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Delhi Underground: M Gayatri mantra

A 40-year-old man walked up to police at Rajiv Chowk Metro station to register his protest against the presence of young couples at the station.

M Gayatri, the Class XII CBSE topper this year, may have made headlines for securing 99.2 per cent, but the student of New Greenfield School has become the subject of major trolling on social networking sites on account of her high marks. A Facebook page, titled M Gayatri trolls, has received 3,750 ‘likes’ since it was created last week. A popular troll on the page reads, “M Gayatri read so much that Gayatri mantra is now M Gayatri mantra.”

‘Friend’ of minister

While trying to get a government department to do something, being “friends” with a minister or someone in the minister’s office is always a plus. A call went to the office of the Forest department from the “PWD minister’s office”, with the person on the line asking the official to “get a move on” on an application for felling a tree. The official who took the call asked the caller his designation. The caller refused. It turned out, the caller was simply a “friend” of the minister and had made the call to get the department to speed up the process.

Flower power

As municipal corporations continue to reel under a financial crisis, civic officials have been exploring austerity measures. One such measure announced last week directed officials and elected representatives to not keep flower vases in their offices. North corporation Standing Committee Chairperson Mohan Bhardwaj said flower decorations cost the body up to Rs 8,000 per day.

Cops not convinced

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A 40-year-old man walked up to police at Rajiv Chowk Metro station to register his protest against the presence of young couples at the station. “I will make a PCR call if you do not take action against these boys and girls. The sight of young couples at the station makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Why don’t you do something?” he said. The policemen brushed aside his protest. After he left, a policeman was heard telling a woman colleague. “Why should we monitor the public and their behaviour? We have no right to. He can go ahead and call ‘100’.”

Chew this

At a Health department meeting on the Maggi row, a senior official, while explaining the test results, couldn’t pronounce Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), found in five of the tested samples. After calling it “Glaumice”, then “Glaumic”, as he struggled for the third time, another official prompted him about its acronym. From there on, throughout the briefing, the official used the acronym.

First uploaded on: 08-06-2015 at 02:58 IST
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