh. The police have failed to trace the dacoits in both the cases. In the first case, six dacoits forcefully entered the house of one cloth merchant, identified as Madan Lal Jain, as soon as he arrived from his shop in the evening. Threatening Jain with a revolver, the dacoits locked the entire family in a room and ransacked the house. The dacoits escaped with jewellery worth Rs 70,000 and Rs 30,000 in cash. They snapped the telephone wire and fled after locking the main door
from outside. Later, the neighbours informed the police after Mr Jain raised an alarm. Though a report has been lodged with the police, they have failed to identify the criminals so far. In Muradnagar recently, criminals in police uniform looted five houses. After ransacking the houses, the dacoits decamped with valuables worth Rs 5 lakh. However, the police have registered these incidents as thefts. The criminals targeted the house of one Iqbal in Ward No.3. Here, Rs 8,000 in cash and jewellery was looted. Next, they broke into another house and looted four brothers living there. In this case too, the police have registered it as a
theft case. The people of the area have called on the police to arrest the criminals and take corrective steps so that such cases are not repeated in future.
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Man killed wife in anger, unmindful of three children
New Delhi, November 28 Rajni, 30, was living with her husband and three children at H-127, Lajpat Nagar, Part-I. Her husband Anil Kumar was working with a garment trader in Chandni Chowk. He also used to hold garment sale-cum-exhibitions in different parts of the country. Rajni would help him in the business. They often quarrelled on the issue of their parents visiting their house. On the fateful day, the couple had left the three children in their grandmother’s home nearby. Both returned to their house and had a fight over the issue of visiting the husband’s parents’ home. They exchanged heated arguments and in a fit of anger the man picked up a bamboo stick and hit Rajni on her head. Subsequently, he picked up scissors and stabbed her violently in her stomach till she succumbed to injuries. After she died, Anil Kumar shut the door and escaped. Three days later, Pringle (10) came to the house and found her mother lying dead on the bed. She immediately informed her grandmother and the police were called. According to the police, Anil was arrested from the New Delhi Railway Station while he was trying to leave for Mumbai. During investigation, he said that he had committed the murder in a fit of anger. When he realised his mistake, he decided to leave for Mumbai; he planned to return later and take the children also with him.
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14,000 couples tie nuptial knot
New Delhi, November 28 Farm houses, marriage homes and even parks across the city bore a festive look with guests streaming into bless and congratulate the couples and share the joyous moments. According to astrologers, tonight was one of the most auspicious moments for Hindu marriages this season, which ensured the rush to tie the nuptial knot. However, the heavy rush resulted in a shortage of those associated with marriages like priests, caterers, designers, event managers, wedding planners, florists, band parties and even horses for the chariots to ferry the grooms. Sheetal, who had arranged the marriage of her daughter in a farmhouse in Vasant Kunj in Southwest Delhi, said, “We could book this venue only because we approached the owner three months ago. Even then, we had to pay a premium of 10 per cent.” A wedding planner said an average Rs 10 lakh was being spent on each wedding taking the grand total to more than Rs 1,400 crore. Anticipating the rush, police had put in place elaborate arrangements to avoid traffic snarls, especially in areas like Vasant Kunj, South Delhi localities like Mehrauli and Sainik Farms and Anand Vihar in East Delhi where the number of venues were more in number.
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Health check-up camp at Apollo
New Delhi, November 28 The camp, which was organised under the ‘Stree Shakti’ movement by the Delhi Government, was held at Tinu Public School, Sangam Vihar. More than 50 Apollo doctors, nurses and paramedics staff conducted ECG, blood sugar and physical examination tests on approximately 1000 underprivileged women and children. The Government of Delhi organised eight other camps at different localities in Central, East, West, North, South, North East, North West and South West areas of the national Capital. The Managing Director, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Ms Anne Marie Moncure, said: “We are proud to be partners in this noble cause undertaken by the Government of Delhi for the benefit of the women and children from the economically weaker section of the society. It has always been our endeavour to extend healthcare facilities to everyone and this helps reiterate our commitment.”
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Nod to ten inter-city buses from Noida
Noida, November 28 With this decision, the commuters will no longer have to go to Delhi’s ISBT or Ghaziabad to board buses for these destinations. This information was provided by Mr Lakhan Lal, in-charge of the Noida Depot of the U.P. Roadways. Two buses each will be introduced on the Lucknow, Agra, Jaipur and Chandigarh routes, while one bus each will ply on the Barielly and Moradabad routes. Presently, 17 buses connect Noida with Rishikesh, Dehradun and Kotdwar. On a daily basis, there are six buses for Meerut and six for Bulandshahr via Kala Khan and Ghaziabad. Two UP Roadways buses cater to the local passengers between Noida and Greater Noida at an interval of one hour. The UP Transport Minister, Mr Rajinder Singh, who visited the local UP Roadways Corporation office along with the General Manager, Roadways, announced this decision recently. However, the exact date when these bus services will begin is yet to be announced.
