New Delhi, September 12
Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda today batted for NSUI candidates of Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election and asked students from Haryana to give a positive direction to Delhi and Delhi University (DU).

Addressing a meeting of Haryana origin students studying in DU, asking for their support in favour of NSUI candidates, Hooda said that in the last DUSU elections, Haryana students had ensured the win of the presidential candidate and this time as well, they would play a major role for the victory of all four NSUI candidates.

He recalled that his grandfather and noted freedom fighter Chaudhary Ranbir Singh studied in Ramjas College , his father and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda studied in the Law Faculty and he himself studied in Delhi College of Engineering.

Bollywood actor and Congress MP Raj Babbar, AICC general secretary Oscar Fernandes and Delhi MP Mahabal Mishra were also present in the meeting.

New Delhi, September 12
After watching a visual on a TV channel in which Congress MP from Haryana Deepender Singh Hooda asked the students in the state to influence the DUSU elections, president of the Delhi unit of the BJP Vijender Gupta appealed to the DU Vice-Chancellor to restrict the entry of outsiders into campus. He asked the Delhi police to keep vigil on vehicles bearing Haryana number plates parked outside colleges during the students' union elections.

The Congress is trying to get the DUSU rigged with the help of youths of Haryana. A large number of vehicles of Haryana numbers are already seen on the campuses of university and various colleges. They are allegedly threatening the students to cast their franchise in favour of the NSUI candidates, said Gupta.

Gupta demanded from the Police Commissioner that a large number of youths from Haryana have been called in Delhi to influence the DUSU elections. These persons may pose danger to the peaceful polling. Hence, students with valid identity cards should be allowed to enter the college or university premises. The borders of all the colleges and the university should be sealed tomorrow.

New Delhi, September 12
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today stressed on the need of peaceful dialogue amongst nations in the 21st century to resolve long-standing issues, so that this century is remembered as the century of dialogue by future generations.

Delivering a talk on "Non Violence and Ethical Values" at Jamia Millia Islamia today, the Nobel Peace Laureate said, "The 20th century was one of 'bloodshed' and 'violence'. All countries should strive towards making the 21st century, one that stresses on dialogue to resolve any problems. Violence is not acceptable to resolve an issue."

Answering a query of one of the students on the violence against Muslims in Myanmar, the spiritual leader said that his efforts to contact pro-democracy icon Aung Sang Suu Kyi had failed.

''We wrote a letter to Suu Kyi regarding the violence but we got no reply. My representative in Delhi even met the Burmese Ambassador here but it has been four weeks and we have not heard from them,'' he added.

"There is a lack of proper channel of communication so much so that I am a spiritual leader and I have never been allowed in that Buddhist-majority country (Myanmar). I receive more support from Christian and even some of the Muslim countries," he said jokingly.

Answering another query on Tibet, he explained that the Dalai Lamas have always been the political and spiritual head of the Tibetan people. However, he expressed satisfaction at handing over ''legitimate authority" to elected leaders of the community in-exile.

Till last year he had held the dual position of political and spiritual head of the Tibetans before he transferred all powers to the "Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile".

The Dalai Lama said that his successor would don the role of only a religious leader for Tibetans and not a political one. "I am now in a semi-retirement position. Every community is mature enough to choose their own leaders. I changed a tradition which has been there for four centuries. What was started by the fourth Dalai Lama has been ended by the 14th Dalai Lama i.e. me. I am happy and proud," he said.

New Delhi, September 12
Making a breakthrough in the murder of a 27-year-old woman, Meenakshi Rana, in Rohini Sector-16 yesterday morning, the Delhi police today arrested one person for allegedly committing the crime.

The accused Sandeep (30) has been arrested from the area of Bawana near Rohini in Outer Delhi. A countrymade pistol and the motorcycle used in the commission of crime have been recovered, said a senior police official.

Sandeep is Parminder's first wife Ritu's brother. He has confessed to have committed the crime. He hails from Sonipat district of Haryana. "Sandeep is the brother of Ritu, Parminder's first wife. He has confessed to have killed Meenakshi to take revenge, as according to him, Parminder and Meenakshi spoiled Ritu's life," said Mohammad Akhtar Rizvi, Additional (Outer).

