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Medical negligence
CBSE’s social sciences, fashion
studies exams today
Three killed, 10 injured
in cylinder blast
BMW case
Woman molested in train
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Two killed in accidents
BJP to extend mass contact drive
CM vows welfare of illegal colonies
Women’s Day fest to begin
He pens mythological books for youth
DU to sign MoU on Biosciences
Student hangs himself
Vehicle thieves prefer bikes to cars
Mobile Asia attracts gizmo geeks
Child shot during revelry
2 students held for stealing car
More biryani cooked than ever before
Artscape Navjyoti’s annual day held
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Medical negligence
New Delhi, March 2 There is gross medical negligence on part of the hospital. The doctor was careless in operating the complainant’s son. His fracture was not fixed and he was discharged from the hospital, V K Gupta, president of South Delhi District Consumer Forum said. The forum comprising S R Agrawal held the hospital and its orthopaedic surgeon liable for the immobility of Mukesh K Rathor’s son, who underwent a bone fixing surgery at the hospital and asked them to pay Rs 7,75,000 in a month. Rejecting the hospital’ plea, the forum said that according to the motor accident claims tribunal (MACT), the victim was right in demanding the compensation. Mukesh K Rathor’s son was injured in a road accident. He was admitted in the hospital on August 2, 2006, after being administered first-aid in a government hospital in Pathankot, Punjab. He was advised to undergo a bone-fixing surgery. He was discharged after the operation. His condition was said to be stable. However, his pain persisted and he was forced to undergo another round of check-up. The X-ray reports revealed that his bone remained dislocated. He had to undergo another round of operation. In the process, a lot of money was spent. The forum calculated the amount of compensation after taking into account the amount spent by the patient in the hospital, the expenses incurred for and after another surgery, the business loss and the travel expenses during the period.
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CBSE’s social sciences, fashion
studies exams today
New Delhi, March 2 A total of 1.3 million students are appearing in the board examinations for the Class 10 and 12 respectively at 2,624 and 2,394 centres, both in India and abroad. The Class 12 examinations started with the chemistry paper while class 10 examinations began with ancillary papers like Elementary Business on Saturday. According to the CBSE officials, 765,095 students are appearing for Class 10 examination from 8,199 schools, and 548,815 students of Class 12 from 5,171 schools write the papers. Last year, 705,152 candidates appeared for Class 10 examinations both in India and abroad while 502,688 students took the Class 12 exams. This year the CBSE has redesigned the question paper for all major subjects like mathematics, science, English, and social sciences. The new design includes about 10 percent of very short sample questions and about 20 percent questions on high order thinking skills (HOTS). As many as 2,200 students are writing the examinations in Dubai. There are over 110 schools affiliated to the CBSE in the Gulf countries of which 52 are in the UAE. About 18,000 students have registered for the exams from the foreign countries. The CBSE officials said that around 2,500 physically challenged students were appearing for the exams, including 373 visually challenged students in Class 10 and 214 such candidates in Class 12. For the first time, 20 percent of the questions will be based on HOTS as prescribed by the National Curriculum Framework (NCF), the guiding document for preparation of NCERT textbooks. |
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Three killed, 10 injured
in cylinder blast
New Delhi, March 2 “Thirteen people were injured in a gas cylinder blast on Saturday night. Three of them died at the Safdarjung Hospital,” a police official told IANS. Those killed were identified as Love (5), Vijay (7) and Janki (33). The blast took place at a house in Kapashera area. “Two persons have been discharged from the hospital. The injured have received 15-50 per cent burn injuries,” the official said.—IANS |
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Sanjeev Nanda allowed to go abroad
New Delhi, March 2 “I permit Sanjeev Nanda to go abroad as the special public prosecutor has no objection to his plea,” additional sessions judge Vinod Kumar said and asked him to come back by April. Nanda has pleaded before the court that he wanted to visit Singapore and Bangkok for some official purpose. Nanda, who was allegedly driving a BMW car in an inebriated state with his two friends, had mowed down six people near the Lodhi Hotel in the early hours of January 10, 1999, the prosecution has charged. Five people, including Nanda, have been booked for various offences, including attempt to murder and destruction of evidence. — IANS
