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Metro’s earning up by 24%
More schools close due to cold wave
Actor sues airlines for flight delay
ID card issue: Parties call
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Some more healthy dos and don’ts, courtesy Ramadoss
Some respite from chill
Stolen ‘gutka’ worth
Rs 21 lakh seized
Stone laid for project
to cover drain
Name online your favourite for 2007
Jewellery shop looted in Sahibabad
Mastermind of Rampur attack ‘identified’
US team lauds efforts to make Delhi smoke-free
Get set for more of foreign, yet familiar cinema
Vintage cars at auto expo
Project to control chronic diseases launched
Murder accused arrested
Two boys held for murder
Artscape
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Metro’s earning up by 24%
New Delhi, January 6 The metro that carries over 6,50,000 passengers per day has reduced over 40,000 vehicles from the Capital’s roads and saved over 476 lives so far, due to the reduced road accidents, a DMRC spokesperson said. According to the 2007-ridership figures, Line — I (Shahdara - Rithala) saw a rise of 14.44 per cent. Its ridership increased from 5.7 crore to 6.5 crore. While Line — II (Central secretariat - Vishwa Vidyalaya) witnessed an increase of 26.37 per cent. Its ridership rose from 4.7 crore to 6 crore. The DMRC spokesperson informed that Line – III had emerged as the most popular corridor of the DMRC. Line – III connects important areas including, Indraprastha, Rajiv Chowk, Karol Bagh, Janakpuri, Rajouri Garden and Dwarka. Its ridership increased by 37.38 per cent. Line — III, also known as Blue Line, carried 7.8 crore commuters last year, as against 5.7 crore in 2006. Its total earnings rose by 39.76 per cent. It increased from Rs 69 crore in 2006 to Rs 96 crore in 2007.
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More schools close due to cold wave
New Delhi, January 6 Schools that have decided to shut down gates before the cold onslaught include the primary sections of Delhi Public School (DPS) which will reopen only on January 14. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has also announced that it will keep its schools closed from January 5 to 13 in view of the extremely cold conditions in the Capital. Most parents are relieved though some are grumbling saying that keeping schools closed on account of the cold may make children lazy, however, others have welcomed the move. |
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Actor sues airlines for flight delay
New Delhi, January 6 South district consumer court here has issued notice to Kingfisher Airlines on a complaint filed by the actor. According to the complaint, Khan had booked two Kingfisher Airlines business class tickets on a flight to Mumbai from Delhi on March 2, 2007, and paid the fare with his credit card. The actor with an accomplice reached the airport on the day of travel and was told by the airline staff that the flight has been delayed by three hours. The staff did not give any reasons for the delay, the compliant said. “The complainant duo had to urgently go to Mumbai for a shoot and therefore availed the services of the airline, but to their, despair they not only had to cancel their shoot, but also could not get the amount due from the airline even after cancellation of tickets,” said Kamal Singh Pundir, counsel for the actor. When the complainants asked the airline staff to cancel the ticket and refund the amount, the staff assured them that the money would be refunded after the confirmation of the transaction, as the fare had been paid through credit card. The actor alleges that he has not been refunded the amount from the airline till date. “This is mental harassment done by the airline staff to the common man, despite the recent government order asking the airlines to refund the money of the complainant within 15 days of cancellation of tickets,” he said. The court has posted the hearing for March 4, when the airline has to reply t7o the notice. —
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ID card issue: Parties call
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New Delhi, January 6 “Although the intention of the Lt-Governor could be good in making it mandatory for everyone, but the proposal is not practical,” said Vijay Goel, all India secretary BJP. “It looks like the proposal was not discussed with the central government. Even the Chief Minister was not aware of such a move.” Goel pointed out that earlier several orders like ban on smoking in public places, begging, dumping of garbage on roads, cleanliness had been issued but none could be implemented. “Delhi is the capital of the country and people from all corners come here. It will be very difficult to make the I-cards mandatory for all of them,” he said. Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Jai Prakash Agarwal, MP has also deplored the decision. He believes that it is an impractical move and would only lead to corruption and harassment of the citizens. Agarwal said that Delhi is a metropolitan city in which people from all over the country and all over the world lived and a large number of people visit it daily for various purposes who will be put to lots of inconvenience. “If other states also make it mandatory for people from outside their state to carry a photo identity cards, then people of Delhi visiting other states will also face similar harassment”, opined Agarwal. He said that the Delhi Congress was totally opposed to the implementation of the scheme. |
