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DCW has power to summon person from any part of India
Jagmohan flays House resolution on demolition
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‘Officials stay away from Zila Parishad meets’
Lok Tarang to showcase extinct dance forms
Dumper trucks, maxicabs, devils on the road
Traders to move HC against demolition drive
Artscape
Ayurveda imbedded in life, says Swami Ramdev
Foolproof plan to regulate traffic
Satta racket busted, two held
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DCW has power to summon person from
New Delhi, January 22 In a matrimonial dispute case being heard in the Delhi Commission for Women, the DCW summoned Manoj to appear before the Commission for case hearings. When the husband did not come to the hearings, he was taken aback to see the Meerut Police at his door to serve the summons personally. Elaborating on the case, DCW Chairperson Prof. Kiran Walia, said, “Some people wrongly think that the Commission being in Delhi implies we have powers only to summon an accused within the jurisdiction limits of Delhi. However, the fact is that under the DCW Act 1994, the Commission has powers to summon any person accused, in a case pertaining to women’s issues, from any part of India.” The Delhi-based housewife approached the Commission on November 14, 2005 complaining that her husband along with her in-laws, used to beat her and harass her for want of dowry. A resident of Nangloi in Delhi, she was staying with her husband in Meerut since 1998 after her marriage. She says, “Ever since I was married, my husband and in-laws used to trouble me for bringing more and more dowry from my parents. Manoj, and his elder brother, Naval, used to repeatedly beat me for not complying. Every time, they’d target their blows on my eyes, so that now my eyesight has weakened and I even have regular pain in them. Not only this, they also used to make me swallow pills of Sulfaz. My parents would always amicably intervene and send me back to Meerut. But on the evening of November 6, it became too much for me to bear when Manoj and Naval, both in an inebriated state, together with my mother-in-law, Sanja, started beating me till I became unconscious. The very next morning in the early hours, I quietly fled to my maternal home in Delhi.” Abha Chowdhary, DCW Member, says, “Acting on her complaint, the Commission summoned Manoj and the other co-accused family members to appear for the case hearing. However, they ignored our summons repeatedly. Finally, we wrote to the Police Superintendent in Meerut to have the summons served Dasti (by hand) on Manoj. He finally appeared before the Commission in January last week.” He apologised for his past deeds in writing and also promised not to harass his wife in future. The couple has been summoned for a follow-up hearing of the case in February to ensure Manoj’s compliance of directives from the DCW. The Commission will keep monitoring the case in future as well, DCW release said.
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Jagmohan flays House resolution on demolition
New Delhi, January 22 “I am surprised by the fact that the legislature passed a resolution unanimously demanding the government to stop the implementation of the court order, which directed demolition of all illegal structures in Delhi,” he said in his speech at a conference on environmental awareness organised by the Asia Pacific Jurist Association here. “We are in the process of creating scores of illegal, unauthorised colonies. Urban land is a great resource, but is now being turned into a liability due to mismanagement,” the
former Lt- Governor of Delhi said. He said that the 11.6 million hectares of waste land rendered infertile with the over-use of chemical fertilisers during the Green Revolution could now be reclaimed by providing 12 per cent subsidy to urban garbage composting. He also urged the nation’s scientific fraternity to develop indigenous ways to tackle the human waste produced by rapid urbanisation instead of copying the western model.
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‘Officials stay away from Zila Parishad meets’
Gurgaon, January 22 The aim of holding meetings of Zila Parishad members and district officials was defeated when it was found that most of the departments were not represented, lamented the Zila Parishad Chairman, Gurgaon. In a meeting held two days back, there were no officials even of a lower level to represent most departments, revealed the chairman. He said the Zila Parishad, as per the Panchayat Raj Act, supervises and monitors the activities of prominent departments, development and panchayat, food and supplies, welfare of scheduled castes and backward classes, PWD, social forestry and farm forestry, women and child development, rural development, agriculture, animal husbandry, electricity, social defence and security, horticulture, Ayurveda, education, health and irrigation departments. The recent meeting was chaired by Zila Parishad chairman. While Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) and Chief Executive Officer of Zila Parishad Mr
S.S. Dalal attended the meeting, there were no officials from education, irrigation, PWD, electricity, agriculture, marketing board, social welfare departments. “We failed to discuss the agenda and make schemes for the welfare of the masses,” added the Chairman. Rao Abhay Singh said that the central and state governments were making a number of new programmes to give power and facilities to the Zila Parishad so that the main objective of decentralization of power was fulfilled. “But it is a sad part that important departmental heads at district level are sabotaging the whole concept of decentralization of power,” lamented the chairman. A head of a department who attended the meeting, told on the condition of anonymity that there was no concrete programme to discuss in the meeting. “We, as in the previous meetings, wasted our time and energy,” he added. The officials did not come and take interest in Zila Parishad meeting as the members of Parishad kept fighting on trivial issue relating to their wards and never do proper planning, added the head of the prominent department. The ADC and CEO of Zila Parishad Mr
S.S. Dalal said there were various departments which went unattended in the meeting, which is a serious lapse on their parts. “I would also speak to the Deputy Commissioner about these departments, and if necessary, we would complain against these departments to senior officials,” added Mr Dalal. Mr Dalal said he took one official of a department to task for coming late in the meeting. We would take legal action if these departments fail to come up in future meetings, added the CEO of Zila Parishad.
