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Many Gurgaon areas sans water for 3 days
UN project to train women leaders to contest elections
Merrymakers throng churches, malls
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Online diploma in legal process outsourcing
Student stabbed in school clash
100 CCTVs to monitor R-Day parade
Walia to meet officials, Reddy
Roads to be built with demolition waste
Minor gets 3-yr jail for killing colleague
Blueline kills scooterist
MLAs to be trained: Shastri
Maharaja Suraj Mal lauded for diplomacy
Man hangs self after killing wife
Firefighters douse fire at a shop in Chandni Chowk’s Lajpat Rai Market
in New Delhi on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui
1,126 allotted plots in
Gt Noida
Journalists call for self-restraint
Jewellery shop looted
Pillion riders rob couple
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Many Gurgaon areas sans water for 3 days
Gurgaon, December 25 The areas facing the shortage are Shivaji Nagar, Subash Nagar, Jaccob Pura, Patel Colony and Friends Colony. According to the sources, the supply of water from the canals here has been stopped. However, HUDA administrator G Anupama has said that the problem will be sorted out by tomorrow. Talking to The Tribune, she retreated, “We get water supply from the canal provided by irrigation department and there is not enough water in the canal right now.” She added that hopefully the supply would be resumed by tomorrow. Varun Bhatia, a resident of Shivaji Nagar said, “There has been no water in our area since Tuesday, not even drinking water. We are bringing water from a tubewell, which is more than two and a half kms away. There too, water comes only at a particular time.” “The government must at least inform the residents in advance that there will be no water supply so that we can store it,” Shalija, another resident said. She added, “It becomes more difficult for those who are working, as they are in office when water comes in the tubewell.”
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UN project to train women leaders to contest elections
New Delhi, December 25 “We need more women in politics, and it is essential to train potential leaders as well as encourage the ones who are successful at local governance level to enter the state assemblies and national parliament,” says Ranjana Kumari, director of CSR. In this context, some eminent development journalists and thinking minds of India have made an attempt to address the challenges that the stigmatised women section is facing by collating instances of women, who have served as agents of change, within photographic frames. “They say a photograph is worth a thousand words, and such canvases are perhaps one of the most potent ways of showing the world what women can do, to make everybody realise our innate strength and most of all our resilience. It is the photographic proof of something that I have believed in all my life,” says Sayeeda Hameed, member of Planning Commission. After living years under suppression and subjugation in the remotest corners and the darkest alleys of the country, women have achieved a great measure of independence and political freedom. An eloquent replica of this is the all-woman panchayat in Bankura district of West Bengal, where it is engaged in building toilets for villagers. These outputs from cameras of people, constantly in search of talents, show ordinary women who have achieved extraordinary feats. They have emancipated themselves from the old nostrums of shyness and diffidence and the barbarous system of the past like 26-year-old Naish from Lucknow who decided that a woman would solemnise her marriage. “Today’s woman no longer believes in customs that are retrogressive, and a good example of this is the women population in a tradition-bound village of eastern UP who are not ashamed of the fact that they are promoting female condoms,” says Anuja Aggarwal, a reader of sociology at DU. The fair section of India, shattering the bonds of silence, today no longer believes in the crochets and conundrums of the past and has ceased to be confined in the four walls of the house. Her outlook has become modern and progressive. In Sonagachi, empowered sex workers of the area, who have been trafficked, ensure that their clients undergo HIV tests and go for safe sex. They also support sex workers who have developed HIV/AIDS and monitor and curtail trafficking in their area. |
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Merrymakers throng churches, malls
Gurgaon, December 25 People from all walks of life visited the churches in New Colony and Civil Line. Samuel, Father in Epi Funny church, briefed on the sacrifices of Jesus Christ. He said, “God has sent Christ to spread the message of peace on earth and he did the same by sacrificing his life.” There was fervor, excitement and jubilation among the kids who were all colourfully dressed and had red balloons in their hands while visiting malls with their parents. The Ambience Mall, one of the biggest malls in Asia, had around 60,000 visitors in a single day today. “We have more than 60,000 visitors coming here today,” Col K S Khatana from Ambience Mall said. “We have for the first time arranged the live Red FM show this year in our mall,” he said and added that they have organized lots of competitions for children. “We have even arranged for the wish tree, especially for children here,” he avowed. Many people are not much excited about the festival season this year in comparison to earlier times due to the economic slowdown and also in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks a month ago. There are many who are not celebrating it as they feel that the country has faced lots of tragedies this year and everybody is very disturbed. Sonam, a student of management studies here, said, “The disaster has struck not only Mumbai but also the whole nation. We are equally disturbed like other citizens. In fact, two of the families of this region have also lost four members in that tragedy. We cannot celebrate in one corner of the country if at another corner our innocent brothers and sisters are losing their lives,” she added. Security all over the city has also been beefed up.
