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Medicine racket busted at AIIMS, four held
Party of residents releases manifesto
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Disabled groom held captive
Safdarjung mess: Notice to civic bodies
Hindu College to honour alumni
3-member team to probe GNIDA draw bungle
Cold spell to persist
Problems of SC/ST children discussed
Sangeet Niketan’s function
Camp for disabled kids held
ESIC to empanel pvt medics
Clarification
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Medicine racket busted at AIIMS, four held
New Delhi, January 19 Acting on a tip-off, the police sent a decoy customer and arrested Ramupal while he was trying to sell the medicines at half of its price in the market. At his instance, several packets of high-value life saving drugs with “AIIMS supply not for sale,” stamped were seized from his possession. Based on his information, three AIIMS staffers were arrested and during interrogation, the staffers disclosed that they were selling the medicines to the conduit since January 2004. Ramupal who worked in several private medicine stores near the AIIMS, came into contact with the staffers and later hatched a conspiracy to sell the hospital medicines. The conduit inturn used to sell the medicines at half the price in Uttar Pradesh and other states. The police said that the accused persons equally distribute the money earned from selling the medicines illegally in the market. The police said that further investigations were on and some more persons would be arrested in this racket.
Auto-lifters nabbed
With the arrest of three inter-state auto-lifters, the North-East district police claims to have worked out 15 cases of vehicle thefts. The police seized one Maruti Esteem car and five motorcycles from their possession. The accused persons have been identified as Prem Kumar, alias Sonu, resident of Sahibabad, Noor Mohammad, alias Sahil, resident of Dilshad Garden and Yogesh, alias Raju, resident of Bulandshahr. Acting on a tip-off that some inter-state auto-lifters would be coming to the Gokulpuri area to steal vehicles and dispose them in Ghaziabad, the police intercepted the suspects. When the suspects were questioned about the vehicle documents, they could not give satisfactory reply. During interrogation, they confessed their role in stealing vehicles by using duplicate keys and disposing them in UP by using fake number plates. In another case, the North-East district police have arrested two auto-lifters in the Dilshad Garden area and seized five vehicles, including three TSRs from their possession. They were identified as Amit Kumar, resident of Tahirpur Sarai and Shahid, resident of Dilshad Garden.
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Party of residents releases manifesto
Gurgaon, January 19 The manifesto, released on Sunday, has the following salient points: Power: The setting up of captive gas-based power facilities for Gurgaon, with a capacity based on 20-year projected demand for Piped gas and clean fuel: The provision of piped gas to the houses in the entire district of Gurgaon. Availability of CNG at existing petrol station and dedicated CNG stations at additional points in the district of Gurgaon and the conversion of 20 per cent of the public transport to clean fuel every year. Water:
The demand-based water supply using a combination which includes the state intervention in water harvesting systems on a community basis; augmentation by solving the SYL issue with specific allocation for Gurgaon, and a plan for supplementing reservoir capacity over the next five years. Planning:
Creation of the Gurgaon Municipal Committee on the lines of the NDMC with representation from the members of the PAGC and professional planners which will be authorised to study the Master Plan and a re-look at the existing landscape and provide a sustainable development model for the city during the next 40 years. Pursue the issue of illegal registration of apartments under the Societies Act and pressurise the DTCP to order rectification while retrospectively protecting the rights of all apartment owners. Security:
Establish a Gurgaon Security Council comprising the MP, the MLA, the DC, the SSP Gurgaon and three members of the PAGC as an apex advisory and monitoring body.
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Disabled groom held captive
Ghaziabad, January 19 A panchayat convened in the mohalla in Sahibabad decided that the bridegroom should compensate the bride family the expenses incurred during the whole ceremony. The wedding party would be allowed to go back only if a sum of Rs 3 lakh is paid by the groom family, the panchayat decided. Lokman Das’s son Mukesh Gupta had come from Nai Basti, Secunderabad in Bulandshahr, to marry the daughter of a resident of Shyma Park, Sahibabad. Instead of riding a horse, the groom had come in a horse-drawn carriage to cover up his disability. Even during the ‘garland ceremony’, the groom’s friends had supported him wholeheartedly. However, when he tripped and fell during the third phera around the fire, his legs were found to be weak, rather undeveloped. The bride family was up in arms against the fraud being committed by the family of the groom. The bride refused to accept a lame man her husband. The video film cassette covering the ceremony was snatched from the video camera man as proof by the girl’s family. Later, some senior residents of the locality decided that the wedding party be allowed to go, but the groom and his father be detained till the amount of Rs 3 lakh was paid as compensation of expenses. The groom was first shown to the bride family while he was sitting at the counter of his auto parts shop. During the engagement ceremony also, he was seated at the ceremonial dais, the girl’s family complained.
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Safdarjung mess: Notice to civic bodies
New Delhi, January 19 Hearing a Public Interest Petition (PIL), a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice B. C. Patel and Justice S. K. Kaul also issued notices to the New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC), Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DPOT) and Director General Health Services (DGHS) for not running the hospital properly. Amicus curiae Sanjeev Khanna said that various departments of the government had failed in disposing of their responsibilities in running the 1,500-bed hospital where more than 6,000 patients go for treatment everyday. The 47-acre sprawling campus was not being hygienically maintained by the CPWD, alleged Mr Khanna, who is assisting the court in the matter. He alleged that there were no sufficient doctors, nurses and para-medical staff to attend to the patients in the central government hospital. Despite repeated reminders, the government was not appointing sufficient staff, he charged. The government had allocated Rs three crore to the CPWD for its maintenance, but the department had failed to carry out its duty, he added. The government counsel, Mr Sidharth Mridul, argued that various departments were taking steps to improve the conditions in the hospital. The judges suggested whether a private agency or any other government organisation could be given the charges to upkeep the hospital.
