Aditya Tiwari Sets An Example By Becoming The Youngest Bachelor to Adopt a Child #Inspiration

Indore-based Aditya Tiwari, who works for an MNC in Pune has adopted a kid with Down Syndrome. 

Adoption in India is a herculean task. Aditya had to do various rounds of the adoption office for adopting the one-and-a-half year old Binney. However, the new adoption rules brought a ray of hope for Aditya as it slashed down the age of adoption to 25. The adoption process was then further delayed for five months. Finally, Aditya brought little Binney home on New Year.

Aditya has renamed Binney as Avnish Tiwari and he will be staying with him in Pune. Union women and child development (WCD) minister Maneka Gandhi had specially helped Aditya in the adoption process. The minister visited the adoption center with Aditya and had instructed the authorities to hand over the child to him in a week

We hope that, many others get inspired by Aditya’s inspiring story. 

Source- Times Of India

Delhi Police Enters Limca Book Of Records For Solving A Loot In 10 Hours #Proud #DelhiPolice

Amidst all the noise surrounding the implementation of Even-Odd traffic regulations in the capital, the Delhi Police has actually done something that everyone is really proud of. The force has entered the Limca Book of Records for solving the biggest cash van heist in the country within 10 hours.

The case which actually led to Delhi Police's unique record happened on November 26 last year. Pradeep Shukhla, the driver of the cash van had fled with cash worth Rs 22.5 crore, leaving the van near Govindpuri Metro station in southeast Delhi.

More than 10 teams of Delhi Police led by ace investigators from the district police were pressed in to investigate the heist, and in less than 10 hours the driver was nabbed and the stolen amount was recovered sans only Rs 10,500

Pradeep was then found gorging on tandoori chicken and gulping down vodka, as he sat on his Rs 22.5 crore loot in an abandoned Okhla factory, barely half-hour from where he had fled with the cash van. The police team found Shukla around 1.45 am at the factory, where he had driven in, unloaded the cash boxes and driven out to leave the van at the Govindpuri Metro station.

This was Shukla's first crime and had mistakenly left behind clues that helped cops get to him within hours. Police analysed GPS logs of the van, Shukla's call records and electronic locations and human intelligence network to solve the case.

Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi announced the record proudly on his on Twitter handle on Jan 2.

Source- IndiaTimes

The Chief Justice Of India Is Carpooling To Work At The Supreme Court During #OddEven Days - #Inspiration

In a December 2015 press meet, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had urged everyone to follow the new Odd-Even policy of halving the number of cars on Delhi's roads everyday.

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, had said that a "strong message" would go out if the Chief Justice of India carpools to work. While the vehicles of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur are exempt from the policy, an elated Kejriwal tweeted today morning that he had chosen to carpool to work.

According to an Indian Express report, T S Thakur and Justice A K Sikri have agreed to carpool with each other. Thakur has an even numbered license plate, and Sikri has an odd numbered plate. Incidentally, Chief Justice T S Thakur had remarked in December that while implementation of Odd-Even would have "difficulties", they would abide by it. "...We judges will abide by it. I and my brother judges will go for car pooling to reach Supreme Court."

Source- Indian Express

Honest Autorickshaw Driver Travels 32 KM To Return Laptop To Owner

Pune based autorickshaw driver Dilip Raising returned a bag with a laptop left behind by a software engineer M Narendra Chaudhari on Sunday morning.

Raising drove to Baner from Pune railway station to trace the passenger. When he did not find him, he approached Magarpatta police chowky under the Hadapsar police station and handed over the bag.

Chaudhari had come to the police chowky to lodge a complaint and found his laptop intact. Assistant inspector of the Hadapsar police station Salim Nadaf felicitated Raising.

Nadaf says that on Sunday around 8.30 am, Chaudhari had boarded Raising's autorickshaw in Magarpatta area to go to Baner.

"Chaudhari was carrying his laptop bag with him. After alighting from the autorickshaw, Chaudhari hurriedly paid the fare and walked away, leaving behind his possession," Nadaf said.

Raising picked up another passenger and left for Pune railway station. "While checking, Raising found a red bag behind the seat and a laptop in it when he opened it," he said.

He knew it belonged to his previous passenger. "Raising immediately drove back to Baner and searched the area for his passenger," he said. He then went in the opposite direction to Magarpatta from where the passenger had boarded his autorickshaw.

"He waited for some time to locate the laptop bag's owner and then decided to hand it over to the nearest police chowky ," Nadaf said.

Raising told the policemen the entire story. "Just as he was about to leave, Chaudhari rushed in. He identified his bag and laptop worth Rs 70,000," Nadaf said.

The Impact Of The 6.7 Magnitude Manipur Earthquake That Destroyed Imphal

According to the Indian Meteorological department, the epicentre was in Tamenglong district, in Manipur and state government officials said the epicentre was at Noney village in Tamenglong around 35 kms from Imphal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that an NDRF team has been instructed to move from Guwahati to the areas affected by the earthquake. 

Union home minister Rajnath Singh, who is in Guwahati, also felt the earthquake which occurred in the country's highest Zone V earthquake risk zone. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about his presence and asked him to oversee the situation.

The states where the tremors were registered include Assam, Manipur, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.

Source- TOI

Daughter Joins The Same Court As A Judge Where Her Father Sells Tea!

Surinder Kumar has worked as a tea seller all his life. As an owner of a tea shop right across the court, Surinder has been serving people tea at the complex of the sub-divisional magistrate in Nakodar (Jalandhar district), for years. But little did he know that one day his daughter would walk through the doors of the same court as a judge!

23-year-old Shruti passed the Punjab Civil Services (Judicial) Examination in the first attempt, and after a year's training at the academy, she is now ready to pronounce judgments and bring some justice to the world.

While speaking to Deccan Herald, Shruti said, "I always wanted to be associated with the legal profession. I wanted to be a judge. I sat for the examination and stood first in the SC category." She made her dreams come and father proud.

After graduating from Guru Nanak Dev University, Shruti went on to study law at Punjab University, Patiala. As a woman achiever, Shruti feels that women are now at the forefront of topping the country's competitive exams. "My friends like Harpreet Kaur Sidhu have also qualified in the judicial examination. Her father is a police inspector. I am not the only one," she added.

Shruti was recently applauded for success, with Rajya Sabha MP and BJP vice-president Avinash Rai Khanna calling her achievement as "an honour for Punjab."

Source - Deccan Herald/Indiatimes

Maternity Leave For Private Sector Employees To Increase From 12 To 26 Weeks

The central government has decided to to increase the maternity leave for private sector employees from the existing 12 weeks to 26 weeks.

"We had written to the Labour Ministry asking that the maternity leave be extended taking into account the six months of breastfeeding that is required post childbirth. The Labour Ministry has agreed to increase it to six-and-a-half months," Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Monday. 

According to reports, the ministry is also planning to approach the Labour Ministry to further extend the maternity leave to 32 weeks or 8 months, where by women employed in private sector are entitled to receive full salary and other benefits during the period of leave.

Even though the move is a welcome step many including labour unions have expressed concerns that it could affect the job prospects of women in the private sector in the long run.