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Ragging victim debarred
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Supreme Court
Child’s testimony sufficient: SC
Pakistanis to perform at devotional music fest
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Artscape An artwork by Vitesh N. Naik
Registration of marriage? Not many really care
Over 5,000 monkeys caught
BJP protests price rise
Recruitment at IIPM
Health insurance scheme for poor
Mob damages vehicles
Treat at Nirula’s
Indian, African artistes to perform today
IIT-JEE entrance on April 13
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Ragging victim debarred
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Ghaziabad, April 6 The CEO of HR Institute of Engineering Technology, H.N. Kapoor, in an order served on the victim, Navin Singh, said his behaviour has brought ill-repute to the institute, and asked him to vacate the hostel room with immediate effect. “It is very unfair. I suffered ragging at the hands of seniors and I am being punished. What did the management decide about them (seniors)? This is partial attitude of the institute,” Singh said. Singh in his police complaint on Wednesday last week named five second-year students - Rahul, Ayush, Ravi, Dheeraj and Nitish Tomar - for barging into his hostel room, beating him with iron rods, and causing him cigarette burns. The senior students allegedly said they were ‘ragging’ him.
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Single blow enough for murder conviction
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 6 The nature of the offence would certainly depend upon the other attendant circumstances which would help the court to find definitely about the intention on the part of the accused, a bench of justices S B Sinha and V S Sirpurkar said. The attendant circumstances would include pre-mediation, nature of the weapon used and the nature of assault on the victim, it said. The apex court passed the judgement while dismissing an appeal filed by the accused Bavisetti Kameswara Rao, alias Babai, challenging the life imprisonment imposed by a session’s court for the murder committed by him. The Andhra Pradesh High Court had confirmed the sentence upon which he appealed in the apex court. Rao was convicted of murdering Samudrala Pandu Ranga Rao, alias Rayalam Rangaduon, on July 30, 2000, with a screw driver due to previous enmity. It was stated that the accused committed the murder by taking the assistance of seven others. The murder was said to be a sequel to an incident wherein the deceased assaulted the accused after the latter refused to allow him consume liquor in the mini lorry supply office owned by the accused. Noting that the accused had formed into an unlawful assembly for carrying out the attack, the apex court rejected the plea that incident occurred on the spur of the moment.
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Child’s testimony sufficient: SC
New Delhi, April 6 Whether the child witness has sufficient intelligence primarily rests with the trial judge who notices his manners, his apparent possession or lack of intelligence, a bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice P Sathasivam observed. A child of tender age can be allowed to testify if he or she has intellectual capacity to understand questions and give rational answers, the apex court said. It passed the observation while altering the life sentence imposed by a sessions court in Andhra Pradesh on the accused Golla Yelugu Govindu who hacked to death his wife Dhanalakshi with a sickle. The killing committed by Govindu was a sequel to the quarrel he picked with his wife after she failed to bring money from her parents for the purchase of an autorickshaw as demanded by the accused. The gruesome incident was witnessed by the three minor children of the couple whose testimony eventually led to the imposition of the life imprisonment by the sessions judge and was later confirmed by the High Court. In the appeal, the accused reiterate that since the children were of tender age their testimony could not be relied upon for convicting him. Rejecting the argument, the apex court said the Indian Evidence Act 1872 does not prescribe any particular age as a determinative factor to treat a witness to be a competent. The evidence of a child witness is not required to be rejected per se, but the court as a rule of prudence considers such evidence with close scrutiny and only on being convinced about the quality thereof and reliability can record conviction, based thereon, the apex court said. — PTI
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Pakistanis to perform at devotional music fest
