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by September New Delhi, April 26 DMRC Managing Director E Sreedharan, who accompanied Mrs Dikshit and her Cabinet colleague and Transport Minister Ajay Maken, said the next stretch from Trinagar to Rithala would be ready by March 2004. This 8.5-km stretch would bring relief to the residents of Rohini, Pitampura, Wazirpur, Madhuban Chowk and Lawrence Road. On the occasion, the Chief Minister commended the DMRC for its efficiency and planning. “The Metro,” she said, “is maintaining an excellent punctuality that is comparable with the best in the world. The maximum speed of the Metro train would be increased to 80 km per hour with the introduction of Automatic Train Protection System by September this year.” Mrs Dikshit hoped more people would use the Metro after the network spreads. “We have 35,000 commuters using the service on working days and maybe 5,000 more on weekends. The DMRC has incurred a loss of Rs 10 lakh … which is nothing compared to the magnitude of the project,” she noted. “The government has to provide the essential services, be it power, water or buses even if it incurs losses,” she added. Mr Sreedharan dispelled fears that there was going to be a steep revision in fares. He said as a promotional venture, the fares were fixed 20 per cent less than the official rate to encourage more people to use the Metro. Now the corporation has suggested a 10 per cent hike but it has to be approved by an official committee, he clarified. DMRC moots alternative plan A committee headed by DMRC Chairman and Delhi BJP president Madan Lal Khurana has said that the MRTS being constructed at a ‘phenomenally’ high cost would be affordable to ‘only a privileged few’ and suggested alternative plan to solve the Capital’s transport problems. The seven-member BJP committee, set up to study the problem, in its report released today said, “The project, built at a phenomenally high cost of Rs 2,000 crore, would make it affordable to only a privileged few.” In its Action Plan for solving traffic problems of Delhi, the BJP, if it forms the next government in NCT of Delhi, promises to lay 130 kms of rail track along identified routes, advance the completion of Phase II of Delhi Metro, introduce sky cabs, new bus routes with high capacity buses and feeder systems to the main public transport system with new walkways, cycle tracks and subways. “NCT of Delhi is over-dependent on road network and keeping in view the burgeoning population and the problem of traffic congestion, we need an alternative which we have recommended and it will be in place within five years,” Mr Khurana told reporters. BJP Parliamentary Party spokesman VK Malhotra said the committee would shortly submit the report to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and urge him to appoint a Group of Ministers to oversee its implementation. |
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Where motorists find themselves in a tight spot Faridabad, April 26 Most of the roads are in disrepair. It becomes really embarrassing when the state government speaks of inviting foreign investment in business and industry in premier commercial region neighbouring the national Capital. The demand for better infrastructure has been taken up on several occasions, but the work is quite tardy. The state government had reportedly okayed the construction of a four-lane highway between Faridabad and Gurgaon about a year ago, but there has been no sign of any development on the project. It is a fact that there is heavy movement of traffic between the two towns which contributes maximum in terms of revenue to the state exchequer each year. While the government has announced to revive the industrial activity in Faridabad and develop Gurgaon in order to put it on the international map, the authorities forget to do the groundwork when it comes to implementation. The distance between Faridabad and Gurgaon is only 30 km, but it takes more than 45 to 60 minutes to cover the distance. As a number of commuters between the two towns are businessmen, they feel that unless the distance between Faridabad and Gurgaon was made smooth and motorable, the chances of new industry or commercial establishment in the region were not bright. They feel that the present road connecting the towns through the Aravalli hills was in a state of disrepair. The road is just enough to accommodate two light vehicles at one time and when there is a heavy vehicle including a truck or bus coming from the opposite direction, the driver of a vehicle like a car or jeep has to take the vehicle off the road to avoid a mishap. “The metalled layer of road has peeled off at a large stretch and the speed of the vehicle is reduced to 20 to 30 km per hour only while passing over the damaged portion. Moreover, the chances of accidents and damage to vehicle itself increases when one passes over a bad patch,” says D P Sharma, a resident of Sector-16 here, who is a daily commuter. He said he had to go in for the repair of his car more often since he started travelling on this route. Although the authorities have started patching or repairing at some of the points, a distance of several kilometers of the road is still in disrepair. A businessman admitted that the commercial activities could go up sharply in the region if a new four or six lane road was constructed. He said this could not only reduce the travelling time to 20 to 30 minutes but avoid many accidents also every year. |
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BANKING BONANZA Gurgaon, April 26 The decision, as claimed by the GIA, was taken following a meeting of its office-bearers and authorities of the Central Board of Excise and Customs, which falls under the Union Finance Ministry. It had been a longstanding demand from the business and other lobbies in Gurgaon for increasing the number of banks for collecting remittances with regard to Excise Duty as the present facility was proving inadequate in view of the expanding business activities. The GIA delegation also apprised the authorities of the controversy with regard to the issuance of receipt by the collecting banks against the deposit of cheques towards collection of Central Excise Duty. The delegation pointed out that the Punjab National Bank, the lone collecting bank in Gurgoan for the duty, did not issue receipt deposit of cheques in the case of cheques of other banks on the same day.
