Railways to run URS Special Trains for Ajmer Sharif from different parts of the Country

(PIB NEWS)JUNE,13, In a special gesture to facilitate movement of devotees from different parts of the country to Ajmer Sharif for participating in 798th Urs of Hazrath Khwaja Moinuddun Chishti(RA), Ministry of Railways has decided to run several Urs special trains from 18 different locations in the country.Minister of Railways Mamata Banerjee has taken keen interest and initiative in planning of these special trains for the convenience of lakhs of devotees visiting Ajmer Sharif for the Annual Urs.These specials will run between 14th June to 25th June 2010 from 18 major cities which include Mumbai, Saharanpur, Sultanpur, Haridwar, Chennai, Delhi, Ongole, Hyderabad, Ernakulam, Chhapra, Barauni, Kamakhya, New Jalpaiguri, Jaipur, Asansol, Sealdah, Jamshedpur and Patna. There will be in all 84 trips by these special trains during this period.These specials have been allotted suitable numbers and the ticket bookings for them could be done from any reservation centre situated across the country. Time table and broad routes of these trains are also being released by Railways through public notices being published in National and regional newspapers.One of these special trains has been specially planned between Delhi and Ajmer for the Zayreen coming from Pakistan. Following is the detailed list of Urs specials;
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New law to end ambiguity on marriageable age

To put an end to ambiguity over the minimum age of marriage mentioned in numerous laws, the government is contemplating a new law that will spell it out as 18 years for women and 21 years for men.For this, the government has asked the National Commission for Women (NCW), the apex body that deals with women’s issues, to begin consultations on the parameters of such a law.NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said that the commission is organising a national-level workshop in July in New Delhi to discuss the need to have a common law prescribing the age of marriage.Eminent legal experts, women’s activists and social workers will discuss the spirit and letter of the legislation, Vyas said.“Various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) list the minimum age for having sex and thereby, of marriage, differently. It ranges years. This ambiguity must end,” Vyas said.Ideally, she said, the minimum age of marriage for a woman and a man should be 18 years and 21 years respectively.However, the National Law Commission had proposed that both men and women should be allowed to marry at the age of 18 years, she added.The urgency for the new law arose from the recent judgments of various courts. The judgments pointed to ambiguities in the existing law and asked the government to come up with a single and clear law defining the age of marriage for women and men.“The courts asked several questions about the existing laws, which the government and we want to address,” Vyas said.“For a discussion on this, we have invited various stake holders – women’s groups, advocates and child rights activists from all over the country.”The recommendations of this meeting will be sent to the government for drafting the new law.According to Vyas, jurisprudence has “ambiguous” provisions on the issue of women having sex. Under the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, the right age for a girl’s marriage and for her to make a choice to have sex is 18 years, while various sections of the IPC treat women differently on this.Vyas said the “ambiguity happened because the Child Marriage Restraint Act was amended, while the corresponding IPC sections were not fully changed.”She pointed to the IPC provisions that deal with rape, marital rape and consent to point out the ambiguity.The NCW chief said the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act added to the confusion on the age of adulthood.It defines an adult as a person who is 18 years old (and who can marry). “This violated the spirit of the Child Marriage Restraint Act according to which a man has to be 21 years to be called an adult and thereby to have the right to marry,” she added.She said the new legislation will remove the confusion on the minimum age for marriage. “But implementation of the law will remain a challenge for administrators and activists,” Vyas added, ============================================

Another Telugu student murdered in US

Hyderabad,June 13: Another Telugu student has been found murdered in the US. Adarsh John, a student of Texas University, was murdered by unidentified people Saturday, his relatives said.Adarsh, who was doing MS at Texas University, was found murdered, according to information received by his family Sunday at Tandur in Ranga Reddy district, about 100 km from here. The details including the motive behind the crime were not immediately known. Union Minister for Urban Development S.Jaipal Reddy Sunday visited Adarsh's house in Tandur and consoled his parents. The minister spoke to officials regarding the arrangements to bring home the body. Adarsh is the latest victim in a series of incidents involving students and professionals from Andhra Pradesh. In March, 28-year-old Prashanth Goinaka was shot dead by unidentified robbers at a convenience store in Oklahoma. He was studying MBA in International Technological University at California and had taken up a part-time job. Rudraraju Sudheer Kumar, a mechanical engineer, was found murdered in his flat in Atlanta in February last year. Akshay Vishal, 26, a software engineer from Hyderabad, was shot dead by unidentified people in Little Rock in Arkansas on Jan 13. As many as 11 Telugu students and techies were murdered in the US during last three years.
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Female TV artist held for attack on fiance

Hyderabad, June 13 : Hyderabad Police Sunday arrested television artist Dimple for the recent attack on her fiance Sridhar Verma after he allegedly refused to marry her following a love affair.Police said the 23-year-old was not only behind the attack on Sridhar but also stage-managed an attack on herself to mislead the police. Her assistant Mani and Nagaraju were also arrested while another accused Prabhakar is at large. A case of attempt to murder was booked against Dimple and three others at Kukatpally police station. Dimple, who acted in TV serials for various channels, had claimed June 9 that she along with her assistant Mani came under attack by an unidentified woman when they were on their way for shooting in Manikonda on the city outskirts. Dimple, who along with her assistant got themselves admitted in a corporate hospital, told police and media that a woman lying across the road blocked their way. When they got down to find out what the matter was, she attacked them with chilli powder and iron rod. She claimed that the attacker used a sharp object and showed the gashes on her body. The actress also claimed that the attacker kept repeating that she was taking revenge and disappeared. She pointed fingers at another TV artist Selvaraj who was blamed for a similar attack on Sridhar June 8 at Kukatpally neighbourhood in the city. Sridhar had complained to police that an unidentified attacker threw acid on him but police found that it was only spirit. Sridhar later received a phone call purportedly made by Selvaraj saying it was revenge for replacing him in TV serial 'Aradhana'. After thorough investigations, police found that Dimple hatched a conspiracy with Mani and two others to take revenge on Sridhar for refusing to marry her after an affair. She used the name Selvaraj and also orchestrated an attack on herself to mislead the police. Actor Selvaraj told reporters that he would file a defamation case against Dimple.
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