A 35-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by his brother-in-law on Sunday over a business dispute in northeast Delhi, police said. The victim was identified as Hemant, they said. According to police, they received a call from PCR about a firing incident around 6:20 pm and rushed to the spot in First Pusta, Sonia Vihar. They found out that Bantu’s sisters, Rekha and Chandni, had come to visit him at Bhai Dooj with their husbands, Ajay and Hemant, respectively, a senior police officer said. Both Ajay and Hemant are into making garlands, he said. During the festivities, a heated argument broke out between Ajay and Hemant over their business dealings. Ajay shot Hemant and fled, the officer said.

Delhi lawyers on strike today

A committee of Delhi bar associations decided to go on strike on Monday to protest against the alleged attack on lawyers in a courtroom in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Lawyers and baton-wielding police clashed in a courtroom in Ghaziabad on October 29 after the judge called for force to remove a group of protesting defenders who raised slogans against him over a disagreement. PTI

Campaign to save Yamuna

A social organization on Sunday launched a year-long campaign to clean and rejuvenate the Yamuna river in Delhi-NCR and Braj region. The ‘Bhikshatan Mahayajna’ campaign was launched on the occasion of Bhai Dooj by Ravi Shankar Tiwari, the coordinator of Yamuna Sansad. The campaign was inaugurated near the Chhath ghat at ITO and was attended by community representatives and school children.