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Saturday, Jun 03, 2006

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Book released

NEW DELHI: Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat released a book, "Knowledge and Wisdom", written by Harish C. Gaur, here on Friday.

"The book provides good background knowledge of our spiritual concepts considered eternal and which lead an inquisitive reader to wisdom, the ultimate objective of all human pursuits, following the two commonly used paths of meditation and devotion," said Mr. Shekhawat.

The book has been published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan as part of its Book University Programme.

Burglars arrested

NEW DELHI: Three Nepalese nationals have been arrested by the North Delhi police for allegedly committing a burglary at Sadar Bazar in North Delhi on January 21.

According to the police, the accused -- Dambar Bahadur, Nar Bahadur and his cousin Rang Bahadur -- were arrested near Fire Station at Sadar Bazar on Thursday evening.

The police recovered an imported Colts revolver (.32-bore), four stolen mobile phones and Rs. 19,600 in cash from the accused.

The police said the accused had committed burglary in an office on Nawab Road in Sadar Bazar.

Two accomplices of the accused, Padam Bahadur and Roshan Bahadur, fled to Nepal immediately after committing the burglary.

While Dambar used to work as salesman in a jewellery shop, Nar Bahadur worked as a security guard. His cousin was unemployed. Further investigations are on.

Held with fake currency

NEW DELHI: One person has been arrested by the West Delhi police for allegedly possessing fake currency notes.

According to the police, a decoy customer of the police had struck a deal with the accused who had agreed to sell Rs. 1 lakh worth of fake currency in exchange of Rs. 30,000.

The accused, Rishi Kumar, a resident of Timarpur in North Delhi, was arrested when he was about to hand over the fake currency notes to the decoy at his hideout in Nangloi, West Delhi, around 7-45 p.m. on Thursday. The police recovered fake currency notes, worth Rs. 1.65 lakhs, from his possession. They said the fake currency was in the denomination of Rs. 100 only. The police are interrogating him further to ascertain the source of supply of the fake notes.

Children's exhibition

NEW DELHI: A children's painting exhibition dedicated to the International Day of Children Protection and the 45th anniversary of the first space flight by Yuri Gagarin was inaugurated by freedom fighter S. P. Govil at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) here on Thursday. The weeklong exhibition has been organised jointly by RCSC and Shankar's International Children's Competition.

Describing children as the future of the country, Mr. Govil, who is also Director of Nehru Bal Samiti, stressed "the need for doing everything within our capacity to encourage and inspire children".

Summer camp

NEW DELHI: The Summer Activity Camp organised by the Child Guidance Centre (CGC) at Jamia Millia Islamia will culminate with the staging of Urdu play "Pani Urf Dayar-e-Fani" at the M.A. Ansari Auditorium on June 5.

The camp, which began on May 16, was attended by children from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.

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