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Woman molested in train
Ghaziabad, March 2 One of the goons was arrested by the railway police at Dadri station while the rest of his accomplices had given the RPF the slip. A youth had molested a woman in the train going to Aligarh. He was overpowered and beaten up by the passengers. The youth had informed his friends who came with lathis and clubs next day and badly beat up the passengers. The mayhem continued on hapless passengers for four stations. As EMU AD II train left Delhi for Aligarh in the evening on February 29, a youth, Rajinder started teasing a lady passenger at Ajaibpur. At this he was beaten up by passengers sitting in the compartment with the result the Rajinder quietly detrained at Chola station. But yesterday the same youth got into the A/C compartment along with some friends and as the train picked up speed, these goons started raining blows with clubs on the hapless passengers. Near Bedaki station when the miscreants started slipping away passengers were able to catch one of them identified as Dinesh, son of Ram Prasad of Khanaspur near Chila station. At Dadri station, railway police surrounded the compartment in which passengers were assaulted and arrested the goon who told the police that about a dozen miscreants including Rajinder, Lalit and others of the village were involved in the violence. According to Khem Singh, railway police in-charge, rest of the goons will be rounded up after getting their addresses from the arrested youth. |
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Two killed in accidents
Noida, March 2 The police have arrested the car driver. In the second accident, a youth was killed while three, including two women, were seriously injured when a truck rammed into the Wagon R on GT Road near Dadri. The injured were rushed to a hospital in Ghaziabad by police. The truck driver had reportedly sped away. Police have registered a case. The bodies have been sent for a postmortem. On NH 24, one Sanjeev Sharma of Nithari was going to Indirapuram to supply milk when an Indica car No DL-2F SH 0037 had knocked him down. Indica driver Pradeep Kumar of Dawri- Delhi was later nabbed by Noida Sector-58 police. Rajkishore, son of Nathu Ram of Sanjay Colony, Ghaziabad, was coming back with his family in his Wagon R DL-4C-AA-2629 from Hathras when truck No. UP-12 J- 1277 hit it in the front in which driver Raj Kishore, Anil, Sarita and Pooja were seriously injured. Raj Kishore had succumbed to injuries during treatment in Ghaziabad’s Yashoda Hospital later.
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BJP to extend mass contact drive
Faridabad, March 2 Also, it will use its subsequent March 16—Jind rally, scheduled to be addressed by the party’s prime ministerial candidate L.K.Advani, to send a strong message to its central leadership about its growing strength in the state. The state unit wants to demonstrate the organisation strength in Haryana, especially with the purpose of convincing the central leadership of going all alone in the next parliamentary election in the state. The state leaders of the BJP are in favour of the party going all alone in the election. However, even if electoral alliance becomes inevitable due to political compulsions, it should be made after consulting the issue with the state organisation. The BJP leaders say that the entire planning about the Vijay Sankalp Yatra has imprint of the state unit’s strategy. The organisation has its state general secretary and considered to be one of the most popular leaders, Capt.Abhimanyu, to lead the Yatra from village Manjahwali (Faridabad) which will cover six revenue districts, nine BJP’s organisation districts, three parliamentary constituencies and 27 assembly segments. The Yatra will terminate at the historic ‘Meham Chaubisi’ in Rohtak district, the home district of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The Manjahwali-Meham Sector of the Yatra is important on several counts. First, it will have covered the key districts of Gurgaon, Mewat, Faridabda, Jhajar, Rewari and Rohtak. The political importance of it is that these districts encompass areas dominated by non-Jat areas (including the Yadav-dominated Ahirwal areas) at some place, Jats in others and Meo-Muslims (minorities) in Mewat. Also, this section of the Yatra would cover Jhajhar and Jhajhar district considered to be the strong points of the ruling Congress. The success of the Yatra in this section is most sought after by the BJP. The party has chosen Jind as venue for the March 16 rally with a plan. Jind is hinterland of the state and forms the nucleus of the Jat heartland, which traditionally sets the discourse and agenda for electoral politics in the state. The Haryana unit of the BJP will try to prove a point to its central leadership as well as to others that it had grown out of the earlier urban-localised template.