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Some more healthy dos and don’ts, courtesy Ramadoss
New Delhi, January 6 “I will be soon launching a healthy lifestyle website. It will be in different languages. It will tell people what to eat, what should be their ideal weight. It will propagate yoga and discuss ways to reduce diseases like hypertension,” Ramadoss told IANS. One can access the site - www.healthy-india.org - on the health ministry’s website. But Ramadoss is not happy with the final product. He wants it to be interactive. “I have asked them to work more on it. It should be interactive and the information on its pages should be updated every day. It’s being worked out,” he said. Emphasising the need for the website, the minister said it is critical for people to know about how they should avoid lifestyle diseases, which have become a major cause of worry. In its opening page, the site talks about the need for such a website to inculcate a healthy way of life and lists the reasons for rise in heart and diabetes cases in India. “Chronic diseases were the reason for 53 percent of all the deaths in 2005, of these 29 percent were due to cardiovascular diseases,” it says. It is estimated that by 2020, cardiovascular diseases will be the largest cause of disability and death, as a proportion of all deaths in India. “India already has the largest number of people with diabetes in the world. India is the diabetes capital of the world. The occurrence of diabetes in urban Indians is second highest in the world; approximately 12 percent of the adults develop diabetes,” the website says. The website talks in detail about the harmful effects of tobacco use - a subject Ramadoss champions. It was because of him that all tobacco packets now display pictorial warnings and for which the World Health Organisation (WHO) honoured him. “The largest number of tobacco-related deaths is also due to heart attacks. Tobacco kills more people than accidents and AIDS put together. In India, tobacco contributes to 56.4 percent and 44.9 percent of cancers in men and women, respectively,” the website says. “Through this website we target the major causes of a majority of the diseases in India and work towards scientifically preventing them,” it explains. The opening page says: “Your health is in your hands” and shows through pictures how to achieve it—eating fresh vegetables, doing yoga, exercises and staying tobacco free. So to live a long, healthy and beautiful life—eat healthy food, including milk, nuts, whole grains —it says on the page, and advocates homemade spices and food. The website also talks about how schools can help in inculcating healthy lifestyles from childhood and how employers can look after the health of their employees, thereby increasing productivity. It also lays emphasis on hygiene. “Hygiene is an essential component of healthy living, integral to achieving health and preventing disease,” it says. The website, created by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), an autonomous body, could also be used to calculate one’s Body Mass Index (BMI) and calorie. — IANS
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Some respite from chill
New Delhi, January 6 The minimum temperature recorded is normal for the Capital for this time of the year, the Met office said. The minimum was recorded at six degrees Celsius yesterday. The rise in temperature is attributed to the cloudy weather conditions |
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Stolen ‘gutka’ worth
Rs 21 lakh seized
New Delhi, January 6 Police had been on the lookout for Mukesh, Saurabh Thakur, resident of Aligarh and Bhima of Bulandshahr since the night of December 23, 2007 when a Tata truck loaded with the gutka worth Rs 27 lakh went missing while on its way to Aligarh. The driver Bhima was having nexus with some gangsters of western UP. He along with gangsters Kishan Thakur, Saurabh Thakur and Mukesh took the truck along with the loaded gutka. The police team was having specific inputs regarding this incident and got active when ASI Manoj Kumar received a secret information that two of the accused along with stolen tempo are in Aligarh (UP). A raid was conducted and Mukesh and Saurabh were apprehended along with stolen Tempo and the Indica Car No. HR-18-8835 which was used in committing crime. Later, driver Bheema was also arrested and on his instance, stolen property worth Rs 21 lakh was also recovered. Mukesh and Saurabh disclosed that they had planned this crime with the connivance of driver Bheema. Bheema knew accused Kishan Thakur and they all planned to commit theft of the truck along with goods. According to plan, Kishan Thakur, Mukesh and Saurabh posing as sales tax officers stopped the tempo at Gazipur border. Bheema told the other truck in which another driver was carrying the same goods that he should get away from here as sales tax officials are checking the tempo. The other driver went away and Bheema according to plan went with his accomplices to Bulandshahr. Owing to the pressure mounted on accused by the police, they could not dispose of the looted gutkha bags. Absconding Kishan Thakur is the only accused left who is to be arrested in this case, according to the police. |
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Stone laid for project
to cover drain