New Delhi, April 6 The country’s lone festival of devotional music, Bhakti Utsav, beginning on April 11 will bring a 22-member contingent from Pakistan together with exponents of devotional music from across the country. The three-day fiesta is to be held at the sprawling Nehru Park, in the heart of the Capital. The festival is being organised by Delhi-based cultural forum Seher in association with the Delhi government and the New Delhi Municipal Council. Bhakti as a tradition and a cult saw wandering saints, devoted to Hindu deities Shiva, Vishnu and Krishna, preaching love for god through music. The earliest bhakti poets were devoted to the Hindu god Shiva in the eighth century. Known as Nayanar poets, they flourished in Tamil Nadu. The bhakti movement, which received a boost after the arrival of the Sufi dervishes from Persia during the 13th century, flowered into a parallel socio-cultural mosaic that encompassed every faith. “Now in its sixth year, the Bhakti Utsav has grown from strength to strength. Music and sports are the two things that connect India to Pakistan. Look at Ghulam Ali, he has brought the people of the two countries so close to each other,” Sanjeev Bhargava, festival director of Seher, told IANS. This is the only festival where music buffs get to hear Kabir, Ram Charitmanas, Baba Bulleh Shah, Thiyagaraj and Amir Khusrau under one roof, he said. “The unique feature of the festival is that listeners will get to hear at least four different genres of devotional music everyday. The first day will have four components — an inaugural stotra gyan by a group of boys from Orissa. “They will sing devotional songs known as Sankh Uccharan to the accompaniment of conch shells. It is something Delhi has never heard. The recital will be followed by devotional songs of Kabirdas, Surdas and Meera Bai and rendition of Sufi songs by Javed Bashir from Pakistan. Day one will end with the recital of Marathi Abhang songs by Padma Talwalkar,” said Bhargava. The festival line-up includes popular contemporary musician Hariharan, Sufi music exponent Hans Raj Hans from Punjab, natya-sangeet and bhavgeet (traditional stage and semi-classical music) singer Pushkar Lele and bhajan exponents Padma Talwalkar and Bombay Jayshri. “Only devotion can help heal wounds between the two nations,” Abhang exponent Padma Talwalkar told IANS over telephone from Mumbai. A native of Pune, Talwalkar is a student of guru Kishori Amankar and her mother Mogubai Kurdikar. She sings Marathi devotional songs dedicated to Vitthala, the prime deity of Maharashtra. “I was specifically told to sing Marathi songs so that the audience could get a feel of the language and the tradition of Vitthala devotional music pioneered by Sant Tukaram (a Hindu mystic),” said Talwalkar. Sufi and Qawaali exponents Javed Bashir, Shafi Mohammad Faqir and Akhtar Sharif Hussain and their troupes will represent Pakistan. — IANS |
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Exhibition of rare sketches by Hungarian artist
Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 6 The exhibition, “From Soul To Soul” includes some of the rare sketches and paintings, which have never been exposed to public viewing so far. Most of the exhibits are portraits of great personalities like Rabindra Nath Tagore, Mahatama Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. Born in a family of artists, Brunner became known in India as an eminent portrait painter in the pre-Independence years. During World War II, she and her mother were interned in Nainital by the British. Projecting Goa The Gallerie Nvya here is holding a unique exhibition of photographs and paintings by 19 contemporary Goan artists. Entitled, “Bhasha”, the exhibition aims to project Goa, the salubrious state through the eyes of these artists. Curated by Dr. Alka Pande, the exhibition will be held at the Gallery Stainless from April 21 to April 28 and from April 29 to May 15 at Gallerie Nvya. Kendra Art Gallery here is presenting “Memoria: The Primordial Dance”, a depiction of the subtle layers of the mind that dictate action, in an exhibition of paintings by Vivek Anand from April 4 to April 11 at the Shri Ram Bhartiya Kala Kendra on Copernicus Marg. “After reflecting on the various exhibitions that I have worked on, I found that the idea of vibrations emanating from different sources and their influence on our mind was a good base to try and understand human psyche,” claims Anand. Solo show The Mystiq Art Gallery here is hosting, “Images”, a solo show of creations of artist Umesh Kumar Saxena from April 4 to April 14. Umesh Kumar Saxena was born in Lucknow and completed his M.F.A. (Fine Arts) from the same city. He further honed his skills with an advanced study under Prof. B.N. Mukherjee, principal, College of Arts in New Delhi. He has delighted the art world with his creations on canvas using oil acrylic and other media. According to critics, the magic of Saxena’s art is in the use of colours with such a deft touch that his images can be interpreted in many ways. He strongly believes that a true painting