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Mainly clear sky forecast

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, OCT. 15.OCT. 15.OCT. The weatherman has forecast a cool morning and a mainly clear sky throughout the day on Saturday. The maximum and minimum temperatures would hover around 29 and 16 degree Celsius respectively.

On Friday, Safdarjung recorded a maximum temperature of 29.4 and a minimum temperature of 16.8 degree Celsius respectively, while Palam recorded a maximum temperature of 28.4 and minimum temperature of 16.9 degree Celsius respectively.

The maximum relative humidity at Safdarjung stood at 92 per cent and the minimum 37 per cent. Palam recorded a maximum humidity of 92 per cent and a minimum of 40 per cent.

Two run over by train

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, OCT. 15.OCT. 15.OCT. A 26-year-old woman and her 12-year-old niece were run over by a train while they were trying to cross the railway track at Keshavpuram in North-West Delhi today. Two minor sons of the woman also sustained serious injuries.

According to the police, Renu wife of Vijay Jha, a resident of gali No. 3 in Rampura, had left her home along with her niece, Dolly, and sons, Sachin (3) and one-year-old Saurav, to go to a temple around 11 a.m. When Renu reached the level crossing, which is near her house, she found that it had been closed.

However, instead of waiting for the train to pass, she tried to cross the track and was run over by an EMU Express from Shakur Basti to Dhankod. Renu and Dolly were killed on the spot while Sachin and Saurav were admitted to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital with serious injuries.

Keshavpuram police have registered a case and are investigating further.

Ivory seized, one held

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, OCT. 15.OCT. 15.OCT. The Central Delhi police have arrested a man for allegedly being in possession of an ivory tusk and a huge amount of cash.

According to the police, the accused, Lokesh Kumar, a resident of Central Delhi, was arrested near Jagat Cinema in Central Delhi on October 13. Ivory tusk weighing 5.6 kg, Rs. 1.75 lakhs in cash and a country-made revolver were recovered from his possession.

A case under the Wildlife Protection Act and Arms Act has been registered and further investigations are on.

Body found

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, OCT. 15.OCT. 15.OCT. The police tonight found the body of a servant-cum-caretaker from a residence at Greater Kailash-II in South Delhi.

The body with stab wounds in the neck was identified as that of Bajor, 55. A resident of Rajasthan, Bajor was staying alone in the house owned by Gautam Mitra. The police said, Mr. Mitra is staying in Kolkata. A case of murder has been registered at the Chittaranjan Park police station.

Medical meet

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, OCT. 15.OCT. 15.OCT. A three-day "Workshop on Auditory Habilitation'', being organised by Cochlear Implant Unit of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in collaboration with Cochlear Limited of Australia, began in the hospital premises today. The Chairman of Board of Management of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, S.K.Sama, inaugurated the workshop.

Viktorija McDonnell, an expert on auditory verbal therapy technique from Australia, provided training to about 150 speech professionals and parents of hearing impaired children on the first day of the workshop today. The workshop will help audiologists, teachers of the deaf, speech therapists and parents to learn various methods of training hearing impaired children

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