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NCC completes 55 years of dedicated service
New Delhi, November 28 Speaking after laying wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate to mark the 56th anniversary of the NCC today, Lt-Gen Bhandari said our commitment to the nation remains even after more than five decades of Independence. Donating four lakh units of blood and planting 13 lakh saplings during the ‘NCC Fortnight’ on the occasion of 55 glorious years in the service of the nation, show what we are capable of, he said. With 13 lakh cadets on its rolls, the NCC as the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world, has a network of 765 units with 5,159 colleges and 6,985 schools under its wings which work as a role model for the youth. “We need to live up to the spirit in the times to come,” Lt-Gen Bhandari
added. — TNS
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Articles of Gujarat rural artisans a big draw
New Delhi, November 28 Mr Mittra met the participants of Gujarat, heard their views and reviewed sales and marketing of various products. He said that the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, and Capart had jointly organised this exhibition of different products made by rural craftsmen under the auspices of SARAS. The Government of Gujarat is committed to promoting the welfare of rural artisans and their products, he added. Mr R D Vaidya, RTIG Director, informed that Gujarat has promoted 38 artisans of Self-Help Group and ‘swarojgaries’ in this fair. The artisans brought different types of leather and mirror embroidery work, bead work, Ari embroidery, bamboo article, home furnishing, tie and die work, pottery, decorative, stone wear, white metal jewellery and gift articles besides accessory items worth Rs 76.00 lakh. During the first week of the fair, handicraft items worth Rs 12 lakh were picked up by Delhiites. Artisans also get export orders of Rs 5 lakh in this mega-marketing event.
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Celebrating the female form and the animated world of fairy images
Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 28 Jayasri Burman, who has emerged as one of the upcoming contemporary artists, devotes her exhibition of paintings to this female form. The exhibition at the Shridharani Gallery at the Triveni Kala Sangam here was inaugurated on Saturday, November 27 and will remain on view till December 6. Jayasri’s women, painted in vivid colours, present a visual insight into their respective character. The paintings bring out the folklore and the very “basic fact of just being” through the use of imaginative background settings. Born in Kolkata, Jayasri studied art at the famous Kala Bhavan in Shanti Niketan and later at the Visual College of Art there. She has held many exhibitions both in the country and abroad. A winner of several national awards, Jayasri’s paintings are greatly influenced by the Bhakti movement and her initial grooming in art at Shanti Niketan. The Art Alive Gallery in Grater Kailash II here is showcasing the “Cult of the Cat”, a solo show of water colours by Neeraj Bakshi. The fascination with the feline form began when the artist travelled extensively through Masai-Masa in Kenya, where he observed the fast and furious predators from close quarters. The show, which was inaugurated on November 26, will continue till December 8. Neeraj, presently working as Assistant Director in the Amity School of Fine Arts here, has held several solo exhibitions of his works both in the country and abroad. Critics have often described him as an upcoming young contemporary painter who works with great confidence and elan in the small format. From November 23 to December 12, the Hungarian Cultural Centre here is presenting a unique exhibition of graphics entitled “Tales for Adults” by Liviuz Gyulai, a winner of the prestigious Kossuth award of Hungary. The exhibition is an overview of the fantastically animated world of fairy images. Drawn with a light hand, the graphics leave the viewer startled with their expression of both deep humour and intense human emotions. Biblical characters share the space with those from the Greek Mythology and some of the fictional famous characters like Casanova, Robinson Crusoe and Faun. Music Today has launched its new album Jannat – a Paradise on Earth, composed by the young Santoor Maestro Rahul Sharma, in its easy listening genre. It is merely a coincidence that the album, which reflects the music of Kashmir, was released at a time when the valley, once considered a paradise on Earth, was so much in focus because of the visit of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Rahul is the talented son of the internationally renowned Santoor maestro, Shiv Kumar Sharma. The album begins with a track titled, “Sunrise on the Dal Lake,” and concludes with the “Hope In Kashmir” after taking the listener through “Char Chinari Bazar”, “Shakaracharya Temple”, “ Parimahal”, “Gulmarg”, “ Kangri Kehwa” and “ Battle Torn Pahalgam”. The Art and Cultural Society of the Dyal Singh College here in collaboration with Spic-Macay is presenting a Qawali concert by the well-known exponent Janab Qadar Niazi and his troupe in the college amphitheater on December 1.
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Mission to check water-borne diseases
Gurgaon, November 28 A unique opportunity to experience the ‘True taste and purity of water - the way nature intended’, the Aquaguard Reviva Express travelled across the city of Gurgaon today and will travel to Faridabad on November 29. Through the challenge, it invites people to come and taste the difference between normal water and the water purified by Aquaguard Reviva. Aquaguard Reviva is a complete five-stage ‘Reverse Osmosis’ purification system, which removes microbiological impurities and TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) from water.
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New Delhi, November 28
