Ghaziabad, October 26
A youth of Amhora Sahni was stabbed by his girlfriend’s uncle and burnt alive in a grain storage structure.

The lover had reportedly intruded into girl’s house at night.The police has sent the half-burnt body of the lover for post- mortem examination.

The cops have also arrested the girl’s uncle who had allegedly committed the heinous crime.

Ravi, 19, son of a Dalit, Isherpal, a resident of Amhora Sahni village in Mudali Kithore (Meerut) ,was reportedly having an affair with a 20-year-old girl for quite some time.

Apart from the both families, all villagers also knew about the romance between the two lovers.

Both families had tried to stop the lovers from meeting each other, but the lovers remained defiant.

Ravi had even proposed marriage, which was turned down by the girl’s side. Girl’s relatives had warned Ravi a number of times to desist from meeting the girl, but he continued to meet her.

According to police circle officer, Kalyan Singh, Ravi had intruded into the girl’s house to meet her. The girl’s uncle (father’s younger brother) Dhankesh saw them together.

He pounced upon Ravi, stabbed him repeatedly in the neck and pushed him into the Bhitora(a temporary structure made for storing grain) and set him on fire. Later, Dhankesh raised an alarm that bandits had attacked them.

When villagers started looking for the criminals, they saw the fire in Bhitora and a strange odour of some flesh burning coming out. They informed the police about it.

When Ravi who had not returned from the tube well, his family became suspicious and when they came near the burning Bhitora they were shocked to find Ravi’s body burning there.

With the help of some villagers the family members retrieved the half-burnt body of Ravi which was later sent by police for post mortem.

New Delhi, October 26
On the eve of the World Arthritis Day, a new treatment for arthritis has brought hope to many afflicted by the painful disease.

The treatment involves the use of an antibody, Mabthrea, which brings instant relief. The word arthritis comes from two Greek words, ‘arth’ meaning ‘joint’ and ‘itis’, meaning ‘inflammation’.

Thus, arthritis is ‘inflammation of a joint’. However, it is not always as in many kinds of arthritis, the joint is not inflamed or swollen. The pain, however, may be nagging.

Arthritis, though referred to be a single disease, is a term used for a group. Forms of arthritis are classified as systemic, meaning they can affect the whole body. In these diseases, arthritis can cause damage virtually any organ or system, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, blood vessels and skin.

Painkillers that usually are the first line of treatment only kill pain but can’t stop the disease from getting worse.

Considering how fast rheumatoid arthritis can progress, painkillers alone are not enough. Medications that treat the disease not only keep you healthier longer, they also give you relief from the pain.

Mabthera is an antibody that was first used to treat lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes. Mabthera can be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis because it depletes B-cells, which are important cells of inflammation and in producing abnormal antibodies that are common in these conditions.

Dr Rohini Handa of AIIMS, says: “There are newer biological treatments available for patients’ benefits which give significant relief and provide hope to lead a normal life.”

Mabthera is now available to treat moderate to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in patients who have failed the TNF-blocking biologics.

Preliminary studies have shown that Mabthera was also found to be beneficial in treating severe rheumatoid arthritis complicated by blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis) and cryoglobulinemia.

New Delhi, October 26
The CPI (M) in a rally organised here today demanded immediate action against all those named in the Gujarat riot conspiracy footage including Gujarat Chief Minister Narender Modi.

The rally was organised on short notice and hundreds of party activists gathered at Jantar Mantar and marched towards parliament house.

Jogendra Sharma, Pushpender Grewal, K. M. Tiwari, Sehba Farooqui, Sidheshwar Shukla and Vijender Sharma addressed the gathering.

Jogender Sharma clarified that the shocking footage that was broadcast last night did not come as a surprise.

“It only provided audio-visual confirmation of our stand that Modi and his government stand culpable of engineering and participating directly in the genocidal programme against Muslims in Gujarat in 2002. It has further validated our stated position that the BJP government in Gujarat is actively involved in subverting the course of justice to protect the perpetrators of the communal programme in history of the country” he said.

While the NDA’s refusal to act against Modi is understandable, it seems intriguing why the UPA which claims to be secular has not taken such a step.

The CPI (M) demanded that the Supreme Court should take Tehelka tapes as prima facie evidence and initiate action against the guilty at the earliest.

New Delhi, October 26
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) received the first batch of nine metro feeder buses today.

They will serve as a new feeder service from selected Metro stations.

They are being fitted with the GPS (Global Positioning System) and will run on the Capital’s roads from tomorrow.

As many as 120 buses will run along 36 routes in a phased manner, DMRC spoke-sperson Anuj Dayal said.

The Tatas have customised these buses for the DMRC.

When he neared Suthyana vilage, an unidentified vehicle had hit him hard from rear. He was seriously injured in the accident while the driver sped away with his vehicle.

