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Woman, paramour held for killing brother
Gangrape
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Where street kids get a second chance at life
Cancer awareness walks stress
better care for patients
Students participate in a rally, Walk for Life, at Central Sports Ground in New Delhi on Sunday.
Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui
80% teens smoke in metros
IT engineers’ society formed
Chatterati
Unregistered Noida IT firms close shop, dupe staff
A ‘project tiger’ in Surajkund
Foreigners shopping at the Surajkund Crafts Mela-2011. Tribune photo
6-coach trial run on Gurgaon line held
2 women attacked with blades
Mercury remains above normal
Govt levying welfare fee in illegal colonies: BJP
House robbed, set afire
A gutted house in Laxmibai Nagar, New Delhi, on Sunday. Tribune photo
Woman held with 20-kg
hashish
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Woman, paramour held for killing brother
New Delhi, February 6 But the story reached its climax after the Delhi Police arrested the 27-year-old woman and her paramour for allegedly killing her brother for money, while her father landed in police net for concealing the murder as natural death. The arrested have been identified as Rekha, her paramour Anil (26) and her father Sher Singh (52), a suspended Class IV employee in HRD Ministry, DCP (South) H G S Dhaliwal said. "Rekha conspired with Anil to eliminate her drunkard brother, Sanjit, who was supposed to receive a good amount after sale of his ancestral property. Rekha was having an eye on his money and wanted to get rid of him," Dhaliwal said. The murder of Sanjit came to light after Deepak Sharma, in charge of the Ambedkar Nagar crematorium, found strangulation marks on his neck when his body was brought to the facility on January 14. Sanjit was a resident of Pushp Vihar. "When the body was kept on the pyre, Sharma observed some suspicious injury marks on the neck of the deceased. He disclosed these facts to the family members who did not answer and insisted upon the cremation. He got suspicious and called the PCR," Dhaliwal said. Following this, police examined the room where Sanjit was found dead. "The scene was photographed and a crime team visited the scene. The bed on which the deceased used to sleep was found to be broken. The postmortem ascertained that it was a case of asphyxia due to strangulation," he said. Investigations revealed Sanjit was into heavy drinking and that he had got some share of land from his aunt. "We also found that he got some money after sale of the property which turned to be the cause of dispute in the family. He also got share of his ancestral land and was expecting around Rs 7.5 lakh," he said. A special team was also send to Haryana's Faridabad from where the family belonged. Teams were also sent to the villages where Sanjit's brother and sister were married. During investigations, Dhaliwal claimed, it came to light that Rekha used to meet a few Faridabad-based youths with criminal background. Rekha and Anil were picked up from Khanpur Chowk yesterday for questioning when they came there. Singh came under the lens after he disappeared for two to three days when police called him for questioning. Rekha was married to Samuandar, a Faridabad resident in 2002, and has three children. She got separated from him last year and started living at his father's house after filing a divorce case. — PTI
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Gangrape
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Ghaziabad, February 6 In his complaint, Krishna said that he was on his motorcycle when he heard a woman crying for help. He slowed his bike and was overpowered by two youths, who thrashed him till he became unconscious. They also snatched his phone, laptop and money. Before losing consciousness, he saw a man sexually assaulting his girlfriend while the rest stood on guard. "Based on his descriptions, we took a youth named Monu in custody who confessed to the rape and robbery. He also gave information about the rest of the four youths, who too were arrested," station house officer Vijay Kumar said. The arrested have been identified as Devendra Singh, Tonu (Monu's brother), Jackey alias Jai Kishore Singh, and Manoj, all residents of Raheespur. The stolen items too were recovered, Kumar added. — IANS
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AIIMS to develop egg banking system
New Delhi, February 6 Celebrating its third anniversary, the institute's ART centre and IVF facility has 71 pregnancies and 41 successful deliveries to its credit, with the youngest baby to a couple from Copenhagen (Denmark) being three-day old and the eldest almost two-year and eight-month-old from Imphal. Preservation of eggs not only results in better outcome in pregnancy, it also comes as a great help to many couples who want to delay their time of conception to space the pregnancy. "Younger oocytes give better results in pregnancies and it would benefit all those who want to have late pregnancy. AIIMS is on way to have an oocyte preservation system. We are working towards finalising it," said Dr Suneeta Mittal, chief of the ART centre and IVF facility and head of the department of the obstetrics and gynaecology