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Online diploma in legal process outsourcing
New Delhi, December 25 It is a paradigm development aimed at arming Indian lawyers with the necessary specialised skills and knowledge required to work in the fast-growing legal process outsourcing industry. The legal process outsourcing industry, an addition to the expanding range of the high-value outsourced services sector, has shown a sharp upward trajectory over the past year, promising myriad opportunities for talented Indian lawyers. “As LPO hires are clearly on the rise, tipped to touch 15,000 over the next 18 to 24 months, this pioneering distance-learning based programme gives aspirants from across the country easy access to world-class training and material, both print and online, that would greatly boost their chances in building a career in one of the fastest growing sectors of the Indian legal industry” said Prof Srikrishna Deva Rao, director of the IGNOU School of Law. “It will, in fact, allow busy legal professionals and law students, through its unique combination of a distance format and an e-learning platform, to acquire the skills necessary for success in the LPO industry without confining them to a classroom environment” he added. The LPO industry, with revenues of nearly $225 million in 07/08, yet addresses a fraction of the global legal offshoring industry worth pegged closer to $2.5 to $3 billion. Industry observers estimate that the outsourced legal market is likely to hit $4.5 billion by 2010, offering tremendous potential for the common law and English based Indian legal industry. “This Central government-recognised certification is expected to find unequivocal support from members of the Indian LPO industry owing to its contemporary content and industry-specific curriculum. It is the only central university awarded accreditation in this field. Owing to its origination from a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), it will scaffold the industry’s growing worldwide credibility. Many LPOs have welcomed this move, and expect it to infuse additional quality talent at a time when they critically require it,” commented Nikhil Chandra, CEO of Rainmaker. |
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Student stabbed in school clash
Ghaziabad, December 25 The student was seriously wounded by the outsiders, said the Kavi Nagar police. The police said the clash took place over parking of vehicles. “The fight took place when five boys tried to tease a girl. When I objected, they stabbed me.
