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Maid killed by colleague
Artscape
Commando shoots self accidentally
Man injured by neighbour
Part-time govt workers clamour for demands
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Woman, paramour get life term for killing husband
Virtual ban on
recruitments: Assocham
’84 riot case
Punjab wrestler, 2 aides held for Delhi robberies
Leaflets against Maya in Noida create a flutter
Importance of verbal skills highlighted
at workshop
Woman sets herself ablaze
Board exam claims another life
Promotion exams for public administrators from April 9
Girl dies of poison
Showers, strong winds
lash Delhi
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Maid killed by colleague
New Delhi, March 29 According to the police, the deceased Rambati, was strangulated by Ketan (20) when she protested his plan of robbing their employer. The police said that the incident came to light at around 9.45 am after Rambati’s body was discovered by the employer’s family members. “Rambati’s son, Jagdish used to pick her up from her employer, businessman D K Jain’s house everyday, but yesterday when he came, Ketan told the Jain family that she had left. Her family was searching for her till they got a call this morning from Jain’s family members that she was found dead on the second floor of the house,” said the police. The police further stated that Ketan was missing since yesterday evening and was arrested in afternoon while trying to flee. “During interrogation, he revealed to the police that he along with his friend was planning to rob his employer. But Rambati overheard their their conversation and tried to argue with them after which the accused, for the fear of being caught, strangulated her to death,” stated the police. Rambati, a resident of the Chattarpur area, was employed in the house only three days ago. The employer, D K Jain, runs paper business in the Chawri Bazaar area. The Hauz Khas police has registered a case against Ketan, a resident of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh and a hunt is on to nab his other accomplices. |
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Turning Point to zero in on trail-blazing events
Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
The series began with a dialogue between musicologist and music scholar Madan Gopal Singh and Rabbi Shergill, the popular contemporary voice of our music legacy. The March edition of Turning Point features the legendary Bharatanatyam dancer Yamini Krishnamurthi in conversation with dancer Geeta Chandran. Since her debut in 1957, Yamini went on to storm the world of Indian classical dance with her powerful stage presence. Initially trained at Kalakshetra, she went on to be trained by the best gurus of that time: Kanchipuram Ellapa Pillai, Thanjavur Kitappa Pillai, Dandayudhapani Pillai and Mylapore Gowri Ammal. She was also a maestro of Kuchipudi having trained under Vedantam Lakshi Narayan Sastri, Chinta Krishnamurthi and Pasumarthy Krishna Venugopala Sharma. During her long career, she has won many accolades such as Padma Shri (1968), Sangeet Natak Academy Award (1977) and Padma Bhushan (2001). She was also honored with the title of ‘Asthana Narthaki’ by the Tirupathi Devaswom. Her engagements with classical dance led her to produce a TV serial for Doordarshan, which was based on the Indian dance styles. She also wrote an autobiography titled “A Passion for Dance”. In 1990, she established the Dr Yamini Krishnamurthi School of Dance in New Delhi. Geeta Chandran: Dancer/choreographer Geeta Chandran is founder-president of Natya Vriksha. Geeta engages in the widest range of dance-related activities: performing, teaching, conducting, singing, collaborating, organizing, writing and speaking to new youth audiences. Geeta has authored So Many Journeys, an intensely personal collection of her writings narrating her engagement with classical dance. In recognition of her vast and varied contribution to Bharatanatyam, Geeta was awarded the Padma Shri in 2007. Art and craft auction held
The Indian contemporary craft market was given a major boost at the Indian Modern and Contemporary Art and Craft Auction held by Osian’s on March 21 at the Taj President in Mumbai. Indian Modern Art continued to hold its high value amid the worst global economic crisis the world has faced in modern history. The auction that was valued at the lower estimate of approximately Rs 8.9 crore fetched over Rs 8.0