should be open to several interpretations. Arushi Arts here is presenting “Painted Gardens of Heaven”, an exhibition of paintings by Bhagat Singh from April 7 to April 30. A product of Jamia Milia here, Bhagat Singh is one of the few younger artists who have adopted the Indian style of painting. According to critics, when it comes to the selection of themes, Bhagat’s style is closer to Rajasthani paintings than the Mughal miniatures. His fascination for the beauty of nature and an underlying concern about its disintegration are evident here. French film fest The Embassy of France here and the Alliance Francaise de Delhi are jointly hosting a French film festival from April 4 to May 9 by screening some of the select films as homage to Eric Rohmer, the legendary film director of France. Osian’s cinema The country’s first archive and auction house— Osian’s has purchased from the Profile in History LA Auction, a unique collection of original screen-used visual effect creatures, models and puppets of some the most iconic characters ever created for film, including the T-Rex, Pteranodon and Dilophosaurus from the Jurassic Park series, the Alien Queen maquette from Aliens, Danny DeVito Penguin display study from Batman Returns among others for approximately US$ 290,000 (INR 1.15 crores). Today the Osian’s Cinema Archive & Library Collection boasts of 300,000 original artworks, posters, show cards and memorabilia. Ethnic conflicts The Stainless Gallery here is holding a unique show of photographs entitled “Refugees in Their Own Land” (Ethnic conflict and internal displaced people in Northeast India) by Swapan Nayak from April 12 to April 19. The seven states in the geographically isolated and economically underdeveloped North-East are home to 200 of the 430 tribal groups in India. An influx of migrants from neighboring areas has led to ethnic conflicts over land and fighting for political autonomy or secession. Painting exhibition The Vadhera Art Gallery here is holding an exhibition of paintings by some of the known contemporary artists, “Fluid Structures – Gender and Abstraction In India” from April 9 to May 3. |
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Registration of marriage? Not many really care
New Delhi, April 6 Although the celebrity marriage kicked up a storm in the media and led to an action by the Goa government against an official, experts say non-registration does not nullify and in fact, not many in the country really bother to go to the marriage registrar’s office. It cannot be said that due to non-registration, a marriage is invalid. Registration of a marriage is only a formality just like registration of a child’s birth or of a death, on the part of government to keep track of the numbers. Otherwise in India, lakhs of marriages take place in a year as per customary rites and rituals and the government has no data regarding such marriages, says a senior Supreme Court lawyer Ajay Gupta. Despite a Supreme Court ruling that mandates each and every marriage to be registered, lawyers claim that there is only a very small proportion of the population that actually gets it done. Generally people who marry against the wishes of their parents or want to go to foreign countries apply for registration. In a nutshell, we could say that not more than 5 out of 100 come for registration, says Gupta. Parija P, a lawyer who specialises in divorce and related cases says, it is wrong to say that it is mandatory for a couple to get a marriage certificate to get married. Marriage is one aspect and registration of a marriage is another aspect. It could never be said that due to non-registration, a marriage is invalid. — PTI
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Over 5,000 monkeys caught
New Delhi, April 6 According to the figures released by the Delhi government, out of 5,520 monkeys, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) trapped 4,700 and the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) trapped 820. The trapped monkeys have been rehabilitated to Asola Bhati mines. They have been kept under the supervision of the forest department. Monkey menace has emerged as a serious problem for city dwellers. In 2004, the city reported 536 cases of monkey bites. It rose to 715 in 2005. In 2006, it rose further to 783 and crossed the 800 mark in 2007. Last year, in a bizarre incident, Delhi’s deputy mayor SS Bajwa lost his life when he fell off from the terrace of his East Delhi house. He was trying to escape a group of monkeys. Despite this, the government claims that the situation is not alarming and that efforts are being made to tackle the menace. Last year, the MCD had invited sealed bids to control the menace. However, the response was zero. Then the MCD got in touch with the neighbouring states, asking monkey catchers for help. They would be paid Rs 450 for each monkey caught. Presently, nine teams of the Corporation are engaged in the operation. The NDMC has also used ‘langoors’ to chase away monkeys from some government buildings in the
