<p>Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India living in Delhi to be provided with foolproof security.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He made these comments while addressing a function organised here to mark the 68th raising day of Delhi Police.<br /><br />"Women's safety is a major issue," Singh said, adding that modern technology should be utilised to enable quick response to those in danger.<br /><br />All mobile phones, irrespective of their make, should be provided with a special button that could send message to police, thereby help could reach the distressed within minutes, he said.<br /><br />Work in this direction is already on and soon all mobile phones would have this facility, the minister said mentioning 'Himmat', a mobile phone-based application for safety of women in Delhi.<br /><br />He said it was a step in the right direction and Delhi Police should come out with more technological solutions for modern-day problems and issues.<br />Singh had launched Delhi Police's mobile phone app Himmat Jan 1.<br /><br />Touching upon issues relating to minorities, he said security should be provided to all religious places.<br /><br />He was careful not to mention the attacks on Christian institutions in the city.<br />The minister, however, mentioned the 1984 Delhi riots against the Sikhs and said the Centre had already constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the riots.<br /><br />"I am confident that now justice would be served to those affected by the riots," he said.<br />In the past two months, six Christian institutions were vandalised in Delhi. This led to protests with community leaders urging the government to look after them.<br /><br />With regard to the north-eastern people, he said: "The people from the north-eastern region should not feel alienated in the national capital."<br /><br />He also asked the police to be "considerate to the poor" and "tough on criminals".<br />"Delhi being the national capital has people from all corners of the country. There are poor people earning their livelihood working on road-side stalls... you should be considerate to them but you should be tough on the criminals and others who create problems here," he said.<br /></p>
<p>Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday underlined the need for women, religious minorities and people belonging to the north-eastern region of India living in Delhi to be provided with foolproof security.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He made these comments while addressing a function organised here to mark the 68th raising day of Delhi Police.<br /><br />"Women's safety is a major issue," Singh said, adding that modern technology should be utilised to enable quick response to those in danger.<br /><br />All mobile phones, irrespective of their make, should be provided with a special button that could send message to police, thereby help could reach the distressed within minutes, he said.<br /><br />Work in this direction is already on and soon all mobile phones would have this facility, the minister said mentioning 'Himmat', a mobile phone-based application for safety of women in Delhi.<br /><br />He said it was a step in the right direction and Delhi Police should come out with more technological solutions for modern-day problems and issues.<br />Singh had launched Delhi Police's mobile phone app Himmat Jan 1.<br /><br />Touching upon issues relating to minorities, he said security should be provided to all religious places.<br /><br />He was careful not to mention the attacks on Christian institutions in the city.<br />The minister, however, mentioned the 1984 Delhi riots against the Sikhs and said the Centre had already constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the riots.<br /><br />"I am confident that now justice would be served to those affected by the riots," he said.<br />In the past two months, six Christian institutions were vandalised in Delhi. This led to protests with community leaders urging the government to look after them.<br /><br />With regard to the north-eastern people, he said: "The people from the north-eastern region should not feel alienated in the national capital."<br /><br />He also asked the police to be "considerate to the poor" and "tough on criminals".<br />"Delhi being the national capital has people from all corners of the country. There are poor people earning their livelihood working on road-side stalls... you should be considerate to them but you should be tough on the criminals and others who create problems here," he said.<br /></p>