at AIIMS, while talking to The Tribune. Besides, cryofreezing of eggs would give a fillip to the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) focus area of donor's anonymity in gametes donation, but due to lack of defined protocols, it continues to be in an embryonic stage. According to the director of centre of IVF and human reproduction, Dr Abha Majumdar, a defined system for preservation of oocytes would ensure good post-thawing recovery and pregnancy rates. This would also help in the quaratining of the eggs for detecting sexually transmitted infections like HIV and hepatitis. "ICMR in the modified ART bill, which was first drafted in 2005, has said that oocyte freezing has to be anonymous. The identity of the donor, if known, leads to mental conflicts many times between the recipient and donor state," Dr Majumdar said. Moreover, it is normally poor people who come for donation of eggs and keeping the profile of the donor hidden would help in maintaining social balance. "We are trying to establish a oocyte preservation system, which is as good as banking embryo though the results have not been visible as the area has recently come under focus. Further, as freezing is done under temperatures up to -197 degrees, the results in eggs is less encouraging vis-a-vis cryopreservation of embryos. "Egg preservation is not so robust as in eggs the cytoplasm gets disturbed and the recovery rate thus is quite low in comparison to embryo freezing. For oocyte preservation, the thawing rate stands at about 50 per cent and the pregnancy success to the tune of 15-20 per cent against nearly 75 per cent recovery and 40-50 per cent pregnancy in the latter," added Dr Majumdar. Experts gathering for the two-day ART and IVF workshop at AIIMS feel that banking of oocytes would fulfil ICMR's objective of the programme of anonymous donation of eggs and sperms and with the Capital's only government-run centre goning to have it, it would come as a great relief for cancer patients, who can have it at affordable costs. |
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Where street kids get a second chance at life
New Delhi, February 6 When one visits a shelter home run by NGO Udayan Care, it doesn't take long to feel the sheer vibrancy of the children who were either orphaned or found abandoned on Delhi's streets. At one of the oldest of the 12 homes that the NGO runs in Sant Nagar in south Delhi, Isabel Sahni, a mentor mother, recalls the journey of Pratibha, who was adopted by the home when she was five and is now pursuing her graduation at Delhi College of Art. "Pratibha was adopted from the streets of Delhi and had no family. When we got her to our Sant Nagar girls' home, she was very quiet. In fact, she wouldn't talk to me for at least eight months. Slowly she opened up and started mingling with others," sadi Sahni. Enrolled at a school and provided with a homely atmosphere where 12 girls live and eat together, Pratibha flourished. "I remember once we had taken the girls to a museum for an outing. While the others looked around, Pratibha was absorbed in her surroundings. She was very observant and I could see that she had an inclination towards art. Thereon, she was encouraged to pursue her passion and today she is studying to fulfill that," said Sahni, who hails from Britain and is married to an Indian. A confident young woman today, Pratibha said she enjoys spending time with her "family" in the home and assisting the younger girls in their school work. "Usually, our homes have children between the ages of six and 18. For those above 18 and not yet independent, there is an after care home for girls in Gurgaon. But they made an exception for me and let me stay at the girls home here itself so that I can continue my studies with minimum hassle," she smiled. Jagdish, another Udayan kid, was rescued five years ago by a group of artists who found him starving on the Capital's streets. Today he is training at the kitchen of the Hotel Crowne Plaza in Delhi, besides pursuing his studies from an open school. Often with traumatic pasts, the children, once brought to the home, are counselled by child experts. "Along with a new child, the rest of the children are also counselled when there is a new entry so that there is no rivalry between them and there is a smooth acceptance on both sides," Sahni said. A lot of children also suffer from tuberculosis when they first come in; so there are regular medical check-ups. The Delhi government's Child Welfare Committee (CWC) often refers children to Udayan Care homes which are spread across Delhi, Ghaziabad, Jaipur and Kurukshetra. In most cases, since the rescued kids have no schooling background, they have to be tutored at home before being enrolled on scholarships in schools like Tagore International and Modern School. Not just that, many girls have also been married off by Udayan. IANS
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Cancer awareness walks stress
better care for patients
