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SHORT-CIRCUIT Sonepat, April 17 According to estimates, the wheat which is gutted in one season could meet the three-day requirement of the entire population of the district. Nearly, 180 incidents of fire were reported last year. Of these, in 131 cases, the standing crop in two or more acres was gutted. At least 80 per cent of the incidents were caused by short-circuits as electricity wires hang precariously close to each other over the fields. Sparking invariably leads to fire. The farmers have alleged that despite complaints to the linesmen in the electricity department, the wires are not tightened up. Last season, the cropped area affected by incidents of fire included 15 acres in village Naina Tatarpur, 8 acres in village Atail, 9 acres in village Jagdishpur, 15 acres in village Shekhpura, 10 acres in Ahir Majra, 11 acres in Barota, 3 acres each in Turakpur, Khewra, Jatola and Deepalpur and 4 acres or more each in Mukeempur, Badwasni and Garhi Kalan. In more than a dozen villages, the crop damage was confined to less than 3 acres. There is no respite this season also. Every day, one or two incidents are reported from different areas, even though harvesting is in full swing. Since April 8, such incidents have been reported in Ratan Garh, Badkhalsa, Kilorad, Badmalik, Panchi Gujran and Barota. At least in five villages, the cause of fire was short-circuit. The villagers of Panchi Gujran and Barota have lodged several complaints with the electricity authorities, but no action has been taken to tighten the loose wires. Taking a serious note of the incidents, the deputy commissioner has instructed the electricity authorities to get the loose wires tightened. He has also banned the burning of husk in the fields. |
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Fee-faw-fum … A village
lives in dread of a spook Ghaziabad, April 17 But as dusk falls and silence descends inhabitants of Shanti Vihar in Chamri village near Hapur say they have been feeling the presence of a ghost who has reportedly been haunting the place for over two months now. The death of three kids, including a boy and his sister, in the village has been attributed to the demon. The district administration seems to care two hoots for the phantom. No efforts have been made to allay the misgivings of the natives and exorcise their fears. A number of tantriks camping in the village profess they can drive the ghost out of the bodies of the victims. They have asked the womenfolk not to wear blue and yellow coloured garments. Dr A. K. Goel, in-charge of the health centre, says, “Science does not permit us to give credence to the existence of spirits or ghosts. A team of doctors has visited the village. The administrative officers have also tried to banish their fears, but the villagers refuse to see reason. They vehemently declare that they have seen an apparition umpteen times. The medical team, which visited Chamri village on a fact-finding mission, has suggested that the villagers need a psychiatrist’s attention. The police have also recorded the statement of the physically challenged girl in whose body the spirit is residing. Dr B. S. Sodhi and pharmacist Neeraj Saini medically examined two women, Pushpa and Sultana, who were reportedly assaulted by the ghost. Dr Goel said: “The doctors could not detect symptoms of any disease in these women.” The cases were psychiatric in nature and had nothing to do with ghosts or spirits, he asserted. “If people are repeatedly told horror stories, it affects their psyche and people tend to feel the presence of a spirit. People need to be protected from rumours and a change of environment can do them a lot of good.” A police team has talked thrice with the villagers. They were told that the spirit keeps entering the body of Hakimuddin’s physically challenged daughter, Sultana. The spirit reportedly told the police, “I am Anis. I was murdered. If you punish my killers, I will go away.” The police put some questions to the spirit in connection with two recent murders in Chamri village. The disclosures reportedly startled the police team. Inspector Dharam Veer Singh says, “It is difficult to say anything definite in this connection.” Meanwhile, the denizens of Chamri continue to live in dread of a ghost. |
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Power co told to cough up Rs 2.31 lakh to New Delhi, April 17 The forum in its judgement said, “The NDPL has put complainants to unnecessary harassment, mental agony and tension for years together and the complainants remained without electricity for many years...We hold NDPL guilty of deficiency of service.” It also said, “Every visit of the complainants to the NDPL office and loud protests fell on the deaf ears of the company”, asking the power company to pay a compensation of Rs 10,000 each to the complainants. Besides, the court also directed the erring power company to pay Rs 1,000 each as litigation costs to the aggrieved and give direct electricity connection to them besides installing meters on their premises. Forum president K. K. Chopra, members Neeru Mittal and S .C Jain, holding the NDPL responsible, said the company was “totally negligent in performing its duties and has scant regard for the consumers, who are being constantly ill-treated on various grounds”. The complainants, all residents of Bhagwan Park in North Delhi, claimed that they had failed to get new electricity connections even though they had paid all charges. Authorised to provide electricity connection after the privatisation of the Delhi Vidyut Board, the NDPL denied these allegations and contended that the Delhi High Court had issued a stay on the interim order of the forum. |
