Bid on MLA’s life
New Delhi, June 2
Expressing her concern over the murderous attack on the Indian National Lok Dal MLA from Najafgarh, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit asked the Police Commissioner to provide security to all the MLAs across the party lines.

MLAs in shock
New Delhi, June 2
Attempt on the life of INLD MLA from Najafgarh has shocked all the MLAs who supported the security issue in the assembly only yesterday.

Drizzle brings respite from heat wave
New Delhi, June 2
The city residents received the much-needed respite from the sweltering heat that had engulfed the capital over the last one week, with drizzle and cloudy skies towards the afternoon today.

Boys cool off at Boat Club in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Health system gives eunuch community the go-by
New Delhi, June 2
While the country's health system, schemes and officials are still unfriendly to the members of the transgender (TG) and the eunuch community, a different gender definitely not by their own choice has pushed them to the status of being a marginalised section.

DU admission begins tomorrow
New Delhi, June 2
Come Monday and the gates to admission at Delhi University will open to the aspirants. The university will also launch an online admission facility that will allow submission of the common pre-admission forms. Those who want to opt for the printed forms can get them at 10 selected DU colleges and for the first time, at 12 post offices in the city.

65,000 appear for CET at IP varsity
New Delhi, June 2
Over 65,000 candidates appeared for BTech entrance examination of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha (IP) University in the capital today. The huge turnout for common entrance test (CET) is much higher than the last year.

Two robbers in police net
New Delhi, June 2
Two men belonging to a gang of Mewati robbers who robbed trucks and other vehicles from a highway and then took them to Mewat have been arrested, the police said today.

Bid on MLA’s life
CM meets police chief
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 2
Expressing her concern over the murderous attack on the Indian National Lok Dal MLA from Najafgarh, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit asked the Police Commissioner to provide security to all the MLAs across the party lines.

The incident has occurred just a day after the MLAs demanded security in the Delhi Assembly House.

The Chief Minister today met the Police Commissioner B. K. Gupta to discuss the security scenario in the Capital in the wake of MLA Bharat Singh being shot at by unidentified assailants.

She met the Police Commissioner at the behest of Speaker Yoganand Shastri after MLAs yesterday demanded police protection, citing the increased "threat perception" while dealing with the difficult situations in public interest.

Speaking to the Chief Minister, the police chief told her that Personal Security Officers (PSOs) have been provided to a number of MLAs.

"I have informed the Chief Minister that any MLA having apprehension about security or facing threats to his life will be given police protection," Gupta said.

Yesterday in the Delhi Assembly, an extortion call to MLA Jaswant Rana's son had prompted other legislators to seek enhanced protection.

Dikshit had said that the MLAs' security was of vital importance and the issue was being taken up with the police.

As a number of Congress MLAs demanded "adequate security" for the legislators, the Speaker issued a direction to call the Police Commissioner to the House.

MLAs in shock
Syed Ali Ahmed
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 2
Attempt on the life of INLD MLA from Najafgarh has shocked all the MLAs who supported the security issue in the assembly only yesterday.

The Leader of the opposition in Delhi Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra said that the incident of daylight shooting of MLA Bharat Singh in his office is very shameful. If such an attack could be carried out on an MLA, what would be the security of a common citizen.

MLAs Jaswant Rana, Shoaib Iqbal and Surender Kumar had raised the issue in the House only yesterday. All the MLAs present in the Assembly expressed their concern about the fast deteriorating law and order situation in Delhi.

Malhotra said the law and order in Delhi comes directly under the purview of the Union home ministry. Both the Delhi government and the Union government have ignored their concerns about the MLAs' security. He demanded the resignation of the Union home minister in this regard.

LJP MLA Shoaib Iqbal said the attack on Bharat Singh's life shows that MLAs cannot work honestly without security. All the 70 MLAs in Delhi should be given security.

Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta said that law and order has completely failed in the city. The people of Delhi don't feel safe either in their homes or outside.

Drizzle brings respite from heat wave
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 2
The city residents received the much-needed respite from the sweltering heat that had engulfed the capital over the last one week, with drizzle and cloudy skies towards the afternoon today.