crore. Of the 108 works offered, 71 found buyers, registering a total sale of 66%. While the average lot price registered for the full auction was Rs 11.42 lakh (US$ 22,858), the average lot price for modern art was Rs 21.5 lakh (US$ 43,001). The average lot price for modern art in the last two Osian’s auctions held in January and February this year was Rs 15.25 lakh and Rs 13.5 lakh respectively as against the average lot price of Rs 1.41 lakh (US$ 2,889) for Indian contemporary craft, thereby registering a total sale of 57% and 82% respectively. The auction witnessed nail-biting moments as bidders in the packed audience of over 400, fought tooth-and-nail with bidders on the telephone to acquire their favourite works. An ‘Untitled’ mid-1930’s work by Nicolas
Roerich, the finest seen so far at any Indian auction, fetched the highest price at Rs 1.68
crore. Akbar Padamsee’s brilliant ‘Nude’, a 1987 oil on canvas work was sold for Rs 1.44 crore and Rameshwar Broota’s ‘Sewadar’ fetched Rs 1.14
crore. The cream of Indian
contemporary art
Ode to Perfection—an eclectic portfolio of paintings and sculptures by various artists— comes alive from April 4 to May 4 at the Bank on Art Gallery, Shop No.12, Meharchand Market, Lodi Colony here. Presented by Niten
Mehta, ‘Ode to Perfection’ showcases some stunning works by renowned contemporary artists, all across India—from Baroda to
Shantiniketan, Mumbai to Delhi and the ubiquitous South. These works represent the best in Indian contemporary art, today. The exhibition brings together, under one aegis, various artists, united in their diversity and artistic expressions, while retaining their own individuality and artistic statement. The exhibition is a stunning spectacle of artworks by Avijit
Datta, sculptor Anuj Kumar Poddar, Rahul Mukherjee, Arunanshu Chaudhury, T. M
Azees, Hiral Trivedi, Kamar Alam, sculptor Loknath Sinha, Mousumi Biswas,
Saptrishi, Sharmi Chaudhuri, Shubra Das, Alok Bal, Sunil Mamdapur, Kisan Duriseti and Uday
Mondal, amongst others. Their works span scale, form, size and texture. Exhibition of paintings by Gurdeep
Singh
Gallerie Nvya here is holding “(Un) betoken)”, an exhibition of the latest paintings by young artist Gurdeep Singh from March 26 to April 30. Delhi-based Gurdeep Singh, who had his earlier art education in Kurukshetra and Chandigarh, has participated in many solo and group shows both within India and
abroad. Gurdeep Singh is known for his bold energetic strokes and breathtaking
colours. What is interesting is that while painting these pictures, the artist suddenly became interested in the Gurmukhi script and many of the paintings have the Gurmukhi alphabet gelled into the larger scene. Campaign against social malefactors
Polka–The Art Gallery is holding a unique exhibition entitled “Jai Ho–No criminal in Politics” by Vishal Joshi and Ravi
Shankar, two well-known cartoonists, from March 30 to April 15. The exhibition is being curated by Arti Singh. Human face in varied
moods
Bajaj Capital Art House is presenting “Face To Face”, an exhibition of creations of artists Fawad Tamakant and B. Srinivas Reddy from April 1 to April 30. A fascination with human form and face has been a perennial theme that has engaged the artists over the centuries and across various cultures.
Hyderabad-based artists, painter Fawad Tamkanat and sculptor B Srinivas Reddy, take this practice forward in their work that combines a portrayal of human face in varied moods, mediums, styles and forms; each in his own distinct creations using variable lines, markings and colours in a juxtaposition of folk and tribal forms with their contemporary experiences. |
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Commando shoots self accidentally
New Delhi, March 29 According to information, Anil Kumar (25) was hit by three bullets when his AK 47 machine-gun went off accidentally around 8 am. “It was around 8 in the morning when Anil thought of checking his machine gun before handing it over to the commando who was to take charge from him near Vasant Continental Hotel. However, it seems the gun went off after some mishandling and hit Anil,” said a police official from the Vasant Vihar police station. He was rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre but was declared brought dead. Anil received two bullets in the stomach which punctured his kidneys while the third hit him in his hand. Ruling out any foul play in the incident, a senior police official said that there were many eyewitnesses to the incident. “It is a case of mishandling of the gun. An enquiry is being done and no foul play has come to light so far. Besides, we have several eyewitnesses who told us what had happened,” said a police official. Anil was with ‘Vajra’, Delhi police’s anti-riot control vehicle for the last six months. His family lives in Rewari district of Haryana and has been informed about the incident.