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students averted Sonepat: A serious clash was averted between two groups of students due to the prompt action taken by the police at Ganaur town, 16 km from here yesterday. According to a report, the police have arrested as many as 16 youths armed with deadly weapons and seized a canter loaded with several arms. A case has also been registered against them. It is stated that two students, namely Ombir of Ganjbar village in Panipat district and Ravi of Tehsil Chowk Panipat came to Ganaur for appearing in the matriculation examination. They exchanged words. Thereupon, Ravi was roughed up by Ombir and his associates. Thereafter, the duo along with their supporters in large number, arrived at Ganaur yesterday. They were armed with many weapons. In the meantime, someone informed the police about the possible clash. The police arrived on the scene but the youths escaped. However, 16 youths were arrested after a hot chase. They include Ravi, Satish, Parveen, Sunil, Rajinder, Sagar, Kapil, Naresh and Mukesh. The police also arrested Ombir, and his supporters Suraj Bhan, Anoop, Rajinder, Sukaram, Rajiv, and Ompal. Meanwhile, the members of the flying squad conducted the surprise checking at various examination centres set up by the Board of School Education Haryana in urban and rural areas of the district for re-conducting the matriculation examination for the mathematics paper yesterday. They also apprehended as many as 16 examinees while they were engaged in copying. Of these, 14 were caught red-handed at an examination centre of Ganaur town. The flying squad members also caught a shopkeeper who was engaged in trying to get the photostat copies of the answers of the question paper. He was immediately handed over to the police. The photostat machine was kept in a medicines shop.
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CRIME Noida, April 26 Four policemen, including SOs of two police stations were also injured in the shoot-out. The police have recovered the cash, jewellery and car from the desperadoes, SP City Vijay Bhushan said. Mahabir Jain, resident of Sector-20 Noida, has a jewellery shop and a liquor vend in Chhabra village. Around 10.30 pm yesterday, Mr Jain left for his home after closing the shop. He was carrying about Rs 1 lakh, jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh. As his car reached Sector-37 crossing, two persons stopped the vehicle, and at gunpoint snatched the car and sped away. Mr Jain immediately informed Sector-39 police station. The police started closing in on the criminals. When SO, Sector-58 saw an Alto car going to Sector-62, he brought his jeep towards it. On seeing the police jeep closing on, the robbers turned the car towards Sector-64. SOs of some other police stations had also reached Sector-64. Finding themselves surrounded, the robbers started firing at the police parties. Both the robbers were killed in return fire by the cops. SO Sector-39, Y P Singh, SO Sector-58 Santosh Kumar Yadav, S I Brahampal Singh and Cop Chhatar Pal Singh were also injured in shooting. They were all rushed to Prayag Hospital in Sector-41 and operated upon. They are said to be out of danger. SP city said that the slain robbers have been identified as Roshan Singh alias Sudarshan Singh, son of Trilok Singh of Pauri Garhwal Uttar Anchal and Yatinder Singh alias Yati had been done. Both are dreaded criminals of Uttaranchal and the SOG of that state was after these criminals who had been involved in the murder of Haldwani industrialist Agarwal. The police have also recovered two American pistols of 32 and 38 bore which could fire from a magazine of 14 rounds at a time, SP city Vijay Bhushan said. Of the injured police officials, he said one of the them, Santosh Kumar had been kept on ventilator. However, all of them are in a stable condition now, SP City added. |
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MC chairperson Jhajjar, April 26 Withdrawing their support to the chairperson in the House, these members decided to move a no-confidence motion at the next meeting of the committee. According to information, the group of discontented members called on the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mohinder Kumar, today and furnished affidavits accusing the chairperson of taking no interest in the functioning of the MC. They alleged the husband of the Mrs Bansal, Mr Pramod Bansal, interfered in the working of the committee and she was a mere rubber stamp. They also alleged financial irregularities and misuse of funds in the MC while the residents of the town were suffering on account of inadequate civic amenities. They said streetlights were non-functional and the sanitation and cleanliness were nowhere in the priority list of the committee. The 12 members are Ranbir Raja, Diwan Chand, Raj Devi, Krishan Thekedar, Rajiv, Prakash Yadav, Santram Saini, Tilak Gosai, Bharat Bhushan, Kalavati, Sultan Yadav and Vinod Saini. The Deputy Commissioner assured the members of taking appropriate action. |
