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Ruckus in House over Bharti
DU students protest 'wasteful' cultural event
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Exam stress drives doctor
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CBSE to start library course
Supporters of Telangana, Seemandhra detained
Farmers clamour for better grain prices
Scientists to be honoured
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Ruckus in House over Bharti
New Delhi, February 13 A four-day special session was called to pass the contentious anti-corruption Jan Lokpal Bill. However, it was not tabled in the House today. Both the Congress and BJP Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were demanding discussion on the alleged misbehaviour of the Law Minister with Ugandan women during the raids. As Speaker M.S. Dhir overruled their demand, MLAs trooped into the well of the House, shouting slogans against Bharti and demanding his resignation. "Bharti has insulted law and judiciary. He has brought a bad name to the nation and therefore he should be immediately removed from the post," said the opposition leader Harsh Vardhan. Congress, which supports the minority government from outside, has also been critical of the government's policies and processes and was seen supporting BJP members' demand for Bharti's resignation. The situation turned chaotic when the protesting legislators reached the chair of the Speaker and broke his mike. Asif Mohammad Khan, an MLA from Okhla, climbed atop the Speaker's table and tore his papers. Later, he went to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's seat and tore the files he was holding. The Speaker had to adjourn the proceedings four times to control the situation since the BJP did not let the House function each time it resumed. BJP legislators Kulwant Rana and R.P. Singh heckled Bharti and threw bangles and a lipstick on his table. Congress legislators also joined the chorus and demanded Bharti's resignation.
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DU students protest 'wasteful' cultural event
New Delhi, February 13 Students took out a march on North Campus with a huge effigy of the VC and shouted slogans against him for "deployment of police on campus to stop students from protesting". "The VC is using the police to suppress the student movement. He has turned the university into a cantonment with police all around the campus," said students while marching inside several colleges, including the Hindu, Hansraj, KMC, Ramjas and Law Faculty. They burnt the effigies at Kranti Chowk in front of ARSD College on South Campus and Aurobindo College in Kalkaji zone, warning that they will intensify this movement against the VC's 'anti-student' policies. "The VC will inaugurate Antardhwani tomorrow and we will oppose it," they said. One of the highlights of the festival is the launch of inclusive print access project by the Equal Opportunity Cell for the visually impaired students. This project endeavours to promote inclusive library systems for the visually impaired by installing advanced technologies in the reading halls.
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Exam stress drives doctor
to suicide
New Delhi, February 13 The deceased has been identified as Tanuj Aggarwal. The police said he had been working as a doctor for the hospital for the past six months. On Tuesday evening, after completing his work, he reached home about 6 pm. He lived with his mother and four brothers at Sohan Ganj in the Sabzi Mandi locality, North Delhi. His father passed away sometime ago. "At home, he had allegedly taken an injection. Later, his family found him dead," said a police officer, privy to the incident. His brothers rushed him to Hindu Rao Hospital, where he was declared dead. The police were informed about the incident at 1.30 am. "There is no foul play in the incident. No suicide note has been found. According to his family, for the past couple of days he had been stressed over his MD exam. He feared for the result of the exam which made him quite depressed," said the officer. The postmortem was conducted yesterday. The body has been handed over to the family. |
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CBSE to start library course
New Delhi, February 13 Equivalent to a diploma in Library and Information Science, the CBSE has introduced L.I.Sc. as a pilot course in selected schools designed especially for class XI-XII. Such a course is essential because of its relevance and need among students, teachers, professionals and various researchers. Vineet Joshi, Chairman, CBSE, said, "As stated in the National Curriculum Framework 2005, it is important that future planning treats the library as an essential component of the school at all levels. Both teachers and children need to be motivated and trained to use the library as a resource for learning, pleasure and concentration." The course is intended to improve the education system for library and information science at the school level. Those who drop out after senior secondary level can easily get a job in library by completing this course. The course is divided into fixed periods with timely theory and practical session. Theory of 80 marks and practical of 20 marks will be the mark-structure of the course. Through this course, students will get knowledge of different sectors like library information society, library resources, reference and information resources, library computer application and management.
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Supporters of Telangana, Seemandhra detained
New Delhi, February 13 The police were apprehensive if the two parties would clash with each other, because the Telangana supporters were in favour of the Bill, but the Seemandhra supporters opposed it. The Bill envisages that Hyderabad will be the common capital for Telangana and Seemandhra for 10 years. "They were shouting slogans and both the parties wanted to march towards Parliament. So, we detained them. There were about 55-60 people, including five Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and two Members of Legislative Council (MLCs)," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi District) S.B.S. Tyagi. The protesters were detained at the Parliament Street police station at about 1.30 pm. "The MLAs were released early, because they had to catch a flight to Hyderabad. The others were left after 3.30 pm," said Tyagi. No case has been registered in regard to the incident. The police also have not received a complaint in regard to the ruckus that was created in the Lok Sabha today when the Bill was tabled. Congress and anti-Telangana MP L Rajgopal sprayed pepper spray in the air after being stopped from rushing to the Speaker's chair. The pepper spray left many MPs teary-eyed. Four MPs, who complained of choking and burning eyes, including one who fainted, were hospitalised. |
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Farmers clamour for better grain prices
New Delhi, February 13 Even as protestors were stopped by the Delhi police from marching to Parliament from Bangla Sahib Gurdwara, representatives of BKU Ekta later met Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Tariq Anwar in this regard. |
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New Delhi, February 13 Some of the scientists and educationists will be awarded honorary fellowships of the Punjab Academy of Sciences for their contribution to their respective domains.—TNS
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