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Man injured by neighbour
Gurgaon, March 29 Ram received stitches on his forehead after his neighbour had beaten him up on March 15. He had claimed that when he visited the Rajinder Park police station, his complaint was not registered and they had to run after the police again and again. “It has been almost two weeks now and still no action has been taken yet,” Ram clarified. His son Raj Kumar affirmed that their neighbours are in the habit of abusing after drinking and a case in this regard has already been pending in the court. He said that this time when three of them were loitering around their house, his father tried to stop them as all the women were sitting in verandah. However, they started abusing him. The verbal fight became serious. Raj said, “When we went to lodge the complaint, the police did not respond and even asked to get the medical done of our own. We got it done but still have not received the copy of the same as the hospital administration said that they would give the same to the police only.” While talking to The Tribune, the SHO Raj Pal Singh said that they have not registered any complaint as it was just a small fight. He said that the details of any stitch marks had not been provided by the hospital and if he had been told about it, he would have definitely registered the complaint and taken action. The police claims that no one was injured during the fight but one could easily see the fresh marks of stitches on the left side of Gheesa Ram’s forehead.
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Part-time govt workers clamour for demands
Gurgaon, March 29 Asha workers and mid-day meal employees, besides those serving in different government departments on part-time, daily wages, ad hoc or contractual basis raised slogans against the state authorities. The employees had come from Faridabad, Palwal, Mewat, Rewari, Mahendergarh and Gurgaon districts to participate in the protest. It was the third such commissionorate-level demonstration after Hisar and Rohtak; and the next would be staged at Ambala on April 5. Employee leaders Virender Dangwal and Raj Kumar presided over the programme, while sangh’s state convenor Dharmbir Phougat and CITU leader Satbir Singh were the main speakers. Subhash Lamba conducted the proceedings. Addressing the protesters, the employee leaders asserted that even the state government, which was supposed to be the custodians of employees’ rights, was exploiting them by not following the labour laws and rules framed by itself. “Cleanliness workers posted in villages are getting just Rs 2,000 per month, whereas the state government has announced that all workers would get at least Rs 3,510 as minimum wages,” they alleged, adding that if the government itself was not abiding by the rules and norms meant for employees’ welfare, the plight and exploitation of those serving in the private sector could well be imagined. Pointing out the acute problem of housing facilities for the employees posted in cities like Gurgaon, the employees’ leaders demanded that colonies for workers be established at the earliest. They further alleged that many workers like those engaged in preparing mid-day meals were not getting the benefit of provident fund scheme and other basic facilities. The protesters submitted a 14-point charter of their demands to the Gurgaon divisional commissioner D.P.S.Nagal, for being forwarded to the state Chief Minister. Later, talking to newsmen, the employees’ leaders maintained that they would approach all political parties who were fielding their candidates from the state in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections with their demands. Members of state power corporations, PWD, public health, municipal bodies, Class IV and several other employees’ unions participated in the demonstration.
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Woman, paramour get life term for killing husband
Noida, March 29 Avinash Kumar, an engineering student, stayed in a rented accommodation in Harola. He had developed an illicit relationship with the landlady, Suman Lata. But when Suman’s husband, Chandra Bose, learnt about the relationship, he asked Avinash to immediately vacate the house. Suman and Avinash then allegedly planned to murder Bose. Suman also promised Avinash that she will pay him Rs 50,000 if he killed Bose. On June 30, 2007, Avinash took Bose to Sector-37 in Faridabad on the pretext of attending a friend’s birthday party. There Avinash mixed a poisonous substance in Bose’s liquor and later strangled him to death. After killing Bose, Avinash dumped the body in bushes. The next day, deceased’s brother Hakim filed a report at Sector-20 police station saying that he suspected that Avinash had killed his brother. The police then arrested Avinash and his friend. The additional district judge Narinder Kumar found Avinash guilty under Sections 302, 201 of the IPC and Suman guilty under Section 120-B. The court said that both had committed a heinous crime and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
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Virtual ban on
recruitments: Assocham