— Rohit “The fight was over vehicle parking — Cops However, Rohit Thakur, the student admitted in hospital with deep wounds, told a different story. “The fight took place, when five boys waiting outside our school tried to tease a girl student. When I objected to their advances, they first beat me and then stabbed me,” Thakur said. The police has apprehended one accused, while the others managed to escape. The one arrested has been identified as Shatrunjaya Gaur, who runs a transport business in Ghaziabad and claims to have come to the school to visit his friends who study there. The vice-principal of the school, Richa Lowe confirmed that Thakur was a student of the school. Sunil Kumar, SHO, Kavi Nagar police station, said a case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 324 (voluntarily causing hurt and using dangerous weapons). |
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100 CCTVs to monitor R-Day parade
New Delhi, December 25 According to Delhi police officials, the CCTVs will be placed at various locations by January 18 and will be there till the end of the celebrations. “We are working out the details and selecting the likely points to place the cameras,” confirmed a senior police official, adding that a company has been roped in to do the job. Although, the area has been cordoned off days before the D-Day and the security has been taken over by the army, the Delhi police’s proposal to set up CCTVs is a welcome step. As per the available information, about 30 CCTVs will be fixed on the 1.5 km Rajpath stretch that would see the presence of country’s top political and military brass on the Republic Day. These 30 ‘Pan-Tilt-Zoom’ (PTZ) cameras will be monitored at the main CCTV control room at the saluting base at Rajpath and another at the war memorial at India Gate. Two dedicated monitors will be provided at the saluting base for a group of doctors who will monitor the VVIPs for emergency support. About 18 CCTVs are expected to be installed at various entry points to Rajpath, saluting base and backside of VVIP’s entry gate. The footage will be monitored from the control room set up at the saluting base, the Delhi police official said, adding that 11 other CCTVs will be installed at Vijay Chowk. On the parade route from Tilak Bridge to the border of North Delhi, 35 CCTVs will be installed covering Bahadurshah Zafar Marg and Netaji Subhash Marg. |
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Sealing Syed Ali Ahmed Tribune News Service
New Delhi, December 25 He said he would call a meeting of the officers concerned of the Delhi government as well as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi next week to discuss the matter. Then, he would approach the union urban minister either to extend the Act or to make some new law so that sealing and demolition is not started again. Sealing of business establishments will ruin trading in the national Capital and lakhs of people will become unemployed, said Delhi BJP chief, Dr Harsh Vardhan. He said the Congress government formulated the Act in haste as assembly elections were approaching. Now there is no compulsion for them. “I raised this point even in the assembly but Congress MLAs did not support me”, he said. Meanwhile, the Confederation of All-India Traders today submitted a memorandum to union urban development minister Jaipal Reddy and state minister Ajay Maken with its demands. When business establishments were sealed last year, people demonstrated in various areas of Delhi. Traders had come on the streets and fought with the sealing squad resulting in riots in the Seelampur area in North East Delhi in which four youths were killed.
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Roads to be built with demolition waste
New Delhi, December 25 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has developed a construction and demolition waste processing plant at Burari in north Delhi, by way of which the processed waste would be used for road works. The plant has been set up on a built, operate and transfer basis which will include the collection and transportation of demolition waste from the various designated areas like Sadar Pahar Ganj Zones. “The management of construction and demolition waste was a major concern due to the increasing quantum of demolition rubble, continuing shortage of dumping sites, increase in transportation and disposal cost. So, we thought of effective utilisation of this waste for road works as it has already been widely accepted by many other countries,” said Vijender Gupta, chairman of the Standing Committee. Earlier, the construction waste was in landfill sites which are running out of capacity. “We had asked the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to carry out feasibility study on the use of construction waste in road construction. The study confirmed that the waste has the potential to be utilised for roads works,” he said.
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Minor gets 3-yr jail for killing colleague
New Delhi, January 25 The convict worked in a ‘bindi’ manufacturing unit in the city and was in love with factory owner Deepak Gupta’s niece. But the girl was in love with another worker at the factory- Vikas. This enraged the convict and he killed Vikas.
Vikas was stabbed by scissors in a moving train near Ghewra railway station on October 31, 2003. His body was recovered the next day from the railway track.
During investigation, it was learnt that on the night of the crime, the convict along with Vikas was going home in a train. On the way, using a scissors blade and a knife, he stabbed Vikas multiple times. After throwing his body on the tracks, he rushed to his friend’s place and asked for some money in order to run away.
