Adopting a child to complete the
family
Noida, October, 25
A young Vasundhra Enclave couple in East Delhi, married for eight years, with a six-year-old son of their own, by adopting a girl have shown the way to happiness and fulfilment through adoption.
Their begging bowl is not full of
woes
New Delhi, October 25
For Pappu Pinji, 34, begging outside the city’s temples has helped him regain a lot of lost pride.
Branded a good-for-nothing man by his family, Pinji left his village in Rajasthan 12 years ago for Delhi in search of a better living. He found one and does not regret his move one bit.
Forced to flee homes, now hustled out of
shops
New Delhi, October 25
The 60-odd Kashmiri vendors in INA Market are a worried lot these days. Their shops were removed recently as they came within the site space for the flyover being constructed near the All India Institute of Medical Science.
All are painting the town red, Bhadralok or
otherwise
New Delhi, October 25
Bhadralok in the Capital extend beyond the Bengali gentry. People cutting across regional disparities are celebrating the return of Maa Durga to her maternal home for four days.
Traffic cops pay a hefty price for manning polluted
roads
New Delhi, October 25
In a startling revelation, an increasing number of Delhi Police traffic personnel posted for long hours on roads, are becoming an easy victim to scorching sun, harmful pollutants, and toxins. They suffer from bronchial ailments, irritation and cancer which often turn fatal.
DSGMC to meet on census issue next
week
New Delhi, October 25
A high-level team constituted by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee
would meet in the Capital next week to discuss the issue of under representation of the community in Census 2001.
Bonanza
for MCD medicos
New Delhi, October 25
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has given a Diwali gift to the medical officers working with its health centres by enhancing their Post Graduate Allowance
with retrospective effect. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the Standing Committee of the MCD.
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