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DDA accused of choking 2,000 trees New Delhi, April 17 The PBC had signed a memorandum of understanding with the MCD for developing seven acres of land in Nehru Place into a park and a green belt. This MoU was, however, cancelled recently as the DDA wanted to take over the maintenance of the green belt. The DDA had also announced plans of turning the greens into an underground parking lot and opening night bazaars in the area. The initiative was, however, scuttled when the citizens aided by NGOs and even the officials dissuaded the DDA from chopping the trees. The PBC has now alleged that these greens are dying because the DDA has failed to take care of the trees. It has been pointed out that the soil in Nehru Place is rocky and the water level is below 280 feet. Without proper maintenance and regular irrigation these trees are likely to die. |
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Youth shot dead at railway crossing Ghaziabad, April 17 Since the gate at the railway crossing was closed the traffic was awaiting the gate to be reopened. The victim was also waiting in his jeep when two assailants in a Santro car shot at the victim who died on the spot. A person sitting by his side ran for cover and saved his life. He informed the Kavi Nagar and Sihani Gate police and an advocate, a relative of his, Mr M. P. Varma, on phone. The murder in broad daylight created panic in the city. The Station Officer in charge of the two police stations and the SP (City), Mr Ghaneshwar Tiwari, reached the crime scene. The victim, Devinder, son of Bhagat of Maliwara, was proceeding towards a local court with Hira Lal, son of Jagdish Varma, resident of Shivaji Nagar. Hira Lal was going to drop Devinder back to his residence afterwards. As the gate at the new Ghaziabad railway station was closed, they were waiting in their jeep. Two assailants in a Santro car came from behind and shot at Hira Lal and Devinder. First, shots were fired from a pistol but when they missed the target a rifle was used by the assailants. Devinder was hit in the chest and died on the spot. Hira Lal ran for his life and escaped. The firing caused a commotion among people in other vehicles who were waiting for the level crossing to reopen. The assailants fled in their car towards Raj Nagar after the crime. The SP said a murder case was filed against Hira Lal in July 2000. Hira Lal was going for a hearing in connection with the murder of a person named Varinder. Hira Lal was released from jail five months ago. He has told the police the names of the assailants. |
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BRIEFLY... New Delhi Manocha was later produced before Special Judge Prem Kumar and remanded to judicial custody till April 24. Gogia and Taneja would be produced in court tomorrow. Meanwhile, the court also remanded Dharambir Khattar, who allegedly acted as a conduit for sacked DDA Vice- Chairman Subhash Sharma to fix deals in return for undue favours, to CBI custody for five days, even as differences persisted over the condition of his health. Retailers warned against
artificial shortages New
Delhi The government, Ms Dikshit said, would scrap the licences issued to wholesalers and others if essential commodities continued to be sold at inflated prices. TNS Husband torches wife for refusing him an extra peg Noida (Bulandshahr): A man with a liking for alcohol sprinkled kerosene on his wife and set fire to her on her refusal to part with money to enable him to down a few pegs in the Kotwali area here yesterday. The woman, who sustained more than 60 per cent burns, has been admitted to the government hospital in a critical condition. Seema, daughter of Gulal Singh of Azizabad village, was married to a youth of Mohalla Radha Nagar who turned out to be a drunkard. He often used to beat up his wife and two kids. On Tuesday, he reportedly came home drunk and asked his wife for money to have more drinks. Angered at her refusal to finance his ‘bad habit’, he sprinkled kerosene on her and put a match to it. On hearing the commotion, neighbours came running. Seema was rushed to hospital in a serious condition by the police. Her husband had in the meantime fled from the scene. Seema made a statement before the SDM, Sadar. A search is on for the accused man.