New Delhi, January 6 Addressing a mammoth public gathering after laying foundation stone, the Chief Minister stated that development in East Delhi would be further accelerated to provide all basic amenities to residents of Trans-Yamuna which include a large number of poor and residents of slums and JJ clusters. Efforts would be made for in situ rehabilitation of JJ clusters in East Delhi and this sort of redevelopment would be initiated from East Delhi itself. Rajya Sabha Member J.P. Aggarwal, East Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit, local MLA Chaudhary Mateen Ahmed, chairman Trans-Yamuna Development Board Dr Narendra Nath and MLA Vinay Sharma were also present. Dikshit added that covering of trunk drain to facilitate widening of road number 66 would cost Rs 5 crore which had been provided by the Trans-Yamuna Development Board. The Irrigation and Flood Control Department would execute the work, which include widening of road by seven meter and covering of drain over 760 meter length of trunk sewer. The areas of Seelampur, Jafrabad, Ghonda, Maujpur, Chhajjupur, Babarpur, Jyoti Nagar, Yamuna Vihar, Gokulpur, Gokulpuri etc. would be benefited after completion of this work. |
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Name online your favourite for 2007
New Delhi, January 6 The other names in the category are President Pratibha Patil, Vasundhra Raje, Shiela Dikshit, Mamata Banerjee and J. Jayalalitha. The online poll, by India’s first multi-lingual portal webdunia.com, has Jan 10 as the last day for giving preferences. Nearly 100 million Internet users can choose whom they think as the most eminent person to have made a splash in fields as diverse as business, politics and sports. On the world’s most popular global citizen—the names are George Bush, L.N. Mittal, Indira Nooyi, Manmohan Singh, Sunita Williams, Hillary Clinton, David Beckham, Pervez Musharraf, Maria Sharapova and Vladimir Putin. On the most popular citizen, the list names—Mukesh Ambani, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Amitabh Bachchan, Manmohan Singh, Ratan Tata, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Lata Mangeshkar, Baba Ramdev, Rahul Gandhi and Atal Behari Vajpayee. In the category of most popular Indian politician, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been pitted against her own son Rahul. The other names are—Manmohan Singh, L.K. Advani, Laloo Prasad Yadav, P. Chidambaram, Mayawati, Prakash Karat, Narendra Modi and M. Karunanidhi In the category of most popular actor are—Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajanikant, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Chiranjeevi, Abhishek Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Mohan Lal. Among popular actresses, people can choose from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Shreya, Vidya Balan, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor, Dipika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka and Ramya. Also select the best movie of the year. This includes last year’s mega success - “Chak De India”, “Bhool Bhulaiya”, “Shivaji”, “Om Shanti Om” and “Namaste London”. Others are— “Aap Ka Suroor”, “Duniya”, “Gandhi My Father”, “Chocolate” and “Guru”. There is also the category of most popular cricketer and best sportsperson of 2007. In the first category, the choices are—Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, M.S. Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhir. In the second category, it is Sania Mirza, Viswanathan Anand, Dola Banerjee, Prabhjot Singh, Dilip Singh Khali, Abhinav Bindra, Leander Paes, Jeev Milkha Singh, Naraian Karthikeyan and Baichung Bhutia. So, just click on the site - www.webdunia.com - and name your pick in the language of your choice - Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali. A team of nine editors of the portal made a list of 10 personalities based on the number of times their names appeared in news and feature columns of Webdunia as well as other user searches in 2007. The impact of an individual’s choice will be visible online to viewers, seconds after casting the vote. — IANS
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Jewellery shop looted in Sahibabad
Ghaziabad, January 6 The robbers who came in a car and on bikes indulged in prolonged firing outside the shop before intruding into the showroom. When the proprietor protested, the bandits attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon. The bandits fled towards Seemapuri after the loot. By the time the police reached there, a large number of shopkeepers had collected there. The main grouse of the traders was that due to the ineffectiveness of the police, robbers have targeted a number of shops in the area. SP City Vijay Bhushan said the robbers had decamped with Rs 1.25 lakh while the loss in terms of looted jewellery was being evaluated. He said police had cordoned off the area and a hunt was on for the bandits. The traders, however, continued to agitate till late in the night in the market. Gautam Varma had a shop, Laxmi Jewellers in Shyam Park Extension’s main market. At 9 p.m. on Saturday, Gautam Varma, his sons, Golu and Sonu and two employees were present in the shop. While Gautam Varma was counting the day’s cash, the robbers struck. After firing bullets outside the shop, four armed bandits intruded into the showroom and soon snatched the cash bag. Other robbers grabbed the jewellery sets by breaking the glasspanes of showcases. When Gautam Varma resisted the intruders, he was attacked with a sharp-edged weapon and wounded. All the robbers had covered their faces with monkey caps, Varma told the cops. A few months ago, robbers decamped with cash and jewellery from another jewellery showroom in the same market.
