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Didn't get enough support from party, says Dikshit
UPSC aspirants detained for protesting outside Parliament
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Sikhs are politically aware, says Manjit Singh GK
Cong, AAP clash during victory march
Former cop, aide held for beating constable to death
Cop shoots himself dead
Snag hits Delhi Metro Blue Line
Violence against women deeply rooted in society: Activists
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Didn't get enough support from party, says Dikshit
"I did not get the support from the party that I should have," she said. "The party and government went separate ways and that was a problem. There should have been more cohesion," she added. Dikshit's campaign for the Delhi Assembly elections saw only two public meetings by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and one by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, while she herself addresses four-five rallies daily to garner votes in the city. Dikshit had to face double anti-incumbency, that of the Central Government as well as of the Delhi Government. The AAP had promised a 50 per cent reduction in power tariff in Delhi while the BJP had promised a 30 per cent slash. The AAP had come up with the idea of holding assembly session at the Ramlila Ground where the Lokpal bill would be passed, Dikshit said. "We had explained hundreds of times that her government was not corrupt and also that electricity charges were decided by the power regulator DERC. But, people have not understood that," she added. Dikshit also admitted that her party had underestimated the AAP founder, Arvind Kejriwal's popularity. She also said that people ignored corruption charges against the AAP. "We did not understand the Kejriwal factor but there were corruption charges against him which should have been seen, but people did not," she said. But Dikshit did try to be practical about her defeat. "What has happened has happened. This is a people's verdict," she told mediapersons in Delhi. She added that all she wanted to see now, was a stable government for Delhi, but said that the Congress would have no part to play in alliance formation. When asked what she thought the AAP would do now, she said, "I cannot answer for the AAP". It was an embarrassing defeat for the post-independent India's first three-time women Chief Minister who lost her New Delhi seat to one-year-old political leader Kejriwal with a whooping margin of more than 25,000 votes. |
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UPSC aspirants detained for protesting outside Parliament
New Delhi, December 9 The aspirants were detained until late in this evening. The police have not registered a case against them. The New Delhi district police have been informed that several UPSC aspirants would march from India Gate and stage a demonstration outside Parliament, which was in session today. "The aspirants did not inform us that they would hold a protest. So, when they reached near the north fountain that faces Parliament, we caught them," said a police officer. They were taken away in buses to the Parliament Street police station, where they were detained. Speaking to this correspondent at the police station, the aspirants said that recently the first major change in the preliminary stage of the Civil Services Examination was made in 2011. About 66.66 per cent of the syllabus was removed and a new "alien syllabus" called the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) was introduced. "The CSAT focuses on technical fields and it is a cakewalk for people who have pursued MBA or graduated from the IIT. But some of us have never studied these fields and suddenly they changed the syllabus and introduced this paper. The CSAT should be either made a qualifying test, meaning its marks will not be counted in the main merit or its weightage should be reduced. The UPSC did not provide any extra attempts or age relaxation for the candidates who appeared for the examination in 2011. They were just intimated about the changes," said Rakesh Kumar Singh. The second major change took place in the mains stage of the examination, about two months before the examination in May this year. Four out of the seven papers of the mains were changed. The aspirants are demanding 'three fresh attempts' and 'three years age relaxation' for all categories of students - general, OBC, SC and ST - due to the drastic changes made in the examination. With the three fresh attempts, an aspirant can sit for the examination in three attempts. The present age limit for different category of students is - general (30 years), OBC (33 years) and SC/ST (35 years). With a three year age relaxation, a candidate can give the examination for three years beyond his prescribed age limit. "There are aspirants who have spent lakhs of rupees and sold their land in their villages to finance their studies for the examination. They are the ones who belong to rural backgrounds and are most affected by the changes in the examination," said another UPSC aspirant. |
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Sikhs are politically aware, says Manjit Singh GK
Of the nine Sikh MLAs, two are sitting members of the DSGMC, one sitting councillor, two of the Congress, one BJP and three contested on the tickets of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Manjinder Singh Sirsa, general-secretary in the DSGMC, won the Rajouri Garden seat with comfortable margin. Harmit Singh Kalka, who won the Kalkaji seat, was also member of the DSGMC. He defeated Congress stalwart Subhash Chopra. The third one is Jatinder Singh Shanty, sitting councillor of SAD-BJP alliance who defeated senior Congress candidate Narendra Nath, former chairman of the Trans-Yamuna Development Board, from Shahdra. The BJP has given ticket to single Sikh candidate R.P. Single from Rajinder Nagar. He appeared victorious defeating former Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami. Two Sikhs - Arvinder Singh Lovely, former Revenue Minister and Parlad Singh Sawhnay - won the election as Congress candidates from Gandhi Nagar and Chandni Chowk constituencies, respectively. And three others are Jarnail Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Manindar Singh Dheer of AAP candidates who won the election
from Tilak Nagar, Hari Nagar and Jangpura, respectively. Manjit said that in the history of Delhi first time such a large number of Sikh MLAs have won the assembly elections. In the previous elections, only five Sikh MLAs had won the seats. Of them only two - Parlad Singh and Lovely - have retained their seats. |
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Cong, AAP clash during victory march
New Delhi, December 9 According to an AAP worker, about 11.30 am, hundreds of AAP supporters started marching from the Nand Nagri traffic signal to thank people for their support that led to the victory of
