NDMC unveils 24×7 call centre
New Delhi: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has started a 24×7 call centre to address the grievances of citizens, it was announced Sunday. Capable of handling 30 calls at a time, the call centre’s services will be available both in Hindi and English, NDMC chairman Jalaj Shrivastava said in a statement. The service will handle customer queries and complaints as well as feedback in the NDMC area. The NDMC is the smallest of the three civic agencies in the capital and it oversses the heart of the city. Presently, citizens can complain about services online. This system generates a complaint ID, and the complaints automatically get forwarded to concerned officials for quick action. (IANS)
Guru Nanak birth anniversary celebrated with fervour
New Delhi: Thousands of devotees thronged gurudwaras across the country on the occasion of Gurupurab, marking the 545th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. Devotees in large numbers thronged the the Harmandar Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar and other gurudwaras decked up for the occasion since early morning to pay obeisance. Nagar kirtans were taken out in various towns yesterday, led by the Panj Pyaras (the five beloved ones). In Punjab, Sikhs and devotees from other faiths thronged gurdwaras in Patiala, Jalandhar, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Bathinda, Moga, Anandpur Sahib, Phagwara, Ferozepur, Ropar, Mohali among other places. Devotees paid obeisance in gurdwaras in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal and Sirsa of Haryana bearing a festive look on Gurpurab, one of the most sacred festivals in Sikhism. The ‘Gatka’ teams also displayed their swordsmanship through different martial arts and at mock battles using traditional weapons. (PTI)
Three killed, 6 injured as jeep overturns
Medininagar (Jharkhand): Three persons, including a woman and two-year-old girl, were killed and six others injured when a jeep overturned near Singrakhurd in Palamau district on Sunday, police said. The driver of the jeep lost control over the vehicle due to poor visibility caused by dense fog in the morning, sources said. The victims were on their way to Gorgada village in Palamau district from Ranka in adjoining Garwah district to work in a brick kiln. All the injured, including a three-year-old child, have been admitted in the Sadar Hospital, where the condition of four was stated to be serious, sources said. (PTI)
Women can’t claim in-laws’ property, rules court
New Delhi: A woman has right over the property of her husband but she cannot claim a property of her parents-in-law, ruled a Delhi court. The court made the observation while dismissing an appeal of a government hospital doctor here, who sought right of residence in her mother-in-law’s house in which her husband does not have any share. “If it is anybody against whom or against whose property she can assert her rights, is the husband but under no circumstances can she thrust herself on the parents of her husband or can claim a right to live in their house against their consent and wishes,” the court said in an order made available Sunday. The court was hearing the appeal of the woman doctor who contended that her mother-in-law had abused and misused the process of law by making false submissions, and sought the trial court’s order to be set aside. She challenged the trial court’s order, saying it did not appreciate the fact that her mother-in-law had in connivance with her husband dispossessed her from shared household accommodation in Delhi’s Pitampura area. The court noted that the woman’s husband is working and residing separately in Chandigarh for the past several years. “The matrimonial house of the appellant under the given circumstances is the place where her husband is working and residing, and not where she herself chose to reside of her free will,” the court said. The court observed that the petitioner is a working woman and is in a position to maintain herself being a doctor in a government hospital. (IANS)