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CM vows welfare of illegal colonies
New Delhi, March 2 She said this today at the inauguration of construction of concrete roads and drainage at Aali Vihar in Badarpur assembly constituency. Rs 11 crore has been allocated for it. Delhi urban development minister Raj Kumar Chauhan said that Rs 741 crore would be provided for unauthorised colonies during 2008-09. The amount would be spent on roads, drains, streetlights and water pipelines. Area MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was also present. He thanked Sheila Dikshit and Raj Kumar Chauhan for developing the Badarpur assembly constituency. He said that it was due to Dikshit that Metro project was being carried out in Badarpur, Ganga water pipelines was being laid in villages and roads were being constructed in unauthorised colonies.
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Women’s Day fest to begin
New Delhi, March 2 The festival will open tomorrow and will be on till March 17. Ananya, the incomparable, is the theme of the festival. The ministry has also ventured for designed bangles and band in the Ananya flag (Indian Women’s Day flag). The band in red with a spiral denotes the progress of Indian women. The flag signifies the hopes and dreams of Indian women. The Ananya flag will be distributed among women to create awareness about the significance of the day and issues related to women. The festival aims at enlightening women of their contributions to the society and generating awareness on the status and rights of women. Last year, Sonia Gandhi had unfurled the Ananya flag at the National stadium. A number of events have been planned for the fortnight-long celebration. The events range from seminars, workshops, rallies to information disseminating booths at malls in the city and screening of a film ‘Ananya’ at PVR halls across the country. |
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He pens mythological books for youth
New Delhi, March 2 And his target audience is the fashion-conscious, technology-savvy youth of today. “The youth simply love my books,” Pattanaik told IANS from Mumbai. “Youngsters today have one foot here and the other in the West. When they ask questions they are turned away by their parents who just give them one answer - it’s tradition. “My books go beyond the apparent. Instead of sermonising, I try and narrate like a story. That’s the trick to hold one’s attention.” Pattanaik’s latest book is a work of fiction called “The Pregnant King”. “All my other books are non-fiction but with ‘The Pregnant King’, I enter the fiction genre. In this story, a childless king, Yuvanashva, accidentally drinks a magic potion meant for his queens and gives birth to a son. “The amazing thing is that this has been narrated twice in the Mahabharata in a very nonchalant manner. Why? Is Yuvanashva the child’s father or mother? Should this have happened today, what would have been the socio-political implication? “These are some of the questions I seek answers to and give the entire mythological episode a contemporary sensibility by addressing insecurities, which existed 5,000 years back and even today,” he said. One of the insecurities that he has tried to address through this book is society’s obsession with the need for children. “Yuvanashva was compelled to seek a magic potion to bear children but when he, instead of his wives, bore the child, society didn’t accept it. The obsession is the same today and society is increasingly becoming intolerant towards anything unconventional or queer,” he said. Although a medical doctor by training, Pattanaik said he never practised medicine as such and started working in pharmaceutical companies as a marketing consultant. In the meanwhile, mythology, which Pattanaik loved to read or write articles about, became something bigger. “I like going deep into the subject I am handling. That’s why today I can’t think of the Ramayana without thinking of the Mahabharata because I know they are related. “I love mythological stories and do quite a bit of research about them...this prompted me to write my first book ‘Shiva: An Introduction’, 10 years back.”—IANS |
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DU to sign MoU on Biosciences
New Delhi, March 2 Researchers and teachers would be able to carry out advanced research and develop skills on various aspects of Science and Technology. The 11th five-year plan aims at opening new universities and providing education to the rising population. It also aims at developing skills in students. Degrees serve little purpose without skills. |
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Student hangs himself
Noida, March 2 Son of Rajpal Sharma, Durgesh ended his life due to tension of examination. He did so when all family members had gone out for a stroll in the evening. When the family came back and someone went to call Durgesh to join for dinner, family was shocked to find him hanging from a ceiling fan through a noose of an electric wire. Family members said Durgesh had been very tense for the last many days due to ensuing exams. This appeared to be the only plausible reason for his ending his life, they said. Lack of proper counselling for examination is understood to be the cause of mounting tension among students in Noida and Greater Noida where three students have already committed suicide in the past few days, it is learnt. |
