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BJP moves no-confidence motion against Sheila govt
‘Millions have no access to justice’
Residents attack people trying to force woman into prostitution
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Minor’s rape: 18 days on, no arrests made
DC concerned over delay in completion of projects
Role of religion under scanner
Petrol pump looted
Vehicle transporting cows for slaughter seized
AIDS training camp held
COBSE proposes home language as medium of instruction
Conference on mysticism
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BJP moves no-confidence motion
New Delhi, September 22 Leader of the Opposition Jagdish Mukhi, who moved the resolution shortly after Question Hour on the first day of the Monsoon Session, also demanded her immediate resignation. He said the privatisation of power supply had resulted in inflated electricity bills, fast-running meters and frequent power cuts and many Government agencies had raised questions about the entire process. “Even the Assembly’s own Public Accounts Committee has recommended a CBI probe into the matter,” he said. The BJP MLAs, who were dressed in black, also held a protest outside the Assembly to emphasize their demands. Before beginning the session a large number of activists of the BJP in the leadership of Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Deputy Opposition Leader in Lok Sabha and Delhi Chief of the party, Dr Harshvardhan today marched from Chandagi Ram Akhara to Delhi Secretariat to gherao the assembly demanding resignation of Chief Minister Mrs. Sheila Dikshit. The BJP leaders alleged that there had been a bungling of Rs 12,500 crore while handing over the power supply to private companies. This is not the first financial scam committed by the Congress led government. Earlier the CAG had confirmed a bungling of Rs 8, 426 crore in the privatization of power. The Central Vigilance Commission has also started inquiry into this bungling. The Public Accounts Committee headed by a senior Congress Legislature S. C. Vats has clearly reported that during the privatisation of power the Chief Minister , all three members of the PAC and officers colluded in immoral exchange of crores of rupees by entering into an alleged conspiracy. Heavy security arrangement was there around the secretariat. The police arrested the marchers on their way to the assembly.
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‘Millions have no access to justice’
New Delhi, September 22 Opening the renovated office of the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee last evening, Justice Khan said victims of injustice include both people living below the poverty line who do not have resources and many above it who lack awareness of laws and rights. Justice Khan also mentioned millions of pendencies in courts, many for years or decades, clogging the flow of justice. The renovated premises include a courtroom as well as room for conciliation and mediation. The utility of such efforts was described by Delhi HC Judge Justice Vijender Jain who cited how Lok Adalats settled disputes involving Rs 45 crores in just one day, something which would have taken enormous time, effort and expense in normal course. Legal aid is as important as the normal courts system, Justice Khan, Executive Chairman of the Delhi Legal Services Authority, told the audience which included judges and lawyers. He called for greater infrastructure to operate legal aid, saying: “I confess that our performance has been dismal and not up to the mark.” He said he was running the show with the help of a handful of officers drawn from courts, adding emphatically: “I say with full responsibility that we cannot run legal aid on an ad hoc basis.” He said that the society has the obligation to make such services available to the needy on a wider scale. Justice Khan also announced receipt of sanction for setting up four Permanent Lok Adalats — the sort that evoked protest from lawyers a couple of years ago over fears that its procedures could result in denial of justice in absence of a provision for appeal. He appealed to lawyers to “join us” in this effort. He said people today were looking for speedy, quick and immediate resolution. “Please be dispute resolution spirited,” Justice Khan urged advocates. So far as there being no appeal against the Adalats’ orders, Justice Khan said lawyers have the option to invoke Article 227, which gives higher courts supervisory role over lower court actions.
