New Delhi, March 1
A 21-year-old married woman alleged that she was molested by a youth after a minor accident in the Hazrat Nizamuddin area of southeast Delhi on Thursday.

The woman lives with her husband at Nizam Nagar. She told the police that she was riding a moped with her aunt. She was planning to drop her aunt in her house in Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti when the incident took place.

According to the police, they were at Lala Lajpat Rai Marg when their moped collided with a motorcycle, which was driven by a youth named Hasin, who is a resident of Amir Khusro Park.

The woman and her aunt fell down after the minor collision. The victim blamed Hasin for the accident and they got into an argument.

The victim alleged that Hasin first pushed her aunt to the ground and then molested her and tore her clothes. The victim said that the youth threatened to attack her with a blade and implicate her in a criminal case.

As she shouted for help, the locals gathered at the site. Hasin then fled.

A case of assault to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty and criminal intimidation has been lodged at the Hazrat Nizamuddin police station on the basis of the victim’s statement.

New Delhi, March 1
The Delhi government has extended a free-of-interest loan of Rs 1 crore to each corporation for the purpose of approval of layout plan (LoP), meant to sanction the building project of unauthorized colonies, said Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.

He accused the ruling party in all the three corporations of not approving the LoP in respect of 895 unauthorized colonies regularized by the Delhi government.

“The civic bodies are under wrong impression that LoP is only to be approved for 312 colonies on private lands whereas the city government has mandated that the process is to be completed in respect of all 895 such colonies,” said Lovely. 

New Delhi, March 1
Delhi Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami today said that the transport department is continuing talks with the auto-taxi unions keeping in view their partial strike in the city.

He said during the talks with the transport department yesterday, 20 unions had decided to keep off the strike.

“They were told that the earlier recommendations on their demands would be reconsidered. So, they decided not to take part in the strike,” he said.

Goswami said that the department is keeping an eye on the situation. He expressed hope that the partial strike would be over soon and commuters would not have to face any inconvenience.

He also welcomed the decision of the Union Finance Minister to include auto drivers within the ambit of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.

Goswami also asked for the inclusion of other sections under transport sector in the ambit of Bima Yojana.

“This will enable them to get treatment up to Rs 30,000 per year in well-established nursing homes against the payment of annual subscription of Rs 30,” said Goswami.