The Hindu : Around the City

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Wednesday, Mar 03, 2004

New Delhi

New Delhi

Around the City

Clear day

NEW DELHI MARCH 2. Delhi is likely to witness another bright and sunny day as the weatherman has forecast a mainly clear sky for the Capital on Wednesday. Also, the city is likely to experience another day with strong gusty winds as per the Met office. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to remain around 29 and 13 degrees Celsius respectively.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung on Tuesday were 28.5 and 14.1 degrees Celsius respectively, while Palam recorded a maximum of 28.1 and a minimum of 10.5 degrees Celsius.

Safdarjung recorded a maximum humidity of 63 per cent and a minimum of 20 per cent. At Palam, the maximum and minimum humidity stood at 86 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.

Passes away

NEW DELHI MARCH 2. Former Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police, Y.R. Dhuria, died today following a massive heart attack. He was 62 and is survived by his wife, son and two daughters.

Mr. Dhuria, who retired from service in November 2001, was an IPS officer of the 1966 batch. Around 1 p.m. today, he sustained a massive heart attack at his Naraina Vihar residence. He was taken to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where he breathed his last.

The cremation will take place at the Sat Nagar crematorium near Pusa road Telephone Exchange in Karol Bagh at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Synergy 2004

NEW DELHI MARCH 2. Motivational speaker and well-known author Shiv Khera was the chief guest at the annual management festival "Synergy 2004" organised jointly by the Apeejay School of Marketing, the Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication and the Apeejay Institute of Management and Information Technology here this past week.

The event was aimed at making students of management, information technology, mass communication and marketing aware about the importance of teamwork, event management and leadership qualities.

In his address, Mr. Khera said: "Core wisdom is universal and no nation or people can claim proprietary rights to it. But Indian students I feel are the best in this arena. To get the winning edge, we need to strive for excellence, not perfection. Striving for perfection is neurotic, striving for excellence is progress."

Assaulted

NEW DELHI MARCH 2. A 13-year-old girl was alleged criminally assaulted by her 21-year-old neighbour in the Gulabi Bagh area of North Delhi.

The police said the accused, Anthony, had taken the victim along with him on February 23. The following day when the girl returned home she informed her parents that she had been assaulted by the accused.

Stating that it was only yesterday that the parents informed them, the police said the medical examination of the victim has been carried out and efforts were being made to arrest the accused, who has been under preventive judicial custody since February 25.

Arrested

NEW DELHI MARCH 2. A Nepalese domestic help, who allegedly stabbed the wife of his employer and her son at Punjabi Bagh in West Delhi on Monday, has been arrested. The mother and son duo are stated to be out of danger.

According to the police, Neelam Gupta (42) and her son Amit (18) were at home when their domestic help, Ramu, offered them tea and then requested them to grant him leave for some days. However, when Neelam refused, Ramu allegedly lost his temper and attacked her with a kitchen knife. Neelam sustained injuries in the head and other parts of bodies. Amit, who intervened, was also attacked by the accused and sustained injuries in his hand.

Amit also managed to overpower the accused, who was subsequently handed over to the police.

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