New Delhi, February 6 Flagged off by the CWG gold medallist discuss thrower Krishna Poonia from the Central Civil Services Sports Ground in Chanakyapuri, the march nearly of four km was anchored by the NGO CanSupport, with an aim to sensitise people about debilitating condition of cancer. Besides, the purpose is also to make people more receptive towards the pain and suffering of those afflicted by various types of cancer as the focus on palliative care has been very dismal in the country, pointed out CanSupport founder and director Harmala Gupta. “Such initiatives in the field of palliative care is commendable. It’s really encouraging to find people turning in large numbers,” said Poonia, who semed to be thrilled seeing so many people even on a weekend. “It is important that the government pay more attention to serious diseases like cancer and in this regard come up with stringent measures to contain tobacco consumption. Government has to allocate more funds,” said Ria Singh, a student of Lady Sriram College, who reached late for the walk, but caught an auto to join the group. Among others who participated in the walk were former US ambassador David Mulford and his wife Jeannie, a cancer survivor; Terhi Hakala, Finland’s ambassador and another cancer survivor, the US ambassador Timothy J. Roemer and his wife; then the Mexican ambassador Jaime Nualart and member of the Planning Commission Syeda Hameed. Further, the other highlights that caught the attention of Delhiites were a special vintage car, which carried the cancer survivors and a motorbike rally. Another walk, “Walk for Cancer Awareness” was also organised by the Indian Cancer Society along with the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute from Navy Children’s School and around parts of South Delhi. The event of ISC, which followed the international conference on paediatric cancer organised by the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute at India Habitat Centre, saw participation from many—Army Chief General V K Singh, athletics legend Milkha Singh, wrestler Sushil Kumar and mountaineer Santosh Yadav, said Renu Chopra of
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80% teens smoke in metros
New Delhi, February 6 Eighty per cent children aged 14 to 16 years have already tried smoking cigarettes in their schools, the survey report revealed after contacted more than 3,000 teenagers of age group of 14 to 19 years old all over the schools and colleges in the metropolitan cities from November 2010 to January 2011. The cities in which respondents were interviewed by ASDF include Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Chennai, Hyderabad, Indore, Patna, Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh and Dehradun. It was also observed that consumption of cigarettes is more in fashion in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Chandigarh, Chennai and Hyderabad. Out of these teenagers, approximately, 20 per cent of the males are addicted to smoking and close to 6-10 per cent of the females are smoking regularly. The majority of teenagers nearly spend Rs 3,500 to Rs 4,500 in a yearly basis. Approximately, 20 per cent of students in middle schools have confessed that they have tried smoking cigarettes on more than one occasion and most of these become addicted and continue the habit. A person who starts smoking at the age of 15 will have a more difficult time quitting it and has more health-related problems and probably will die earlier than a person who begins to smoke at the age of 21, said BK Rao, chairman of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Assocham Health Committee. Seventy six per cent of the teenagers may take up smoking because their favourite film star or pop star smokes, the report pointed out. Parents are the biggest influence and do have the power to introduce their children to the dangers of smoking. With the combined efforts from adults, the teenagers could be able to get the necessary education and make the decision to not smoke, the report said.
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IT engineers’ society formed
New Delhi, February 6 DTU Vice Chancellor Prof PB Sharma said, "The technical societies in educational institutions play a crucial role in bridging the gap between what the course curriculum offered to students and what the industry expects. I am hopeful that SITE would act as a connection between the world of academia and world of industry and aid us in transforming graduating engineers to professional engineers." He further added that IT has made rapid strides in all areas of human activity, Prof Sharma urged students to "take IT to those sections of society which are beyond its benefits. Can you reverse Society for IT Engineers to IT Engineers for Society and do something for not just your own professional development but for the society at large?" Prof Sharma asked the students. Secretary department of IT Savitur Prasad said, "We are keen to provide efficient services and readdress grievances of residents of Delhi in a more effective way, by using IT, and I call upon the students to think about how we can achieve that. I would like DTU students to conceptualise and implement new projects in e-Governance and citizen services." A booklet on SITE was also released today. The SITE would organise several activities like workshops, seminars, projects, etc. for the students to nurture their technical skills and unleash their talent in areas like programming, designing, web development, image processing, robotics, hacking, animation and so on.