New Delhi, March 29 Around 90 per cent of over 150 human resource (HR) officials, participating in an internal seminar organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) said there was a “virtual ban on fresh recruitments in private sector as attrition rate has subsided in almost all sectors”. They said the HR departments were under severe pressure to come up with new strategies to cut costs as Indian corporates are now trying to avoid lay-offs and restructure operations with a “human face”. “In order to compensate against lay-offs, the management in majority of the cases is being advised by HR professionals to curtail to a legitimate extent of 10-15 per cent wage cuts in total emoluments at middle and senior middle level and that of 25-35 per cent at senior levels,” said Assocham president Sajjan Jindal. Only 5-7 per cent wage cuts are being recommended for lower level employees as the focus is more on cutting administrative costs, he said. Over 100 HR professionals said employees’ unions in the corporate world have stopped demanding wage revision and are now cooperating with cost-cutting measures on condition that lay-offs should be avoided. Nearly 20 per cent of HR professionals, however, said some corporate houses were still following the HR policies of the past and their employees enjoyed all benefits. Banking, finance and business outsourcing sectors continue to recruit fresh people as demand is now picking up in these segments, they said. Jindal added that the economic activity would pick up after the elections as several stalled projects would resume and fresh budgetary allocations would further boost the economy. “The economy will start bouncing back by May 2010,” he added. —IANS |
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Report Card: Jagdish Tytler (North-East) Ananya Panda Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 29 He takes the credit of the setting up of National Highway Authority of India and toll paid expressways in addition to amending the Citizenship Act that granted great relief to the NRIs and POI. Tytler claims that the redevelopment of the old refugee camps and slums of Kingway Camp was due to his efforts. “I have instituted the Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar by renovating the neglected areas of Kingsway Camp, namely Hudson and Outram Lines. His outlined list of accomplishments further entails—setting up of dams, night shelters, traffic training centres and community parks in his constituency in addition to ensuring the provision of roads, drinking water, electricity and sulabh toilets in all the slum clusters of the area. Further, the inauguration of flyover from Rani Jhansi Road to Tees Hazari Road about a few months back, which the MP proclaims to be due to his effort, is the step taken by the NDMC and the initiation of over bridge project from Azad Market to Krishnaganj is carried by MCD, which is under the BJP’s authority. No development has been done by the MP,” outlines an MCD councillor from the DS segment, on conditions of anonymity. On the other hand, the Tytler’s camp says, “He has spearheaded the work of open air theatres and community centres in Kabir Basti and Nehru Kutiya, besides the installation of high-voltage electric grid in Shahzada Bagh.” As per government records, out of the total Rs 25.84 crore allocated to him under the MPLADS, he has spent Rs 19.05 crore on developmental projects. But across-section of DS constituency maintains that though the constituency has seen some changes in terms of DDA flats in Nehru Vihar in the past, widening of roads in Shastri Nagar and Nehru Vihar, nothing significant has been done. Again, the promises that were made in the manifestoes, like covering of drains from Shakti Nagar to Najafgarh, renovating of Rosanara Garden appear to be poll gimmicks to many others.
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’84 riot case
New Delhi, March 29 The party said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has turned into ‘Congress Bureau of Investigation’. “The CBI has furthered Congress’s political agenda by giving a clean-chit to Jagdish Tytler. We have not seen such a misuse of CBI till date,” said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar. “They had earlier given clean-chits to Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav and now to Jagdish Tytler also. We reject CBI’s clean-chit and now it is for the people to decide,” said Javadekar. The CBI on Saturday submitted its report in a city court on its investigation into Tytler’s alleged role in a case of inciting a mob to attack a group of Sikhs. Javadekar said giving clean-chit to Tytler was like rubbing salt on the wounds of riot victims.The CBI had earlier told the court that it had examined California-based witness Jasbir Singh in the case.
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Punjab wrestler, 2 aides held for Delhi robberies
New Delhi, March 29 The police arrested Maninder Singh, a wrestler from Punjab, and his accomplices Veer Bahadur and Keshav Kumar for robbery and the Arms Act violations Saturday from Hari Nagar in W. Delhi. “We have recovered five mobile phones of various models and one motorcycle from their possession,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Sharad Aggarwal said. Singh, 22, and his accomplices were “habitual drinkers” and got into crime to make quick money. They were involved in knife-point robberies in the area of Mayapuri, Hari Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Naraina and Delhi Cantt. “They have been continuously committing robberies and were also involved in an attempt to murder in which they had brutally stabbed a person with a knife while committing robbery. While Kumar and Bahadur have a criminal background, Singh is a state level wrestler,” Aggarwal said.
