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LG directs DCs to report on basic amenities
Minor girl forced into prostitution by family
Protestors seek action against cops for beating four men
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Jung assures BJP of releasing MLA funds
DUTA decries 'bid' to reinstate Ambedkar College principal
Workshop on puppetry for kids held at National Museum
Arms supplier caught
Students exposed to cultural diversity
DSGMC to implement revised pay scale in GHP
School
Two SDMC officials held for taking bribe Mustard oil unit opens at Tihar Jail
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LG directs DCs to report on basic amenities
New Delhi, May 6 The officials have been specifically asked to report on the condition of hospital buildings and facilities in them, cleanliness and sanitation and the details about the care extended to patients at the time of registration. The officials have been told to file detailed reports within next two weeks about the number of schools being run by the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporations in their districts, together with the condition of school buildings, the availability of benefits under various schemes like providing school uniforms and mid-day meals to students. To improve facilities in slum clusters, Jung has asked the officials to provide the details in their districts. They have been asked to submit a report on the basic needs such as water, power, medical aid and schools in these slums, including a report on power outages. The Deputy Commissioners have also been asked to submit a report on action taken to prevent fire in these slums, especially during the summer months. The LG has also sought the details about the number of water bodies in their districts and whether they have water, including a report on encroachments, if any, on these water bodies. The officials concerned have been told to give reports on disaster-prone buildings in their areas and in case there have been reports of building collapse. |
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Minor girl forced into prostitution by family
New Delhi, May 6 Her "husband", a resident of Patauda in Jhajjar district of Haryana, sexually harassed her and forced her into prostitution immediately after she arrived in her in-laws' house. The accused husband has also been taken into custody. "The first time I was sold to a man in Gurgaon for Rs 5,000. He raped me for two hours," said the 15- year-old hapless victim who was rescued from Patauda yesterday. "When I refused to be assaulted I was beaten up regularly with iron rods." She told her rescuers that she often tried to escape the torture, and even managed to run back home, but said her parents sent her back. She finally approached AWW which got in touch with BBA and managed to rescue her from Patauda. BBA chairperson RS Chaurasia said, "In 2012, 854 children were raped with 415 being reported from Delhi alone. Trafficking in children is emerging as the largest organised crime and needs to be curbed with an iron fist. The government needs to act tough," he added. The police have registered a case under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Sections 372/373 (selling and buying of minors for prostitution) and Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code. |
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Protestors seek action against cops for beating four men
New Delhi, May 6 The Delhi Police sent the accused policemen, identified as assistant sub-inspector Manoj Kumar and constables Param Veer and Mohit, to the Police Lines. "We are investigating the case from all angles. Until the final reports are out, the accused have been sent to the Police Lines," a police officer said. According to the families of the four persons, a fight took place between two groups at Ekta Vihar. The two groups had fled before the police reached the site of the incident. The families have alleged that the police started searching for the groups and allegedly detained the four men. They have been identified as Pradeep, Saleem, Toni and Rajan. The families have alleged that the four persons do not belong to the two groups who were involved in the fight. They were returning from a wedding in Punjabi Bagh. They work in a musical band at weddings. When they were returning to their homes, they saw the fight and intervened into to stop it. When the police reached the site, everyone began running away. The four men also tried escaping. After identifying the four men, the police allegedly took them to the station and kept them there the entire night. They were slapped with Sections 107 (abetment of a thing) and 151 (knowingly joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons after it has been commanded to disperse), of the Indian Penal Code. They were produced at a local court on Monday and released on bail. |
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Jung assures BJP of releasing MLA funds
New Delhi, May 6 The LG listened to the delegation members and assured them of finding a solution. He also said that a monitoring committee of MLAs and District Commissioners would be formed in all the areas. Criticizing the Public Distribution System (PDS) of Delhi, BJP MLAs said that the government claimed to provide sugar, rice, wheat, grain to 73 lakh people of Delhi under the Food Security Scheme, but corruption in PDS indicates that the ration mafia will again loot hundreds of crores of rupees under this scheme. The LG should frame a corruption-free, transparent and accountable scheme so that lakhs of people may be provided cheap ration on time. These days the ration shops do not remain open for the whole month, the MLAs said. The MLAs of West and South Delhi complained that there is an acute scarcity of water in their areas. The tankers of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) are not sufficient. These tankers are 15 years old and not fit to serve. The DJB is not purchasing new tankers. Water mafia is exploiting the people. They also raised the issue of corruption in privatizing water supply in Malviya Nagar, Nangloi, Vasant Kunj during the Sheila Dikshit regime. |