He was rushed to Kailash hospital where he breathed his last on Thursday, during treatment. The deceased was originally belonged to Meerut.

New Delhi, October 26
A city court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his friend over a minor matter seven years ago.

Additional sessions judge (ASJ) R Kiran Nath held Mahender, alias Babloo, a resident of Sultanpur, guilty of murdering his friend Baljour and also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him.

According to the prosecution, the accused Mahender used to daily visit the house of the deceased, Baljour in Shakti Nagar. On August 11, 2000, when anotherperson named Ram Kumar came to the house of Baljour, Mahender tried to stop him. An altercation soon ensued between the two.

Mahender then brutally attacked Baljour with bricks. He was arrested on August 16 in the same year.

A seriously injured Baljour was admitted to a private nursing home in Shakti Nagar for treatment, but he died after four days, the prosecution said.

“Keeping in view the facts and circumstances in mind, I am of the opinion that the prosecution has been able to prove its case against the accused, Mahender, beyond all reasonable doubts,” the judge said in the order.

The prosecution produced 34 witnesses ,including the main eyewitness Ram Kumar to prove its case.

New Delhi, October 26
The UPA government is conspiring to demolish the Ram Setu. It has been described in the Balmiki Ramayan many times.

It is the duty of every countryman to protect the heritage. Delhi Pradesh Bjp chief Harsh Vardhan said at various programmes organised by the BJP in Delhi today to mark Maharishi Balmiki Prakatya Divas.

He said that Maharishi Balmiki wrote the Ramayana to show the ideal way to people passing through transition. Maharishi Balmiki life showed one can also gain status through deeds.

The epic has relevance even today as “Our country is passing through a transition period.  Many Indian and foreign powers are trying to finish Indian culture.”

New Delhi, October 26
Chinmaya R Gharekhan, president, IGNCA released the paperback edition of ‘Brahmacharya Gandhi and his Women Associates’, written by Girija Kumar, founder librarian of Sparu House, at a function held in the Capital today. The book is published by Vitasta Publishing.

It explores how the Gandhi’s charisma ruffled his women associates, who were a part of his brahmacharya experiment.

The IGNCA president and Gandhi’s grand daughter Tara Bhattacharya chaired the function. She said, “Women found Mahatma Gandhi irresistible.” She said that the author tries to find Mohandas behind the persona of “Mahatma”.

Claiming that Mahatma belongs to everyone and his family does not have proprietary right over him, Gharekhan said, “You have to read this book to appreciate his courage…to appreciate Gandhi, the human being.”

Bhattacharya recollected how difficult it was for Qaid-e-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, to remain unaffected by Gandhi’s charisma.

Vinayak Bhattacharya, the great grandson of Gandhi asked if it was necessary for the Father of the Nation to vow of celibacy.

He also wanted to know whether the motivation was for political, religious or spiritual gain.

Writer Uma Vasudeva said, “I recommend the book to everyone. It is a comprehensive study of Gandhi and his experimentation.”

New Delhi, October 26
Delhi based International Management Institute (IMI) organized a lecture on ‘The changing global Economy Paradigm: What does it mean to Indian Business leaders” by Prof Jean Pierre Lehmann of IMD, Lausanne.

Talking about the changing global economy Prof Lehmann said, “Globalisation leads to a borderless world where there are lots of exchanges and flows taking place between India, America, China and many other countries. It’s a period of massive change!”

Prof. Lehmann began by quoting from Charles Dickens’ “Classic Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of times, it was the worst of time. It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us”. And so it is with most countries today, he said.

It depends upon where in the country you look. The share of OECD in world GDP has shrunk and technology is moving faster than institutions.

He criticized institutions like the WTO as being static. The dominance of the global economy by US & China – or “Chimerica” as he stated could be conceptualized as consisting of two parts - Western and Eastern Chimerica.

The two “Chimericas”, thus share a symbiotic relationship. The world had never seen such a long period of extended growth and low inflation. It’s a huge opportunity. The opportunity however, needs to be exploited and the advice he offered future managers was simple yet powerful.

According to Prof. Lehmann, to do well in a global era, managers need to strengthen themselves in four key areas - “The first important aspect is to acquire business related skills in finance, strategy and operations.

Secondly they should have global knowledge, i.e. understanding of the global environment and the changing trends. Managers also need to be ethical the finally they must demonstrate committed citizenship, which is important to fulfill their role as socially responsible managers.”

New Delhi, October 26
Steel is perceived as a metal meant for industry, rather than sculpture. But the exhibition named ‘Saptrishi’ to start from Saturday in the Capital, will strive to change that by showcasing the large than life figurines — all made of stainless steel.

‘Saptarishi’ will see the works of seven artistes from across the country, who have been working for the show for the past three months.