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Mastermind of Rampur attack ‘identified’
Ghaziabad, January 6 Even the attack on PAC Meerut was also made on the same pattern by Salim. The modus operandi of both these attacks is fairly similar. The intelligence agencies like CBI scrutinizing the intercepted messages have also found the mention of Salim Bhai’s name in the messages. Salim, however, continues to be absconding. According to surveillance, the terrorists’ next target could be PAC camps. The security at PAC camps in Meerut as well as Mordabad has been beefed up. All this seems to have confirmed the possibility of Salim, alias Julla, alias Patla, being the mastermind of attack on CRPF Rampur, it is learnt. Actually, after the disputed structure was razed in Ayodhya, an attack with bombs and automatic weapons was made on PAC camp at Imalya on Hapur-Meerut road on the night of March 25-26, 1993. Intelligence agencies feel this terror attack on PAC camp at Imalya was the handiwork of Salim, a resident of Gali No. 1 in Islamabad Colony, Meerut. One PAC jawan was killed and many wounded in this attack made in the wee hours. Hand-grenades and automatic weapons were freely used in these attacks too. In view of this threat, the security in three PAC battalions No. 23, 24, and 9 in Moradabad and in two battalions in Meerut No 6 and 44 has been strengthened. The security agencies are confident that terrorists attacking these camps now will not be allowed to escape alive. |
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US team lauds efforts to make Delhi smoke-free
New Delhi, January 6 The delegation discussed the issues pertaining to making Delhi smoke-free. The ban of smoking in public places is being imposed by eight raiding squads. An awareness campaign is being launched to educate the citizens of Delhi on the harmful effects of second-hand smoke. The delegation appreciated the fact that Delhi had been having high political and administrative commitment to make the city smoke-free in a planned manner. The Chief Minister and the health minister apprised the delegation about the plan of action in making Delhi smoke-free. The Delhi government agreed to the proposal from John Hawkins University School of Public Health, USA. The campaign for tobacco-free kids and International Union of Against Tuberculosis and Lungs Disease (IUATLD) to work with the government in the nicotine level monitoring in various public places, and imparting training to Delhi teams. |
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Get set for more of foreign, yet familiar cinema
New Delhi, January 6 “Saawariya”, Sony’s first Hindi-language song-and-dance film, could not match up to the other big release “Om Shanti Om”, a true-blue Bollywood blockbuster starring the omnipresent Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. But that has not dampened the enthusiasm of other big Hollywood production houses. Even Sony Pictures is satisfied that the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film that made $20 million in its initial weeks of release compared to a production cost of $8 million. Sony has now signed an agreement with Eros International, one of the leaders in the market, under which they plan to eventually make four to six Indian films a year. The moderate success of “Saawariya” has reassured Paramount Pictures International as well who have been long interested in the market. “A Bollywood co-production is unlikely to cost more than a couple of million dollars to make but these can generate millions,” says the group’s chief executive Brad Grey. Viacom - which controls Paramount Pictures - and Indian television entrepreneur Raghav Bahl have created a new movie investment fund to capture 20-25 percent of the Bollywood market. Already, talks are on for production of four big budget films. The budgets are hitherto not much to talk about especially when compared to Hollywood standards but given that there is only a handful of saleable stars, the budgets are sure to shoot up. Indian entertainment was ignored by big international players largely because of the disorganised nature of the function. It is only after the government declared the sector as an industry that it has managed to become a viable investment option. Michael Lynton, chairman and chief executive of Sony Pictures Entertainment, feels that the industry has become more like that in other parts of the world. “It looks much more like a business that we understand than perhaps it did 10 or 15 years ago and the trend is to become more like that rather than less like that,” he said in an interview. India is one market that Hollywood has failed to dominate. And sometime in 2006, international production houses decided that it would be better to join Bollywood than trying to peddle its own ware. According to consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, India’s