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DCP
gives her forces high-tech CCTVs
Residents
going through hell due to power cuts Girl
child to get a shot in the arm No
audit for eight years in Nagar Nigam Speaker’s
decision on MLAs’ disqualification decried Pistol
buff sent to mental hospital for check-up Sheila
presses HM on statehood Hyderabad Blues director pens
book
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Elder sister killed in gory case of mistaken identity New Delhi, June 29 The accused have been identified as Anand Kishore Pal (21), a tenant at the victim’s house, and his associate, Arvind Kumar (20). The police discovered after examining the scene of crime that the victim had been murdered in an act of vengeance. The victim had been also stabbed several times in the neck and her chin bitten badly. When the police probed the love triangle angle during investigations, several persons, who were close to the sisters, were questioned. It was discovered that the victim’s younger sister was close to a few youngsters, including a couple of tenants in their house. The police also found that both the tenants were interested in the victim’s sister and she was two-timing both of them. When the tenants found out the truth, they had a heated argument and subsequently the girl’s father, Ved Prakash, an employee in the Archeological Survey of India, asked them to vacate their house immediately. While one of them vacated the house, Anand was given time till June 30. As the victim’s sister started avoiding Anand, he decided to eliminate her along with his associate Arvind. Anand also purchased a knife from the Mehrauli area and waited for an opportunity to execute the plan. Accordingly, on the night of June 26, the duo reached the room where the victim’s sister used to sleep. Since it was dark, the accused, in a case of mistaken identity, killed the girl’s elder sister. The police have recovered the weapon of offence and the blood stained clothes from the possession of the accused. |
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DCP gives her forces high-tech CCTVs
New Delhi, June 29 While the three rotating cameras have been installed in the office complex of Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), the Jantar Mantar crossing and on Ashoka road, respectively, three static cameras have been installed in the Office of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), one near Jeevan Tara building and another near the State Bank of India building. The other four cameras have been installed — two each — at Sadar Patel Chowk and Jantar Mantar — where the processions and demonstrations are usually held. The cameras with zoom in facility can rotate at an angle of 360 degrees. These cameras, provided by Polaris, have a recording facility of 120 gigabytes. “The purpose is to mount surveillance during processions and demonstrations, so that the police can promptly intervene in case there is any emergency,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Anita Roy told The Tribune. The monitoring would be done in the control room which is integrated with the New Delhi district police station. The infrastructure for housing these cameras is expected to be ready soon.
“We have sent 12 staff members in the first batch for training, so that they can handle the control room efficiently. The second batch will be sent for training in maintenance, since the cameras are highly sensitive and need to be handled deftly,” added Ms Roy. The facility will also help the police officers in grappling with traffic problems and also in meeting the requirement of police forces in pressing law and order situations. The live and recording facility will also enable police officers to view video clippings at leisure to take stock of situations. The project, which has cost Rs 18 lakh, will be commssioned later this week. Ms Roy said: “Since we apprehend that these CCTVs can be damaged by miscreants, we are also planning to provide for insurance cover.”
HC stays transfer of bank officer The Delhi High Court has stayed the transfer of a physically challenged senior bank officer from New Delhi to Allahabad. Justice S. K. Kaul stayed the June 19 order issued by the State Bank of Patiala transferring Asit Kumar Ram till further orders and issued a notice, returnable on July 26, to the bank and three of its senior officers concerned. |
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Congress bags four out of six MCD seats New Delhi, June 29 With the additional four seats in its kitty, the Congress tally in the 134-member house has gone up to 110; while the BJP has 18 seats, the JMM and Janata Dal (S) have two each and Bahujan Samaj Party one. BJP candidate Surender Singh won the election from Timarpur segment, defeating his rival Congrress candidate Anil Malhotra. Besides, Congress candidates Amrit Lal won from Tri Nagar, Ms Anuja Pooja from Keshavpuram, Mohinder Kumar from Nangloi and Brahmaswaroop Sharma from Nandnagri. Khayala segment seat went to he JMM. In the last MCD elections, five of the six seats had gone to the Congress. Nangnagri, Khyala, Nangloi, Trinagar and Timarpur segments seats fell vacant after the councillors representing these wards contested the assembly elections successfully, whereas the Trinagar seat fell vacant after the murder of Atma Ram Gupta and Keshavpuram fell vacant following Mrs Sharda Jain’s arrest in the Atma Ram murder case.
