• Tax rate for lodges and restaurants reduced
• CCTV cameras will be installed in schools run by the NDMC
• A task force will be formed to look into the issue of strengthening security in schools
• A provision of Rs 200 crore will be made for water, electricity and toilets in the schools

New Delhi, February 11
A 28-year-old married woman has alleged that she was kidnapped and gangraped in a moving car in Mianwali Nagar, west Delhi. In two other incidents, two women were allegedly raped by their acquaintances in the Vasant Kunj area, south Delhi.

According to the police, a 28-year-old married woman alleged that she was kidnapped and then gangraped by three men when she was returning home from a party late on Sunday night.

The woman, however, sought to withdraw her complaint on Monday, saying she was drunk when she lodged it.

In her complaint, the victim alleged that she was returning home from a friend's house after a party when a car stopped near her on Rohtak Road and forced her inside.

A police official said, "She said that the driver of the car pulled her inside the car."

The men took turns to rape her and then dumped her at a deserted place. She approached the police after which her medical examination was conducted and a case was registered at the Mianwali Nagar police station.

But on Monday, the victim sought to withdraw her statement, saying that she was under the influence of alcohol when she accused the men of raping her and that she did not want a case to be registered.

"She was counseled on Monday and retracted on her earlier statement. She said she was drunk at that time," the official added.

In the second incident, a 23-year-old woman, who is a resident of Kusumpur Pahari, claims her neighbour Khemraj had been raping her at regular intervals. He had first allegedly raped her two months ago.

On Sunday, Khemraj was caught in the act by the woman's mother who reported the matter to the police. Khemraj was subsequently arrested.

A case regarding the matter has been registered at the Vasant Kunj (South) police station.

In a separate incident, a 15-year-old girl alleged that she was raped by Rajkumar (22), who works on the farm at Vasant Kunj where her family grows and sells vegetables.

"She said that the accused had sexually assaulted her a week ago," said the official. The accused, Rajkumar, was arrested after the girl's medical examination at AIIMS confirmed she was raped.

New Delhi, February 11
The Delhi government today said that it will start Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) services in night shelters run by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.

Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia said that the services will be initially started in 25 night shelters and will gradually be expanded throughout Delhi. The homeless people are the most vulnerable to tuberculosis (TB) as they frequently defaults in regular treatment.

"The adherence to treatment is a big challenge for this segment of people. We are already cross-checking 80 per cent of cases of all types of TB patients for HIV co-infection as it is increasing mortality to many times for both the diseases," said Dr Walia.

The decision was taken in a meeting today to review the Revised National T.B. Control Programme (RNTCP). Dr. Walia directed health officials to increase the percentage of cross-checking of TB patients for HIV infection.

"The effective monitoring holds the key to reduction in both TB and HIV infections," he said.

He emphasized the need for involving more NGOs and private practitioners in the implementation of the RNTCP. In 2012, target of the programme was comfortably achieved and the number of new initiatives was introduced to make RNTCP more patient-friendly, he said. In Delhi, the RNTCP is being implemented through a decentralised flexible mode through the TB control department at the state level and 26 chest clinics at the district level, belonging to MCDs, Government of Delhi, NDMC, and NGOs.

The diagnostic and treatment services for TB and multi-drug resistant TB are free at 703 DOT centres and 200 microscopy Centres widely spread throughout Delhi.

The Health Minister informed that 52,006 TB patients were put on treatment and 13,982 new infectious patients were put on treatment in 2012. The case detection rate for all type of TB patients was 128 per cent. Eighty-six per cent was the case detection rate for new infectious patients. And 90 per cent of infectious patients were converted to non-infectious status at three months of treatment. The success rate among new infectious patients was 85 per cent.

New Delhi, February 11
The Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, Delhi government, Kiran Walia today exhorted the senior officials of the Education Department to provide the result oriented and meaningful education to the students in the schools.

Addressing the officials in a meeting, the minister said that there is a need to sensitize the teachers so that they could pay their attention towards the study of the students for preparing the board examinations. Providing best education is the priority and prime duty of the government. Delhi should become the state where schools have cent per cent results, she said.

Teachers should also ensure their full devotion for helping the students for performing their best in the board examinations. Students appearing in the board examinations should be provided with counselling facilities by the Directorate of Education.

The minister asked the district officials to regulate and ensure attendance of the students and for that special efforts should be made at their part to bring the students to the schools for getting education regularly.

New Delhi, February 11
A 33-year-old man has been arrested for making hoax calls to the police and claiming that his wife is an associate of the 2001 Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru, and was threatening to carry out bomb blasts at Delhi and Mumbai.

He said that she threatened to carry out bomb blasts at Connaught Place, Barakhamba Road, Tihar Jail and Kurla railway station.

Joginder Singh Sandhu, a drunkard and a graduate from Sikh National College in Nawanshahar district in Punjab, was arrested at Pitampura yesterday. According to S.B.S. Tyagi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Railways), probe has revealed that he made over 50 false hoax calls to PCR since January.

"It has come to light that Sandhu made most of the calls to the PCR to harass his wife Rakhi. He suspected Rakhi was in an illicit relation with a man living in Mumbai. Rakhi left him in January, after which he tried to meet her, but she ignored him," Tyagi said.

To harass Rakhi, Sandhu called PCR on January 28, claiming that she was an associate of Afzal Guru. He made another call on January 29 and said that bomb blasts will take place between 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm at Tihar Jail, Connaught Place and Barakhamba Road. "He alleged that Rakhi was the mastermind of the blasts," Tyagi added.

New Delhi, February 11
Hundreds of Delhi University students today celebrated the beginning of the 100th year of Tibetan proclamation of Independence at the North Campus. Both Indian and Tibetan students participated in a marathon commemorating the same.

Organized by the Students for Free Tibet (SFT), the marathon kicked off the celebrations in the capital.

Explaining about the three-day long occasion, coordinator for SFT-Delhi Rinzin Choeden said that Tibetans and supporters worldwide will commemorate the Centennial of Tibetan Independence Day on February 13. Every country has an independence or national day regardless of its current political status and Tibet is no exception. February 13, 2013, will mark 100 years since Tibetans proclaimed the restoration of their independence. There have been significant protests in Tibet against the illegitimate occupation of Tibet by the Chinese authorities.

" At the university today, we were very encouraged to see the response of the students. They took part in the marathon to express their support and solidarity for the movement," added Choeden.