movie industry, based largely in Mumbai and in the southern states, has been growing at an annual rate of 16 percent. The industry generated revenue of Rs.84.5 billion in 2006 and is expected to be worth double that in next three years and Hollywood does not want to miss out on this great growth opportunity. But the international production houses are finding out that it will not be a cakewalk. As director Mahesh Bhatt puts it: “I hope it (‘Saawariya’) will function as a wake-up call to investors in Hollywood. You may have your marketing network, you may have your inexhaustible financial resources, but you need to get a sense of the palate of the Bollywood consumer.” Here is hoping that upcoming Hollywood-Bollywood co-productions like “Roadside Romeo” and “Made in China” do better. Most importantly, it is hoped that they help push the envelope further and bring new ideas and concepts in Bollywood. Following Sony Pictures, Walt Disney Co is set to do a dip test of the Indian market with its joint venture with Yash Raj Films to make animated films voiced by Indian movie stars gets underway. The venture will make at least one animated film every year. With the changing global business environment, Disney is the latest to change its international strategy towards more content geared to local markets, rather than selling its US products the same way in each international market. Even as international studios are eyeing Indian markets, Indian stars are fast occupying mind space of global audiences. After reports that Shah Rukh Khan is recognised by 3.2 billion people across the world while only 2.7 billion know Tom Cruise, box-office takings are beginning to catch up as well. The year ahead is set to witness Bollywood striving to match Hollywood revenues. — IANS
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Vintage cars at auto expo
New Delhi, January 6 The Heritage Monitoring Club of India (HMCI) will display 75 cars, motorcycles and scooters during the exhibition. The event will start on Tuesday with an auto expo classic parade, in which over 100 vintage cars, 50 motorcycles and scooters will be showcased. “Our aim is to showcase rare, exotic, iconic and popular models of classic automobiles from 1910 to 1960 in order to create greater understanding and appreciation of our passion,” said KTS Tulsi, president, Heritage Monitoring Club of India (HMCI). |
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Project to control chronic diseases launched
New Delhi, January 6 The Rs 50 million project will be expanded into the national programme for prevention and control of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and stroke, health minister Anbumani Ramadoss said. “In six months’ time, we will conduct a review of the project. We will later expand it into a national programme, which will have a budget of Rs 16.5 billion in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12),” he said at the launch of the project. Expressing confidence that his ministry would be allocated Rs 1.36 trillion against Rs 450 billion in the 10th Five Year Plan, Ramadoss said that the money was sufficient to undertake several health-related projects. Elaborating on the need for the programme, he said that an estimated 10 per cent of adults above 40 suffer from hypertension, while about 37 million people are diabetic in the country. “India is the diabetes capital of the world,” said Ramadoss. After HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the focus would be on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stroke, mental health and cancer. Quoting a study, he said it would be wrong to say that the rural populace does not suffer from such diseases. An estimated nine to 10 per cent of people in rural areas suffer from diabetes, while the figure is 12 per cent in urban areas. With this in view, the government plans to provide cost-free treatment to poor people living in rural areas suffering from diabetes, he said. Urging community and health workers to come forward to assist the government, Ramadoss said that stroke had been an area that had not been looked into. “One per cent of all deaths is due to stroke,” he added. The pilot project will be conducted at Kamrup, Assam; Jalandhar, Punjab; Bhilwara, Rajasthan; Shimoga, Karnataka; Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu and Thiruvanathapuram in Kerala. Planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that the focus should be more on prevention rather than cure. “Focussing on prevention is a lot cheaper than cure. But, we don’t conduct our lives on this basis,” he said. He also emphasised on early detection of a health problem, probably when in school. Apart from prevention and control, the aim is also to educate people about healthy practices like — consuming less salt, calories, fat, avoiding stress, tobacco and alcohol and doing more physical activities, he said. — IANS
