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100 city children already missing this month
Two held for extortion bid
No clue to body found in bag; enquires pour in
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Parties woo illegal colonies’ voters
Rightwing not to spoil the party
Jamia holds sports, cultural meet for poor kids
Mughal Gardens to open to public
Chatterati
2-day meet to boost entrepreneurship
Rahat Fateh Ali detained at airport
2 held, 36 stolen bikes seized
Man held for rape attempt
12-yr-old raped by minor
Minor commits suicide
Rain expected today
Youth shot at by neighbour
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100 city children already missing this month
New Delhi, February 13 What is worse, 65 of these minor children are girls. While senior Delhi police officials hold that there is no pattern or an organized gang operating in this regard, Delhi police commissioner B K Gupta has taken strong cognizance of the issue and asked its officials to do everything to put a stop to the missing of children. According to information, 1,179 children had gone missing last year and going by the present rate of over 222 children already gone missing this year, all chances are that the previous years' figure could be surpassed. As per available data of this month so far, outer Delhi topped the list with 20 followed by west Delhi (19), southeast Delhi (12) and southwest Delhi (11). The figures for other districts are, northeast (8), northwest, east and south (7 each), north (5) and central Delhi (3). The outer and west districts also topped the list of missing girls with 12 cases each. Eight girls went missing from southeast while eight from southwest districts. According to information, 14 children went missing on February 4 alone. Ten children were reported missing on February 1, while it was 11 on February 3. Ten children went missing on February 11. |
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Two held for extortion bid
New Delhi, February 13 As per DCP (northwest) Meenu Chaudhary, accused Rahisuddin (43), a barber, and his accomplice Nadeem (22) were apprehended from near Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital in Jahangirpuri yesterday when they walked into a trap laid by the police. "The duo indulged in gambling and drinking and wanted to earn quick money by extortion, so they targeted an exporter dealing in agro-products," said Choudhary. The exporter had first received an extortion call on January 14. However, two days ago he again got a call demanding Rs 2 lakh. The callers threatened with dire consequences if their demands were not met. After the complainant approached the police, as per the plan, he agreed to pay and called the extortionists to collect the money from
near Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital. The duo was arrested as they came to collect the money. The mobile used in calling the complainant has been recovered from Rahisuddin who is a school dropout," said the official. The duo does not have previous criminal record. |
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No clue to body found in bag; enquires pour in
New Delhi, February 13 The woman, who appeared to be in her early 20s and hailing from a decent background going by her dress, but the cops have not found any clue whatsoever regarding the case. The police had registered a case of murder immediately after the body was found and sent its teams to nearby areas but all attempts have gone in vain so far. However, investigators have drawn some hope from the massive publicity the case has aroused among people living
far and wise. Official sources said many people have appeared in person to get the details of the deceased and over 41 families have reached them telephonically in hope that her identity matched with those of someone they knew and had gone missing. A surprise enquiry was made from a family living in Britain which was looking for a girl who had gone missing. However, the girl's identity did not match the details provided by them. Delhi police has announced a reward for any clue. The woman's hands
were tied and the body carried several injury marks. She was murdered somewhere else, the cops believe, and dumped outside the railway station. |
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Parties woo illegal colonies’ voters
New Delhi, February 13 The MCD has made provisions and budgetary allotment for improvement of roads, sanitations, streetlights and other development works in these
areas through over 100 councillors who represent these areas. The MCD has also made provisions of Rs 300 crore for the next fiscal year each for development in the unauthorised colonies out of its own revenue. "The MCD has deputed 11,000 safaikaramcharies in these colonies to improve the sanitation out of their own revenue. If need be, more sanitation employees will be deployed. The MCD has also resolved to carry out development works in these colonies," said Subhash Arya, Leader of the House in MCD. The Congress, which runs the city government and is trying to capture back the MCD, has dismissed these measures as political stunts to win over the electorates living in these areas. "It is only when the elections are around the concerns of people living in these colonies having invited the BJP's attention. It had come to power on the back of promises to regularise these areas. It did nothing for four years and is now making these noises because of the approaching elections," a few Congress councillors said. Earlier in 2006 municipal elections, the BJP made a successful attempt in cashing in the sympathy of the people by announcing big reforms and providing better services in their areas. Nothing, however, actually came out of the promises made by it and it is only during the party's final year of rule in the corporation, it again woke up to the cause of unauthorised colonies and announced a series of packages for them in its budget proposals for the next year. While the Delhi government has been one step ahead in winning the trust of the people living in these colonies, the Congress in 2008 assembly elections distributed 'provisional certificates' for regularisation promising that the colonies will be regularised by December 31, 2010. After the election, all these schemes have been kept in abeyance and not even a single colony has been regularised even after the expiry of the promised date. On the contrary, it has announced a development charge for the people to be levied Rs 200 per square metre. Eyeing on the next year's municipal elections, the Congress also would not fail to woo the people of unauthorised colonies. The government is boasting of regularisation of 733 unauthorised colonies, but according to the municipal leaders, even the base the maps of these colonies have not been handed over to them for fixing the boundaries. |
