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Restaurant guard killed Police officials carry out investigations at The Host in Connaught Place, New Delhi, where a security guard’s body was found on Sunday. Tribune photo
Armyman held for raping daughter
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Parents protest school fee hike
Artscape
Bhajan Lal says no to any poll alliance
17 kids still missing in Noida
JNU Stir: Student union gives 48 hours to admin
Robbery foiled
2 burglars held with laptop, cell phones
Post travel experiences on blog
Tezia procession to affect traffic today
A TV cartoon on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
New PCR inaugurated
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Restaurant guard killed
New Delhi, February 15 Rajesh Thakur of Patna was found stabbed to death in the kitchen of The Host at F-block in Connaught Place today morning. Employees who opened the restaurant in the morning found Thakur’s body lying in a pool of blood and informed the police. The police said there were multiple stab injuries, possibly from a sharp-edged weapon. The body has been sent for postmortem to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. According to the police, the restaurant closed around 1 a.m. and Thakur remained inside as he was on night duty. “The employees said that after closing down the place every night, he usually remained inside the restaurant,” said a police officer. “Our initial investigations suggest that the killer or killers might have used the back entry of the restaurant. The killers probably knew the workings of the restaurant. An insider’s hand cannot be ruled out as the employees have also reported some cash missing,” the officer added. The Host’s manager Pankaj said Thakur was posted at the gates of the restaurant and during the night he remained indoors. “But we don’t know how he reached the kitchen area of the restaurant. Rs 2,50,000 that was collected from sales on Valentine’s Day is also missing,” Pankaj said. Meanwhile, a case of murder and robbery has been registered at CP police station. — IANS
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Armyman held for raping daughter
New Delhi, February 15 “We had received complaint in this regard after which the girl was sent for a medical examination. The father was immediately arrested after the report confirmed rape,” said an official from the Naraina police station. According to information, the girl was raped by Kush on Friday night. The incident came to light when a woman staying in the neighbourhood saw the girl crying and asked her about the matter. Thereafter, the police was informed and a complaint was lodged in the police station. The girl approached the neighbours after the incident and they took her to the police station following which a complaint was lodged,” the officer added. Police official said that Kush is a resident of Madhya
Pradesh. He brought his children from his village only a few days ago. His wife is in MP. |
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Parents protest school fee hike
Gurgaon, February 15 Ashok Agarwal, president, All-India Parents Association asserted that the apex court had clearly told the state governments to ensure the provision of education to children as it was their fundamental right. “Still, there is no proper system in place to check or control the functioning of the privately managed schools and other educational institutions,” he said. Vashisht Kumar Goyal, president, Millennium Parents Association, Gurgaon, maintained that the government should set up an education commission to regulate the functioning of the private schools once and for all. “It is high time that the state authorities clarified and implemented a proper education policy which also covers the private schools,” he maintained. Terming the move on fee hike by certain private schools “illegal and unconstitutional”, The protesting parents stressed that in the absence of a well-defined regulatory mechanism, the private school managements were free to take decisions on their own. Be specific: DEO
The District Education Officer, Jyoti Chaudhary, told The Tribune that as per the rules and norms, no school was allowed to increase the fee in the midst of an academic session or with retrospective effect. “We have a proper system, in which the school managements have to fill up a form, specifying the proposed fee hike from the new academic session. The forms are sent to the state education authorities and it is only after obtaining their consent that a school can increase fee,” she said. On being questioned how certain schools had hiked fee with retrospective effect, Chaudhary said no specific complaint had been received in this regard so far. She appealed to the parents to come up with specific complaints in writing. |
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Works of 25 artists under one roof
Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