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Vehicle thieves prefer bikes to cars
New Delhi, March 2 Latest statistics compiled by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) show 89,880 cases of motor vehicle theft in 2006. Of this, 69,447 cases were of two-wheeler thefts. A senior Delhi Police official told IANS that stealing a motorbike or scooter was an easy job for vehicle thieves. “Bikes have always fascinated those who step into the dark world of crime at a young or immature age. The underprivileged steal them because of the sheer need of money or to show off among other youths,” the official said. “It has also been seen that the son of rich or upper class parents steal two-wheelers either for their passion for motorbikes or to impress their friends, specially girls. “They merely zip around on a stolen vehicle for a few hours before dumping it in a secluded place,” the official said, adding that such rich kids start stealing for pleasure but then it becomes a habit. What makes a motorbike an easy target for thieves is the lack of effective security systems. Just by unlocking the vehicle with a duplicate key, thieves can steal a two-wheeler. Officials also point out that selling a stolen motorbike/scooter at the disposal goods market is simpler as compared to selling stolen cars or heavy vehicles. Hiding a two-wheeler is also easier. The provisional figure for 2007 is 87,936 motor vehicle thefts. In 2005, a total of 84,150 motor vehicle thefts were reported and in 2004 the figure was 80,750. The number of four-wheeler theft cases is just one-fourth of the two-wheeler thefts. Statistics show that out of the 69,447 two-wheeler thefts in 2006, hi-tech thieves in Maharashtra dominated for the third consecutive year, accounting for over 10,000 cases. In 2005, the figure was 9,516 while in 2004, a total of 8,743 such cases were reported. Madhya Pradesh reported 6,771 cases, Gujarat 6,409 cases, Uttar Pradesh 6,571 cases ande Rajasthan 5,716 cases. While the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recorded five such cases, Lakshadweep was at the bottom with merely two cases. No car, jeep or taxi theft took place in Lakshadweep and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. — IANS
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Mobile Asia attracts gizmo geeks
New Delhi, March 2 Organised by the Indian Cellular Association (ICA), the exhibition has witnessed over 35 new mobile handsets launch so far by leading companies such as i-mate, Intex, LG, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. Over 150,000 people have visited the expo so far, which is on till Monday. This year the exhibition’s focus is on GenNext. “Every year I make it a point to visit Mobile Asia. This year they got delayed but thank God they at least organised it. I come here with my friends to check out the latest offers and hopefully will end up buying one,” said Nilotpal Baruah, a second-year engineering student. Some of the leading mobile handset manufacturers and service providers like Airtel, Vodafone, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, i-mate, Intex, Leuci, SanDisk, Scratchgard, Sony Ericsson, Tata Teleservices, World Phone and World Space Radio participate in the event. Eye-catching attractions are present all over the place to please the inquisitive visitors. From Samsung’s Metal Man, which is to promote the Metal series, at the entrance to the game shows, quiz, puppet shows and other exciting things, all make up for the fun element. “I have just bought a Nokia phone and I plan to buy a Motorola for my boy-friend, it’s cool. This place offers so many options under one roof, which I think is just great,” said 23-year-old Suchetna Khatri. India is the world’s fastest growing mobile phone market with lowest call tariffs of below two US cents. The country added a whopping 8.77 million new mobile phone subscribers last month with the total number of telephone subscribers reaching 242.40 million, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). India has set a target of 500 million telecom users and 20 million broadband subscribers by 2010. — IANS
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Child shot during revelry
Ghaziabad, March 2 The incident occurred in Dehra when gunshots were fired during the ‘vidai’ ceremony. The child was reportedly hit and died on the spot. According to police circle officer R.K. Gautam, the parents have taken the body to Meerut to evade legal action. A police team has been sent to Meerut to arrest the family members, said the police. — IANS |
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2 students held for stealing car
Gurgaon, March 2 Official said that police is interrogating both the high-profile accused and would present them in court on Monday. During interrogation, they said that they stole the car on February 19 and took it to Kaithal where they spent about Rs 5000 on it and started using it. Police official said that Anil Kumar had lodged a complaint in the DLF police station that some unknown person had stolen his car, which was parked at Rezwood city. Police sent the case to CIA for investigation. One of police officers got a clue that the car, which was stolen from Gurgaon, was seen in Kaithal. A team under sub inspector Naresh Kumar was sent to Kaithal to inquire into the theft of the car where they arrested both the boys. |