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Chatterati
Politicians and superstition, it is said, go hand in hand. During the elections one sees that the pundits are as busy as a neta who fight the elections. Recently we are hearing black magic tales from Karnataka. Delhiites are discussing this when they socialize in the evenings and politicians in their offices. One has never heard of anything so openly discussed as a factor between sides blaming each other. As we would call it in north India, it's "jaadu tona" at the highest level. The Karnataka Chief Minister recently has been surrounded by scandals and he has really faced tough days as Chief Minister. Beliefs of this sort are not rare in India. Some are told to do pujas while others are told to give daan and dakshna to the poor. While some fast on certain days to ward off the evil sprit or evil eye. But the Bangalore Chief Minister Yeddyurappa has an astrologer who has suggested a wayout to his Chief Minister. The Chief Minister must only wrap a damp cloth around him and do surya namaskar at the Mysore Chamundi temple, as she is the state goddess. The Delhi's elite no longer rely on domestic stars and jaadu. We are getting savvier and global in our practices. So, one notices that Delhi markets have a lot of people who are buying evil eyes, which come from Turkey and a host of Feng-shui objects, crystals and other stuff which is the in thing now for homes in the Capital and cities close by. Time for the younger lot
In Delhi, a sense of a change of guard seems to be growing fast in the political scenario and it's the flavour of the season in all the parties, it seems, from the Congress to the DMK. The older Congress and BJP political generation are now feeling half retired already. They claim it is not right as they have spent all their lives for the Congress and BJP and have no other livelihood. Several senior Congress leaders have however commented on how the ones who are above the age of 65 should take a back seat and the younger lot must take over. So, if that be so, half the cabinet will soon need to be reshuffled. Some loyalists may be adjusted as governors and others may be sent for party work, but will it mean that Anthony, Pranab, Valayar Ravi all need to retire. S.M.Krishna, Murli Deora et al too? It's not going to be an easy process and no politician ever leaves voluntarily now. So, who is going to bell the cat is a million dollar question in the Capital nowadays. And in drawing rooms, hair dye is only the tip of the iceberg. Surajkund Mela
The 25th edition Surajkund Mela is the greatest attraction at this time of the year. As you take a round of this mela, you may see many known faces like Sonal Mansingh, Sandeep Dikshit and Kiran Choudhary. You will notice that this is a one-stop space for shopping and a quick culture update. In this massive ground, you will find everything from Afghanistan carpets to Nepali shawls. If you are into jewellery, you can find cheap Hyderabadi pearls, inexpensive silver jewellery and you can even get your own personalized lak bangles. This year Uzbekistan is the partner country while Andhra Pradesh is the theme state. So, if you want your Hyderabadi spicy chicken curry or a south Indian dosa with a cultural performance thrown in, this mela is the place to be in. Women are busy bargaining and the tourists completely fascinated by the exquisite Indian trinkets. This is indeed the place to be in. In between all this, you can have a parrot reading your horoscope and some pundits sitting in a row reading the palms of firangis who are completely in awe of their surroundings. Some have even already worn their newly acquired jootis and their goat leather trinkets and are happily looking a part of the colourful and striking ambience that Surajkund creates year after year. |
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Unregistered Noida IT firms close shop, dupe staff
Noida, February 6 Assistant labour commissioner Atal Kumar said, "In the last one year, more than 10 IT and software companies have closed their offices and duped employees. Companies had taken security money or advance ranging between Rs 20,000 and Rs 2 lakh depending on the job profile. More than 2,000 engineers were duped of crores of rupees." "The modus operandi of the fraud companies was that they opened offices on rent. Computers and office furniture too were taken on rent. Then they gave advertisements offering jobs. Mobile phones of consultants were given. The unemployed youth fell into their trap and paid security money to procure a job. After a few months of operation, the unit closed the office. Then they start another office in another name at other place. These units do not get registration," said Kumar. "At Noida there are around 200 registered IT and software companies. These are mostly in sectors 57, 59, 60, 62 and 63. Some units are in sectors 2, 3 and 4. There may be more than 250 unregistered units operating in the city," said Kumar. "In view of the frauds, we have launched drive to detect the unregistered units and get them registered as in that case, we have the details of owners. In case of any forgery, we can nab the owner. Around 1,500 employees of one company got their dues after the intervention of our department two months ago as it was a registered unit," said Kumar. "Small unregistered units dupe around 300 employees and then change the office. Less than ten per cent employees lodge complaints, the rest prefer to bear the loss instead of wasting time taking round of police stations and labour department offices," said Kumar.
