New Delhi, March 6
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven incidents of rape reported from different parts of the city. The incidents include six juvenile victims.

A 25-year-old married woman was raped by four men in a moving car at northeast Delhi's Welcome.

The incident came to light after she was found unconscious at Zaffrabad and rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital.

She told the police that she had met one of the accused while looking for a job.

"She was called to Zaffrabad Park on Monday on the pretext of a job offer," a police official said.

The woman was however offered a cold drink laced with sedatives. She was then gangraped in a moving car. The accused were arrested after the woman narrated her ordeal to police.

In another incident, three men raped a 22-year-old club worker while she was returning home from work at south Delhi's Vasant Vihar on Tuesday.

The woman claims that she was taken to a house at Kusumpur Pahari in Vasant Kunj.

"She was gangraped after being beaten up and later dropped at Vasant Vihar," another police official said.

She informed the Vasant Kunj police station after which the accused were arrested.

In the third incident, a 30-year-old man raped an eight-year-old girl at east Delhi' Anand Vihar on Wednesday. The victim was at a temple near Karkardooma Metro station when she was lured by the accused.

In the fourth incident, a 16-year-old boy was arrested at northeast Delhi's Gokulpuri for raping his minor neighbour at knifepoint. The 14-year-old victim was forcibly taken to Wazirabad and raped.

In the fifth incident, a 12-year-old girl, resident of west Delhi's Ranhola, was raped by her minor neighbour on February 27. The 14-year-old neighbour had taken her to a house at Gole Market.

The accused is yet to be arrested despite a case being lodged with the Ranhola police station.

In the sixth incident, a minor boy has been arrested at east Delhi's New Ashok Nagar for raping his two distant minor cousins. The victims told the police that the incident took place in October last year.

In the seventh incident, a man was arrested after a 16-year-old girl kidnapped by him was found pregnant. The victim was kidnapped from southeast Delhi's Amar Colony in June 2012.

New Delhi, March 6
In the past two months, more than 200 persons were killed and close to 900 injured in road accidents that occurred in the national Capital.

As a consequence, Delhi Traffic Police has been regularly organizing courses for bus and public service vehicle drivers to sensitise them about a passenger's safety.

Last year, 1,866 people were killed and 6,643 injured in road accidents in Delhi, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran at Parliament yesterday.

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Ramachandran said, "Up to February 15 this year, 202 people have died and 896 injured in road accidents in the national Capital."

In 2010, 2,153 persons were killed, which is the highest number of deaths, caused by road accidents over the past three years. The second highest number of deaths--2110--due to road accidents took place in 2011.

The minister added that until February 15 this year, there have been 76 accidents involving trucks, 48 accidents involving buses and 762 accidents caused by other vehicles. Last year, there were 595 accidents involving trucks, 500 accidents caused by buses and 5,856 accidents caused by other vehicles. The year 2010 witnessed 675 accidents caused by buses, which were the highest figure in the past three years.

Ramachandran said, "The Road Safety Cell of Delhi Traffic Police regularly organizes refresher courses for bus and public service vehicle drivers regarding the safety of passengers. These courses are organized at periodic intervals at Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) depots and petrol pumps."

Delhi Traffic Police also organizes safe and defensive driving workshops for drivers of school and contract carriage buses engaged in transporting school students.

The highest number of prosecutions in Delhi has been against private chartered buses in 2012 and this year. Until February 15, the Delhi police has prosecuted 3,272 private chartered buses for violating traffic rules. There have been a total of 6,870 prosecutions against DTC, interstate, roadways and school buses in the Capital this year. Last year, the police prosecuted 21,482 private chartered buses. This figure is included in a total of 56,034 prosecutions against different buses in Delhi.

New Delhi, March 6
A domestic help allegedly committed suicide by setting herself on fire in a jeweller's house in Kirti Nagar, west Delhi, this morning.

Savita (22), a native of Jharkhand, was working in Shakti Kumar's house. Kumar runs a jewellery store in west Delhi.

According to the police, Savita doused herself with kerosene and set herself on fire. Some neighbours extinguished the fire, but she had sustained about 100 per cent burn injuries.

The police was informed at 6.20 am and it rushed her to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in Hari Nagar. Doctors declared her dead upon her arrival there.

The police is probing the motive behind the alleged suicide.

New Delhi, March 6
The concerted efforts of the Delhi government to bring more and more beneficiaries under the Annashree Yojna integrated with UID-Aadhar to ensure Direct Cash Transfer, doesn't seem to be an easy task as it has been able to achieved only 15 per cent of the target.

With an aim to bring at least two lakh beneficiaries under the Annashree Yojna, the government has managed to introduce around 30,000 beneficiaries in the scheme in the past two months.

However, at the time of the launch of the scheme on December, the state government had announced to benefit two lakhs families in current financial year. Also, the government had identified five lakhs families on the basis of scientific parameters through a survey conducted by the Mission Convergence.

Under the scheme, an amount support of Rs 600 per month is transferred in the Aadhar-linked bank account of the beneficiary to supplement food and other essential commodities of the family.

With people facing problems in opening bank accounts in the absence of guaranter and other documents, according to senior government officials, the issuance of Aadhar has become a challenge. "Problems are being faced in verification of beneficiaries. And we cannot extend the scheme without first making their Aadhar cards," said a senior government official.

"Till the time we succeed in issuing Aadhar cards to all the eligible people they cannot be made to avail themselves the benefits of the scheme," said a senior official. He said that people are facing problems in opening bank accounts in the absence of guaranter and other documents.

The Delhi government had also announced to implement four out of nine schemes on Aadhar Enabled Direct Cash Transfer mode in its two districts - northwest and northeast - on January 1, with a promise to put all nine centrally sponsored schemes by March 2013. However, they also could not be launched due to same reason.

The Annashree Yojna has been aimed to cover those poor families which are left out of the Public Distribution System because of the numerical cap on number of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. The upper limit of the BPL households in respect of Delhi has been fixed by the Planning Commission as 4.09 lakh. Whereas, total number of BPL families in Delhi is 7.5 lakh.

New Delhi, March 6
Jamia Millia Islamia is organizing a number of interaction programmes and refresher courses following the nod of the Academic Staff College (ASC). "These refresher courses are organised with an objective to keep college and university teachers updated about the latest developments, encouraging them to undertake quality research.

Besides, the ASC occasionally organizes short orientation programmes for college principals and need-based courses for teachers," said the university spokesperson.

The ASC at Jamia organises in-service programmes for the university teachers and group A, B and C officials. From March 4, the university has begun a one-week interaction programme for research scholars. Around 27 research scholars are expected to participate in the programme. The programme was inaugurated two days ago by IPS officer Surender Yadav.

Also, another three-week refresher course in West Asian Studies will go on till March 12. The course is the eighth edition this year. Twenty-nine candidates from across the country are participating in the course.

Another three-week refresher course in Media Studies and Governance is expected to witness the participation of over 30 candidates this month.

New Delhi, March 6
EduKart.com, India's leading online education company and the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) have jointly launched a postgraduate professional development programme for Indian students.

Targeted at working professionals, the programme has been designed to respond to today's business demands and provide students with a wealth of practical experience and cutting-edge thinking. Covering subjects such as management, finance, sales and marketing, the 11-month-long programme will be delivered online via LSBF's award-winning e-learning partner InterActive and EduKart.com, giving students the flexibility to fit their studies around their life and work.

The students will be awarded a diploma by LSBF and EduKart.com at the end of this programme.—TNS