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Residents attack people trying to
New Delhi, September 22 The agitated residents also shouted anti-police slogans when they learnt that the local policemen were allegedly trying to suppress the matter and dilute the seriousness of the offence. Two persons, including a woman, were injured in the melee. They were taken to a local hospital and discharged after first aid. Three women and two men were later detained by the police when the angry residents demanded action against the suspects. According to eyewitnesses, at around 10 p.m., three cars stopped at a park in the area. A woman in her 20s, who was sitting in a black Ambassador car, was asked to enter Maruti-800 car, parked next to it. She refused but was forced to do so. Police sources said that the two lady pimps present in Ambassador car were carrying her infant child to force her into prostitution. As soon as she entered the vehicle, a person sitting in the car started molesting her, both local residents and the victim claimed in front of duty officer. The local residents who vouched for the entire scene, said, “He was wild and she was not accepting it. When we found him molesting her, we retaliated. At this he tried to escape and took one round of the park at a high speed.” All the women and children sitting in the community park started screaming and rushed to safety to escape the speeding car. Some men even abandoned their two wheelers. The residents said that they then blocked all the gates of the colony, but he did not leave the woman. The two cars were finally encircled by the residents and stoned. When the police reached the spot, they recovered one mangled Maruti car, one black Ambassador car parked over the pavement and three women and one man. One Indica car with two men and three women managed to escape from there. The Additional DCP, east district, Ajay Chaudhary said, “Meenakshi Chaudhary, the victim, is the wife of Satyajit Aggarwal, a resident of Ghaziabad. Satyajit was drinking and she was sitting next to him in the car.” Local police sources, however, said that Meenakshi was the wife of Rahul Chaudhary, a resident of Block-P, Pocket-2, Mayur Vihar Phase-3.
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Minor’s rape: 18 days on, no arrests made
New Delhi, September 22 This was observed in the case of a 15-year old resident of Devli village, who was raped by her two real maternal uncles from Ludhiana. The Medico-Legal Case report conducted at AIIMS confirmed the rape. An FIR was filed on 5 September 2005 at the Ambedkar Nagar Police Station, mentioning also the names of the perpetrators. However, even after 18 days have lapsed, and police has interrogated both the accused, the police has not arrested any one. The Rape Crisis Cell, which started functioning at the Delhi Commission for Women from September 1, in conjunction with its Crisis Intervention Centre in the area, Prayas, has been constantly pursuing the case with the police. Says DCW Chairperson, Prof. Kiran Walia: “Despite our repeated phone calls and many letters, the police have not been making any serious headway in the case. I wonder why the police is not making any arrests when they have a valid FIR and the MLC has also proved the rape. It is not for the police but for the judiciary to decide if the accusations are true or not.” Adds DCW member, Ms. Reny Jacob: “We’ve written to the Police Commissioner & the SHO Ambedkar Nagar on September 16, and also to DCP (Crime Branch), Addl. Commissioner & Joint Commissioner on September 20. We’ve also brought to their notice that the FIR has been registered as 376/506/34/IPC but 376 (G) is not mentioned, though it was a gangrape.” The victim’s father also maintains that the chowki-in-charge at Sainik Farms is pressurizing him and his daughter to come to a compromise with the accused persons. Says Deepti, the lawyer representing DCW’s Rape Crisis Cell in this case: “The accused only have an entry in a hospital to show that they were not in Delhi on the date of rape, which is clearly not sufficient proof. The statement under sec.164 of Cr.PC has also not been taken nor has the victim been produced in any court.”
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DC concerned over delay in completion of projects
Faridabad, September 22 At the monthly meeting of the various departments in the district here today, Mrs Anupama called for a proper coordination among the various departments for better results. She, however, expressed concern over the speed of various projects including the repair of roads in the district. It is reported that the Deputy Commissioner “pulled up” the Haryana Urban Development Authority for the ‘slackness’ in its work, and expressed concern over the slow pace of road repair works by the department. The Deputy Commissioner emphasised upon the need for better coordination among the officers and the employees. Meanwhile, according to the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Sanjay Joon, a survey of the people living below the poverty line (BPL) would be carried out in the rural areas of the district very soon.