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Residents pass
sleepless nights for want of power Sonepat, April 26 According to reports available from different parts of the district about power supply situation during past 24 hours, it was almost a whole day power disruption in Gohana town disrupting all business, commercial and industrial activities. The drinking water supplies also remained disrupted the whole day. In Gannut town, the residents passed sleepless nights on Thursday and there were hours long power cuts during whole day on Friday and even today. And half of the town was facing power cuts even in the morning hours. The residents of Kharkhauda are also reported to have fed up with the hide-and-seek play of electricity for the last many days. Resentment prevails among the students, farmers and shopkeepers against the electricity authorities for not heeding to the public complaints. The same situation prevails in Sonepat town. Different areas on different times are being brought under scheduled and unscheduled power cuts. Moreover, the situation in the villages is worst. The villagers hardly getting any power supply during daytime. And during night, the voltage is found so low that it becomes difficult to work on any electricity appliances. There are complaints that the burnt transformers were not being replaced on time. |
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This giant of the khadi movement lived for gram udyog Panipat, April 26 Besides being a freedom fighter, he held many key posts. He was founder secretary of the Khadi Ashram, Panipat, president of the Central Gandhi Memorial Trust, Director of Gandhi Ashram, president of the Bhartiya Khadi Gramodyog Sangh, president of Prasthan Ashram, Pathankot. He was the Pitamah of the Khadi Parivar. Mr Som Dutt was born on May 13, 1913, at Quetta (now in Pakistan). His father, Pandit Hiralal, was a renowned Arya Samaji and he preferred to get his son Som Dutt educated under the Gurukul education system to prepare him for social service. While studying in Gurukul Indraprastha, Delhi, he had taken part as a freedom fighter actively along with his schoolmates and burnt mill-made clothes on a call given by the Congress party where his associates pledged to wear khadi throughout the life. Their astonishment knew no bounds when Mahatma Gandhi accepted their invitation to visit Gurukul in 1929. Som Dutt and his associates not only collected handsome money by foregoing milk and ghee for personal consumption but also work as labourers to donate money for the khadi fund to Gandhiji. Till that time, no other educational institution had donated such a huge amount for the khadi fund to Gandhiji. Som Dutt started a ‘Student Sabha’ in Gurukul Kangri, founded by Swami Shardhanand, to prepare students for national service and for this purpose he also started the publication of a magazine called ‘Sarv Mitra’. During his student life, he took part in the Namak Satyagrah in 1930 but he was not arrested because of his tender age. He graduated from Gurukul Kangri in 1934 and was honoured with the degree of Vedalankar. In 1938, on the instance of Sri Satyadev Vidyalankar, former editor of Hindustan, Som Dutt joined the paper as a sub-editor under the charge of Dev Das Gandhi, son of Mahatma Gandhi. But he preferred constructive work. Consequently, he left journalism to join the oldest and prominent khadi institution, Shri Gandhi Ashram, in 1939. The trusties of the institution were prominent leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Gobind Vallabh Pant and founder Acharya J. B. Kripalani. In 1942, when Som Dutt took part in Quit India Movement, he was arrested by the British Government and put in Meerut jail. In 1948, Som Dutt was appointed Secretary of the Punjab branch of the Central Relief Committee, instituted by the All-India Congress Committee under the presidentship of Dr Rajendra Prasad, to sort out problems of the refugees migrating from West Pakistan. Under his stewardship, not only was their rehabilitation taken care of but efforts were made to provide livelihood to them and also to solve their other problems. In 1952-53, Som Dutt established Khadi Ashram in Panipat, which is a unique