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Lok Tarang to showcase extinct dance forms
New Delhi, January 22 Performers from across the country will present their compositions before President A P J Abdul Kalam, who will inaugurate the six-day festival on January 24. About 900 dancers will present 45 folk dance forms at the festival, which is being organised to preserve and promote the arts of the country, Culture Secretary Neena Ranjan told mediapersons here at the preview of the event. “This festival connects us with the grassroot level tradition, which this country has in abundance and the people get the opportunity to see colourful, vibrant and authentic dances,” she added. ‘Lok Tarang’ this year will highlight 12 extinct folk dances, including ‘Aangi Gair’ (Rajasthan), ‘Dhobia’ (Uttar Pradesh), ‘Yak Chham’ (Sikkim) and ‘Konyak’ (Nagaland), she said, asserting that programmes had been launched to provide assistance to the dancers. Ms Ranjan said an attempt was made to make the festival an “all inclusive” event, which will reflect the diverse culture of the nation. “We have tried to present the larger glimpse of the folk dance forms we have in India and of the total number of performers here about 70 per cent are first times,” she said. “The folk dances underline the spirit of unity in the cultural diversity of our country and have potential to raise cultural consciousness of our people,” she added. Apart from the folk dances being presented for the first time, tribal dances, mask dances and fire dances are among the other performances to be presented at the festival. Ms Ranjan said some dance troupes, including Mewasi Chandla Sagai (Udaipur) and Butterfly Zeliang tribal dance from North East, will also perform at the Republic Day parade. The inaugural programme of the festival, organised by the Culture Ministry in association with seven zonal cultural centres on the eve of the Republic Day, has been choreographed by danseuse Tanushree Shankar. Ms Shankar said the theme of the inaugural programme was ‘Yatra’ (Journey), presenting the journey through the country’s South to east to north east then to the north and ending in the west.
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Dumper trucks, maxicabs, devils on the road
Faridabad, January 22 This is the second time in the recent past that the police had to open fire to control mob violence, resulting from anger over the accident due to rash driving. While the angry villagers, who had been demanding a check on the movement of dumper trucks from the village, resorted to stone pelting and torched the truck, the police and district authorities got near panicky over the threatening law and order problem near the village. This panic perhaps resulted in the police opening fire, said a source, in the administration. This has also not been the first time that such a situation had developed. It is reported the police had opened fire in a similar manner at the main bus stand at Ballabgarh when students and youths had resorted to mob violence after the death of a fellow student involving a Haryana Roadways bus on November 24 last. Luckily, there had been no casualty in the firing incident but the police had to work overtime to get control over the situation. There had been several accidents in the district in the past about one year in which many persons had died or got injured seriously. Many of the accidents had been caused due to rash driving of the dumper trucks or maxicabs but despite the fact that these vehicles had emerged as quite a danger on the roads the police and the district administration did not take any measures to control the speed of such vehicles, claimed a resident of Pali village here. He said hundreds of trucks, mostly dumper, pass through the village daily, posing a serious risk to the residents. He said the operators and the police were hand in glove and no action was forthcoming to check the rash drivers. Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sector 21-A here, who has to travel to Delhi daily, said the major threat on the road passing from the Surajkund area had been the trucks, which normally moved at a dangerous speed and caused many accidents each year. He said maxicabs operating for the various call centres had also been like a devil on the road connecting the area with Gurgaon and Delhi and there had been hardly any move to keep these in check. It is reported that the total number of dumper trucks and maxi-cabs in the district was over 2000.
