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Doctor uses education to help change lives of underprivileged children

HT Correspondent■ htreporters@hindustantimes.com

NEW DELHI: Thirty six-year-old Itishri always wanted to be more than just a medical practitioner.

A doctor at a private hospi-tal, she found her true calling only after she volunteered to teach underprivileged children about health and hygiene with HT Paathshala. She now teaches at a school in Trilokpuri near Mayur Vihar.

“Education is one of the most prized possessions and every child has a right to it. I wanted to contribute in my own small way and hence I volunteered for this program. I feel very good with whatever I am doing,” she said.

Itishri said being among children was a fulfilling expe-rience for her. “The enthusi-asm of these children is not just commendable, it is also an eye-opener. They show us that we have budding talent in every nook and corner,” she said.

Hindustan Times Paathshala is a CSR initiative to support the education of underprivileged children. Over 60,000 lives have been impacted under various projects of Paathshala since its launch in April 2012. Volunteering programme was started on December 7, 2015, with partner NGOs to make help for these underprivileged children

more accessible. Pallavi, programme head

from Pratham Delhi, said, that people have volunteered to par-ticipate in the programmes very enthusiastically. “We were able to get many volunteers through Hindustan Times Paathshala. They aid teachers in maintaining class order and assisting them with different learning methods.”

Readers can share their expe-rience of volunteering for such a cause or about anyone contribut-

ing to the education of the under-privileged children through academics, sports, music, craft and more. These stories can be sent to www.paathshala.hindus-tantimes.com.

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NEW DELHI: It was a hot day on Wednesday in Delhi, despite scat-tered rain in the morning as mer-cury rose to 36.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal.

The minimum temperature was recorded at 23.5 degrees Celsius, four notches above normal, said a Met department official.

The Safdarjung observa-tory recorded traces of rainfall till 8.30 am. Lodhi Road and Ayanagar also witnessed light rainfall, while areas under Ridge and Palam received 0.4 mm rain-fall during the same period.

The humidity level oscillated between 51% and 25%.

The Met department forecast overcast conditions along with the possibility of light rains and thundershowers on Thursday.

“The skies will be partly cloudy. Light rain or thunder-shower is likely to occur towards afternoon and evening. The maxi-mum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 35 and 23 degrees Celsius, respec-tively,” the weatherman said.

Maximum temperature on Tuesday was 35.8 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal. The mini-mum was 25.6 degrees Celsius. PTI

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NEW DELHI: A city court allowed the unfreezing of bank accounts of a company accused of corrup-tion and conspiracy in CBI’s graft case against chief minis-ter Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajender Kumar.

While allowing company Endeavour Systems and its director Sandeep Kumar’s plea to unfreeze the computer com-pany’s bank accounts, additional sessions judge AK Jain said, “The issue of giving favours did not arise” so far in the investi-gating agency’s probe into the alleged corruption.

The court asked the company to furnish a bond of over ̀ 2 lakh along with security documents as a condition to its order.

“CBI is conspicuously ambig-uous,” the court noted while adding that even as per the investigating agency’s case, the

money allegedly taken as bribes to favour certain companies like Endeavour in a tender process had not been deposited into the accounts that had been frozen.

“Consciously, CBI has not mentioned any amount consti-tuting loss to the government,” said the court. It added that the Delhi government made “huge savings” in awarding the con-tract to Endeavour.

The court also noted that the company judiciously maintained records of said bank accounts. They had judiciously listed all the entries of debit and credit to it. It was moved by the com-

pany’s submission that it needed the bank accounts to keep up with its business contracts and without them, the company wouldn’t be able to fulfil their business obligations and many jobs would be on the line.

On December 15, last year, CBI had conducted a raid in the offices of Delhi government say-ing that they had registered a case against Kumar after a five-month-long probe. As per the agency’s allegations, between 2007 and 2014, the IAS official had favoured certain accused companies including Endeavour and others so they could get con-tracts worth nearly `9.5 crore. During the searches, the agency had seized several papers and also cash, it had claimed.

After passing the order, the court also clarified that noth-ing said in the order was tanta-mount to a comment on merits of the agency’s continuing inves-tigation.

Court seeks clarification on prosecutor in Bharti case

Hot Wednesday despite rain, cloudy day likely today with light showers

Unfreeze accounts of firm in graft case against CM’s secy, CBI told

■ Itishri

THE COURT ASKED THE FIRM TO FURNISH A BOND OF OVER `2L ALONG WITH SECURITY DOCUMENTS AS A CONDITION TO ITS ORDER

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 36.9 CELSIUS, TWO NOTCHES ABOVE NORMAL, MINIMUM WAS 23.5 CELSIUS, FOUR NOTCHES ABOVE NORMAL

K H I R K I E X T E N S I O N R A I D

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NEW DELHI: A court here ordered an additional public prosecutor to seek clarification regarding his appearance in a case lodged against former Delhi law min-ister Somnath Bharti, court sources said on Wednesday.

The court also listed the case for April 14 for consideration of the chargesheet.

Metropolitan magistrate Bhavna Kalia directed addition-al public prosecutor Atul Kumar Srivastava to seek clarification from authorities concerned with regard to his appearance after lawyer Kamna Vohra submitted a copy of an official notification that she had been appointed the special public prosecutor in the case, sources said.

Srivastava, appearing in the case for the last one year, howev-

er, told the court that he had not received any notice regarding the appointment of the special public prosecutor in the case.

In its March 31 order, the court said: “It is submitted by Kamna Vohra that she has been appointed as the special public prosecutor for the state in the present matter. It is submitted by Atul Kumar Srivastava that he has no notice of the same.”

Following court directions,

Delhi Police lodged an FIR in January 2014, against “unidenti-fied accused” on charges dealing with wrongful confinement, crimi-nal intimidation and act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.

Bharti visited a house in Khirki Extension after com-plaints regarding an alleged prostitution and drug racket.

He and others were charge-sheeted for outraging the mod-esty of women, among others.

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