institution of Haryana. He was the general secretary of this institution till his death. He not only started khadi work in Panipat (Haryana) but also expanded it with branches in Punjab, Himachal and Delhi. He also decentralised the whole system to secure participation of the workers as partners of the institution in a big way. At present, the production of Khadi Ashram is more than Rs12 crore and sales are over Rs 17 crore where more than 35,000 labourers and workers are getting direct or indirect employment. In 1963, Som Bhai was nominated member of the Woolen Khadi Gramudyog Board. In 1966, Som Bhai was selected member secretary of Khadi Gram Udyog Commission and in the year 1977 he was appointed as president of the same institution up to 1980. In 1978, former Prime Minister Morarji Desai appointed Som Bhai as administrator of Gurukul Kangri. A high-powered committee was made under the presidentship of former Prime Minister P. V. Narshimha Rao for all-round development and Som Bhai was nominated member of the committee. Besides being secretary of Khadi Ashram, Panipat, Som Bhai was also the director of Shri Gandhi Ashram, Lucknow. He increased the turnover of that ashram up to Rs 211.30 crore where 3,58,000 labourers and workers are working with a remuneration of about Rs 50 crore per annum. Som Bhai was also president of Prasthan Ashram, Pathankot (Punjab), which was established by Acharya Vinobha Bhave. Besides, he was president of the Central Gandhi Memorial Trust and trustee of so many constructive institutions working under his guidelines in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana. He was awarded with Jamna Dass Award for his contribution in the field of social services. He donated the entire cash award of Rs 2 lakh to a trust. He wrote many articles for various newspapers and magazines. He also edited two prominent magazines, “Sarvodya” and “Ashram”. Som Bhai dedicated his entire life to the cause of khadi and gram udyog. He breathed his last in Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi, on April 16 this year. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. |
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SEARCH WITHIN MY Search for God”, that is the title Dr I. Mohendra Singh, an Indian medical practitioner in Bradford, UK, has given to the 240-page book he had written on his efforts to find God. The title reminds one of the much admired biography of Mahatma Gandhi, “My Experiments with Truth”, which is in a way his search for God as well. The scientists could explain the phenomena in the universe and invent machines but they have not been able to explain the meaning of life so far, points out Dr Singh while claiming at the same time his inability to believe in a single, all-powerful, all-knowing and benevolent God. The book, full of quotes from ancient scriptures and religious leaders, philosophers and men of letters, shows enough evidence that the author, born in a Hindu family, has taken immense pains to study Jainism, Islam and Christianity in some detail. Besides trying to understand the cardinal themes of these religions, he takes a tour of history and bears witness to invasions and wars. The sectarian maiming and murder that occur within the same religion, as between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland, or that between Shias and Sunnis in Pakistan, all are cited by him as evidence that helps explain that there may not be a God at all. The ethnic cleansing of thousands of Albanian Muslims by the Serb Christians in Kosovo, atrocious murders of Christians by Muslims in East Timor – such acts of savagery and inhumanity could not be held as the appropriate moral design of a kind God, a Supreme Being who is assumed to be in the hearts and minds of believers, argues the author. “He seems to be sitting like a lump of lard and watching all these untold miseries and tragedies happening in the world without seemingly as much as a twitch of his eyebrow! The particular fag-end has moved me to righteous ire,’’ writes Dr Singh. Well, we all have had occasions to feel mystified at this seeming indifference. But then the next moment we are led to confess the finiteness of our intelligence and the wisdom of the Biblical affirmation: ``The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and our children for ever. (Deuteronomy 29:29) The doctor sees many incongruities in society. The caste system in Hinduism is a serious blot. He alleges that human sacrifices to invoke goddess Kali are still in vogue in the country. He saw many virtuous and kind people die of cancer, tuberculosis and other diseases. He had heard