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Rape bid rocks JNU campus
Suspected honour killing
SAD (Delhi-UK) threatens govt against delay
in DSGMC poll
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Kejriwal is Cong agent: BJP
13 child labourers rescued
DJB tanker crushes boy to death
DUTA to begin hunger strike today
DU semester results to come
within 15 days of exams
Manendra new president of DTU students’ union
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Rape bid rocks JNU campus
New Delhi, October 9 An FIR has already been registered at the Vasant Kunj police station. According to a senior police official, the incident took place on the night of October 4 when the girl accompanied the accused to JNU. The boy had allegedly intoxicated the girl by adding sedatives in her drink. According to sources on the campus, several student groups had tried to bury the issue initially by asking the girl not to approach the police. However, the girl finally went ahead and lodged a complaint a couple of days later. The FIR was registered yesterday after her medical examination. The university today constituted a special committee to launch an extensive enquiry into the matter. Reacting strongly on the issue, the university spokesperson said, "The vice-chancellor has constituted a committee. The boy has been suspended with immediate effect. Further enquiry into the matter is now underway." The constituted committee also includes the warden of Brahamaputra Hostel and Ganga Hostel and is being chaired by Prof Shyamal Goswami. Speaking to The Tribune, Prof Goswami said, "The boy has been suspended. However, I reserve any comments on the issue." Another official on the committee said that the university will look into the campus security. After the MMS scandals surfaced in JNU, the authorities were quick to tighten the security, especially check the visitors' entry and exit from the campus. Currently, no visitors are allowed inside the university without a written log and the security staff confirming with the corresponding person in JNU, whom the visitor claims to meet. Entry of female students in boys' hostels, especially at night, had also been strictly prohibited and regular checks were maintained. The students' community on the other hand is shell shocked; however, most were quick to respond that a sole instance shouldn't be associated with the entire university's culture. The students' union was also under discussions till late evening on the matter. JNU Student Union president V Lenin Kumar said, "The union still hasn't decided its stand on the issue. By tomorrow, the union would have consulted everyone and then formally we will declare our position."
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Suspected honour killing
New Delhi, October 9 The victim, Laxmi, had gone missing on Friday afternoon. Her family members searched for her in the neighbourhood and at their relatives' houses, but she was not found anywhere. On Friday night, they got a call froma neighbour that the girl was at his home, after which the family brought her back. "The girl was living at her boyfriend's house and his parents had informed the girl's family," claimed sources in the police. On returning, the girl had a heated argument with her family which turned ugly. "During the argument, the girl's brother attacked her with a kitchen knife. He allegedly stabbed her many times in the stomach. Hearing her screams, her mother rushed to her rescue and took her to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, where she was declared brought dead," said the police. However, officially, the police has denied that the girl was killed by her brother for honour. According to it, the siblings had an argument during which the girl was accidentally stabbed. "Laxmi did not elope or lived with any boy. We were informed about the incident by the girl's mother," said the police. An FIR has been registered at the Mandawali police station. |
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SAD (Delhi-UK) threatens govt against delay
in DSGMC poll
New Delhi, October 9 The court has directed the city government that the DSGMC election should be held before December 31. The government should not cross the date. If it is delayed, the SAD (Delhi-UK) will launch a movement against the government and meet the Sikh voters informing them that the election is being delayed intentionally by the government. "Lovely misguides the Chief Minister about the DSGMC election," said SAD (Delhi-UK) president Jasjit Singh. This is being delayed by the government as it is sure that SAD (Delhi) led by Paramjit Singh Sarna would lose the election. Sarna had got done a survey by a private company in his Punjabi Bagh ward. The survey report gives an indication that Sarna will lose the election. Jasjit stated that resolution passed by the Delhi government to amend the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1971, in collusion with Sarna and his brother and one of Delhi ministers - is a conspiracy to defer the gurdwara elections and maintain the possession of Sarna brothers upon the DSGMC. When asked the name of the minister, he named Arvinder Singh Lovely. He demanded that owing to the proposed amendment in the Gurdwara Act, Sarna should immediately be removed from the post of president of the DSGMC and an administrator of the Delhi government should be appointed in stead of him. |
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Kejriwal is Cong agent: BJP
New Delhi, October 9 However, when pointed out that it is Kejriwal who has accused Robert Vadra of taking favours from realty major DLF and hence he could not be acting at the behest of the Congress, Goel only repeated his charge. "He is attacking parties and individuals as he is starting a political party," said Goel. Goel said that it was the large heartedness of BJP activists who had allowed Kejriwal to speak at the party event, but he, without caring about any social etiquette, asked what the Opposition had done to check the "wrongdoings" of the Sheila Dikshit government. "The BJP has always opposed any hike in power bills. We have held demonstrations in all parts of Delhi. We held a protest at Talkatora Stadium in which 2,000 resident welfare associations had participated. Who is Kejriwal to ask us what we have done in the past three years? He has entered the protest just three days back and restored two power connections and thinks that he is leading the movement," said Goel. "We have met the chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) and submitted a memorandum, demanding a reduction in the power tariff. When Vijender Singh was the chairman of the DERC and had recommended that the power tariff should be reduced by 23 per cent, but his recommendation was not accepted, the BJP that had approached the court," he said.