Rajahmundry team upset A 40-member delegation of the Municipal Corporation of Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh today visited the Municipal Corporation of Delhi headquarters on a study tour. The delegation was welcomed by acting Mayor Ramesh Dutta. Welcoming the delegation, Mr Dutta regretted that the dignitaries of local bodies visiting the MCD had to stay in hotels as the corporation had no arrangement to take care of their boarding and lodging. The delegates, particularly those from smaller and local bodies, find it difficulty to make arrangement in the Capital. |
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Land compensation for Gt Noida farmers raised Greater Noida, June 29 This was approved in the Noida Authority Board meeting yesterday. But the Board has not given any decision on the ancestral and non-ancestral land. The Board has also approved a 2 to 5 per cent increase in the rate of institutional and commercial plots. Thirteen proposals in all, including the one regarding the setting up of sewerage treatment plant and plying of UP Roadway buses, were also approved. According to the decision, the farmers who had accepted the land payment on old rates will not be entitled to the new rates. As regards the ancestral and non-ancestral land, old rules will apply as the Board had not given a decision in the matter. The farmers with ancestral land will get a compensation at the rate of Rs 300 per sq. yd while those with non-ancestral land will get a compensation at Rs 255 per sq. yd. Besides, the Board has hiked the rates for residential plots from Rs 3,500 per sq. yd to Rs 3,700 per sq yd. The rates for the undeveloped sectors has been increased from Rs 3,260 to Rs 3,425 per sq yd while the rates for the commercial sectors have been hiked from Rs 6,500 to Rs 6,880 per sq. yd. The rates of plots up to 1000 sq metres have been hiked from Rs 1,890 to Rs 2,190 and those for the plots measuring 25 acres and above are hiked from Rs 1,525 to Rs 1,720 per sq yd. For the industrial plots, the rates have been raised to Rs 1,890 per sq. metre. |
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Residents going through hell due
to power cuts Faridabad, June 29 “It was perhaps the first time that when the humidity was at its peak, the power supply was disrupted badly and kept most of the residents awake,” said Sachin, a resident of Sector-9 here. He said though there were frequent cuts during the day, the department did not spare them even at night. Kailash Sharma, a resident of Sector-10 here, said the cuts last night disturbed the sleep of the whole family as they had to sit outside, waiting for the resumption of the supply. He said those who had to rush to their jobs in Delhi or Noida early in the morning were the worst hit. Ashwini Kumar, a resident of Sector-17 here, said that it was the height of irresponsibility and inefficiency on the part of the department, not to supply adequate power to the consumers. While the officials claim that the department had been supplying about 70 to 80 lakh units daily in the district, it is learnt that an average cut of about six hours was being imposed in the urban areas for the past several days to cope with the increased demand. The situation in the rural areas is also far from satisfactory as the average supply remained short by 10 to 12 hours daily. Sources in the department also claim that there was load on all the feeders in the district due to the increased demand and to save the system from collapsing the cuts were being imposed. It is being stated that the things could turn worse if there was no rain in the coming days. |
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child to get a shot in the arm New Delhi, June 29 The objective is to educate the child, enabling her to grow into an independent and a responsible citizen. Mr Suresh Nanda, Chairman, The Claridges, New Delhi, said, “We will bolster the project through various aids. The success of the project will be seen in every child’s eyes. We are glad to be associated with the Savera Association on the issue of social concern and will assist them in every possible manner,” he added. The aim is to create awareness about family counselling among the young girls. The focus will be on personal health and hygiene, social issues and the psychological needs of the adolescent girl child. A dedicated team comprising a doctor and a counsellor has been appointed for the project. The Savera team delivered a lecture on the issue to numerous adolescent girls. Besides, counselling sessions are being conducted on a regular basis for the problem cases. The plan is the consequence of a survey that was conducted on adolescent girls of Indira Camp No: 2 Srinivaspuri. The results of the survey indicated that most adolescent girls are engaged in household chores after school hours. A number of girls were not even aware about personal health and hygiene and social issues, which were affecting their day-to-day lives. These issues include eve-teasing, discrimination between girl and boy, child labour and human rights. Various initiatives have been planned such as teaching them professional skills like gardening, candle-making, decorating pots and making paper bags in order to make the girls self-dependent. Ms Nimmi Singh, Chairperson, Savera Association said, “Every week, the team covers one basti by visiting and providing assistance to those who need it. The aim is to work towards the uplift of the adolescent girl, as teaching her is teaching the family.” The Claridges and the Savera Association are planning to organise a charity autumn fair sometime before Diwali, which will be on similar lines of what had been instituted last year. The objective of the fair will be to raise funds for the Savera Association and utilise it for future projects. The fair promises to be a success with the general public as well, considering the presence of a variety of interesting elements. |