that three million Indians slept on the footpaths of Mumbai. The primitive religion has no moral sense of obligation towards anyone outside their small cultural groups. The so-called civilised religions do accept the principle of universal moral responsibility based on their God’s values. This he would rather attribute to the progress of education and science. Genetic studies show that one’s religiousness is inherited from ancestors to the extent of 50 per cent. That is why religious customs, though unreasonable to all intents and purposes, are followed blindly. The roots of sectarian intolerance can be traced to the unwillingness to change. He dismisses the claims of other religions like Christianity and holds that 50 years ago he was prepared to believe in the theory of God without any evidence. Not any more. Now the scientists are much nearer in proving that the first organisms came from inanimate matter and God had no part in the creation. He is confident that in the next 50 years “we would have fairly solid evidence and the concept of God would forever be archived…’’ There is no doubt he has carried out a deep search with a sincere heart to anchor his life on faith in God but finds that it is impossible to believe in one. He believes that science will soon provide all answers. The doctor’s effort to sift evidences on his own before accepting a belief system is admirable. The doubts, fears and inconsistencies he had encountered in his search are nothing new. Mahatma Gandhi, who also ventured on a search, affirmed in the end his profound faith in God. He wrote: ``I am surer of His existence than of the fact that you and I are sitting in this room. Then I can also testify that I may live without air and water but not without Him. You may pluck out my eyes, but that cannot kill me. You may chop off my nose, but that will not kill me. But blast my belief in God, and I am dead.’’ Dr Singh says it is not his intention to undermine anybody’s religious outlook. He has a
"very profound respect’’ for Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus and Mohammad.
"Without them we would still be in the stone age.’’ That is an admission that religions have had some impact on the human race. If at the end of his intellectual exercise, he found it difficult to believe, there have been many others who could not explain the existence of earth and life without reference to a God. ``Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere,’’ wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. If the starry heavens amazed some, the moral law written within man made others wonder as to who could be the author. Conscience, a mystical faculty of the mind, some explain, is an infallible echoing of the voice of God. Even if this is questioned, there is still the moral order in the universe mirrored in the stern commands of conscience to do what is right and to avoid what is wrong. Darwin, the great favorite of atheists, said of atheism: “The impossibility of conceiving that this wondrous universe arose through chance seems to me the chief argument for the existence of God.’’ When all is said and done, no one has an invincible reason to believe that God does not exist. In fact, atheists must find it far more difficult to prove the non-existence of God than for believers to prove that there is a designer behind all that we see. We must not yet conclude that Dr Singh had finally rejected the possibility of existence of God. He can still draw a different conclusion and say at a later stage in life that he had been wrong. The doctor can yet find Him when he is not looking for Him.
— M. P. K. Kutty
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National
convention on ‘Corporate Citizenship’ New Delhi, April 26 A large number of chief executives, directors on the boards, head of HR functions and executives, entrusted with the responsibility for corporate citizenship, participated in the daylong seminar. Eminent speakers from leading public sector and private sector companies addressed topics like ‘Beyond
Bottomline’, ‘Business Development And Global Compact Principle’, ‘Corporate Citizenship-It’s Business Essentials’, ‘Abilities and Obligation Go Hand in Hand’, ‘Good Corporate Citizenship—Means of Building Value Based Society’. Key speakers included Dr Karan Singh, MP, Mr K G Ramachandran, Chairman, Convention Committee On Corporate Citizenship and
CMD, BHEL, Mr Subir Raha, Chairman ONGC Ltd, Ms Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, Mr Ishan Shankar, Director-HR, BHEL, Mr Subodh
Bhargava, Chairman, Wartsila India Ltd, Dr A K Baliyan, Executive-Director-HR, ONGC Ltd, Mr S.