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13 child labourers rescued
New Delhi, October 9 The raids were carried out on the complaint of NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan. It was done in the presence of sub-divisional magistrate of the east district. Among the rescued children, the youngest is a six-year-old boy while the eldest is 12 years old. All of them were trafficked from villages of Bihar over the past two years. They were allegedly forced to work in inhuman conditions for more than 17 hours a day without any wages and made to live and sleep in one room. "Our employer used to beat us with belt and nylon wire. He gave us only stale food to eat. We have not eaten anything fresh in the past two years," said an eight-year-old boy who has been rescued. |
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DJB tanker crushes boy to death
New Delhi, October 9 The boy, Aman, was the only son of his parents. A senior police official said that the incident took place in Inder Enclave, Aman Vihar. He was playing outside his house when he met with the incident. "The errant driver of the tanker was hearing songs on his cell phone and could not hear the scream of the boy and crushed him. The angered residents of the area gathered at the spot and thrashed him but he managed to flee the spot leaving the tanker behind," said the official. The police latter arrested the driver and impounded the water tanker after filing an FIR of rash and negligence driving and causing death due to negligence. The body was handed over to the family after conducting postmortem. |
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DUTA to begin hunger strike today
New Delhi, October 9 These closed doors and security personnel deployed around the complex cannot deter our confidence. Our actions will not disrupt classes as the interests of the students are paramount. This strike will be a shout out to all the teachers and students who have faced innumerable problems with the recent attitude of the administration," said Abha Dev Habib, a senior DUTA executive. "This mode, acknowledged as 'Satyagraha', is now our only option in DU where teachers are not being allowed to teach with any sense of ownership and belonging. During the entire duration of this action, the DUTA will make efforts to engage the attention of the public and the parliamentarians on the prevailing crisis in the university," she added. DUTA's last protest was a one-day token strike on August 28. The VC had then immediately ordered the principals of colleges and faculty deans to deduct salaries of those who participated in the strike.
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DU semester results to come
within 15 days of exams
New Delhi, October 9 Following complaints of large-scale discrepancies in the results of the past two semesters, the university has come up with an evaluation schedule for the upcoming exam that will ensure timely declaration of the results. The vice-chancellor has assured that this time, the correction of copies will be error free. "The university has around 5 lakh students, which means that more than 25 lakh answersheets are corrected in an exam season. To make the correction error free, the copies will be scanned by three teachers. The papers will be checked under various clusters divided on the basis of North and South campuses," said Singh. The evaluation schedule, already on the university website, states that the correction has to done within four-six days after the completion of the examination process. The new schedule was proposed after the English department had to postpone this year's MA admission because of the delay in declaring the BA final year results. Further, the university has decided to do away with the practice of the students writing only the roll numbers on the
answersheets. Unlike before, now the identity of the students will be known to the teachers correcting the papers. The university has come up with a policy whereby all answersheets will have the names of the student, his/her father and college. Earlier, students used to write these details on a slip attached to the
answersheet. The slip was removed by the college before sending the papers for checking. Finally, the answersheets would have only the roll numbers of the students. "We will ensure that the evaluation is fair. The papers will be corrected at a centralised location. Each paper will be checked by three teachers. For example, if there are three answers in a sheet, every teacher will correct one each," said DS
Jaggi, officer on special duty, examination branch. |
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Manendra new president of DTU students’ union
New Delhi, October 9 Electoral College elected office-bearers comprising 75 class representatives from various disciplines at undergraduate and post-graduate levels, including BTech (evening) and MBA programme of the university. Manendra was elected unopposed and Toshiv polled 45 votes out of a valid of 66 votes, thus defeating his nearest rival Madhvendra Pratap by a margin of 33 votes. Naveen polled 36 votes and defeated his nearest rival Lokesh Kumar Meena who received 18 votes.
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