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No audit for eight years in Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad, June 29 The Chief Accounts Officer not only failed to present this year’s audit report, but he could not even reply to many members’ queries. It was clear from the working of the Nigam that expenditure had been incurred in the Nagar Nigam all along without a single audit having been done. Under clause 142 of the Nigam procedures, the Chief Accounts Officer of the Nigam is dutybound to present an audit report in the expenditure committee meeting, but in all the meetings of the committee, no audit report was ever presented, it is learnt. In the meeting of the executive committee on June 8, a lot of commotion was created on this point. The Mayor, Mr Dinesh Chand Garg, has given a clarification that a special meeting will be called on June 25. Chief Accounts Officer Satish Chand Agarwal, who was asked to attend this meeting, could not present the audit report. He simply said that the audit was in progress. According to members, Mukesh Garg and Vijay Mohan, the audit report had never been presented ever since the Nagar Nigam came into existence, although as per rules, the report has to be presented on a monthly basis. The meeting on June 25 was called to consider the report for 2003-04. The audit for the financial year is still pending, the members said. |
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Speaker’s decision on MLAs’ disqualification decried Faridabad, June 29 In a statement here, Mr Vidrohi claimed that the disqualification under He said Mr Karan Singh Dalal and Mr Jagjit Sangwan had formed their own parties and these outfits had been recognised by the Election Commission and asked how could the speaker now apply the anti-defection law as any party could merge with other as per the Constitution. He said the merger of these parties into the Congress was legal and unchallengeable. Moreover, he added that all six MLAs in question had not been given the membership of the Congress so far. Secondly, he said the election authorities had accepted the nomination of the Congress candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat, Ms Kiran Chaudhary and the nomination had been admitted and found correct, despite the fact that this nomination had been signed by Mr Dalal and Mr Sangwan, as MLAs, and if this was correct, then there was no ground for the Speaker to declare them disqualified. |
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Pistol buff sent to mental hospital for check-up New Delhi, June 29 Metropolitan Magistrate Siddharth Sharma sent Sav (40) to Shahdara Mental Hospital under the custody of Chanakyapuri Station House Officer and directed that the suspect be produced in the court on July 3. The police had urged the court to remand Sav to judicial Custody, but the court said that it could be done only after the CSFL report confirms that the pistol and the cartridge were genuine and also after finding out if Sav was mentally sound. The court also directed that the CSFL report be submitted on July 3. Within hours of Rashtrapathi Bhavan receiving the parcel on June 22, the police in Patna arrested Sav, who had apparently sent the pistol as a “sample” of the weapon purportedly developed by him. When the parcel, sent from Patna, was put through an X-ray machine as per the security drill, it showed a pistol and a cartridge, the police said. The lot for the trigger was filled with some material, fueling suspicion that it could be some explosive. The parcel carried the sender’s name and address — Mahesh Sav, Village Mujahidpur, PO Box Pirsawa, Patna — written in Hindi, the police
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Sheila presses
HM on statehood New Delhi, June 29 The Chief Minister informed Mr Patil of the situation as it exists today with the Delhi State Bill 2003 having lapsed with the dissolution of the 13th Lok Sabha earlier this year. The meeting between Ms Dikshit and Mr Patil, which lasted 30-odd minutes, was described as the first step towards delegating more powers to the popular, duly elected government in NCT of Delhi. The issue of statehood for NCT of Delhi has been hanging fire for several years with both the BJP and the INC holding on to their stated positions. Sources said the Chief Minister is keen to see progress on the issue of delegation of powers now that the INC is in power both at the Centre and in NCT of Delhi.  |
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Hyderabad Blues
director pens
book New Delhi, June 29 Written by Nagesh Kukunoor, it is a light-hearted companion to his forthcoming film, Hyderabad Blues 2. Nagesh Kukunoor is the director of small budget, but successful blockbusters like Hyderbad Blues and 3 Deewarein, through which he succeeded in redefining the Indian cinema. Now three years after Hyderabad Blues first hit the screens, he’s back with a sequel Hyderabad Blues 2. Speaking on the occasion, Nagesh Kukunoor said, “I loved putting together ‘Unhon Kaiku Bole’, a companion that explains with contexts Hyderabadi phrases and words that have also been used extensively in Hyderabad Blues 2. I am delighted that Corner Bookstore Company is publishing my first book, and hope to do many more such exciting projects with the company.” |
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Systematic training in film-making stressed New Delhi, June 29 Stating that virtual is reality, Prof. Joseph Byron said that the filmmakers of the 21st century have to use a variety of computer software to do their work, and therefore, they have to be adept in the computer application. The heads of these film schools agreed to support each other in all possible ways. On the occasion, Prof. Sandeep Marwah gave away the life membership of the International Film and Television Club to Prof Joseph Byron. |
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