Giridhar, Head-Advocacy and Research, Azim Premji Foundation, Mr C.P. Jain,
CMD, NTPC Ltd, Mr Jayesh Bhatia, TCCIs. The ‘Global Compact’ is a voluntary (Corporate Citizenship) initiative launched by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and it is based on universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour and the environment. Companies are asked to integrate these principles into their core business operations to advance the UN goals. |
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Better
phone service for Sonepat Sonepat, April 26 Giving this information, Mr R C Hooda, General Manager of the Nigam, Sonepat district, told mediapersons here today that a 512-line RSU telephone exchange has been commissioned at Baroda village, a 500-line RSU exchange at Malikpur village and 256-line exchanges at
Tewri, Pinana, Bhadana, and Zaffarabad villages in the district. He disclosed that during the year 2002-2003, the capacity of the existing telephone exchanges has been increased by 15,388 lines whereas 10,024 new telephone connections had been provided to the subscribers in the district. At least, 7,000 new telephone lines with modern equipment have been added on the pattern of OCB exchanges in the existing telephone exchanges. The exchange-wise telephone lines are as under: main telephone exchange, Sonepat (3000 lines), RSU Gohana Road, Sonepat (2,000 lines), RSU sector telephone exchange (1,000 lines) and RSU telephone exchange, Kundli (1,000 lines). According to Mr Hooda, the capacity of the telephone exchanges at Baroda,
Bhawar, Madina, Rindhana, Bidlan, Malikpur, Mehndipur, Hullehri villages has been increased from 256 lines to 500 lines whereas the telephone exchanges of Aterna and Juan villages have been converted into RSU exchanges with 1,000 lines. He said that the capacity of the telephone exchanges at Ganaur,
Bichpari, Butana, Bhatgaon, Garhi Bala, Chhetera Jagsi, Gohana,
Gangana, Rewara, Bhadana, Ahulana, Akbarpur Barota and Umedgarh has been increased. Mr Hooda said that the Nigam has already opened a computerised and a modern Subscribers Service Centre at Sonepat for providing facilities to the subscribers in Sonepat, Ganaur, Kharkhauda and Kundli. He disclosed that the work for the manufacture of ring network of nine optical fibres was going in full swing and would be completed soon. He said that the Internet facility is provided on demand in Sonepat district and the ISDN facility is being provided at Sonepat and Kundli telephone exchange. Referring to the cases of overcharging by the owners of the Public Call Offices (PCOs), Mr Hooda disclosed that a special team of the officials would be constituted to deal with the complaints of the subscribers against them. The officials of this team, he said, would be authorised to inspect the premises of the PCOs and check their records. If any PCO owner is found guilty of overcharging, the Nigam would cancel his licence immediately. He said that this action followed the receipt of the numerous complaints by the subscribers that the owners of the PCOs were indulging in malpractices and overcharging by tampering with the meters. |
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SPECIAL FOCUS ON REWARI Rewari, April 26 In this changed scenario, a special meeting of the Rewari unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) was held under the chairmanship of the Civil Surgeon Dr B.M. Kapur here on Thursday. The meeting was attended by all registered ultrasound practitioners of the Rewari region. Mentioning the modifications incorporated in the PNDT Act, Dr Kapur said that the amount of fine had been raised from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000, whereas the three-year quantum of sentence had been retained for first time violators of the provisions of the Act, the quantum of five-year sentence had been maintained as such. The amount of fine had been increased from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh. Besides, there was also a provision that the registration of the second time defaulter could be cancelled permanently. Dr Kapur further said that henceforward the consent of the woman, going in for ultrasound, would be taken on the new form ‘F’ instead of form ‘G’. Secondly, each ultrasound centre would have to submit detailed report of its cases (accomplished at the centre) to the respective authority of the district by five of every month. The ultrasound practitioners at the meeting also pledged that they would follow the provisions of the PNDT Act in letter and spirit and would also create awareness through sustained propaganda among the public about their implications. |
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Residents