Deepika Jindal, chairperson of lifestyle brand Art d’inox, and the brain behind the show, said that the theme of the exhibition revolves around the merging of modernity and tradition.

“The word ‘Saptarishi’ comes from the spiritual number seven. There are seven artistes, who have created this line of work, which has a hint of tradition merged with modernity. Although there have been exhibitions of steel artefacts before, but it is for the first time that such a large scale show will be put up,” Jindal told IANS.

None of the seven artistes have worked with steel earlier. Although the exhibition is scheduled to open Saturday, the artistes are fumbling over the last minute finishing touches and polishing and the catalogue for the show is yet not ready.

In all, 30 stainless steel artefacts will be exhibited during the five-day show and some of them are as tall as 20 feet.

Although the prices of the sculptures are not yet fixed, they can range something between Rs 1.5 million and Rs 2 million. — IANS

New Delhi, October 26
The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) had recently organised a blood donation camp.

The full-day camp was held in association with the Rotary Club, Delhi and the Inner Wheel Club, Delhi.

Sikkim Governor Sudarshan Agarwal inaugurated the camp. Agarwal said, “Do not compromise on your values – integrity, honesty, concern for others and respect for elders. Donate blood and motive others to also do so.”

He was impressed to see that students, faculty and staff members had come forward to donate blood.

Prof K.K. Aggarwal, vice-chancellor, GGSIPU, V.K. Jain, registrar, GGSIPU, Prof Yogesh Singh, director, students’ welfare, GGSIPU and other university officials were also present.

The vice-chancellor said, “It was Agarwal, who had initiated the practice of organising a blood donation camp at the IP University around nine years ago. Since then, it has since become an annual affair at the University.”

Calling blood donation as probably the noblest cause, Prof Aggarwal said, “Professional success is no longer dependent on the IQ level but also on the emotional quotient (EQ) level and social quotient (SQ), and participating in activities like these (blood donation) and doing something for the society, contributes towards the EQ and SQ of a person.”

The day also saw REACT (Research & Entrepreneurship Association of Chemical Technology), the students’ body of the University School of Chemical Technology conduct `Acumen 2K7’ – an aptitude test for students.

The objective of the test was to gauge the analytical skills of the participating candidates and provide them a glimpse of the pattern of the competitive exams like CAT and GRE.

Based on multiple choice questions, the test had questions on secondary level mathematics and basic data interpretation.

A large number of students of the university, belonging to varied disciplines, undertook the test. Highest scoring participants were also given prizes at
Acumen 2K7.

New Delhi, October 26
‘Spring Pot-pourri’, a play directed by Sonia Khan was staged yesterday evening in the audio-visual hall of DPS R.K. Puram.

Sonia Khan is a member of the parent community. One hundred and sixty students of classes six and seven participated in the play.

‘Spring Pot-pourri’ is about the emotional transformation that takes place in the life an adolescent. In this world, some simple souls are left behind. It is not because they are not good enough, but because they did not choose to join the rat race. The play was an attempt to answer the questions that ponder in the minds of adolescents, like — “Will I make it big?” and “Will I be happy?” The play revealed that a child needs constant love and encouragement in his/her life.

Diwakar of the musical show ‘Little Champ’ that was telecast on Zee TV started the programme with the song, “Happy Annual Day”. Principal Shyama Chona welcomed the dignitaries.

New Delhi, October 26
Fifty years after release, Mehboob Khan’s “Mother India” about a woman’s struggle and strength continues to be a cult film unmatched in theme and scope - and still the enduring archetype of the sacrificing, courageous mother who will stop at nothing for her children.

The Nargis starrer about a mother caught between her two sons - which went on to spawn so many Bollywood prototypes - was also the first Indian movie to be short-listed for the Oscars.

Released exactly five decades ago the film grossed 40 million rupees.

The story in the village backdrop continues to hold resonance.

New Delhi, October 26
Italian Language Week is being celebrated in the Capital, as in other parts of the world, through film screenings, photography exhibitions and lectures under the theme “Italian Language and the Sea”.

Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute, the celebrations began on Monday and will stress the intermingling of cultures through the chosen theme.

“It is a weeklong celebration in the world at different Italian institutes and embassies,” Patrizia Raveggi, director of the cultural institute here, said late Tuesday.

The sea has been chosen as the focal point of this year’s theme because a large part of Italy’s history was based on the sea. The sea has inspired poets and artists from many parts of the world, has dictated joyful and melancholic songs to its inhabitants through its various moods.

Patrizia said intermingling of cultures had gained importance in today’s world.

“Mixing of different cultures has become very important as it teaches a lot about (each other), helps an individual to grow in terms of education and in finding them better job opportunities,” she said.

The cultural week will include an exhibition of photographs by the Italian Geographical society, Rome, screening of Italian films, lectures and a tribute to late opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died earlier this year.

University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia will also be hosting events marking the event.