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Cong, BJP file papers on last day
Women researchers protest hostel rules
Geelani heckled by BSKS, ABVP youths
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Metro to make tracks for Fbd; MoU signed
Hundreds gather in support of Kazmi
RWAs launch poll awareness drive
Share broker found dead in Rohini office
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Cong, BJP file papers on last day
New Delhi, March 26 Delhi State Election Commissioner Rakesh Mehta said that over 99.62 lakh voters were eligible to cast their votes at 12,000 polling stations spread across 2,700 buildings to elect 272 councillors. It was only yesterday that the final lists of candidates by these two parties were announced, leading to agitation by those who missed the ticket. The disappointed contenders gave vent to their anger. One such candidate, Javed, who was aspiring ticket from Hauz Rani raised slogans against the area MLA and Minister of State for Social Welfare Minister Kiran Walia. According to Javed, not only Walia, but MP Ajay Maken had also promised him the ticket. "There are 60 per cent Muslims in the Hauz Rani ward. I was promised ticket by Maken as well as Walia. They have betrayed us and we will see that they are defeated in their next election," said Javed adding that he will contest as an independent. Other disappointed candidates and women who failed to bag the tickets also made a hue and cry. There are at least 12 wards where the men have managed tickets for their wives or the women have been replaced with husbands. In the BJP, at least 14 sitting councillors have been denied the ticket. The other prominent parties that are contesting the MCD elections include Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party, Indian National Lok Dal and Nationalist Congress Party. Hundreds of independent candidates are also in the fray. Stating that April 15 will be a public holiday, Mehta said that polling would be held from 8 am to 5 pm where electronic voting machines (EVMs) would be used in all the polling stations. Counting would take place on April 17. |
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Women researchers protest hostel rules
New Delhi, March 26 "Until now, if the research students had strong recommendations from their departments, they were always granted extension. In several cases, the extension was given up to six months, depending upon what the research demands.
These girls have been verbally asked by the authorities to vacate the hostel after a list was made public with their names. They have
been very active in the struggle against the hostel authorities and hence are being wrongly targeted," said Maya John, one of the PhD scholars and a hostel
resident. Today, in protest against the issue, hostel residents took out a rally through the North Campus area aimed at highlighting how women researchers were being denied extension of stay in the hostel. Apart from flooding the dean of colleges' office with letters of appeal, the students have decided to take help of DU faculty members to check such 'authoritarian' practices. The students also met the joint proctor today and handed over him a written charter of
their demands. "They have been assured that their grievances will be looked into," said a senior official at the proctor's office.
However, students are tense and demand a quick review of the problem. "The vice-chancellor
has asked us to have faith in the system. But with the eviction notice out already, we
are quite upset. “It appears as if this move is an effort to stymie the ongoing struggle of the women residents against
conservative hostel rules by the managing committee," added Maya John. |
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Geelani heckled by BSKS, ABVP youths
New Delhi, March 26 Geelani had arrived for the seminar at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies at Rajput Road in Civil Lines at 4 pm. Members of Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad led by Tejinder Singh Bagga and Rohit Chahal were waiting outside the venue. When Geelani arrived, they attempted to heckle him. They shouted slogans such as "Geelani go back" and "Vande Mataram". Participants and organizers of the seminar shielded Geelani from the attackers. "Syed Ali Shah Geelani Sahib was saved as several participants helped us. It lasted five minutes and after it was over, he addressed the seminar. The attackers could not harm him," said Altaf Shah, member of Hurriyat Conference (G), who was accompanying Geelani. The police arrived at the site of the incident. It detained about 13 members of the BSKS and ABVP for some time and later released them. About 35 youths of the two organizations had arrived at the venue. After the attack, Bagga tweeted, "Operation Geelani successful, we beat Geelani and other Kashmiri separatists in civil lines Delhi. We will not allow anybody to pursue separatist agenda in the Capital. We had organized the attack along with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad." Earlier, Bagga had attacked lawyer, Prashant Bhushan in October last year. |
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Metro to make tracks for Fbd; MoU signed
New Delhi, March 26 The proposed corridor is 13.875 km which will be fully elevated with a total number of nine stations. The stations on the track will include Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Sector -27 A, Badkal Mor, Old Faridabad, Ajronda, Faridabad New Town and YMCA Chowk. This route will be an extension of the presently operational Line 6 of the Delhi Metro, i.e. the 20.16-km-long Central Secretariat - Badarpur corridor. According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR), the daily ridership of this corridor is expected to be 2.14 lakh in 2014 after commissioning of the corridor for the public. A train maintenance depot will be constructed near Sector 20 A in Faridabad. It will be called Ajronda Depot. Work has already commenced for the boundary wall. The civil contract for the construction of this corridor was awarded in February. The total estimated cost of the project is around Rs 2,494 crore which includes the cost of the land. The required land for the construction of this project will be provided free of charge by the Haryana Government to DMRC on lease basis. Besides, the Haryana Government will invest Rs 1472.4 crore, central government will provide a funding of Rs 536.6 crore and the DMRC will fund close to Rs 400 crore for the rolling stock. "If we take into account the extension of Line 6 at its other side also (i.e. the Central Secretariat - Kashmere Gate extension), this corridor will have three interchange stations in Phase III, namely the Kashmere Gate, Mandi House and the Central Secretariat Metro stations covering a network of approximately 43.40 km from Kashmere Gate to YMCA Chowk in Faridabad. In all, this 43.40-km-long Kashmere Gate - YMCA Chowk corridor will have 32 stations," said a DMRC spokesperson. |
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Hundreds gather in support of Kazmi
New Delhi, March 26 Family members of Kazmi, including his two sons, along with Muslim leaders, academicians and students from JNU had attended the sit-down protest. Kazmi's son, Turab who studies in class 12 said, "Why is an innocent person being implicated in the terror attack. We were unable to meet Congress leaders, because we couldn't get an appointment. They (police) have not been able to prove the charges levelled against my father. Do they think that we all are terrorists?" Maulana Syed Kalbe Rushaid Rizvi, a Shia cleric, said people must unite to boycott unscrupulous politicians. "We must show our leaders that if we can vote them to Parliament, we can also throw them out," said Rizvi. |
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RWAs launch poll awareness drive
New Delhi, March 26 The group today launched its municipal elections programme through its wing United Residents Joint Action (URJA) with instructions to undertake a set of operations to ensure that people can make an informed choice about candidates and that maximum participation of the members of the community is ensured. As part of the programme, a specially designed poster that will eventually be replicated by over 2,000 small RWAs across Delhi has been prepared by the URJA with the help of the EC. The poster was released by State Election Commissioner Rakesh Mehta in his office. Launching the poster, Mehta said that RWAs would display these in 272 wards and raise awareness about their duty to vote. Welcoming the campaign, he said that candidates usually had very little time between nomination and election and in such a situation campaigns like the URJA was running assists in spreading awareness about candidates in localities. While the URJA has started its campaign in advance, the EC will also start its public awareness campaign on April 1, he added. |
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Share broker found dead in Rohini office
New Delhi, March 26 In the morning, his wife reached his office and found him lying in the pool of blood. She informed the police about the incident. The police said that Goyal had been shot in the head. A case of murder was registered at the KN Katju Marg police station. Sources said that Goyal was a bookie, who betted on cricket matches. He might have been killed due to the bets that he had placed. The police has denied the possibility of robbery as a motive of his murder. His family alleged that he didn't have any personal rivalry and enmity with anyone. His brother-in-law said, "Ravi Goyal had gone to his office to watch the match because the channel that was telecasting it was not available at his house." |
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