New Delhi, October 29
The hunger strike of Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) entered the sixth day today. One of its main demands is the reduction of viva voce marks from 30 per cent to 10-15 per cent.

There has been no dialogue with the administration yet. JNUSU is demanding that some of their demands should be discussed at the academic council meeting to be held tomorrow.

The union is also pushing for increasing the amount of merit-cum-means scholarship meant for the students of economically weaker sections, assigning grace marks to the minority students and changing the 2011 decision of holding separate entrance exams for the integrated courses in the School of Languages.

The union has been receiving widespread support from the students who also held a procession last night to gather support.

"There has been no dialogue with the administration yet. We are waiting till tomorrow to see if our demands are taken up. Till then, we will continue our hunger strike," said a student participating in the strike.

"There are instances where the student is not good at spoken English, but in viva voce, the student is marked less despite having adequate knowledge of the subject," said one of the JNUSU members on strike.

"We even approached the Vice-Chancellor, but he did not take any stand. He said the decision would be taken by the council during the meeting only," said Sarfaraz Ahmed, JNUSU member.

New Delhi, October 29
To draw attention to the trauma of the November 1984 killings of Sikhs, a mobile exhibition reached Delhi with 80 photographs and paintings that brought in chilling reminders of the massacre.

Anchored by senior advocate HS Phoolka, the exhibition as a part of a justice campaign-"Forgotten Citizens 1984" had photos on display, captured by photo journalists that depicted the charred memories of 28 years ago, starting from the worst affected area of Trilokpuri with burning bodies and dogs eating corpses, Connaught Place where shops and properties were set ablaze to the posh area at Prithiviraj Road.

Many students today at Delhi University's Arts Faculty where these glimpses were made available to them seemed to be ignorant about the entire episode.

Phoolka attributed this to the youth being hitched to the social networking sites.

"The youth has been more active on social media and the matter has not been talked about that much on such platforms. There is a need to make them aware about the gruesome episode and the government's indifference thereafter," he remarked.

While elaborating on the justice campaign that will culminate on November 3 with a protest at Jantar Mantar, he said the government has forgotten and even the Delhi police has not been fair in the matter. "Only 500 cases have been registered, but a majority of those were closed by the police itself and those that were tried, the witnesses weren't produced.

What's more, in many cases, the accused were acquitted on account of faulty investigation conducted by the police, he said.

New Delhi, October 29
Two persons have been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi police, for allegedly being major suppliers of illegal arms in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), said police officials today.

Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, said that the accused supplied arms to the gang involved in the recent heist of Rs 5.5 crore in Defence Colony.

The accused Khalid, a resident of Ghaziabad, UP, was arrested after a tip-off that he would be coming near the Commonwealth Games Village to deliver a consignment of arms, said the police official.

"A trap was laid near the flyover at the Commonwealth Games Village and he was arrested. We recovered a loaded English pistol and a spare magazine from his possession. A case was registered at PS Special Cell," said Yadav.

On the disclosure of Khalid, a team of Special Cell has also arrested his accomplice Piruddin near ISBT, Anand Vihar.

Two English pistols with six live cartridges and two spare magazines were recovered from him.

The police said that Khalid was subjected to sustained interrogation wherein he disclosed that he has studied up to 9th class and worked in a factory at Hapur where he met a big arms supplier who used to bring illegal arms from Bihar and supplied them to the gangsters in NCR.

"Khalid took up the work of supplying illegal arms for easy money. The quality of weapons was quite good. He also disclosed that he supplied a pistol to one Hari Kishan who committed a heist in Defence Colony on September 28," said Yadav.

According to the police, Piruddin disclosed he worked as labourer and part-time milk supplier.

In order to earn money, he acted as conduit and supplied the arms in Delhi and different parts of NCR. Further investigation is in progress.

New Delhi, October 29
The South Delhi police has arrested a man for allegedly appearing as a candidate in place of one Pradeep for the examination of Short Service Commission (SSC) and recovered one Bluetooth device which was connected to the mobile phone in his shoe, said a police official.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Chhaya Sharma said that the accused has been identified as Yogesh, a native of Jind district, Haryana. "The Bluetooth device was attached to his vest and it was connected to his mobile phone that he was hiding in his shoe," she said.

Yogesh was arrested yesterday from Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Begumpur, Malviya Nagar, where written examination of SSC for the post of LDC was being conducted.

"Around 11.45 am, the invigilator, PK Pramod, heard the sound of speaker of a mobile phone. He immediately approached the source of sound and found that it was emanating from one of the candidates, Pradeep.

When he tried to search him, the accused ran towards the door but he was apprehended with the help of other persons. On his search, they found one Bluetooth device attached to the mobile phone through a wire stitched around his vest with one small ear speaker," said the police official.

Three passport size photographs and driving license were seized from him.

Invigilator informed the police about the matter. On reaching the spot, the school authorities handed over the accused to the police.

Yogesh was appearing as a candidate in place of Pradeep. Yogesh's photograph was replaced with that of Pradeep, the official added.

New Delhi, October 29
Dengue cases continue its upsurge in the national Capital where the local civic body confirmed 39 fresh cases of the vector-borne disease, pushing the cumulative figure to 949 cases for this season.

The three municipal corporations have confirmed less number of cases that otherwise the city is witnessing at both the private and government hospitals. Two children have so far succumbed to dengue ever since the disease began spreading in the Capital early this month.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation reported the maximum number of cases at 355, while 311 cases were detected from the North Delhi Municipal Corporation area and 239 cases have so far been reported from the East Delhi Municipal Corporation.

New Delhi, October 29
In recognition of its outstanding contribution to the development of human resources, society and the economy in the country, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), today was awarded with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award for 2012.

The award was formally presented to Mangu Singh, Managing Director of the Delhi Metro, in a ceremonial function organised at the Metro Bhawan for Delhi Mass Rapid Transport System Project.

''The JICA President Award is given either to an individual or an organisation that is associated with the JICA and whose contribution in the field of development is recognised to be of immense significance in a development society.

“In the past, the award has mostly been given to the Japanese organisations like research institutions, NGOs and medical organisations," read an official statement from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

At the function, a commendation certificate, along with a tribute to this effect signed by Akihiko Tanaka, president of the JICA, was presented to Singh.

New Delhi, October 29
An Armyman has been arrested for allegedly raping a 28-year-old constable of the Delhi police on the pretext of marrying her.

He is already married and has a son.

The victim, Kiran Singh, lives in Saraswati Vihar, southeast Delhi, and is posted with the Moti Nagar police station.

According to Kiran, the accused, Anil, was posted at Faridkot, Punjab. He threatened her with dire consequences and attempted to even kill her.

A few months ago, the victim was going to Rohtak, Haryana, to meet a relative. She was travelling in the Janta Express where she met Anil who was going to Faridkot. During the journey, they exchanged their phone numbers, said a police official.

One day, Anil reached her home and developed physical intimacy with her. He also married her in a temple at Ghaziabad. Kiran alleged that the accused took her jewellery worth Rs 3 lakh and when she asked her to return it, he refused to accept even the marriage. She then decided to lodge an FIR against him.

When Anil got to know about the FIR, he reached Kiran's house and tried to kill her. However, he was overpowered by the woman and her family members and handed over to the police, said the official.