cry for civic amenities Rewari, April 26 Talking to the NCR Tribune, Congress legislator Capt Ajay Singh Yadav said that these colonies were devoid of sewerage, proper sanitation and appropriate drinking water facilities. It was quite callous on the part of the Municipal Council, which he said, had been regularly charging house tax and other taxes from the residents but doing nothing tangible to redress their genuine grievances. Flaying the state government for its anti-people policies, he said that although these colonies fulfilled the requisite conditions yet they were not being regularised by the state government for obvious reasons. Capt Yadav also complained that Rewari, being a pocket-borough (stronghold) of the congress, was being persistently given step-motherly treatment in other matters of development too. The Postgraduate
Regional Centre
(PGRC) of the M. D. University, which had been running in rented accommodation here with stultified growth for the last fifteen years, is a glaring instance of the apathy of the state government, he explained. |
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NCR BRIEFS Rohtak, April 26 He said certain teachers had also met the Vice-Chancellor and asked him to take urgent steps to protect the sanctity of the examination system. Dr Bharadwaj said a committee inspected the college on Friday to inquire into the matter and found that the reports of ‘outside interference’ were true. The Vice-Chancellor cancelled the examinations held at centre number 113 and 115 (evening session). He said since no examination could be conducted on Friday (evening session) in the said college, re-examination of the cancelled papers would be conducted later. Art
exhibition Maj-Gen (retd) Bhim Singh Suhag inaugurated the ‘Fifth Annual Art Exhibition’ of the Department of Fine Arts of Maharshi Dayanand University. As many as 70 paintings of the students of the department are on display in the exhibition. MDU entrance examination Maharshi Dayanand University conducted the entrance examination of MD/MS/PG Diploma courses of Pt B D Sharma PGIMS today. Around 900 candidates appeared in the examination. Bank computerised Bhiwani: The Bhiwani branch of Indian Overseas Bank has been fully computerised. Giving this information, the Senior Manager of the branch Mr
A.K. Malhotra said that completion of computerisation process would enable the bank to extend the timings of cash transactions for general public upto 3.00 pm. He also informed that the facility of accepting all telephone and electricity bills of division No. 2 was already being extended to the public. Call for Haryana
bandh Gurgaon: The Haryana VAT Action Committee has called for ‘Haryana Bandh’ on June 2, to protest against the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT). A member of the committee claimed here that the proposed bandh is being supported by all political parties and associations of trade representatives. Five whiskey smugglers held Ghaziabad: The Ghaziabad police have arrested five members of a gang involved in liquor smuggling and seized two hundred bottles of whisky. They transported liquor bottles in a Santro car from Rajasthan. Circle Officer Prabhal Pratap Singh of Modinagar said the police reached the spot near Vijay Hotel on Meerut road after receiving an information that they would be handing over a consignment to a customer. The police then seized 200 bottles of Royal Stag and Bagpiper brand of whisky from the cars. Driver crushed to death Sonepat: A truck driver was crushed to death when he was trapped under the truck, which overturned on the G. T. Road near Biswan
Meel, about 15 km from here yesterday. According to a report, the victim was identified as Lajpat, a resident of Malviya Nagar (Delhi). He was driving the loaded truck to Delhi when it developed some defect. He halted the truck and parked it along the road. Even as he was repairing the defects, the jack slipped and the truck overturned, trapping him underneath it. The police are still investigating the case and sent the body for the postmortem examination. |
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DELHI DIGEST New Delhi, April 26 In a statement issued here, the Director of NCERT, Prof. J S Rajput, said that “had the truckers strike not intervened, we would have succeed in putting our books into all school bags by now.” Prof. Rajput added that NCERT had made all attempts to end the confusion resulting from non-availability of books in schools. He said, “ we have the largest print order ever. Never before has the NCERT published so many books at one time. On the insistence of consumers, high quality standards are being maintained in the editorial and printing aspects.” The Council maintains that the books are now on their way to the regional centres in Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. It was also pointed out that all textbooks except two have been printed and released. The Supplementary Reader in English and Modern India, the History text for class XII are yet to be released. Free legal awareness camp organised Real Cause, a social service organisation based in East Delhi, organised a free legal awareness camp at the open space near Laxmi Nagar district center in which hundreds of people availed of legal advices. According to the president of the organisation, Mr. Kamran Siddiqui, the focus was to help the people from the lower strata of our society, who were unable to approach and afford costly legal guidance. Since its inception two years back, it has organised many such free camps in different locations of this city, particularly in the slum cluster areas. Such camps are organised every Friday. Apart from this, it is also involved in different types of charitable works like organising free health check-up camps and distribution of free textbooks and other reading materials among the students residing in slum cluster areas like Selampur and
