Kids with genetic disorders seek govt help

NEW DELHI: Twenty two-year-old Dharmendra is one of the 9 lakh students who will be appearing for the Class XII exams, beginning this Thursday. However, unlike his peers who have been studying and revising the syllabus, Dharmendra has been running around...

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Closure of Metro stations during protests affected lakhs: Govt

NEW DELHI: Closure of over half a dozen Metro stations during the massive protests against Nirbhaya's gang rape in December affected lakhs of passengers, the urban development ministry told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Passengers who use the Gurgaon,...

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Delhi gang-rape case: Minor accused charged with rape, murder

NEW DELHI: Juvenile Justice Board on Thursday framed rape and murder charges against minor accused in the December 16 Delhi gang-rape case.The family of the Delhi gang-rape victim had demanded death penalty for the juvenile accused in the incident."Sazaa...

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Number of attempts for passing, improvement reduced in CBSE board exams

NEW DELHI: From this year the Central Board of Secondary Education has reduced the number of chances students of classes X and XII will receive to improve performance or clear the exam.The changes in compartment and improvement rules will be effective...

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Union Budget 2013-14: Delhi Metro get Rs 7,701 crore

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro was on Thursday allocated Rs 7,701 crore ($,1436 million) in the budget for 2013-14 which will be spent on construction of Phase-III, to lay another 103 km of tracks in the national capital.Of the funds allotted to the urban...

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Deputy chairman Planning Commission advocates for deadline extension of RTE

NEW DELHI: With the deadline of implementing the Right to Education Act approaching, there is concern as more than 2000 unrecognized schools may face closure.Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission MS Ahluwalia advocated that they should be given more...

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Delhi is becoming a world-class city: Sheila Dikshit

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday said that her government was committed to making Delhi a role model of governance. She said her dream of making Delhi a world-class city was coming true."Our government is committed to making Delhi...

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Disabled abused most by caretakers: Study

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities was raped in a government hospital. Authorities did not report the incident for 17 hours, Ratnaboli Roy, managing trustee of Anjali Mental Health Rights Organization, said.In another case,...

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Delhi Traffic Police can't check tinted glass

NEW DELHI: Had the city police procured the essential tools of their trade, Nirbhaya and her friend may have reached home safely on the night of December 16. What's more, apparently none of the government or private testing facilities in the city have...

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Disability a mindset, say youth

NEW DELHI: Disability is infrastructural. It is struggle not with oneself but the notions among others. These were some concerns that intelligent minds voiced when they narrated their stories.21-year-old Pavel Gupta was always told that his disability...

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Delhi: Woman's body found stuffed in bag in train

NEW DELHI: The body of an unidentified woman was found stuffed in a plastic bag here from a train at the New Delhi railway station, police said on Monday.The investigators said that the body was recovered late Sunday night from a train, coming from Haryana's...

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Delhi: Woman's body found stuffed in bag on train

NEW DELHI: The body of an unidentified woman was found stuffed in a plastic bag here from a train at the New Delhi railway station, police said on Monday.The investigators said that the body was recovered late Sunday night from a train, coming from Haryana's...

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Bomb scare at Delhi's IGI airport

NEW DELHI: A day after three suspicion-evoking bags created panic in the capital at separate places, security officials at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were in a tizzy Tuesday after receiving a warning about a bomb on an Indigo airlines...

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Man give a lifer for raping and sodomising minor daughter

NEW DELHI: A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court here for raping and sodomising his nine-year-old daughter, saying that the girl child is to be "worshipped" and not "raped".A fast track court, trying sexual offence cases against...

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Man given a lifer for raping and sodomising minor daughter

NEW DELHI: A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court here for raping and sodomising his nine-year-old daughter, saying that the girl child is to be "worshipped" and not "raped".A fast track court, trying sexual offence cases against...

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Doctor gets infection in hospital, Apollo to pay Rs 5.1lakh

NEW DELHI: A Hyderabad-based emergency centre run by a prominent hospital has been asked by apex consumer commission to pay Rs 5.10 lakh to a surgeon who contracted an infection which allegedly lead to multiple organ failure when he was admitted there...

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Suspicious bags found in two Delhi areas, high alert sounded

NEW DELHI: Unclaimed bags have been found in different parts of Delhi on Monday.A suspicious bag was recovered from outside an Army hospital in the capital, police said. According to sources, bikers threw the bag containing an explosive device near the...

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Suspicious bags found in several areas of Delhi, high alert sounded

NEW DELHI: Unclaimed bags have been found in different parts of Delhi on Monday. A high alert has been sounded by the Delhi Police following the suspicious recoveries that comes close to the heels of the deadly twin blasts in Hyderabad where 16 people...

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3 held in Bihar for Delhi-based businessman's kidnap

NEW DELHI: Three persons were arrested in Bihar for allegedly kidnapping a Delhi-based businessman and his aide and demanding ransom from his family, police said today.Pramod Kumar Ray, Rajesh Kumar Mehto and Suresh Kumar Sharma were arrested in Samastipur...