Artworks of S.H. Raza, Krishen Khanna, Himmat Shah, Manu Parekh, Rajeev Lochan, Sanjay Bhattacharya, G.R. Iranna, Ranjeeta Kant, B. Bodh, Trupti Patel, Krishna Murari, Narendra Pal Singh, Kunal, Mridul Chandra, Nandita Chaudhuri, Kitty Hazuria, Shalini Saran, Sunaina Bhalla, Tapas Biswas, Kosal Kumar, Viky Arya, Karan Khanna, Sanjay Singh, Kavita Jaiswal and Ashwani Kumar Prithviwasi are on display. ‘Voice Of Violence’‘Voice Of Violence’, an exhibition of paintings by Ram Bali Chauhan has been shifted to The Mint gallery. It will continue till March 5. The expo was earlier held on February 11 and 12 at Stainless Gallery. ‘Letter fest’The Sahitya Akademi is organising its annual festival of letters from February 16 to 21. Functions stressing on the importance of art and literature will be held. Painting exhibition
Nitanjali Art Gallery here has organised a five-day is exhibition of paintings by some well-known contemporary artists at Galerie Romain Roland, Alliance Franscaise from February 14 to 18. ‘Flute recital on Feb 22’
Master Anirudh Bharadwaj will present a flute recital on February 22 at Kalaikodooma premises as part of its silver jubilee celebrations. Students of the institute will also present a short Bharatanatyam recital after that. ‘Drawn with Thread’, an exhibition of drawings by Gopika Nath, is being held at Gallery Seven Art Limited in Greater Kailash-II from February 19 to March 13. The exhibition evokes the harmonious state of being referred to as ‘that sacred space’. It shows the emotions, tempos and fleeting moments that fuel the rhythm of a graceful dancer. Gopika Nath is a textile designer, fibre artist, writer and teacher who began her association with textiles in 1976. She has also worked for the corporate world, handloom industry, retail organisations, fashion designers, exporters and educational institutes. The famous Surana Jewellers of Rajasthan is holding an exhibition of their exquisite gold and diamonds creations at Jahanara Hallin, the Taj Hotel, here, from February 14 to 16. The Indian Council for Cultural relations and the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan are organising an evening of Sufi qawwalis at FICCI Auditorium here on February 21. ‘The Abstract Haze of Reality-II’, a weeklong exhibition of pixographix art by Ahmedabad-based artist Khushroo Kalyanwala, 49, ended on February 7 at The Attic on Parliament Street here. Khushroo is an architect and a designer too. It was his second solo show in the Capital. Photography is only the initial medium that captured the essence of what the final product could be. He has enlivened colour, texture and composition in his works through the eyes of an architect/designer. The pre-conceived composition of the image, the visually-rendered effects and the unconventional print medium — all lend themselves to abstracting the subject and abstracting the concept of photography itself, where it is only one of the mediums used to express the final “mixed media” like images. |
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Bhajan Lal says no to any poll alliance
Faridabad, February 15 Bhajan Lal, who was here to support his party’s nominee from Faridabad parliamentary constituency, Chander Bhatia, gave an evasive reply when asked about the possibility of him contesting the election in the coming Lok Sabha elections. “All options are open and it is too early for me to give any conclusive comment on the issue,” said Bhajan Lal. During the programme, organized by the state secretary of the Haryana Janhhit Congress Pradeep Sethi, the former chief minister met the people of Faridabad city. Significantly, he did not make any speech on the occasion. It was just one-to-one meeting with the residents of the city who came to meet him. In response to another question, he asserted that there was no possibility of his re-joining the Congress. To another question about whether his Haryana Janhit Congress would support the NDA or the UPA at the centre after the parliamentary election, he again gave an evasive reply saying that it was too early to make any comment on the issue. Bhajan Lal said that his party was getting good response from the people of the state. He, however, made no adverse comment on the functioning of the Congress government in
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17 kids still missing in Noida
Noida, February 15 Seventeen Noida kids including, two from Nithari, are still missing from the town, but the Noida police does not appear to be seriously making any efforts to trace and recover them. This is the situation when a separate cell has been set up by the Noida police for tracing missing children. Rimpa Haldar was the first child from Nithari who went missing in February 2005. This was followed by a large number of children reportedly going missing from Nithari at regular intervals. In some of the cases, even an FIR had not been registered by the police here. The Nithari murders that came to light in December 2006 had been a rude shock for the Nithari police. Residents here feel that had the police tried to probe the missing Nithari kids seriously, the number of victims would have been less.