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Role of religion under scanner
New Delhi, September 22 Speaking in support of the motion, Omar Salim Akhtar of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, AMU, said that “religion has become politicised and politicised religion has wrecked havoc upon society”. “Can anything be more illustrative of the destructive power of religion than the division of the Indian Sub-continent on the basis of religion”, said Keshav Banerjee of St. Stephen’s College, who was later adjudged the best speaker. It was pointed out that “even tolerant religions are led by intolerant leaders, who are busy motivating followers to destroy the religious identities of others. Opposing the motion, Kriti Puri of AIIMS, squarely blamed the “politicisation of religion” for the “ongoing demonisation of religion”. Refuting the linkage between the rise of religious conservative movement in America and the proactive militarism of the US, Mihir Lal of St Stephen’s College said that it was the “religion of oil and not a religious crusade” that forced the US invasion of Iraq. At the end of the vibrant debate, St Stephen’s College and Sarojni Naidu Medical College were declared the winner and runner-up respectively. Earlier, the motion for the preliminary round, “Terrorism is the Voice of the Suppressed”, drew enthusiastic participation by more than 15 medical colleges from all over the country.
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Petrol pump looted
Greater Noida, September 22 The petrol pump, Hari Singh Filling Station, belongs to Charan Singh, currently in jail for his involvement in illegal land dealings. The criminals had come to the petrol pump in a Maruti car. They snapped the telephone wire of the petrol station so that the police could not be informed about the loot. According to the staff of the pump, there was no response from the Dankore police station to their repeated telephone calls.
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Vehicle transporting cows for slaughter seized
Noida, September 22 The police freed the 7 bulls and 25 cows recovered from the container. Six bulls and 15 cows were later found dead. According to reports, the animals were being taken to Rampur allegedly for slaughter. The driver and the other occupants jumped out of the vehicle when the cops fired at the vehicle after it tried to drive through the barriers, the police said. The local Member of Parliament, Mr Ashok Pradhan, said it was the work of an inter-state gang, which was involved in supplying animals for slaughter in Haryana and western Uttar Prades. He demanded that the guilty be booked under the National Security Act. According to sources 10 cattle heads had also been seized earlier. He demanded that the administration take strict action in this regard.
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Kamudi Sharma honoured
New Delhi, September 22 The awards-giving function was organised by the Hindi Academy, Delhi, which is an autonomous body under the Delhi Government. Ms Sharma has taught Hindi for more than three decades, including 16 years in DPS, R K Puram, and has authored three books. Originally, Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely was scheduled to give away the awards but he could not turn up. Eventually, Academy vice-president Mukund Dwivedi gave away the awards.
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AIDS training camp held
New Delhi, September 22 Seventy students from the 11th grade of five reputed schools of New Delhi took part in the programme. According to Ms Karuna Roy, the organiser of this programme, students from various schools took part in the training programme.
— TNS
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COBSE proposes home language
New Delhi, September 22 Giving the individual boards the option of choosing their second and third languages the COBSE has, however, specified the levels at which the second and the third languages can be introduced. “Schools can use the home language as the medium of instruction at the beginning of the school year and between the second and fifth year of schooling they can introduce a second language. The third language, however, will be introduced in the upper primary stages, between classes VI and VIII and foreign languages can only be taught at the plus two level,” said the general secretary, COBSE, Prof D. V. Sharma. Second language schools can choose either English or any one modern Indian language and the third language can be selected from a list of languages provided by their respective boards. “We have seen that most schools opt for English as the second language. But it is entirely up to the schools to choose. They can either opt for Hindi or English,” Professor Sharma said. The allowance to use home language has also been proposed by the National Curriculum Framework 2005. The NCF noted that if the school does not have provision for teaching a child’s home language at the higher levels, primary education must be covered through the home language as it is imperative to honour the home language.
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Conference on mysticism
New Delhi, September 22 Mysticism has many connotations and different people put it in life differently. It is at the heart of all faiths. Pir Khwaja Ahmed Nizami, citing examples of mystics from the past said that spirituality is a secret treasure in abundance. The other speakers included Sharmani Mangal Pragya Ji, Acharya Dr Sadhvi Sadhna Ji and Swami Pragyanand Maharaj Ji. In the seminars on “Meditation” Father Benito Rodrigues said meditation helps us balance our mind and emotions.
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