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Students march for women’s safety in Delhi
New Delhi, February 13 The protestors were largely from Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia University and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University besides some social organizations. A few sensational cases of sexual assault on women in UP brought them to the streets and the protestors highlighted the case of a 16-year-old Dalit girl in the state. Her nose, hands and ears were chopped off by sa few persons after she resisted their rape bid on her. A student leader, Siddharth Tomar, said the law and order situation for women looked grim everywhere starting from the places like Bihar and UP to the national Capital. The students shouted slogans such as "Like Jessica, Ruchika, next is you and me" as they marched to Jantar Mantar. They also criticsed the recent statement of a senior Delhi police official who said that the claim of Delhi being unsafe for women was not supported by statistics. Delhi has the highest rate of crime against women at 27.6 per cent of the total crime against the national average of 14.1 per cent, they said. They also highlighted the National Crime Records Bureau's statistics for the year 2010 which said the Capital reported 562 out of the total of 1,693 cases of rape from 35 mega cities in the country. |
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Youths throng Surajkund fair, plan to celebrate V-Day
New Delhi, February 13 Many of them are even planning to come again tomorrow and spend the Valentine's Day with their friends and girlfriends here. Guys at the fair are readily picking up finely carved wooden key chains, hanging puppets for their cars, unconventionally designed pen stands, mirrored diaries and Kohlapuri chappals and kurtis. The girls on the other hand, are going crazy shopping for junk metal and wooden jewellery at the fair.Colorful jholas, jhutis, accessories, mehndi, Rajasthani kathputlis and bandhini chunris are some of the other items selling like hotcakes this time at the fair. "We mostly heard the fair if you intend to shop heavily. But today we realised that this place has something for everyone. We might not have big budgets but we had a good time. With friends, we had the best of North Indian food at different stalls. We did our share of shopping as well. I picked up Kohlapuri chappals and a Ganesha idol for my mom at just Rs 200. We plan to come here tomorrow also. It will be a good start to the Valentine's Day as well," said Shishir Jha, one of the students at the fair. Even the traders with smaller merchandise products say that they are recording better sales than stalls housing bigger, heavier and costlier items. "The silver anklets have run out again today. Business is very brisk on the last few days so we have called in for more stock tomorrow. This time, the business is very good. The sale at our counter is much more than other counters with heavier art works. Girls have been coming all day and buying jewellery. They find the items affordable and different in design, so they buy it from us. Last year, we put a stall of Rajasthani pottery. But the profit margin this year is much higher than last year's," said Kaushal Gautam. Apart from the shopping, food and the ambience, the fair offers traditional and indigenous performances by hundreds of day performers from across the globe that make the visit for youngsters all the more splendid. "Cultural events at choupal and natyashala have been very educating and entertaining at the same time. I don't see that how big wallets are required to enjoy this aspect of the mela? We are having a great time," said Shikha Taneja, a visitor. |
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Special packages for valentines
New Delhi, February 13 This year again, most pubs and clubs have decided on high entry fees, however, several new urban dining establishments, including many lounges are attracting couples with their exclusive packages for the eve. In the race, is the Green Park-based restaurant, "It's about us," that is offering variety package deals this Valentine's Day. While in just Rs 1,250, a couple can enjoy a five star lunch, including unlimited beer, starters, main course and desserts. For dinner, the package is priced at Rs 2,000, including hard drinks. "Every Valentine's Day eve, just entry in clubs and lounges is priced at anything between Rs 3,000 and Rs 6,000 per couple. But now such package deals are better use of money and time. Clubs on the Valentine's Day eve are very crowded. At least, with such packages we can ensure quality time with each other," said Nishant Jha, planning a booking at "Its about us". Shashwat Sinha, a Delhi University student, said, "The minimum expense on the day is between Rs 2,000 and Rs 3,000. Flowers, chocolates and a cake will cost around Rs 800 to Rs 900. So, why not invest in such package deals and enjoy a lavish evening. We save for months for this day, and what better gift for the partner than an extravagant romantic dinner and dance night." Not just restaurants, but spas and beauty parlours have also come up with attractive packages both for couples and singles. Wherein on normal days, a spa treatment in any reputed parlour would cost between Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000 and more, on Valentine's Day many spa centres have come up with as much as 40 per cent offs on all deals, in case of prior appointments made. "We knew this scheme would be a hit. So many people have already booked appointments for their partners. Everyone wants to gift some hours of pure relaxation their partners," said Amitav Sinha, head for Kaya Kalp Skin and Hair Care Centre, south Delhi. |
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Rightwing not to spoil the party
What should be happy tidings for the couples is that the rightwing outfits like Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena and their ilk have not announced any plan to target the V-Day revelers and the venues which would be hosting related events.