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TIRADE Sonepat, April 17 In a signed press statement issued here today, he claimed that the people of Haryana were fed up with the misrule and autocratic attitude of Mr Chautala and were ready to ‘overthrow’ him from power. He said that the farmers were annoyed with the Chautala government for not giving adequate relief for the losses suffered due to the unprecedented drought conditions last year. He also alleged that the state government had not taken any step to ensure regular power and water supply to them during the kharif and rabi seasons in the agriculture sector. He justified the peaceful agitation being launched by the BKU against the ‘anti-farmer policies’ of the Chautala government. Mr Hooda also expressed his concern at the deteriorating condition of the farmers, who were on an indefinite fast and demanded the immediate release of the BKU president, Mr Ghasi Ram Nain as well as the withdrawal of the criminal cases instituted against other BKU leaders. He urged the Chief Minister to accept the demands of the farmers without any further delay and avoid the confrontation with them. He also criticised the new house tax policy and alleged that the house tax had been increased manifold and in some cases. The Congress leader also opposed the implementation of the value added tax (VAT) in the state and alleged that the Act was passed in the Vidhan Sabha in haste. He said the new system would restore the inspector-raj and lead to the harassment of traders and increase the prices of items of daily use. He said that almost all the states of the country had deferred the implementation of the VAT system, but Haryana had implemented it from April 1. He said that the HPCC president, Mr Bhajan Lal, would undertake an extensive tour of the state to mobilise the public opinion against the ‘anti-farmer’ policies of the Chautala government. Mr Hooda called upon the people of Fatehabad Assembly constituency to vote against the INLD candidate and ‘teach a lesson’ to Mr Chautala, so that he could not dare to pursue the ‘anti-people’ policies in future.  |
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Standing Committee chairman New Delhi, April 17 The opposition
party (BJP) did not nominate any member for the posts. Chairman’s
election was done under the guidance of Ms Shalu Malik, a Congress
councillor who said both the candidates had been re-elected again as
under their leadership, the corporation carried out a number of
developmental works. While addressing the corporation members, Ram
Babu Sharma said that he worked to make the Capital neat and clean.
Whatever the promises made by the Congress in its election manifesto,
he would try to fulfil it, he said.
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Bhiwani building plans mired in red tape Bhiwani, April 17 The state government had regularised 41 unauthorised colonies of Bhiwani during September but the government soon withdrew its order. During this period, the Municipal Council had served notices to many of the residents for depositing development charges. Later, when it was announced that the government had withdrawn its orders, the residents stopped depositing development fees. Moreover, they even stopped seeking sanctions for construction of their buildings. Sources said that the Municipal Council earned Rs 12 lakh by means of development charges deposited during September 2002 and January 2003. The council had received nearly 200 building plans for sanction during the above period. In old system, a building plan was sanctioned within a month. Now it takes nearly six months to get the final sanction. The applicants, in most cases, have to run from one office to another to plead his case. According to the Haryana Council Act, the decision on a proposed building plan must be taken within a period of 60 days. However, employees unnecessarily cause delays owing to its complicated procedure. Sources said that there were 50 building plans lying with the Municipal Council for sanction but no decision could be taken on them till date. Previously, the Municipal Council had been sanctioning between 300 to 350 building plans every year. However, there was a dramatic reduction in the number of plans sanctioned by the Municipal Council. |
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Livid villagers lay siege to
SP’s office in Sonepat Sonepat, April 17 They have also alleged that a numbardar of the village was a police tout and it was on his behest that Ram Prasad was falsely implicated in a case of drug trafficking. According to reports, large number of residents, including women of village Tharu, reached the office of the Superintendent of Police in tractor-trollies and sat on a dharna demanding the immediate cancellation of the ‘fabricated’ case registered against Ram Gopal at the Sadar Police Station. They alleged that the Sadar police have shown the arrest of Ram Prasad from near the sugar-mill, whereas he was taken into custody from the village itself. The villagers also alleged that the 7 kg charas, which the police claim to have recovered from the possession of Ram Prasad, was brought to the police station by the village numbardar, Ram Gopal, who was reportedly ‘not on good terms’ with the family of Ram Prasad alias Happan. They also said that Ram Prasad was previously implicated in a false case related to the death of a grandson of Ram Gopal. However, he was released after 12-13 days of police custody when no proof of his involvement was found.