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Blueline kills scooterist
New Delhi, December 25 At least 115 people have lost their lives in road accidents involving Blueline buses this year. Five people have lost their lives in accidents involving Bluelines in the last four days. |
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MLAs to be trained: Shastri
New Delhi, December 25 He said that in time to come the secretariat would organise several programmes, including orientations for newly elected MLAs in which expert training would be imparted to them. An orientation programme for the media will also be organised. The Speaker also instructed the officers concerned to work with more determination to maintain and preserve the house that is a historical building. This building should also be developed as a tourism and educational spot. He said CCTV cameras were installed in the assembly for first time. This was not for any security purpose. |
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Maharaja Suraj Mal lauded for diplomacy
New Delhi, December 25 He said this at a martyrdom day function of Jat Maharaja Suraj Mal in Delhi. Speaking as a chief guest, Raghuvir Singh said in an atmosphere of intrigue and unscrupulous diplomacy, Suraj Mal tackled the dissembling Mughals and Marathas, as also the Abdalis and Rajputs. He stood between the two most hostile powers, the Abdalis in the north and encroaching Marathas in the South. In such circumstances, the survival of the Jat kingdom itself was a difficult task. But Suraj Mal by his diplomatic acumen managed to survive. He grasped the realities of the situation and set his heart upon what was attainable in the field of war and administration.
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Man hangs self after killing wife
Greater Noida, December 25 Mahesh of Chhapra village under Jahanjirpur police station area wanted to sell his agricultural land, but his wife Geeta was against it. On Sunday Mahesh took Geeta to his fields and strangled her there. Meanwhile, Geeta’s father filed a report in the police station, naming Mahesh for the murder of his daughter. Overcome with grief on Tuesday night, Mahesh went to the fields and reportedly wept on the spot for about an hour where his wife had been cremated. Then he got up and hanged himself with a hook from the branch of a tree. According to police, Mahesh left a suicide note regretting for having killed his wife. He was not able to face society and people. Therefore, he was committing suicide to join his wife in the other world, Mahesh wrote in the note. |
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2 shops gutted in Chandni Chowk
New Delhi, December 25 According to information, fire, the cause of which is not yet known, first broke in shop number 25 by the name of Universal Electronics and soon spread to the neighbouring shop. By the time fire vehicles reached the spot and doused the fire, the shop owners of the two shops had lost goods worth lakhs. “We had received the fire call at 10.40 am and used six fire engines to control the fire which took us about an hour to do so,” said a fire official. Although, the exact cause of fire is not confirmed, the gathered people believe it could be the short circuit in wiring over the shops. The market in the congested lanes has scores of electronic goods shops.
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1,126 allotted plots in
Gt Noida
Greater Noida, December 25 A total of 2,214 plots were allotted to the lucky applicants. The GNIDA officers were feeling relief at the successful conclusion of the draw. The draw for 200 sq mt plots was started in Indian Expo Mart, Greater Noida on Wednesday morning in the presence of Deputy CEO and dozens of other officials. Out of 1,126 plots of 200 sq mt in Sector-3, 929 were in general category while 197 were in the reserve category. A total of 44,837 applicants were in the field. While 1,126 successful applicants got the gift of a plot each, 43,712 had to go back disappointed. |
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Journalists call for self-restraint
New Delhi, December 25 Supporting the stand of some editors in South Asia, DUJ today called not only for restraint but cautioned against jingoism and war mongering. A statement released to the press by DUJ president S.K. Pande said, “Let us strive to be part of the solution through balanced coverage rather that fester fresh scars of fanning hatred not against terrorists but between the neighbouring countries.” |
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Jewellery shop looted
New Delhi, December 25 Manish, the proprietor of shop is visiting Vaishno Devi and his father Laxmi Mittal used to sit at the shop. Laxmi told the police that he had locked the shutters himself last night. He estimated the loss to be around Rs 8 lakh. A case in this regard has been lodged at the Karol bagh police
station. The police is questioning the whereabouts of the servants working in the shop.
— TNS
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Pillion riders rob couple
New Delhi, December 25 The police said two motorbike riders waylaid the auto-rickshaw at Park Street near the Connaught Place area and robbed at knifepoint Parwesh and his wife Suman Grover of their jewellery and Rs 8,000. The robbers fled before the couple could raise an alarm. The police has mobilised constabulary to nab the robbers.
— IANS |
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