Koli. The march led to a residential colony in Seemapuri. The former Congress MLA,
Dhinghan, and his supporters who were witnessing the march objected to it and directed the AAP supporters to leave the area. The AAP supporters allegedly retorted, which started a quarrel between the two groups. The Congress supporters allegedly heckled the AAP supporters. The police were immediately called and the situation was brought under control. "We were peacefully marching in the area in a small group, to thank people for their votes. It was a group of Congress supporters who tried to heckle us," said an AAP worker. The police said that both the parties approached them in this regard. No FIR has been lodged in the incident. |
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Former cop, aide held for beating constable to death
New Delhi, December 9 The victim has been identified as constable Jaiveer, who was deployed at the main entrance of the CISF Delhi Metro Residential Complex at Sector 4 in the Bawana area. Jaiveer, a native of Bhiwani in Haryana, had joined the CISF in 1992. He is survived by his wife and two children. The police have arrested Sandeep (27), who was a constable in the Delhi Police. "He was dismissed in May this year because he was involved in extortion when he was posted in the traffic department," said sources in the police department. Sandeep's friend Deepak (28), who allegedly has a criminal background, has also been arrested. They have been charged for the murder of Jaiveer. According to a CISF officer, Jaiveer was standing at the main entrance of the CISF residential complex about 10.30 pm on Sunday when three men on a motorcycle arrived there. Two of them, Sandeep and Deepak, got off the motorcycle and went to the gate. "Jaiveer stopped them and questioned their identity. But they tried to force their way in. When he resisted their attempt, they started beating him. They were allegedly under the influence of alcohol," said a police officer. The police said that the two men wanted to have liquor inside the complex. Jaiveer over his mobile phone informed the CISF complex in charge about the incident. Sandeep and Deepak were still allegedly beating him. Hearing the commotion, several CISF personnel reached the site and caught both the accused. About 11 pm, Jaiveer was taken to Valmiki Hospital in Bawana, where doctors declared him dead. Meanwhile, the police arrested Sandeep and Deepak. The third man ran away on the motorcycle. Sandeep is a resident of Daryapura Kalan village in Delhi. Deepak lives in Rohini. Jaiveer's brother, Mahavir Singh is an assistant sub-inspector posted at the Hauz Khas police station. Their younger brother is a constable in the Haryana Police. |
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Cop shoots himself dead
New Delhi, December 9 According to the police, Kumar allegedly took the extreme step when he was alone at his rented accomodation in Bindapur. He stayed there with another person. "On Sunday afternoon, when Kumar was alone at his room, he latched the door from the inside and opened fire at himself using his service revolver," said the police. The police said that Kumar's roommate found him lying in a pool of blood when he arrived at home in the evening. Kumar's roommate raised the alarm after which a police team reached the site of the incident and took Kumar to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital in west Delhi. Doctors there declared him dead. The body has been sent for the postmortem. Investigators said that no suicide note was recovered from the site. Kumar's roommate and his neighbours are being questioned about the incident. No one had heard the gunshot on that afternoon. The police have ruled out foul play in the incident. The police have informed Kumar's family members who live in Rajasthan. Kumar is survived by his wife and two children. |
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Snag hits Delhi Metro Blue Line
New Delhi, December 9 However, it is uncertain as to when normalcy would be restored, he said. "The problem has occurred due to damage in the signalling cable measuring around 700 m connecting the track circuits to the junction box between the Pragati Maidan and Mandi House Metro stations on the up line (towards Dwarka)," said the spokesperson. Due to this, Metro trains going towards Dwarka are moving at a restricted speed of up to 25 kmph between Pragati Maidan and Mandi House stations since the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system is not activated due to disruption in the cable, he said. The officials said the maintenance work will be taken up during the night hours after the passenger services are over. "Since the fault can be rectified only by physically replacing the entire cable on the affected section, it will be carried out in the night," he said. In order to cater to the peak hour rush, the DMRC has inducted three additional trains from Indraprastha to Dwarka and necessary announcements are also being made at the stations, advising the commuters about the movement of the trains. Director (Operations), DMRC, Sharat Sharma, has constituted a three-member fact finding committee of senior officials to investigate into the incident. Cable theft cannot be ruled out as the reason for the fault. Meanwhile, hundreds of passengers using this Blue Line Metro were delayed due to bunching of trains on the route. The Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida City Centre/Vaishali train has been hit by the circuit problem often in the past, the last time being October-end and early November due to similar technical problems. |
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Violence against women deeply rooted in society: Activists
New Delhi, December 9 The event which was organised under the umbrella of Pension Parishad, Jagori, the National Federation for Indian Women (NFIW) and the Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) witnessed participation of women from south Delhi, south-west Delhi and Bawana. Geetha Nambisan, co-director, Jagori, stated that men and women who have not had opportunities to question gender roles, attitudes and beliefs, cannot change them and women, who are unaware of their rights, cannot claim it. Speaking about women's rights Gargi, member of the NFIW, said, "Violence against women is one of the biggest issues prevailing in India which includes feminization of poverty." She went on to emphasize that women faced multiple forms of violence from child marriage, sex determination, dowry harassment, denial of food, education and work." Annie Raja, general secretary, NFIW, stated that to eliminate violence, women from Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan have come to the capital to demand the immediate passage of the 33 per cent reservation bill in Parliament. |
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