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SPECIAL FOCUS ON ROHTAK Rohtak, April 17 Thanks to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC), which has given an excellent score of 80 to 85 per cent (B++), this university need not wait for another five years to get the university assessed and accredited again. The university intends to go to the NAAC in this regard within the next two years after making qualitative improvements such as complete computerisation of the entire administrative and academic set up. The improvements proposed include full-fledged departmental library, alumni association, counselling and student placement cells, regular student seminars and a research journal. All the departments shall seek funding from various national agencies such as UGC, DSA, DST, FIRST, DBT etc and try to have collaboration with national and international institute of repute. The departments like Bio-Sciences and Sociology may be granted academic autonomy in order to encourage quality teaching and research. In order to promote and adopt interdisciplinary teaching and research, the university may introduce school concepts. The university is also devising some ways and means to encourage teachers to take up research projects, publish research papers, to provide consultancy services and to generate resources. It may establish an internal academic and administrative audit, both for teaching departments and administration in order to monitor the process for quality assurances as per UGC guidelines. The university is further planning to establish a feedback mechanism, through questionnaires and other structured formats, to improve academic performance and related services for the students as well as for evaluation of teacher’s performance by students. The university may conduct special training programmes for its administrative staff as well as for its teaching faculty in their related areas of management and teaching. The most important and urgently required step on the part of the university is to fill up the large number of vacancies in its teaching departments and administration. Some of these key vacant posts include the Finance Officer, Dean of College Development Council, librarian, Director of Distance Education etc. There are a number of teaching departments in the university, which have acute shortage of teachers and professors. Out of 26 departments, the Departments of Education, Computer Sciences, Defence Studies, Physical Education, Fine Arts, Music, Journalism and Geography do not have even a single professor to guide the department. The university has already established a large number of Chairs in the names of distinguished personalities like Maharshi Dayanand, Maharshi Balmiki, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr B R Ambedkar, Sir Chhotu Ram, Pt. Lakhmi Chand. In practice, however, little research work is being carried out. The university will have to pay special attention to research and make the Chairs functional and operative in practice. In a way, it is also a warning to the university to either implement the proposed improvements so as to get A++ grade from the NAAC or be prepared for ‘C’ grade after five years. |
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Residents face water shortage as dog days roll on Rohtak, April 17 The residents have to wake up at around midnight for piped water in several localities like Dev Colony, Bharat Colony, Babra Mohalla, Pratap Chowk, Kayasthan Mohalla, Julaha Mohalla, Kamal Colony, Ram Gopal Colony, Model Town, Adarsh Nagar, Daryav Nagar, etc. The people have been getting piped water in these localities from midnight to 5 am in place of 6 to 8 pm. As a result, the residents are forced to wake up and store water even after midnight. Ms Nirmala Devi, Ms Kaushalya Devi, Ms Banta Devi, all residents of Babra Mohalla locality, alleged that the water was being supplied only for 15 to 30 minutes. Moreover, they said that the water pressure was quite low and the people residing in higher altitudes could not get this essential commodity even for a few minutes. The residents alleged that setting up of boosters in these localities was eyewash as the water tanks were almost empty. Mr Nathu Ram, Mr Hem Chand and Mr Yogesh Chand, residents of Mata Darwaja locality, said the scarcity of potable water had put them in a difficult situation. They said they had to fetch water from far-off places. Long queues of women could be seen at the public stand posts who had to wait for at least an hour to get a bucket of water. They apprehended that the situation could worsen in the ensuing scorching days. Mr Surya Dev Dahiya, Mr P S Balhara and Mr Amitabh Kant, residents of Adarsh Nagar locality, said that one or two members in almost all the families in the colony had been suffering from waterborne diseases due to contaminated water for the last few months. They alleged that the matter had been highlighted several times in different newspapers but the health authorities had failed to take any effective step. They said inadequate supply of piped water had added to their woes. The situation is worse in rural areas where certain private tubewell operators have been engaged in minting money by providing piped water to the villagers at much higher prices. The residents of Kiloi, Kharawar, Baliana, Samchana, Samar Gopalpur, Nindana, Farmana, Bharan said they had no option than to get piped water at exorbitant rates from these private suppliers. It is learnt that a sum of Rs 50 to Rs 100 was being charged by the private tubewell operators from the consumers per month besides a security ranging from Rs 2,500 to Rs 4,000 for a connection. The villagers alleged that the private suppliers used to increase the tariff whenever a slight hike was made in the petroleum products. According to a report, the residents of Kultana village in Sampla town alleged that they had not got a single drop of piped water for the last one week. The Public Health authorities admitted the scarcity of piped water and promised that adequate supply of piped water would be restored soon. |