Shailendra Jaiswal, Delhi convener of Bajrang Dal, said they would not be holding any protest, but insisted that the youngsters should stick to the Indian values. A Shiv Sena leader said they had no plan to spoil the party for the couples. Lack of any substantial public support for these outfits' brazen targeting of the couples and storming of restaurants and hotels hosting V-Day events seems to have the change in heart for them. |
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Jamia holds sports, cultural meet for poor kids
New Delhi, January 13 "Nearly 30 schools participated in the event that gave 500 marginalised children an opportunity to showcase their talents," said Simi Malhotra, the PRO of the university. "The idea is to give children from marginalised backgrounds an opportunity to discover their talents and help them groom these talents. Children from all Jamia schools also participated in the event that was organised by the department of social work," said Malhotra. The programme that started with the sports events (held from 9 am to 12 noon) was organised on the campus of Jamia School. The sports events included 100-metre race, 200-metre race, relay race, long jump and pole vaulting. The cultural component of the event was held later in the day. It included short plays, dance competitions and musical events. |
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Mughal Gardens to open to public
New Delhi, February 13 The rectangular Mughal Gardens were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and are adjacent to the main Rashtrapati Bhawan building. The gardens, spread over 15 acre in the Presidential House complex, have flowers like roses, lilies and tulips, while lotus-shaped fountains and blue water canals add to the attraction. The main garden has two big lawns. The central one is a square with each side being 45 metre and the east lawn is adjacent to the building, oblong in shape and about three-fourth the size of the central lawn. The Mughal Gardens also have a segment on medicinal and herbal plants and a biodiversity park. The visitors will not be allowed to carry water bottles, briefcases, handbags, purses, umbrella, cameras, radios, mobile phones, arms and ammunition and eatables for security reasons. The entry and exit to the gardens will be from gate No. 35 of the President's Estate, which is located near North Avenue at the extreme end of Church Road, about 300 metre west of the Cathedral Church of the Redemption. |
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Chatterati
Well, guests just had to carry the phone to the function as an entry to the festivities. Paper invites can be duplicated, a phone was unique and created a talking point to Delhi evening socializers. The people who received this rather innovative invite were shocked and yet pleased as they could use the phone later. Not everyone can afford to give away a phone to all guests but there are options. Swipe card invites, a credit card size invite with a magnetic strip that is scanned at the venue. Swipe cards are very popular now at city parties, especially those with Bollywood stars, as they attract maximum crazy gatecrashers. So now at Bollywood weddings, the invite usually has a small security card with a unique number that has to be matched with a computerized list at the entrance. At the wedding of tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi to actor Lara Dutta; the invite has a security card. After all, international tennis player will be attending. A lot of plush weddings now have exclusive ideas of entertaining their guests. They offer different zones--spa, a bar, a wine cellar and sit down dinner areas for different cuisines. As they are luxurious, these access cards allow guests entry into specific areas. They also prevent staff of one area to sneak into the other. These cards are the flavour of the season. You save on hiring bouncers and need just 1 or 2 security personnel enough to make the venue hassle-free and exclusive making the guest feel important. A glittering affair
The exhibition was inaugurated by Sheila Dikshit. Philanthropist Tina Ambani and her mother-in-law Kokilaben Ambani were very much a part of the exhibition. Women laden with heavy bags full of cash and cheque books thronged the exhibition. There was a three-day seminar with interacting sessions. One could also learn about new techniques, ideas, designs and material. But it was clear from the shoppers here that there is no dearth of cash around. Jewellery
and art
Recently there was a party with an artistic twist. The "jewel-d-art" had Farooq Abdullah as the chief guest. Jewellery designer Nitin Vijay and Anjanna Kuthiala got together and painted live on the canvas. It was one of a kind show which has never happened in the Capital before. Romola Bachchan and several other socialites in the town were present there. For both the artists, it was creativity at its best live. |
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2-day meet to boost entrepreneurship
New Delhi, February 13 The two-day summit is being inaugurated on February 16 and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has been invited to be the chief
