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Wednesday, Jul 28, 2004

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Appear or face arrest;

court tells Bharti Yadav

NEW DELHI JULY 27. A Delhi court today asked Bharti Yadav, daughter of D.P. Yadav and a key prosecution witness in the Nitish Katara murder case, to appear before the court or face non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) in the Nitish Katara murder case.

The Additional Sessions Judge, J.M. Malik, conducting trial of the case directed Ms. Yadav to appear before the court on September 27 failing which she would be served with an NBW for October 27.

Asking her to appear before the court on the above-mentioned date, Mr. Malik issued the NBW against Ms. Bharti. However, he kept it pending saying that the warrant would become operational for October 27 if she did not appear on September 27.

Earlier, an official of the Union Home Ministry sought and got more time to serve a summons on Ms. Bharti issued earlier by the court. Mr. Malik also directed Ms. Bharti to contact K.K. Singh, public prosecutor in the case, over telephone and tell him about her whereabouts.

Ms. Bharti is at present in London doing some professional course. The prosecution accuses Ms. Bharti of avoiding her appearance before the court to record her statement in the matter.

The prosecution believes that her examination will help unravel the motive behind the killing of Nitish Katara, son of a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

Vikas Yadav and Vishal Yadav, son and nephew of D.P. Yadav, are facing trial for allegedly kidnapping and later killing Nitish Katara in Ghaziabad in February 2002.

Sheila for computer-aided learning in schools

NEW DELHI JULY 27. The Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to popularise computer-aided learning in subjects like language, science, mathematics and social studies.

"This would make learning a joyful experience for primary students," she said after inaugurating a computer-aided learning programme at the Municipal Primary School in Hari Nagar.

Speaking on the occasion, the Municipal Commissioner, Rakesh Mehta, said the civic body would soon bring all its 1,850 schools and 9.5-lakh students under its computerisation programme. The Delhi Mayor, A. R. Verma, was also present on the occasion.

Safdarjung staff protest

NEW DELHI JULY 27. The members of the Safdarjung Hospital Karamchari Sangharsh Union held a dharna at Jantar Mantar today to protest against the poor state of patient care in the hospital.

According to them, the hospital has been chronically plagued by insufficient supply of drugs and equipment and was inadequately staffed.

Students bag medals

NEW DELHI JULY 27. A group of Russian language students of Springdales School (Dhaula Kuan and Pusa Road) returmed home recently after participating in the 11th Russian Language Olympiad in Moscow. They described their experience as unique, memorable and impressive at a function jointly organised by the Russian Centre of Science & Culture and Springdales School on July 26.

The seven-member team won three gold, a silver and three bronze medals at the Olympiad. Ankita Sharma of India stood seventh among all the international participants.

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