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Leaflets against Maya in Noida create a flutter
Noida, March 29 The anti-Mayawati and BSP leaflets have praised Samajwadi Party sky high. The administration staff is busy collecting as many pamphlets as possible. The pamphlets and leaflets do not mention the name of the printer or the printing press which has printed them. A case under Section 127-A of the People’s Representation Act has been registered with Sector-20 police station by Amit Kumar, in-charge of the Jhandpura police post. The district administration suspects that Samajwadi Party leaders may have got the leaflets printed and distributed. The police is trying to find out the printer and distributors of the leaflets. Even the local intelligence unit staff has been alerted about the matter. A large number of pamphlets and leaflets have been distributed in the jhuggis in the area. Two cases of gang rapes, Ghori Vachhera incident, in which five farmers were killed in police firing, have been prominently highlighted in the leaflets and the BSP government has been strongly criticised and condemned. The pamphlet also questions the Mayawati government on the issue of payment of land compensation to farmers. The BSP appears to have exerted tremendous pressure on the administrative and police authorities to nab the people behind the leaflets. Since G.B. Nagar is Mayawati’s home district, the chief minister is reported to be trying her best to ensure the victory of BSP candidate Surinder Nagar from here in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Meanwhile, the jhuggi dwellers hear fear that the police might harass them by accusing them of distributing the leaflets. However, the police says distribution of such leaflets is quite common during election days. |
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Importance of verbal skills highlighted
at workshop
New Delhi, March 29 On the occasion, the participating students staged a debate, exhibiting their proficiency in spoken word. Sohaib Iqbal, the area MLA and former deputy speaker Delhi Vidhan Sabha said, “Hard work, sincerity and complete dedication towards one’s job helps in attaining the goals set in life.” Anil Gupta, director IACM, opined that, “Success is a byproduct of hard work. Some may get it late and some early, but all hardworking people achieve it ultimately. Good communication skills do help a lot and students should imbibe right blend of hard and soft skills.”
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Woman sets herself ablaze
Ghaziabad, March 29 Seema alias Shanti was married to Ashok Kumar since 1996 but the couple couldn’t conceive, following which the husband married another woman,
Dimpy, in September 2008. The second marriage had Seema’s consent, according to the police. Despite that Seema’s relationship with Kumar began to sour after he started living with his second wife since January this year. On Friday, she took out petrol from her car and sprinkled it over her body and set herself ablaze, the police said. “She sustained over 90 percent burns,” said Station Officer Gajendra Kumar of the Kavi Nagar police station. “In a critical condition, her husband took her to the Yashoda Hospital from where she was referred to Safdarjung Hospital in the capital Delhi where she succumbed to her injuries Saturday afternoon,” the police officer said.
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Board exam claims another life
New Delhi, March 29 According to the police, the deceased Hemlata, who was a student of nearby Government School, was found hanging by her stole in her house around 11.30 am. There was no one in the house at the time of the incident. The body was discovered by her brother. The police has denied having found any suicide note with the body. According to her father, Hemlata was depressed about her studies and feared about failing in the Class X exam that she appeared this year.
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Promotion exams for public administrators from April 9
Gurgaon, March 29 This is for the first time that the HIPA has been entrusted with conducting these exams, which were earlier conducted by the stste government. These exams are held for promotion to section officers from amongst the ministerial staff working in offices. |
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Girl dies of poison
Gurgaon, March 29 The SHO of Sector 29 police station Jagdish said that a woman called them up to inform about a girl who was vomiting in the park and they reached the spot immediately and admitted her to Max Hospital, where she died. He said that the girl might have died after consuming some poisonous substance and it could have been a matter of suicide. Aashoo, an MBA student, had reportedly left her home for market, but never returned. The police has registered a case on family’s version. |
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Showers, strong winds
lash Delhi
New Delhi, March 29 “The rain was recorded at 2.8 mm and winds were blowing at a speed of 62
kmph,” an Indian Meteorological Department official said. “Because of the heavy traffic jam after the rains, I reached home nearly two hours late,” said Shweta
Verma, who was stuck in south Delhi. — IANS |
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Report Card: Jagdish Tytler (North-East)
New Delhi, March 29
