lt Guv launches his memoir in Jamia Millia
A book titled The Sting of a Bee penned by the lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Najeeb Jung, was launched at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Monday. The book was launched by Professor Khalid Mehmood from the Urdu department of the university. The book contains 50 essays penned by Jung while he held the office of Vice Chancellor in JMI. Speaking on the occasion, Jung thanked Mehmood and the teachers, staff members and students of the university and exhorted them to work hard in raising the profile of the university. “These essays deal with a number of burning issues of the day: from women’s education and Kashmir to Indo-Pakistan relations and secularism,” Jung informed.
DAler Mehndi to enter Cong among others
Delhi Congress president Jai Prakash Agarwal on Monday stated that pop singer Daler Mehndi, RJD MlA from Okhla, Asif Mohammad Khan, Badarpur MlA Ram Singh Netaji, former MlA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and former municipal councilor DR VK Monga have expressed desire to join the Congress which has been accepted by the party high command. They will be inducted into the Congress in the near future. Mehndi is considered a friend of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Raj Kumar Chauhan. He had composed the theme song for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in a couple of days on Dikshit’s request.
Corruption may endanger heart: Docs
The evils of corruption are no more confined to society but it can endangering one’s health too. A public interest meet, organised by cardiology department of Sri Action Balaji Medical Institute, spoke about the ill-effects of corruption on heart. Dr Amar Singhal, HOD-Cardiology, said people should be aware that anything that has the capacity to cause too much stress has the ability to be harmful to the heart. The hit is worse in people with heart problems like hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol, which is evidently present in more than 50 per cent of people especially in metros like Delhi.