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Traders to hold bandh on March 21

NEW DELHI: Traders will observe a Delhi bandh on March 21 to protest against the sealing of shops in the Capital.

At a conference here on Sunday organised by the Confederation of All-India Traders (CITU), the traders declared that they would fight the issue and take it to its logical end.

The traders will play Kali Holi on March 14 at Arya Samaj Road Chowk in Karol Bagh, sit on dharna at Jantar Mantar on March 16 and take out several slow vehicle yatras across the city on March 17. Traders and their families will come out on the streets of Connaught Place on March 18, while the traders have threatened to gherao Delhi MPs on March 19. Traders and their employees will stage a rally from Red Fort to Ajmeri Gate on March 20.

Evening of ghazals

NEW DELHI: Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) in association with Delhi Government and Sahitya Kala Parishad organised an evening of ghazals and bhajans at East Patel Nagar here on Sunday.

According to DTTDC release, noted singer Anup Jalota and Pakistani artiste Ruby Reshma enthralled the audience with their devotional bhajans, ghazals and folk songs. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was the chief guest on the occasion. State Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely and DTTDC Managing Director Sanat Kaul were also present.

Health check-up camp for women organised

NEW DELHI: To mark International Women's Day, R.G. Stone Urological Research Institute organised a health check-up camp for women at its premises here this past week. Various investigations like pap smear, urine routine, ultrasound and blood sugar tests were done under the supervision of a panel of senior doctors. A 24-hour helpline was also started for queries related to treatment. The camp was conducted to make people aware about asymptomatic urological diseases.

Caution on Holi

NEW DELHI: Holi is synonymous with bhang, which is consumed by many in the form of ladoos and ghols. However, K K Aggarwal, president of Delhi Medical Association, has urged people to exercise caution. According to him, bhang is a recreational drug and is classified as a milder version of club drug, a group of drugs that makes you high but when you come back to reality, you do not remember the time and events when you were under its influence. This part of bhang can often be misused by people for exploiting, especially the other sex, he warned.

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