Monorail in city by 2017: Sheila
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday that Delhi would get its first monorail corridor between Shastri Park and Trilokpuri by 2017. Speaking at a Indo-Japan seminar, Ms Dikshit said, “We will start with 11-km monorail between Shastri Park and Trilokpuri. We hope that by 2017, we will get the first monorail in Delhi.” Monorail can negotiate sharp turns and is particularly useful in congested areas. Union urban development minister Kamal Nath also spoke in favour of developing monorails in Indian cities. “I have been pushing for monorails because new technology involved is making them much more effective,” Mr Nath said.
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JNUSU polls on Sept. 13
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 3
Student leaders in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) filed their nominations on Tuesday for the upcoming students’ union election. JNUSU elections chairman Gyan Prakash said that the students’ union will be held on September 13. Wednesday is the last date for withdrawal of nominations. The All-India Students’ Association (AISA) has fielded Akbar Choudhury, a first year Ph.D. student of philosophy for the presidential post.
Last year, V. Lenin Kumar, the candidate from the SFI-JNU and AISF alliance, had won the presidential post while the other three important posts went to AISA.
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Youth held for killing 7-yr boy
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 3
A day after a seven-year-old boy was found murdered inside the cooler of his neighbour in Govindpuri area, the police arrested a 19-year-old youth in this connection. A senior police official said the accused Sachin was having an affair with Sana, the mother of the deceased boy Sahil. Sachin abducted Sahil on Saturday evening and banged his head against the wall and then strangled him to death and hid his body in the cooler. Sahil’s mother Sana Khan had lodged a missing complaint with the police.
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