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Hindu College to honour alumni
New Delhi, January 19 The Old Students’ Association will be presenting them with the ‘Special Sports Award’ for their distinguished achievement. The award will be presented on January 22, a release said here. Another alumni Man Mohan Sood, who played for India against the Ritchi Benaud-led Australia in the Chennai Test, will be given the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. The other awardees of the year include former Delhi Police Commissioner Arun Bhagat, prominent lawyer Dinesh Mathur and chairman of Berger Paints Kuldeep Dhingra. The alumni association will also be felicitating political analyst Mahesh Rangarajan, poet and TV producer Bal Swaroop Rahi and present Police Commissioner in Maharashtra Kamal Kashyap. Managing Director of Lakme Anil Chopra will also be honoured. The Hindu College has a tradition of producing sportspersons who have gone on to play their respective sports at the highest level. Its former students include cricketers like Ajay Jadeja, Deep Das Gupta, Saba Karim and Nikhil Chopra, the release said.
Colleges with potential for excellence
New Delhi, January 19 In the first round, 47 colleges were selected. In the second round, applications are invited from the colleges wherever the slots are vacant. The quota was fixed for each state taking into account the total number of colleges, including those under Section 12B of the UGC
Act. — TNS
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3-member team to probe GNIDA draw bungle
Greater Noida, January 19 The investigation in the fraud will also look at the TV recording of the event done by a local channel crew. It may be mentioned that a property dealer was nabbed with a slip containing the application number and name etc of an applicant at the venue of the draw. This had resulted in the whole exercise being dubbed as bogus. Some GNIDA officials were perceived to be in collusion with the property dealers of the area. On an average, a plot in the draw is said to carry a premium of Rs 50 lakh. No wonder, the officials and the property dealers are in the mad race to make money—by hook or by crook. Some property agents who were said to have already accepted money from the prospective buyers and also assured them of a plot, had played a key role in making the draw a farce. Some of the authority officials, eager to please their bosses sitting in Lucknow, are also suspected of having played a dubious role, making the whole exercise a mere facade. ACEO RCP Singh said since the draw on Monday had passed off in an orderly manner, the property goons and suspected officials had tried to undermine the systematic and legal process on Tuesday. This was the first time in Greater Noida’s 13 years history that the authority had to face such an embarrassing incident. A property dealer nabbed with a slip in his possession was arrested by SP (rural) MP Singh. The police had a tough job controlling the agitated plot seekers who had come to for the draw. Some people have, however, demanded that the Monday draw should also be cancelled and a computerised draw be held afresh.
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Cold spell to persist
New Delhi, January 19 The minimum temperature of 4.3 degrees celsius this morning as against the 8.6 degrees yesterday was 3 degrees celsius below normal, the weather office said. The season’s lowest so far was 4.7 degrees celsius recorded on December 19. A bright sunshine, however, provided comfort to the people as the day progressed. The forecast for tomorrow is mainly clear sky with mist in the morning. The minimum temperature is expected to be about 5 degrees celsius, the weather office said. The drop in the temperature this morning is attributed to heavy snowfall in Shimla and its adjoining areas yesterday. Several trains to and from the national Capital continue to run late due to foggy conditions prevailing elsewhere in the country. Flight operations were, however, smooth at the Indira Gandhi International
Airport. — TNS
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Problems of SC/ST children discussed
New Delhi, January 19 The meeting also discussed ways to attain social justice in education with particular focus on why many SC/ST children do not attend school and why the dropout rate among them is higher than others. Ms Padma Velaskar, chairperson of Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai, was of the opinion that the National Curriculum Framework would have to consider the educational realities of SC/ ST children. Also held was the second meeting of the National Focus Group on peace education. It was the considered opinion of Rev. Valson Thampu, who chairs this group, that introduction of peace education in school curricula needed to be strategised as a radical undertaking and not as a cosmetic exercise.
Oil conservation fortnight
New Delhi, January 19 The minister said Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) and the oil industry would embark on a mission to inform the people across the country about the importance and methods of saving oil and gas, which together contribute 41 per cent of the total energy consumed in the country. The government has taken a number of initiatives to ensure the country’s energy security by increasing oil and gas production in the country, participating in overseas exploration and production ventures for equity oil and looking at alternate energy sources like bio fuels, hydrogen
etc. — TNS
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Sangeet Niketan’s function
New Delhi, January 19 On the occasion, he said that the institution had been engaged in shaping the future of budding artistes for more than five decades. The students of the institute performed colourful cultural programmes. The participants were finally given awards for their outstanding performances by the honourary principal of this institute, Chakarvarty Ram Mohan Roy.
New Delhi, January 19 He said the product is a revolutionary kit, providing complete automation in blood grouping, cross-matching and anti-body
identification. — TNS
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Camp for disabled kids held
New Delhi, January 19 The aim is to include around 500 children in this area, which were identified in a primary health survey, conducted by the Handicapped Care Foundation (HCF). The HCF is sharing the necessary information and expertise on the social subject with the National Institute For Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Bhagwan Mahaveer Vikalang Sahayata Samiti-Jaipur Foot (BMVSS) and National Trust of India (NTI), etc. The objective of running the Community based Rehabilitation (CBR) programmes is to identify and facilitate differently
abled persons, understand their problems and give them the necessary support by counselling and proper vocational training.
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ESIC to empanel pvt medics
New Delhi, January 19
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Clarification
New Delhi, January 19
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