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Two killed as Tata 407 turns turtle Jhajjar, April 17 According to information, the vehicle was loaded with tents hired for a marriage in Luksar village from Dalal tent house in Bahadurgarh. The sources said that about 10 persons, most of them hired as waiters for the wedding, were sitting above the tents while a couple of persons were sitting inside the driver cabin. However, the driver of the vehicle lost control while negotiating a short turn just ahead of the village and it fell in 5-6 feet deep ditch along the road side. While two of the persons sitting above, Bijender, son of Shankar and Balloan, son of Bhokhal, residents of Kabir Basti in Bahadurgarh died in accident, eight others injured and admitted to hospital. Three of them Chhotoo, Raju, son of Rampalat and Raju were referred to the Medical College in Rohtak. Others Kishan, Surender, Ramchandar, Uday Prakash Narsi and Ramdhan driver were admitted to the civil hospital in Bahadurgarh. The police have registered a case of rash driving against the driver on the complaint of one of the injured. |
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SONEPAT Sonepat, April 17 According to a report, the accused would undergo further six months rigorous imprisonment in default of the payment of fine. The judge also convicted Sanjeev and his father Ishwar under Sections 323, 325 and 34 IPC and sentenced them to three years rigorous’ imprisonment with a fine of Rs 4,000 each in the same case. The judge ordered their release on bail after furnishing the bail bonds and security.
Murder accused acquitted The Additional Sessions Judge, Ms Anita Chaudhary, has acquitted four accused, including two women, Ms Shashi, Ms Roshni, Zile Singh and Bansi while pronouncing the judgement in a murder case. According to the prosecution story, the accused belonged to Nagar village and they had been arrested under Section 302 and 34 IPC on December 2, 1999 in connection with the murder of one Dharma of the same village and their challans were sent to the court.
Ex-armyman crushed to death Mr Dilbagh, a retired armyman was crushed to death by a truck near the railway crossing here last night. According to a report, the victim was going on foot when the accident occurred. The police have registered the case against the truck driver on the charge of rash and negligent driving and causing the death of the victim. The body has been sent for a post-mortem.
Teacher held for ‘unfair’ means Mr Narinder, a teacher of a privately managed school has been arrested by the police while was getting the photo copies of the question papers of the
Open School examinations in a shop, just before the start of the exam. According to a report, the teacher brought two mathematics question papers from an examination centre set up at Khewra village in this district. Further investigations were in progress.
Strike causes shortage of daily use goods All the truck operators in the city and elsewhere in the district continued their strike today, creating the shortage of fruit and vegetables as well as other goods of daily use. According to a report, the truck operators also reiterated their decision to continue the strike till the 10-pointe charter of demands is accepted by the government. |
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BRIEFS Faridabad, April 17 This has been stated by the president of the Haryana unit of the Janata Dal (U), Mr Ved Prakash Vidrohi. In a statement here today, he said the petroleum companies increased the petrol and diesel prices by about Rs 4 a litre in the past four months when the prices of raw oil increased from US$23 a barrel to US$32 a barrel in the international market, but he said as the prices of oil had gone down again to US$24 a barrel, the reduction in the petrol and diesel prices announced had been only one rupee per litre, while it should have been about Rs 4 per litre. He alleged that the petroleum companies had been cheating the people by increasing and decreasing the prices according to their own norms. He alleged that the Union Petroleum ministry had also been a party to the cheating and said that it should not favour the companies and could not escape the responsibility of doing justice to consumers. Mr Vidrohi said the Union Petroleum Minister should resign on the issue as the system lacked transparency. Wheat arrival picks