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Man jailed for 7 years for raping minor girlfriend

NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Delhi court for raping his 14-year-old girlfriend, who delivered his baby recently.Additional Sessions Judge P K Jain awarded the jail term to Delhi resident Wasim after...

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Indian Mujahideen aide may be back in Delhi

NEW DELHI: After Friday's Hyderabad twin blasts, intelligence bureau sources cited intercepts to say Raju Bhai, who had helped Indian Mujahideen members hide in Pul Prehladpur area of southeast Delhi last October, has probably returned to the city.Raju...

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Model-actor kidnapped, killed in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old model and upcoming actor was murdered and his body stuffed in a suitcase, allegedly by kidnappers who had called his family two days ago with a demand for Rs 2 lakh. Sumit Tiwari's body was found on Saturday at the east Delhi...

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Delhi traffic police organises painting competition to raise awareness on road safety

NEW DELHI: As part of Delhi Police Week celebrations, an on-the-spot painting competition for children was organized at the India Gate lawns by Delhi Traffic Police on Friday, aimed to create awareness amongst children about the importance of road safety...

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Bumper-to-bumper on outer ring road

NEW DELHI: For residents of Rohini, Pitampura and Shalimar Bagh, commuting to other parts of the city is a daily struggle. The coexistence of residential and commercial spaces in the area, and manifold increase in vehicular traffic between Mukarba Chowk...

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Delhi Police special women's helpline - 2,000 calls in 45 days

NEW DELHI: "Sir, some men are following me", "My husband thrashed me again, please save me" - these are some of the 2,000 calls that Delhi Police special commissioner Sudhir Yadav has dealt with since a special helpline was activated in the wake of the...

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At least in Tihar, business is booming

NEW DELHI: Business is booming in Tihar. The jail factory run by inmates has doubled its turnover this year and is expected to cross the Rs 30-crore mark by the end of this financial year. Last year, the turnover was Rs 12.20 crore.The factory employs...

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Squeezed into a jam in Dwarka

NEW DELHI: The Palam flyover that takes airport and south Delhi traffic to and from Dwarka causes jams that back up several kilometres every evening. The flyover has two carriageways, which means two lanes each on either side.As one approaches this flyover,...

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Rain drenches Delhi

NEW DELHI: It was a rainy Saturday morning in the capital with the minimum temperature settling five notches above average at 14.9 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast more rain and possibly hailstorm towards the evening."The skies will be cloudy...

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Delhi gang-rape case: Singapore doctors to depose from next week

NEW DELHI: Doctors of a Singapore hospital who had treated the December 16 gang-rape victim were on Saturday asked by a court here to depose as witness through video conferencing. The doctors will record their evidence from Monday before Additional...

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Missing Delhi Police constable found dead

NEW DELHI: The dead body of a 48-year-old Delhi Police constable, who had gone missing four days ago, was found here Saturday morning, police said.Suresh Singh, was found dead in a forest situated in the cantonment area in south Delhi around 10am."Singh,...

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Road mishap victim's family to get over 29 lakh compensation

NEW DELHI: The family of a businesswoman, who was killed after being hit by a rashly driven bus, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 29 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here.The tribunal directed National Insurance Company Ltd,...

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Man held with 78 kgs of silver jewellery at IGI

NEW DELHI: A man has been arrested at the IGI Airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle in about 78 kg of silver jewellery.30-year-old Shariq Khan, a Mumbai resident, was intercepted at the airport on Thursday when he arrived from Bangkok.He tried...

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Sunny Friday, rain, hailstorm likely tomorrow

NEW DELHI: It was a sunny, warm Friday for Delhi after a nippy morning with the maximum temperature at 27.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above average for the season. Thunderstorms, hail and light rain in parts of the city are likely Saturday."There...

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24 Tihar Jail inmates to be placed in semi-open jail

NEW DELHI: To aid reformation of convicts and to show them that trust could be reposed in them, Tihar Central Jail, India's largest prison, has chosen 24 prisoners for the open-jail system this year."This year, 24 inmates have been selected for the semi-open...

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School exclusions grooms pupils for prison, finds a scottish study

NEW DELHI: Pupils excluded from school at 12 are four times as likely as other children to be jailed as adults, a new study shows.Researchers found that boys, children living in single parent families, and those from the poorest communities were most...

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Commuters in Delhi face hardship as strike continues

NEW DELHI: Commuters in the city continued to face hardships for the second consecutive day on Thursday as majority of auto-rickshaws and taxis stayed off the road in support of the two-day nationwide strike called by 11 trade unions.Students and office...

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Need to set up more technical education institutes: Sheila Dikshit

NEW DELHI: Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday underlined the need for setting up of more institutions to impart technical education, saying quality human resources was the key to ensure healthy economic growth.She was speaking after laying foundation...