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DUTA decries 'bid' to reinstate Ambedkar College principal
New Delhi, May 6 According to the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA), the varsity administration is allegedly trying to rush the process of reinstatement before the new government comes in after May 16 and in this regard had called an emergent meeting of the college's truncated Governing Body (GB) today. However, the meeting of the GB was postponed to May 9 after two members-teachers' representatives, kept off the meeting whose agenda was apparently sent by email one day before listing the B.L. Garg Enquiry Committee Report as an item but without circulating a copy within the members. "The administration's intentions are clear that it wants to reinstate the principal. In haste, it fixed a meeting at a short notice with the BL Garg report in the agenda but copy of the report was not given to the members, which is against the norms. We have received a representation from 48 teaching and non-teaching staff members," said DUTA president Nandita Narain. According to DUTA, the judicial committee had no locus standi since any disciplinary action of a DU employee is governed by Ordinance XVIII which provides for setting up of an independent enquiry by the GB with proper terms of reference and chargesheet. "Such a serious matter should be taken only by the full 15-member Governing Body and instead of rushing through with a 5-member truncated body, the item should be dropped from the agenda of the GB," she added. Last year on October 7, Pavitra who had alleged sexual and mental harassment by Arora and another staff member, immolated herself outside the Chief Minister's Office and suffered fatal burns. She later succumbed at LNJP Hospital. Following outcry demanding justice for Pavitra by DU staff, the Delhi government ordered a judicial probe into the matter by retired Additional District Judge B.L. Garg and the accused principal was suspended till the completion of enquiry. About five years ago, Pavitra had lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against the principal and another employee. |
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Workshop on puppetry for kids held at National Museum
New Delhi, May 6 It organised the workshop around the ongoing 'The Body in Indian Art' exhibition, besides a valedictory function of the second batch of Yuva Saathis volunteer guides. The workshop then gave the cue for the celebration of another youth-centric programme, as National Museum held a convocation ceremony for 40 students who recently completed a training programme called 'Yuva Saathi' for volunteer guides. Dr Venu V, who gave away the certificates to the winners of the second batch of the three-month course, said the museum would soon launch more such training programmes. "The plan is to increase the number of volunteer guides to 200," he revealed. As for the puppetry workshop, 25 children were led by noted puppeteer and theatre-person Anurupa Roy of Katkatha, a 1998-initiated organisation functioning in the Capital. It was themed on 'Exploring the Human Body'. |
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Arms supplier caught
New Delhi, May 6 The police were tipped off about firearms and magazines. They laid a trap at the Sarai Kale Khan bus terminal at about 9.40 pm on Saturday. Alawa was allegedly waiting for a person, who would receive the arms from him. The police found him suspicious and checked his bag. They allegedly seized 10 semi-automatic pistols from him.
Alawa, who belongs to Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, had allegedly procured the arms from Barwani district of MP. During interrogation, the police learnt that he has been allegedly working as a courier for Tanman Singh, a notorious arms supplier based in MP. Besides Delhi, Alawa has allegedly been supplying arms to other cities such as
Mathura, Meerut and Agra, according to the police. Alawa would allegedly smuggle the weapons to Delhi either through trains or buses and was paid Rs 3,000 for each delivery. He collected his payment from the persons who received the arms. |
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Students exposed to cultural diversity
New Delhi, May 6 Under the first phase of 35th series, the lecture series delivered by senior performing artists has started in the Capital's government schools from April 22, 2014 and will be continued till May 8, 2014. It targets the rural youth in particular. Every year hundreds of workshops on Indian classical dances and music are organised in rural and tribal schools/colleges all over the country for exposing the young generation to cultural diversity and to strengthen cultural values in education. Such programme helps the students grow with better wisdom, discipline and human behaviour which they learn by interacting with the performing artists who present the programme in their school, said organisers. "Indian classical music and dance is the right component and tools for inspiring the youth to get wedded to the feelings of love and peace," said PL Verma, member secretary. |
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DSGMC to implement revised pay scale in GHP
School
New Delhi, May 6 The staff members of Vasant Kunj school were on strike for the last two days, demanding for implementation of the commission as it was one of the main assurances made by the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) during gurdwara committee election held last year. But so far it was not implemented. The DSGMC today held a meeting at the premises of GHP School at India Gate under the leadership of Avtar Singh Hit, chairman of the committee constituted for implementing the commission's recommendations.
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New Delhi, May 6
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung assured a BJP delegation of releasing the MLA funds and finding an appropriate way to continue battery rickshaws after the end
of the Model Code of Conduct.