up in Sonepat towns Sonepat The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Balwan Singh, told the mediapersons here today that at least 35,844 tonnes of wheat had arrived so far in the district and the official procurement had purchased the entire stocks barring five tonnes of wheat which had been purchased by the private traders. The Food and Supplies Department, he said, had purchased 7,008 tonnes, HAFED 17,245 tonnes, FCI 2,870 tonnes and Confed 3,350 tonnes. He disclosed that the purchasing centres had been set up in Mohana, Mundlana, Murthal, Pugthala, Purkhas, Rukhi, Sanpera, Baroda, Bhainswal, Bichpari, Biswan Meel, Datauli, Farmana, Kasandi Kathura, Khanpur Kalan and Kharkhauda. The DC disclosed that the officials of all the procurement agencies had been asked to lift the wheat stocks purchased by them from the grain markets and the purchasing centres so that the farmers could unload their stocks from the tractor-trolleys and other auto vehicles. He warned that if they failed to lift the purchased stocks, stern action would be taken against them. The DC denied the shortage of gunny bags and said that the district administration had made adequate arrangements for the buying of wheat stocks marketed by the farmers at the support price fixed by the government. |
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DELHI DIGEST New Delhi, April 17 Mr Walia and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, presented BDS degree to 21 students and MBBS degree to 150 students. Thirty students also completed their postgraduate courses. The MAMC is one of the largest hospital complexes in the country. The Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital, GB Pant Hospital and the Guru Nanak Eye Centre are associated with MAMC. Film training institute Kalkaji-based premier film training institute, Foundation Institute for Learning Media has added a new fizz by inducting celebrities like Mahesh Bhatt, Shekhar Suman and G.S. Mayawala, President, Film Federation of India into its advisory board. During a programme organised at the beginning of its sixth batch, the institute Managing Director, Mr Shalendra Goel, informed that the latest equipment have been installed in the institute, courtesy its sister concern Shally Shuman production and Alfa TV. According to the course cordinator of the institute, Mr Mansoor Naqvi, we offer many short courses like production, direction, animation, acting, editing, camera handling and news anchoring. ‘Govt sensitive to cause of haemophilia’ The Haemophilia Federation India (HFI) and Haemophilia Society Delhi (HSD) observed the 20th World Haemophilia Day here today. Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest, Dr V N Sardana, Consultant Finance, NACO, said that the government is sensitive to the cause of haemophilia. This is reflected in the formulation of the National Blood Policy which encourages blood banks to supply blood components free of charge to the needy. Dr Sardana added that the AHF is imported at exorbitant prices as there are no fractional units in India, but there is hope since the corporates have approached the government for setting up fractional units. He emphasised the need for the HFI to adopt a comprehensive approach to the government for supply and distribution of AHF, the life-saving drug needed for the haemophiliacs. The function organised at Lions Hospital was attended by leading doctors and patients. Each patient was given a vial of factor as a token of the continuing support extended by the HSD. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which blood does not clot, causing the person to bleed excessively. The cost of treatment is high and the diagnosis difficult. |
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members of light-fingered gang held New Delhi, April 17 One country-made weapon, two live cartridges and two knives were recovered from them. The police received a tip-off that the accused Rajesh alias Raja (21), Santy (20), Christoper Joseph alias Babloo (19), Ravi alias Anil (23) and Govind (21), all residents of Kalyan Puri would assemble near the Suraj Mal Park in Anand Vihar and nabbed them. Fire service celebrations As part of the fire service celebrations, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has organised mock firefighting exercise including demonstration-cum-mock exercise. The exercise include rescue operation carried in high-rise buildings like fireman lift, sliding by stretcher, chair-note, flying fox, extinguishing the fire by automatic sprinkler system and carbon dioxide flooding system in the LT and HT electrical panels. Besides, extinguishers, automatic sprinkler system and dry chemical flooding system were also operated during the demonstration. |
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Girl kidnapped from Badsi village Bhiwani, April 17 Safai Karamchari Union Kamla Devi has been re-elected president of the Nagar Parishad Safai Karamchari Union, Bhiwani unanimously. Others who have been nominated include Ashok Kumar and Dev Raj Dhikav, vice-president; Kamal Kangra, secretary; Inder Kumar, treasurer and Ram Chander, auditor. Kaushalya, Asha, Kamlesh, Sarla, Nandi, Kali and Shanti have been inducted as working committee members. Road accident A man reportedly sustained injuries in a road accident near Bidnoi village today. The injured identified as Om Prakash of Kairu village was walking down a road when an unidentified vehicle hit him. He has been admitted to civil hospital. Car stereo stolen A stereo was reportedly stolen from a car parked outside a private nursing home at local Hansi Chowk. The car owner Baiman had come to see a patient and when he returned to car and found the stereo missing. He has reported the matter to the police. In another incident, thieves stole sewing machine and clothes from a tailor shop at Makdoli village last night.
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