Jwalapuri. The former Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Mr Joginder Singh, is one of the main patron of this organisation. |
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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder Sonepat, April 26 Suicide by
housewife A young housewife, Mrs
Promila, reportedly committed suicide by taking sulphas tablets in her house at Mahamoodpur village, 40 km from here last night. According to a report, she had three children. However, the police have registered a dowry death case against the family members of her in-laws on the report of Mr Azad Singh, father of the girl. The father of the girl alleged that his daughter was killed after she declined to give them Rs 50,000. Though no arrest has been made in this connection so far, investigations were in progress. Four injured in
group clash Four persons, including a woman, were injured in a clash that took place between two rival groups at Rohat village, about 5 km from here last evening. According to a report, the injured persons were identified as Ms Bala Devi, Sunil, Krishan and Samey Singh. All the injured persons were immediately hospitalised and are stated to be out of danger. The police have registered the case and further investigations were in progress. However, no arrest has been made in this connection. |
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Scribe, official manhandled Noida, April 26 Even Deputy Chief Executive of Noida Authority, Mr Hira Lal, who came to inspect the site, was also reportedly pushed around. Although DCEO had ordered the construction of a wall to be stopped, it is learnt that the work was still going on. According to SP City, Mr Vijay Bhushan, there is a dispute over a wall between RWA and the parallel body of neighbourhood improvement committee of Sector 17. After receiving the report, Sector 20 police reached the place. A case has been registered against S. K.
Kansal, Shashi and Arun, apart from a number of other members of RWA for creating ‘trouble’ and assaulting people. The lady correspondent, Vandana
Keelor, was taken to Sector 30 Government Hospital for check-up and treatment. |
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Land compensation increased by Greater Noida authority Greater Noida, April 26 Those in the category of the inheritance farmers, will get 15 per cent rehabilitation bonus on their land, according to the Additional CEO of Greater Noida Authority, Mr Kailash Prakash. He said the rate of compensation is upgraded every year after March 31. Last year, the farmers were provided land compensation at the rate of Rs 194 per square yard. Inheritance farmers were given 15 per cent additional benefits, which brought the rate upto Rs 223 per square yard. Now, this compensation will amount to Rs 234 per square yard. Those who are not in the category of inheritance farmers will, however, receive Rs 204 per square yard, while the inheritance farmers will get a compensation of Rs 234.50 per square yard. Those farmers, whose land was registered before the Greater Noida Authority was set up, are included in the category of inheritance farmers and those whose land was registered after the formation of the Greater Noida Authority, are excluded from this category. |
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Member of auto thieves’ gang held New Delhi, April 26 The accused, identified as Vinod Kumar, has been arrested along with his auto, while his associates managed to escape with Rs 6,000 and other valuables. Last night, the PCR van deployed at the Britannia Chowk heard two passengers shouting. When the policemen reached the spot, the passengers said that they were robbed of their valuables by a group of four persons in an auto-rickshaw. They identified themselves as Chandan and Jagdish, residents of Bihar. They said their friend Amresh was kidnapped by the gang in an unconscious condition. Subsequently, the PCR staff gave a chase and nabbed the accused on the Lawrence Road and rescued Amresh.
Duplicate fittings worth Rs 5 lakh seized The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police have arrested one person and seized a huge quantity of duplicate tube light fittings worth Rs 5 lakh from the Krishna Nagar area in East district. The police, along with a representative of Philips company, conducted the raid and seized these duplicate goods. The accused, identified as Parag Goel, has been arrested for manufacturing these goods. |
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