Sandeep took refuge at public places in Delhi and Sonipat after gunning down Meenakshi. He was, however, held from the Bawana area of Outer Delhi when he came to meet one of his relatives during the wee hours of Wednesday.

He told the police that he tried to patch up the matter, but Parminder said that he was not going to leave Meenakshi.

During interrogation, Sandeep told the police that Ritu married Parminder in 2004. However, the relations between them got strained in 2006.

"Parminder then started avoiding Ritu and began to live with Meenakshi. Sandeep and his family members tried to sort out the matter with Parminder, but in vain," Rizvi added.

Ritu filed several cases against Parminder over harassment for dowry, domestic violence and maintenance at the courts in Rohini and Sonipat.

A case of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code has been lodged against Sandeep at K N Katju Marg police station.

New Delhi, September 12
The Delhi police has arrested a hairstylist's boyfriend for allegedly robbing and murdering him.

Bimal Gurang (28), reportedly a gay, was found dead at his residence in Vasant Vihar on September 6.

The police has claimed to have arrested two of the three accused-- Nand Kishor (24) and Dilip Sharma (27) -- from RK Puram Sector 12. The third accused Pradeep Kumar (24) is already in police custody in Fatehpur Beri in a case of vehicle theft.

Gurang, who worked with a prominent salon in Rajouri Garden, had relations with Nand Kishore, a criminal who had come out of jail in 2010.

"Gurang had met Nand Kishore a few months ago at a bus stop in Safdarjung Enclave and the two developed sexual relations. Gurang used to pay Kishore a handsome amount. But the money was not sufficient for the accused as he could not get a job after being released from jail and was always short of money for drugs and other expenses. So, he along with his accomplices decided to rob Gurang," said Chhaya Sharma, deputy commissioner of police, south district.

"On September 6, Nand Kishore called Dilip and Pradeep to Gurang's house and strangled him," said the police.

The police was informed by Gurang's neighbours, who got suspicious after stench started emanating from his room.

"After inspecting the crime spot, the police concluded that the assailants had a friendly entry to the house. The cops then traced the person who had called Gurang on his mobile phone for the last time as a helper. The helper disclosed that on the day, three persons had borrowed his phone to make a call," said the police.

New Delhi, September 12
A 23-year-old newly married woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging in her house in the Gokulpuri area of northeast Delhi on Tuesday.

A case of dowry death has been lodged with Gokulpuri police station. Since the woman died within seven years of her marriage, a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) enquiry has been initiated.

The deceased has been identified as Ritu. She was married to 25-year-old Naresh Kumar. "Ritu was found hanging by a rope tied to the ceiling fan at around 9 pm on Tuesday," a senior police official said.

No suicide note has been recovered, though Ritu's father Shyam Babu has alleged a foul play and claimed that Naresh, a mechanic, may have killed her.

"Naresh and his mother Sushila used to torture her. As far as I know, she had been bearing it all for the past few months. It is possible that Naresh and Sushila just hanged her up on the ceiling fan after killing her," Shyam said.

Ritu's in-laws informed the police. A police control room vehicle then rushed her to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital. She was declared brought dead.

New Delhi, September 12
President of the Kendriya Guru Singh Sabha and Congress MLA Tarvinder Singh Marwah today demanded an inquiry in the theft case of "rumala" from gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib.

He said that the theft was of worth crores of rupees. The incident was detected when a person was carrying ''rumala'' to sell it in the open market. ''Rumala'' is a sacred thing being offered by devotees in gurdwaras and is kept in the godown. It cannot be taken away without connivance of persons who are aware of the godown, Marwah said.

The incident had happened on September 1 when the office of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) was closed on the occasion of Gurupurab. Marwah said that it was responsibility of the DSGMC president, Paramjeet Singh Sarna, who had been leading the gurdwara committee for the past 10 years.

Sarna said that the case is being inquired by a five-member committee and the report would be submitted soon. The committee members are DSGMC joint secretary Kartar Singh Kochar, chairman of the Dharam Parcharak Committee Tarsem Singh, chairman of the Youth and Education Wing Daljeet Singh and DSGMC members Baldev Singh Ranibagh and Bhupinder Singh Sadhu.