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BJP protests price rise
New Delhi, April 6 The Saffron party activists carried out dharnas, scooter rallies, prabhat pheries and foot march across the Capital. They burnt effigies of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “The Congress has helped price spiral only to benefit itself. The country that used to export food grains, oil, textile and commodities of daily use under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule, has become a pauper under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule,” said Delhi unit BJP chief Harsh
Vardhan. “People cannot afford fruits and vegetables,” he said. State office bearers, legislators, councillors, district presidents and mandal presidents participated in the protest. |
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Recruitment at IIPM
New Delhi, April 6 At the start of the on-campus placement Satyam Computer Services picked up 60 students at the packages ranging between Rs 8.80 lakh and Rs 5 lakh per annum. The regular recruiters like HSBC Bank, Pipal Research, Evalueserve.com, Oracle, HP, ICICI Bank, Reliance ADAGalso visited the institute for placement. The Reliance Group has confirmed to take 100 IIPM graduates from across its seven centres at a package of Rs 6.30 lakh per annum. The institute claimed that the total number of placements as on March 18 stood at 2014. As many as 85 new companies visited the campus first time. These included Yes Bank, picking up 33 students in early January, Zee Entertainment, picking up 7, UB Group (Kingfisher Airlines), picking up 14, among others. Euro RSCG, one of the leading advertising agencies also debuted on IIPM campus along with some real estate facilitation management companies like Colliers International and CB Richard Ellis. |
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Health insurance scheme for poor
New Delhi, April 6 It is proposed to cover the BPL population (five crore families) in five years time, a high-level group of the Planning Commission said. It has been estimated that the premium per family would come to Rs 750, of which 75 per cent would be paid by the central government, the remaining 25 per cent would come from the state government. The cost of the smart card will be borne by the Centre and the beneficiaries would need to pay only Es 30 per annum as registration or renewal fee. While the state governments will determine the benefits that the beneficiaries would be entitled to, the proposal is that hospitalisation expenses will take care of most common illnesses, all pre-existing diseases will be covered and transportation costs within an overall limit of Rs 1,000 will be covered, the group said. — PTI
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Mob damages vehicles
Ghaziabad, April 6 The incident occurred at 6:00 pm on GT Road opposite Indira Priydarshini Park under Sahibabad police station. According to the police, Anat Malik, son of Muzaffar Hussain of Bulandshahr, was crossing the road when he was hit and run over by a vehicle. The driver drove fast with the vehicle. Local residents seeing the child in a critical condition started pelting stones at moving vehicles and damaged six of them, including a DTC bus, a car, a three-wheeler and a two-wheeler. The police later managed to control the mob, but till late in the evening were still trying to trace the vehicle that hit and killed the
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Treat at Nirula’s
New Delhi, April 6 The chain introduced the aloo grill burger (grilled potato burger) and cheese onion tomato pizza priced respectively at Rs 19 and Rs 69, without taxes. The chain also introduced the omelette burger and the double cheese pizza besides re-introducing their ‘daal with
naan’ (Pulse and Bread) platter along with ‘aloo paratha’ (stuffed Indian flat bread) with yoghurt and pickle. “We plan to open 30 more outlets in 2008-09. We have a target to reach and I hope we do so,” said senior vice-president marketing and sales Sudipta Sen Gupta.
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Indian, African artistes to perform today
New Delhi, April 6 Hundred artistes from India will join the African artistes in a ‘jugalbandi’ to convey the message of Indo-African partnership. The event is being organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
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IIT-JEE entrance on April 13
New Delhi, April 6 Director of IIT Delhi Surendra Prasad said that there would be no change in the question pattern. “The format of the examination remains the same. It will comprise two papers of 200 marks each,” he said.
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