Still under gag
Days after she issued a gag order on the officials of the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is in no mood to soften her stand. Instead, when asked by mediapersons about what prompted her to impose a prohibition on the ACB officials against talking to the media about arrests and raids, she minced no words. “They pick up any random complaint and make arrests. If the complainant does not even have the guts to sign his complaint, where is the credibility?” she retorted. Incidentally, Dikshit’s order came after the ACB sleuths arrested a few officers of the Social Welfare department.

What economic crisis?
There are certain career profiles that are protected against the economic slowdown, but whether they are shielded from the law, is another question. Two youths, both with a BCA degree, decided to ditch the regular job-seeking process and take up stealing as profession. Their lack of experience, however, landed them in jail. Arrested for trying to steal a car, Gaurav and Antariksha stunned the Connaught Place police when they revealed they possessed BCA degrees but chose to steal as they faced problems getting regular jobs due to the economic slowdown.

Penning the difference
While the election for the Shahdara Court Bar Association is not far away, a ‘pen drive’ is the latest bone of contention between the Bar and the Election Committee. While the Committee wants a post-holder of the Bar to hand over the pen drive, as it purportedly contains significant information about the enrolled lawyers (who will be voting), the member claims that the pen drive had no such information and that after it accidentally fell into water, it is no longer working. But that is not holding any water with the Committee, which has refused to release funds or lend its support to the election until the pen drive is made available.    

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