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JNU Stir: Student union gives 48 hours to admin
New Delhi, February 15 After protesting for the last two weeks, the JNUSU has now decided to take its agitation to a higher level. “During the past two weeks the administration has tried the patience of students by being stubborn and arrogant. The administration has also refused to call the JNUSU for dialogue or even for any consultative process while they passed anti-student policies unilaterally,” said Sandeep Singh, president, JNUSU. Walking out of the negotiations in the first round itself, the JNUSU said the vice-chancellor warned the students with dire consequences if the protests were not called off. “The administration’s response to the massive protest on February 10, in which around 2,000 students participated, was insensitive. They (administration) not only refused to concede to any of the students’ demands, but the vice-chancellor went to the extent of threatening students,” said Sandeep. On Friday, in an urgent general body meeting, the students gave unanimous mandate to the JNUSU for going ahead with the agitation. Two of the important demands of the students revolve around the prospectus issued by the university for the next academic year. “We are fighting against the commercialisation moves taken by the administration. University has not just increased the cost of the prospectus by 67 per cent, but also the prospectus issued repeats anomalies from last year with regard to implementation of OBC reservation,” said Sandeep. Now, the JNUSU has threatened the administration of intensifying the agitation if the university does not implement their demands within 48 hours. “If the administration does not come to negotiate with us and does not concede to all our demands by Tuesday, we will intensify our struggle. We have given a call for university strike till then,” said Sandeep. Students have also decided to take out a march on Tuesday night, which will culminate in a mass sit-in at the administrative block the same night. It is to be noted that Sandeep was issued a suspension note during an agitation two years ago. The note was taken back only after he gave a written apology to the administration. |
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Robbery foiled
New Delhi, February 15 The four have been identified as Chander Bhan alias Bhanu, Hari Chand, Dev Kumar and Rahul alias Bhupinder. A .315-bore pistol and three live cartridges have been seized from them. DCP (South) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said that it was learnt that some members of Bulandshahr-based Bhanu gang were loitering in South and South East Delhi. A team from Lodhi Colony police station was formed which found that the gang had been targeting some areas in South Delhi. The police with the help of its informers identified the gang and arrested the four gangsters from Veer Sawarkar Park in Lodhi Colony. The four had planned to rob the petrol pump near Dayal Singh College. According to the police, Bhanu, the leader of the gang, is a proclaimed offender and carried a reward of Rs 5,000. He has been involved in cases of murder, dacoity, robbery, burglary, shootout and vehicle theft. He has also been involved in cases under the Goonda Act and the Arms Act. Bhanu was a terror in Bulandshahr and Khurja. In 2004, he along with his associates killed a businessman while committing a dacoity in Khurja. He was in jail for seven years and it was there that he came in contact with his other three associates. His associate, Rahul, has also spent five years in jail for burgling houses. He targeted houses and befriended their domestic help. He got an easy entry and burgled the houses during the night. |
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2 burglars held with laptop, cell phones
New Delhi, February 15 The duo was arrested today morning following raids carried out in the Narela area of the city. According to the police, the two had been living in the jhuggi cluster in the Lodhi Colony area for about 10 years and were well aware of the topography of the area. The police claimed that they would target flats in Lodhi Colony by scaling walls, drainage pipes and even breaking locks and latches of locked houses. They mostly took electronics items, cash and jewellery. The kingpin of the gang is a man called Sanju. He would collect the stolen goods from Sagar and Ibrahim. He used to come in a Maruti van to collect the stolen goods from the accused. |
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Post travel experiences on blog
New Delhi, February 15 The blog of travel search engine zoomtra.com has a collection of handpicked entries written by some people who share their good or bad travel experiences - a novel way to help people research and plan their travel based on the unbiased content. “Travel bloggers in India are a rare species and undervalued despite the quality content they write out of free will. Till date there was no such platform in India where we could make our words reach the masses,” said Mridula
Dwivwedi, a travel blogger. The travel portal’s director, Vikas Jawa, told IANS: “This is our latest innovation to provide travel planners the best tools and information which have been taken from various sources. At the same time it gives a brilliant opportunity for travel bloggers to showcase their content and get new loyal readers directly on their own
blog.” — IANS |
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Tezia procession to affect traffic today
New Delhi, February 15 The procession will be taken out by the Shia Muslim community at about 9 am from Imambara, Pahari Bhojla to Karbala, Jor Bagh. General public and motorists have been advised to avoid the procession route to escape inconvenience. The route includes Bazar Chitli Qabar, Bazar Matia Mahal, Chowk Jama Masjid, Chawri Bazar, Chowk Hauz Quazi, Ajmeri Gate, Paharganj Bridge, Chelmsford Road, Connaught Place, Parliament Street, Raisina Road, Krishna Menon Marg, Tughlak Road and Aurbindo Marg. The traffic police advices motorists to avoid JLN Marg, DBG Road, Chemsford Road, Panchkuian Road, Connaught Place and all roads converging at Connaught Place, Sansad Marg, Patel Chowk, Ashok Road, Vijay Chowk, Krishna Menon Marg and Aurobindo Marg between 2.30 pm to 7.30 pm depending on the position of the procession. |
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A TV cartoon on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
New Delhi, February 15 The cartoon, “Plim Plim”, is aimed at children between two and five years old, the Art of Living Foundation said here. Claudio Pousada, the creator, artist and composer of the cartoon, was quoted as saying: “This will be a key tool for children all over the world.” The cartoon is in Spanish and English but it will be soon translated in other languages, the foundation said.
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New PCR inaugurated
Gurgaon, February 15 Dalal said the installation of the new police control system would improve communication among the police officials and police stations of the district.
“The installation of this system has cost Rs 2.08 crore,” he added.
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A 26-year-old security guard was found murdered in the kitchen of a restaurant in the heart of the Capital today, while Rs 2.5 lakh was missing.
New Delhi, February 15