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Murder accused arrested
New Delhi, January 6 Four held
The DBG Road police arrested four persons with 45 cartons of illicit liquor yesterday. The police caught Dev Kumar, 18, Prabhu Chaudhary 25, Subhash Kumar, 19 and Manoj, 20, while they were loading cartons of illicit liquor from one car to another. |
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Agra, January 6 The two boys, aged 14 and 15, surrendered to the MM Gate police station Saturday, while one of their partners is absconding. Both confessed to the police they murdered their employer, ‘petha’ shop-owner Ajay Kumar Gupta of Noori Gate. On the night of the murder, an inebriated Gupta forced the three boys to drink liquor and later took them to Sanjay Place dhaba for dinner. After dinner, all of them returned to the shop, where Gupta forced one of them to take off his underclothes. The other two struggled to free their partner from Gupta’s clutches. One boy picked up an iron rod and hit Gupta on the head, while another took a knife and stabbed Gupta, killing him on the spot. The three fled to Delhi and then Chandigarh, carrying Gupta’s mobile phone and some cash. Meanwhile, the police picked up their relatives from a village in Khairagarh tehsil. — IANS
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Artscape
New Delhi, January 6 Priyanka Choudhary, an upcoming Delhi artist, is holding an exhibition of her paintings, “Big Small Happiness” at the Experimental Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre here from January 11 to January 15. This is Priyanka’s first exhibition. Classical vocal recital
The India International Centre and the Delhi Music Circle are jointly organising a Hindustani classical vocal recital by Manjiri Asanare Kelkar of Nashik and a disciple of Pandit MS Kanetkar on January 12. Indo-Korean
exhibition
Gallerie Nvya presents Earth Synergy An Indo-Korean Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition from January 9 to January 14 at the Academy of Fine Arts and Literature here. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Seung-Ho Kim, Counselor—Information and Culture, Embassy of the Republic of Korea. Play on relations between in-laws
The ICS/IAS Wives Association (ICS/IASOWA) presented “Inner Laws”, a two-act play at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, here last week. This was maiden attempt by the association at staging a drama to raise funds for its charity undertakings. In an all-woman cast, the play, an in-house production, written by Poile Sengupta and directed by Abhijit Sengupta, explored the age-old relationship issues between a daughter-in-law and her in-laws; especially her mother-in-law. At times it was an irreverent comment on many of our social attitudes but there was no attempt in it to deal with the sinister aspect of this relationship. It remained an outright comedy with a ribald sense of humour The play was witnessed by a galaxy of VIPs, including Gursharan Kaur, Ambika Soni, Kumari Selja and Mohsina Kidwai. Speaking on the occasion, Jaya Shekhar, the President of the ICS/ IASOWA termed this effort of the association, “A symbol of entrepreneurship of its members, most of whom are new to the stage and have laboured hard for weeks together to put up the production’. The Sanskriti School, one of Delhi’s best known institutions, is the symbol of the association’s effort at promoting academic excellence. A dedicated team supports Anchal, a school for the physically, mentally challenged and it has recently started the Prerna school for the underprivileged children. It has also been making contributions to the running of Sandhya Old Age home. IASOWA has plans to expand its development work and undertake new projects like mobile crèches, informal learning centers, health and medical centres for children and slum makeovers, all aimed at enhancing the quality of life of the less fortunate. The Dhoomimal Art Centre here and Akar Prakar, Kolkata are jointly organising “Drops of Silence”, an exhibition of the recent works of artist Suhas Roy from January 7 to January 20. Roy began his career in colour modestly in Kolkata as an immigrant from across the river Padma who had to fight a rather grim battle to survive in the art college. He later taught art in the Indian Art College. After several trips abroad, he settled in the serene atmosphere of Santiniketan to reflect and paint. The Dhoomimal Gallery is also hosting an exhibition of the recent works of Tazim Jaffer from January 11 to January 20. The gallery is closed on Sundays. Painting expo
at PCI
Young artist, Sandhya R Vaish is holding an exhibition of her paintings at the Press Club of India here from January 3 to January 13. Hailing from Roorkee in Uttrakhand, Sandhya has participated in several exhibitions earlier. |
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