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A ‘project tiger’ in Surajkund
Surajkund, February 6 The painter -- 26-year-old Rakesh -- is from Ranthambore in Rajasthan, which houses one of the biggest national parks in northern India. His stall is only displaying paintings of tiger and leopards. Rakesh, who says he is painting tigers for the last 12 years, has captured them in various moods, backgrounds and poses. From close-ups depicting the sharp and fierce features to life-size pictures bringing out the 'fearful symmetry' -- the paintings show the majestic predator in all its glory. "I am doing this work for the last 12 years. But have come to the Surajkund Mela for the first time," says Rakesh. While foreign tourists form a big chunk of his clientele back home in Ranthambore where he has a shop, in the crafts fair too, he is registering moderate sale, he says. The paintings are made on cloth with water colours. Situated near the park is the Ranthambore School of Art which consists of painters from local villages and focuses on the tigers of Ranthambore.
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6-coach trial run on Gurgaon line held
New Delhi, February 6 The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) targets 95 such trains on its entire network by the yearend. The trials were conducted to ensure full safety of the "rolling stock, signalling, electrical and other systems of the six-coach trains," a DMRC statement said. Four-coach trains on the line continued to run without any change. The Delhi Metro introduced the first six-coach train on December 23 last year on the Dwarka-Noida and Dwarka-Anand Vihar route. Five such trains now run on this line. "By the year-end, there will be 95 six-coach trains in the Delhi Metro network. This will take the total number of trains to 208. On the Jahangirpuri-HUDA City Centre line, there will be 54 six-coach trains by the end of 2011," the statement said. On the Dwarka-Noida and Dwarka-Anand Vihar lines there will be 39 six-coach trains and on Central Secretariat-Badarpur line there will be two six-coach trains by the year-end. - IANS
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2 women attacked with blades
New Delhi, February 6 The official said they conducted raids to nab the attackers. Around 20 people were detained for questioning but no arrests have been made yet, the official said. The attackers were on a motorcycle and targeted the women separately before fleeing the spot. One of the women suffered an injury on her neck while the other suffered injuries on her face. A case under Section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered. - PTI
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Mercury remains above normal
New Delhi, February 6 The mercury touched 29.8° C yesterday, while the minimum was 11.1° C. "A partial cloud cover provided the warmth for the day," a senior MeT official said. "The temperature could be between 12 and 27° C tomorrow. There could be mist in the morning with a partially cloudy sky. There are also possibility of light rains or thundershowers," he said. In the last decade, the minimum dropped below 5° C twice.
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Govt levying welfare fee in illegal colonies: BJP
New Delhi, February 6 If the government is not stopping the department concerned from levying the development charges, the BJP will stage a dharna and protest march. Delhi unit BJP president Vijender Gupta said that in order to delay the regularization of unauthorized colonies, the government had imposed a development fee at the rate of Rs 200 per sq mt. Most of the residents in these colonies are poor, so they will not be able to get their property regularised. He has demanded the immediate cancellation of this development fee. |
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House robbed, set afire
New Delhi, February 6 The fire was brought under control in around 20 minutes. Police officials saw the back door of the house opened and later it was known that the house was robbed before being set on fire. "It looks that the infamous fire gang is involved behind the crime. We are investigating the matter," said a senior police official. A case has been registered. The owner of the residence Vinay Shukla and his wife Preeti Shukla went to Kanpur on February 3 for a family function. Preeti is an assistant chemist in the ministry of consumer offence. The fire caused a major loss as everything-- almirah, AC, computer, bed and TV set--has been gutted.
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Woman held with 20-kg
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New Delhi, February 6 She was arrested from Sriniwaspuri here in south Delhi after the police found the contraband in her luggage which was worth Rs 20 lakh on the international market. "The woman received the consignment from her brother-in-law based in Jammu and Kashmir and was allegedly trying to sell it to suppliers in the national Capital and NCR," said a senior police official. |
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