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Friday, Feb 24, 2006

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Doctor commits suicide

NEW DELHI: Disillusioned with his failure to get a decent job, a 40-year-old medical graduate allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his Ghazipur village house on Thursday evening. Bharat Bhushan left three suicide notes behind, including one for his parents and wife.

According to the police, Bharat had completed his MBBS from Russia, and had been depressed as the degree is not recognised in India, making it impossible for him to practice. Married for a year, Bharat had shifted with his wife to the Ghazipur house six months ago.

In the suicide noted addressed to his wife, Bharat reportedly wrote, "may God give you the strength to cope with this incident. I am doing a cowardly act, but I am depressed and have been left with no other alternative". He also made mention of his wife in the third suicide letter that is not addressed to anyone where he said that he was taking the step on his own.

Pirated books seized

NEW DELHI: About 23,000 pirated books worth Rs. 75 lakhs have been seized by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch of the Delhi police. Four persons have been arrested.

Acting on a tip-off that a person named Sanjay was selling pirated books of foreign publishers, the EOW arrested him from Mandawali in East Delhi. At his instance, the police raided two godowns located at Mandawali and the third at Mayur Vihar and recovered a large number of pirated books.

The alleged stockist and supplier of the books, identified as Subodh Singh, was arrested at Sanjay's instance. During interrogation, he allegedly disclosed that hundreds of pirated books had been stocked in a godown at Gharoli village. The police recovered those books and arrested another accused, Upender, from Mayur Vihar Phase-II. Subodh's third accomplice, Krishan Dev, was also arrested during the operation. "We have launched a hunt for the main accused, Mahinder, who illegally printed the books," said the Deputy Commissioner of Police (EOW), Prabhakar.

18 held for rioting

NEW DELHI: Eighteen people have been arrested by the North-west Delhi police for alleged involvement in a riot that broke out in the Shahabad Diary area of Bawana here on Wednesday.

The violence was reportedly triggered off by a rumour that two local youngsters had been beaten up by the police staff of the Shahabad diary police post. Senior police officials rushed to the spot and extra force was summoned to control the mob.

Focus on education

NEW DELHI: Calling for a paradigm shift in the role of education as a means of bringing about transformation, schools from across the Capital will come together for a brainstorming session at the 33rd annual conference of the National Progressive Schools' Conference (NPSC) that begins here on Friday.

The two-day NPSC annual conference will discuss the theme "education for transformation". "Education must crucially help young citizens develop skills and values that will help them contribute to the global priorities of peace, sustainable development and the means to achieve these through human spirituality, respect for human rights, empathy," feels NPSC Chairperson Usha Ram.

While the keynote address will be delivered by Shri Shri Ravi Shankar, CBSE Chairman Ashok Ganguly will present the valedictory address on Saturday.

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