guest. DTU PRO, Rashmi Ranjan said, "Many captains of the industry and leading entrepreneurs have been invited to give leadership lectures to students. Some illustrious entrepreneurs who will speak include Narendra
Bansal, CMD Intex Technologies; Rajiv Vaid, COO TCS; Khurshid Batliwala, director
WAYE; and Srikant Gokhale, CEO, The Mobile Store." Engifest-2011 will also be held closely following the entrepreneurship summit. This cultural extravaganza is based on the theme of a resurgent India and will be held between February 17 and 20. This offers a good mix of cultural, literary and entertaining events like kavi
sammelan, a fashion show, Praayas, a street play, a bike and car stunt show, a choreography competition, literary events like debates and group discussions. |
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Rahat Fateh Ali detained at airport
New Delhi, February 13 Khan was detained by the personnel from Directorate of Revenue Intelligence after a tip-off regarding
the amount. "He was carrying a huge amount of foreign currency which he had not declared to the immigration authorities. Two other people accompanying him have also been detained," said a police official at the international airport, adding that he was being questioned regarding the source of the money. Khan is nephew of Pakistani singing legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and was involved in a controversy when organisers of a concert in Gurgaon filed a police complaint against him in July last year for his failure to turn up for a show. |
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2 held, 36 stolen bikes seized
New Delhi, February 13 According to the police, the accused have been identified as Rizwan (21) and Iqram (23) who were arrested two weeks ago and motorcycles recovered at their instance. "Rizwan, the tailor, hails from Muzaffarnagar in UP while Iqram, the mechanic, belongs to Hardwar in Uttarakhand. They operated in Delhi, UP, Uttarakhand and Haryana. On their instance, 36 stolen motorcycles have been recovered. We also seized fake vehicle documents from them," said I B Rani, DCP (east), adding that the breakthrough in the case came with Rizwan's arrest on January 31 from the Gandhi Nagar area while he was riding a stolen motorcycle. His interrogation led to Iqram who was arrested three days later. |
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Man held for rape attempt
Gt Noida, February 13 The girl's father today lodged an FIR at the Rabupura police station, alleging Umesh of attempting to rape his 13-year-old daughter last night when she was alone. The girl had screamed following which the neighbours came to her rescue and foiled the rape attempt, according to the FIR.
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12-yr-old raped by minor
New Delhi, February 13 According to the police, the incident was reported from the Kamruddin Mohalla area where one Ramvir lives with his daughter and wife in the rented house owned by one Dharampal. "The girl has alleged that she was alone in the house yesterday morning. She was watching TV when a neighbour, who is also a minor, barged into her house. The boy raped the girl and managed to flee even as the victim raised the alarm," said a police official, adding that after the girl's family returned home, she narrated the incident to her aunt. The police was then informed. The girl was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital where her medical examination confirmed rape. The accused is on the run while the police has lodged a case. |
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Minor commits suicide
New Delhi, February 13 "Amme, daughter of Philip, lived with her aunt who is a nurse at RML Hospital. It seems she was talking to someone on the phone when her aunt scolded her and advised to concentrate on her studies instead. Disturbed with the scolding, she took an extreme step," said a police official at the Mandir Marg police station. No suicide note has been recovered from the deceased. Further investigation in the matter is on,
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Rain expected today
New Delhi, February 13 "Delhi will experience a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of a thunderstorm in some areas," said a Meteorological Department official. While the maximum temperature tomorrow is expected to hover around 25°C, the minimum temperature is likely to settle at 13°. The humidity level today was recorded at 93 per cent. |
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Gate crashers dressed in their finery at the big fat weddings in Delhi have always been a problem. Recently, for the wedding of the daughter of a well-known industrialist, the invited got a real mobile phone which was fed with information about the ceremonies and also had a unique code, which had to be scanned at the venue to allow entry.
Last week it was all bling and more bling at the Ashok Hotel in the Capital. After all, it was a jewellery exhibition called the "Abhushan" where all the wives of top industrialists from south and north India got together.
Somehow jewellery and the art seem to be the flavour in the winter season of the Capital.