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Six girls rescued
New Delhi, October 23
Six girls, including three minors, who had been forced into prostitution, were rescued from GB Road today. Two managers of the brothel were arrested, the police said. All the girls are residents of West Bengal.

SC stays HC order on confiscated vehicles
New Delhi, October 23
The Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi High Court order for the release of a luxury car seized following the confiscation of 47 boxes of illegal liquor under the Delhi Excise Act 2009.

The Yamuna littered with waste after the Navratri festival in New Delhi on Tuesday.

PUJA TIME OVER: The Yamuna littered with waste after the Navratri festival in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

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LG, CM extend greetings on Dussehra
New Delhi, October 23
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Tejendra Khanna and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today extended their greetings to the citizens of Delhi on the occasion of Dussehra. The festival depicts victory of good over evil.

EDMC declares holiday on ‘Chhat Puja’
New Delhi, October 23
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation today declared a public holiday on the day of ‘Chhat Puja’ and decided to organise a ‘Chhat Haat’, a shopping centre, at various places on the occasion.

Six girls rescued
Two brothel keepers arrested from GB Road
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 23
Six girls, including three minors, who had been forced into prostitution, were rescued from GB Road today. Two managers of the brothel were arrested, the police said. All the girls are residents of West Bengal.

The rescue operation was carried out by the officials of the Kamla Market police station with the help of a non-government organisation ‘Shakti Vahini’.

A police official said that they received information that a few girls were being forced into prostitution and they wanted to be rescued from the brothels on GB Road. The information was developed and it was found that the girls were confined to brothel number 59, said the official.

“It was revealed that there are a few minor girls in ‘kotha’ number 59, GB Road, who have been forced into prostitution and if a raid is conducted, these girls could be rescued,” said Devesh Chandra Srivastav, Additional Commissioner of Police (Central).

The raid was conducted about 7 pm at the place and six girls out of whom three are believed to be minors have been rescued. The managers of the brothel, Hasina and Maya, were arrested in the case, the police said.

A case was registered at the Kamla Market police station. “The girls belong to poor families. They were brought to Delhi on the pretext of providing them with jobs, but forced into the flesh trade,” the official added.

SC stays HC order on confiscated vehicles
Legal Correspondent

New Delhi, October 23
The Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi High Court order for the release of a luxury car seized following the confiscation of 47 boxes of illegal liquor under the Delhi Excise Act 2009.

A Bench passed the order after Additional Solicitor General Mohan Jain contended that trial courts had started releasing the vehicles used for committing such offences by citing the July 14, 2011 order of the High Court.

LG, CM extend greetings on Dussehra

New Delhi, October 23
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Tejendra Khanna and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today extended their greetings to the citizens of Delhi on the occasion of Dussehra. The festival depicts victory of good over evil.

“It is the celebration of ‘shakti and bhakti’ and symbolises our inner struggle to rise to higher levels of consciousness,” the LG said.—TNS

EDMC declares holiday on ‘Chhat Puja’
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 23
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation today declared a public holiday on the day of ‘Chhat Puja’ and decided to organise a ‘Chhat Haat’, a shopping centre, at various places on the occasion.

The ‘Chhat Puja’ happens to fall on November 11 this year.

“Considering the huge population of Poorvanchalis residing specifically in East Delhi, we decided to declare holiday on ‘Chhat Puja,” said Mehak Singh, chairman of the standing committee.