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No respite in cold wave conditions
New Delhi, January 22 The cold winds during the day, which the Meteorological office said were an offshoot of North Westerlies induced by fresh snowfall in parts of Himachal Pradesh, plummeted the mercury during the day from 21.6 degree Celsius yesterday to 20.3 degree Celsius. The minimum temperature also fell to 7 degree Celsius from 9.6 degree Celsius yesterday. Over the last week, the day temperature has remained steady at around 24-25 degree Celsius. According to the Met office, the chill could also be a result of a severe cold wave in Jammu and Kashmir, with Srinagar recording temperature of minus 0.7 degree Celsius. The drop in the mercury today follows a sharp fall in night temperatures to seven degree Celsius, after hovering at around 13 degree Celsius most of last week. The drop in maximum and minimum temperatures marks a return to “chill” for the people of Delhi. The city witnessed a severe chill in the first week of January with the mercury dropping to a 70-year low of 0.2 degree Celsius. The weather office has forecast a further drop in the night temperature tomorrow to about six degree Celsius.
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Traders to move HC against demolition drive
New Delhi, January 22 “A careful study of the Court order reveals that to hide their own
shortcomings and dereliction in duties, the MCD officials have perhaps not
placed actual facts in the Court and a weak case was fought,” CAIT Secretary
General Praveen Khandelwal said. He said the body was consulting its lawyers to prepare the legal groundwork and the process would take about a week to be completed. We
are not against the court’s judgement. But we want to highlight
certain important factors that we feel were concealed from the court,”
he said.
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Bravery award winners felicitated
New Delhi, January 22 Mr Yogesh Agarwal, Managing Director of the Bank, felicitated the awardees and lauded the spirit of the children, who risked their lives to save others and making the nation proud. Besides the awardees and their guardians, the function was attended by the senior officers of the bank.
— TNS
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Sonal Mansingh to perform ‘Aatmayan’
Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 22 This year also a slew of musical evenings, recitals and literary events has been planned as a run-up to the Republic Day. The highlight of these events this year will be the presentation by the Centre For Indian Classical Dances at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre on January 24 in which the renowned exponent of the classical dance form, Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh will perform “Aatmayan”. This performance has been deeply inspired by two traditions: Paalaa ballad singing of Orissa and the role of Sutradhara in the ancient Sanskrit theatre. The presentation of “Aatmayan” is an innovation strictly within the classical framework of Naatya and Nritya. The Punjabi Academy here is presenting its annual Punjabi Kavi Darbar at the Sri Ram Centre For Art and Culture here on January 23. A large number of eminent Punjabi poets from within the country and abroad are expected to participate in the annual event. ‘Bad Behaviour of Singularities’
From January 24 to 30, the Sakshi Gallery is presenting, “Bad Behaviour of Singularities”, an exhibition of paintings by Surendran Nair at the Lalit Kala Akademi here. Surendran Nair is one of those painters who uses colours to create an effect that he wants so that the message reaches the viewer in clear details. His paintings are a part of many private as well as government collections. The three-day Vikram Sarabhai International Arts Festival concluded at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre on January 19. An annual event showcasing the best of Darpana’s creations in the past one year, the festival was started by Mrinalini and Mallika Sarabhai to honour the renowned scientist, Vikram Sarabhai’s love for the performing arts.
Rana captures fluid movement of flames Kamal Rana, a well-known artist and photographer from Gujarat, is holding an exhibition of his paintings and photographs entitled “Fiery Moments” at the Lalit Kala Akademi here from January 24 to 30. Born and brought up in Gujarat, Rana has always been fascinated by fire and the fluid movement of the flames as they rise above mesmerizes him. It is this aspect of the fire that he attempts to capture in his paintings and photographs.
Paintings depict ‘eternal power of nature’
Habiart Foundation is holding an exhibition of paintings of artist Suruchi Gupta entitled “Maati” from January 21 to 24 at the Habiart Gallery, India Habitat Centre here. The exhibition is being described as a collection of paintings, showcasing “eternal power of nature and its expression for freedom”.
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Ayurveda imbedded in life, says Swami Ramdev
New Delhi, January 22 Swami Ramdev, who was speaking to Ayurveda researchers and enthusiasts in Delhi and some other parts of country through video-conferencing from Surat, said Ayurveda cures diseases with help from the nature. He said in Indian tradition, education and health are not treated as fields of trade but means of service. Swami Ramdev said that cost of Ayurvedic medicines was quite less.
— TNS
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Foolproof plan to regulate traffic
New Delhi, January 22 But above all, etiquette on road was crucial to make all traffic-related endeavours successful and movement of vehicles smooth, said Police Commissioner K.K. Paul while inaugurating the ‘Student Traffic Volunteers Scholarship Scheme’ (STVS) here.
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Satta racket busted, two held
New Delhi, January 22 The police also claimed to have recovered six mobile phones, one notebook, two pens, one calculator and one colour television from their possession. The police officials said that they arrested the accused while they were booking satta on mobile phones. The police also claimed to have impounded the notebook containing booking of satta on cricket match amounting to Rs 5,01,000.
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