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Wednesday, Apr 20, 2005

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R.K. Sharma moves High Court for bail

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW: R.K. Sharma, suspended Inspector-General of Prisons of the Haryana Police and prime accused in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, moved the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking bail in the case.

When Justice B.D. Ahmed took up the bail application for hearing, the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP), S.K. Saxena, sought time to go through the petition. Allowing his application, Mr. Justice Ahmed fixed May 6 for the hearing. The High Court had in May last year dismissed Sharma's application seeking interim bail due to a back ailment.

Sharma and his five co-accused are facing trial for criminal conspiracy and murder for the killing of the then Indian Express Principal Correspondent, Shivani Bhatnagar, at her East Delhi apartment in 1999.— Staff Reporter

Gaur felicitated

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW: Representatives of various unions and groups of Delhi transporters felicitated the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Babulal Gaur, in the Capital on Tuesday for not implementing Value Added Tax regime in his State.

Addressing the gathering, Mr. Gaur said taxes at multiple stages leads to inflation and increases the burden on the common man. "The present VAT regime is unfair towards small traders," he added.

Mr. Gaur assured transporters that none of the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States would adopt VAT unless the irregularities were removed.

Diabetes awareness

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW: The Rotary Club of South-East Delhi And the Diabetes Foundation would be initiating a unique community based intervention titled "Chetna'' in ten schools across the Capital. The result of a two-year study, the project would include talks, seminars and interactive classes for students, teachers and even parents. "The intervention is for children from Class VI onwards and will raise awareness on healthy diets, physical activity and risk factors for obesity,"explained the programme head Anoop Misra.

New venture

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW: Convergence International, one of the leading and prominent business organisation dealing exclusively in information technology, software and networking solutions, hosted a cultural evening on Friday at the Russian Center of Science and Culture here to celebrate Baisakhi.

This function also marked the launch of isecure systems, a unit of Convergence International. isecure is a complete security solution provider formed with the aim of providing automated security solutions.

Shobha Yatra

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW: The Ram Navami Shobha Yatra was taken out in the Capital on Monday under the aegis of the Indraprastha Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The procession started at Ramlila Maidan and concluded at Gangeshwar Dham in Karol Bagh.

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