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Rs 20,000 grant to learn about environment

New Delhi:The Department of Environment is offering a grant of Rs 20,000 to the school principals who want to set up eco-clubs,or meetings to help their students learn about the environment. To date,more than 2,000 schools in the capital have have availed of the grant for programmes such as bird watching or gardening.

Anyone seeking the grant can fill up the form available on the department’s website ad submit it by the end of July.

Man gets 7 years’ jail for molestation,murder bid

New Delhi:Observing that incidents of sexual harassment were “increasing day by day”,a Delhi court sentenced a 30-year-old man to seven years in jail for molesting a woman and trying to murder her when she resisted the act. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar sentenced Delhi resident Saligram,who had molested one of colleagues’ wife when he had found her alone in her house. He had stabbed her several times with a knife when she protested.

Court rejects bail of 3 for forcing abortion

New Delhi:Holding that “unbearable” pressure was put on a woman to abort her pregnancy following a matrimonial dispute,the Delhi High Court has rejected anticipatory bail pleas of Ashish Gupta (husband),Sushil Kumar (father-in-law) and their relative Sunita,the three accused in the case. The court also directed police to provide security to the woman,who is now living with her parents. It further asked police to trace a godman,whose assistance was sought by the accused to terminate the complainant’s pregnancy.