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Bharat bandh: Protesters attack factories in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A flash mob attacked at least eight factories in the capital on Thursday during the final day of a two-day nationwide strike called by major trade unions, police said.Hundreds raising slogans against the government's economic policies suddenly...

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Govt flat likely for family of Delhi gang-rape victim

NEW DELHI: Government is likely to allot a flat to the family of the 23-year-old girl who was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in a moving bus here last December.The middle income group Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat costing around Rs 50 lakh...

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Woman set afire by live-in partner

NEW DELHI: A young woman was set afire in east Delhi allegedly by her live-in partner, police said today. The incident took place in Laxmi Nagar last night and the victim is battling for life in a city hospital. The accused was under the influence...

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2-day strike: Govt ropes in RTVs & buses

NEW DELHI: With the autorickshaw unions threatening to go on strike on Wednesday and Thursday, and taxis and contract buses likely to join them, the Delhi government has decided to put 1,000 RTV and tourist buses into service on the two days."The RTV...

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UK PM meets Janki Devi students

NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister David Cameron left students of a women's college in thrall by taking time off his diplomatic assignments and addressing them with actor Aamir Khan on Tuesday. About 300 students at the Janki Devi Memorial College in...

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Messed up by illegal parking

NEW DELHI: The drive back to Aurobindo Marg after a movie in Saket is always a killjoy as crossing the signal at the end of Press Enclave Road takes 10 minutes even in off-peak hours. Why? Because it suits some people to park their cars illegally at...

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Luxury on wheels' bus rolls out from Delhi

NEW DELHI: Noted auto designer Dilip Chhabria's state of the-art bus with luxurious reclining seats for nine people, facilities like on-board spa with trained therapists, galley to serve hot and cold food and beverages, wi-fi enabled entertainment sysytem...

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Murder accused shot at inside Rohini court complex in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A murder accused was on Wednesday shot at inside a court complex in Delhi while he was being taken to the courtroom from the lock up.According to lawyers present at the spot, Neeraj was shot in the chest by two unidentified assailants while...

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Ongoing nursery admission process will remain unaffected: Delhi High Court

NEW DELHI: The ongoing nursery admission process in the national capital would remain unaffected as the Delhi High Court today upheld the validity of two government notifications that gave powers to private unaided schools to formulate their own criteria."We...

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Surgery a month away, Sikar rape victim has nowhere to go

NEW DELHI: The fate of the 11-year-old gang rape victim from Sikar in Rajasthan, who was admitted in AIIMS recently, continues to hang in balance. The institute doctors have advised the victim's family to come after a month for another surgery—till the...

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RTE Act not applicable to nursery admission, Delhi HC rules

NEW DELHI: The ongoing nursery admission process in the national capital would remain unaffected as the Delhi High Court today upheld the validity of two government notifications that gave powers to private unaided schools to formulate their own criteria."We...

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Unique exhibition puts up art installations with diverse themes on display

NEW DELHI: Many visitors to Dilli Haat on Monday were perplexed to see two mutilated birds in the middle of the market. Upon closer look, they found that these were metal birds; but still, the reason for their being there wasn't clear until a tiny signboard...

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Woman caught with fake currency at IGI airport, sent to CBI custody

NEW DELHI: A 55-year-old woman has been arrested at IGI airport here for allegedly smuggling fake Indian currency of face value of Rs 4.9 lakh by concealing it in shin pads worn by her and has been sent to CBI custody by a Delhi court.Harjeet Kaur was...

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Man arrested for cheating people with 'magic pen'

NEW DELHI: Using a 'magic pen' and lighter, RahulJain planned to earn a comfortable living, pay off his debt and even treat his girl friend. Arrested today, this 26-year-old revealed a unique modus operandi, which came to light when an assistant manager...

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Minor raped in Delhi, accused arrested

NEW DELHI: A 60-year-old man was arrested for raping a four-year-old girl here, police said Monday. The accused has been arrested.The incident was reported from west Delhi's Naraina area on Sunday evening.The accused, identified as Sachchidanand, was...

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Delhi gang rape: Victim's friend cross-examined by counsel for accused

NEW DELHI: The male friend and the sole eyewitness to the December 16 brutal assault and gang-rape of the victim in a moving bus was cross-examined by the defence in the fast-track court trying the case here on Monday.The youth, a software engineer,...

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Delhi cop attacked with brick by snatchers

NEW DELHI: A 58-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector (SI) and his friend were attacked with bricks and injured by two bike-borne mobile phone snatchers, police said on Monday. One of the attackers was later arrested.The incident was reported from central...

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Smarter use of nutrients will help clean up the planet, say scientists

NEW DELHI: A new report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights how humans have massively altered the natural flows of nitrogen, phosphorus and other nutrients. While this has had huge benefits for world food and energy...

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