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More biryani cooked than ever before
New Delhi, March 2
Lalitt Gattani, CEO of Showcraft, one of the organisers, said the aim of cooking such a humongous amount of biryani was to break the last record created by them and maintain India’s position in the category. “We created the last record of making 12,886 kg of biryani and this time we are going to break our own record. Kaoru Ishakawa, the record manager from the Guinness Book of World Records was checking all the procedures before announcing the record,” Gattani told IANS. Holding long ladles and wearing masks and gloves, 60 cooks stirred the pot from a high pedestal, while the crowd salivated. “It’s a unique event,” remarked Sushil Kapoor, one of the cooks. “It’s not easy to cook such a large amount of biryani. We started in the morning and took more than six hours to cook. But we enjoyed doing it.” While the cooking was in progress at one side of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium grounds, a cultural show was on at the other side to entertain the audience. “After the biryani is cooked, we will distribute it to the visiting crowds free of cost. We are expecting around 50,000 people. We will also distribute the biryani in the slums and orphanages free of cost,” Gattani said. “We were hoping that the biryani was non-vegetarian but although it’s not, we are excited to taste it anyway,” said Abhinav Garg, who had come with his friends to watch the unique event. Shambhavi Sharma, however, was more excited just to see the cooking in progress. “I have never seen such a big vessel...and the way the crane was lowering the vegetables, it was fantastic! I had come to watch the cooking and I must say it’s impressive.” According to Gattani, it took the organisers over six months to plan the cooking record. — IANS
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Artscape
New Delhi, March 2 Sahaj Sankalp and Studio Vasant are jointly presenting, ‘Aspirations’, a group exhibition showcasing a creative ensemble of contemporary art. The exhibition will be on from March 1 to March 10. The aim of the organization is to help poor children by giving them education and nutrition in a family home called Balgrah to provide a strong foundation for an independent and happy life. Since its inception in 2001 at New Delhi suburbs of Kalkaji, Sahaj Sankalp has expanded its services for children in need to many other Indian cities. ‘Contemporary photography’Vadehra Art Gallery, in collaboration with Fotomedia, is presenting its first venture into photography with the exhibition “Click: Contemporary Photography from India” from March 1 to March 29 at its gallery here. Curated by Sunil Gupta and Radhika Singh, the exhibition includes more than one hundred images from a wide range of Indian photographers. Select sculptures
The Dhoomimal Art Centre here is holding an exhibition of recent works of artist M. Sivanesan from February 25 to March 6. Apart from the mixed media displays, the exhibition is also showing some select sculptures by the artist. ‘ The India International Centre here is presenting “Melodies of the Orient” by Mystique at the Centre’s auditorium on March 5. The Mystique specialises in rendering instrumental melodies from the Orient including India and the Far East. Discount sale The Dastkar Andhra Marketing Association is holding its annual exhibition and special discount sale at the Blind Relief Association grounds here from March 2 to March 6. The Daskar Andhra is a non-profit organization working to promote the cotton handloom industry. Photo exhibition
The Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre here is holding a photo exhibition entitled, “Reflections- India and Hungary” by B. Narsing Rao and Tamas Olasz on March 4 at its premises on Janpath. The special exhibition attempts to portray Hungary through the eyes of the Indian photographer, Narsing Rao and India through the lens of Hungarian photographer, Olasz. The exhibition will be on view till March 28. The Tasveer here is presenting “Running Amok”, an exhibition of some of the select photographs of Jasmeen Patheja at the Triveni Kala Sangam here from March 7 to March 17. Jasmeen photographs almost ‘anything’- tangibly ranging from children, family, weddings, and the city streets to collaborative projects such as the ongoing one with her grandmother- Indri, and Birth Control (2002) where a group of young ‘heterosexual’ boys in Leicester were photographed in women’s garments. Jasmeen studied fine art at the Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, Bangalore. She has been a fellow at Sarai CSDS (2005) and is currently a fellow at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. (2007-2009). Jasmeen is also a fellow resident at the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (2007-2008). |
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