The maximum temperature was recorded at 44.2° C, four degrees above the average while the minimum remained uncomfortably six degrees above average at 33.2°C.

The meteorological department has forecast rain over the next 24 hours.

"The weather will be pleasant tomorrow. There is a possibility of thundershowers late night today or tomorrow morning, The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to oscillate between a high and low of 42° and 32° C," said an official of the India Meteorological Department.

Yesterday the maximum temperature was recorded at 43° C, three degrees above the average, while the minimum was 34.3° C, seven degrees above the average.

Health system gives eunuch community the go-by
Ananya Panda
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 2
While the country's health system, schemes and officials are still unfriendly to the members of the transgender (TG) and the eunuch community, a different gender definitely not by their own choice has pushed them to the status of being a marginalised section.

Forced to exclusion from community and opportunities, they are faced with the problems of multiple dimensions, with lack of support and violence within families still a major worry, noted representatives of the TG and eunuch section here today during a daylong "National Hijra Habba" organised to evolve a road-map for enabling them a rightful position.

The issues of human rights of this invisible segment of the population have failed to draw the attention of the policy makers, maintained the section.

The discrimination that characterises the life of these people is seen everywhere even in government hospitals in Delhi and elsewhere where they have limited access to the anti-retroviral treatment centres.

"We have to go to private hospitals as access to health services in government hospitals is difficult. Also in government hospitals, the staff and the system are still not sensitised to our needs. Feminisation needs of the TGs are not incorporated in the health programmes," said Abhina Aher, a TG member.

Very few who take a stand and manage to sail through social stigma and rigmaroles of public offices in getting a passport, opening a bank account etc., have to live with peculiarities surrounding dual identity issue.

Amidst the odds, there is a reason for all those from this community to smile as from this year IGNOU has introduced a new category-"others" in its application forms.

DU admission begins tomorrow
Joty Rai
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 2
Come Monday and the gates to admission at Delhi University will open to the aspirants. The university will also launch an online admission facility that will allow submission of the common pre-admission forms. Those who want to opt for the printed forms can get them at 10 selected DU colleges and for the first time, at 12 post offices in the city.

The 10 colleges from where aspirants can procure forms include Miranda House, the main administrative building of Arts Faculty in the North Campus, Swami Sharadhanand College, office of the deputy dean, students' welfare, South Campus, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam College, PGDAV College, Gargi College, Shyam Lal College, Rajdhani College, and Bhagnini Nivedita College.

Branches of the post office are: New Delhi GPO, Ashoka Road, Sansad Marg Head Post Office, Patel Chowk, Lodhi Road Head Post Office, Kalkaji Head Post Office, Delhi GPO, Ramesh Nagar Head Post Office, Naraina Industrial Estate Head Post Office, Naraina, Ashok Vihar Head Post Office, Ashok Vihar, Krishna Nagar Head Post Office, Jhilmil Head Post Office, Sarojani Nagar Head Post Office and Indraprastha Head Post Office.

The online facility is not applicable for the SC/ST and disabled students. The SC/ ST candidates can get the forms from the Arts Faculty, North Campus, Shyam Lal College and Rajdhani College. For disabled , all registrations will be held at the Conference Centre in the North Campus.

65,000 appear for CET at IP varsity
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 2
Over 65,000 candidates appeared for BTech entrance examination of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha (IP) University in the capital today. The huge turnout for common entrance test (CET) is much higher than the last year.

The much sought after course at IP University has a total of 5,500 seats combined for all of its various BTech programmes. A senior official at the university said that last year about 62,000 students had appeared for the test.

"Seeing the number of candidates, 125 centres across nine cities -Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Jaipur, Jallandhar, Kolkatata and Lukhnow - had been established for smooth conduct of the test.

Two robbers in police net
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 2
Two men belonging to a gang of Mewati robbers who robbed trucks and other vehicles from a highway and then took them to Mewat have been arrested, the police said today.

The accused are identified as Zakir (25) and Saddam (22). Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Devender Arya said, "The arrested members of the gang operated in Delhi and after committing the robberies, they fled to their native place in district Nuh of Haryana. With their arrest, a case of robbery has been solved and a robbed truck with a country-made pistol has been recovered."