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Lizard found in midday meal, four taken ill
Bull runs amok, kills 2 before being
Man held for selling forged DU degrees
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61.39% polling in Faridabad
SC seeks action plan to ease parking mess
DMA for SLP against ban on chemist shops in residential areas
Status report sought from police
30 Rathi group offices raided for evading tax
Rs 6 lakh withdrawn from bank with forged signature
Respite from chill pill in Delhi
Orientation programme on adolescent health
'Develop Haridwar-Delhi road for safety of Kanwarias'
Steps urged to arrest low sex ratio
JCB India donates for tsunami victims
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Lizard found in midday meal, four taken ill
New Delhi, February 4 Sonia (class II), Khushboo, Rakhi (both of class I) and Chandni (class III) were taken to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Nangloi after they complained of giddiness and stomachache. While three of the four were said to be in stable condition, one was complaining of drowsiness till the time of filing this report. “The doctor has confirmed food poisoning and all the four children have been kept under observation,” said Advocate Ashok Aggarwal, of the Social Jurists. He said that the rice had been brought in two barrels to the school and distributed to the children. “The headmaster and one of the teachers were absent, the rest of the teachers went their way once the meal was distributed and no one checked the meal, which comprised no vegetable or lentils but just plain rice”. This is the umpteenth incident of negligence on the part of the authorities responsible for providing mid day meals to students and a violation of the law, Aggarwal said.
Resolution to close down govt offices in schools
Disclosing that the students of Municipal Primary School, Prashant Vihar, have been facing unnecessary hardships after a hall of the school had been handed over to the Rationing Department, the Leader of Opposition, Standing Committee, MCD, Mr Vijender Gupta, demanded that all the offices being run from municipal primary school buildings should be closed immediately. He moved a resolution in the meeting of the Rohini Zone Ward Committee that the Rationing Office be closed down immediately as the children and teachers were facing unnecessary disturbance.
The Chairman of the Ward
Committee, Mr Laxman Das Ahuja, seconded the resolution. Later, the Ward Committee passed the resolution unanimously with the direction that the Education Department be directed to evict the Rationing Department. Mr Gupta disclosed that a hall of Municipal Primary School, Prashant Vihar, had been taken over by the Delhi Government temporarily for making identity cards of voters. After this work was over, the hall was handed over to Rationing Department. With the functioning of Rationing Department, a large number of people visit the office and park their vehicles in the premises of the school. It all causes harassment to the students and the teachers besides causing disturbance in studies. The Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) of the area had been requested to vacate the said hall but no action had been taken so far. Therefore, the Ward Committee today passed the resolution for the vacation of this hall. Mr Gupta further informed that using buildings of municipal primary schools for office purposes is contempt of the directions of the Delhi High Court. These directions were given in 1998.
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Bull runs amok, kills 2 before being shot dead
New Delhi, February 4 The bull attacked Chand Ram and Rani near their Baldev Park houses and gored them to death, Additional DCP (East District) Ajay Chaudhary said. It also damaged some vehicles parked in the area, he said. The incident occurred in the morning when a large number of people were out of their homes for their daily chores or for going to office. The bull apparently strayed into the area and after having a free run of the roads, it lumbered into the Baldev Park area of Preet Vihar. Suddenly, it started attacking people and damaging parked cars. There was total panic in the area after the bull attacked two persons just outside their respective homes. All attempts to shoo him away by the residents failed and the bull prevented the residents from even retrieving the body of the woman by attacking anyone who even tried to get near the body. The police were informed and several teams reached the spot immediately. The area was cordoned off to check the bull from escaping or stop the residents from inadvertently straying on the scene of the rampage. The police said that after cordoning off the area, they informed the Wildlife Department and the area deputy commissioner’s office. But there was no response for over an hour even as they kept a watch on the rampaging bull. Hundreds of residents of the area came to their terraces as the bull continued to run amok. It was only when the sub-divisional magistrate reached the spot that a decision was taken to shoot down the bull. The body of the woman was subsequently retrieved. The residents of the area alleged that the menace of stray cattle had compounded recently and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was doing little to curb it. The police said that a case had been registered and further investigations were on. It was not clear what provoked the animal to go on the rampage.
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Man held for selling forged DU degrees
New Delhi, February 4 According to the police, Javed was arrested red-handed while delivering a fake postgraduate degree of Delhi University for Rs 2,500. The deal was struck with a decoy customer and Rs 2,000 was given as advance. Javed asked the customer to collect the fake degree on February 3 near Canara Bank, Rohini, Sector-5. The police said that during interrogation, the accused disclosed that he completed his schooling and thereafter did certificate course in computer software technology. He purchased scanner, printer and computer and got scanned all the degrees and other format on his computer. He was reportedly selling degree and licenses for Rs 2000 to Rs 2500. The police have seized two CPU, two monitors, one scanner, one printer, three CDs containing original formats.
Land scam worth
Rs 75 cr in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, February 4 An FIR pertaining to fifth scam by land mafioso Moti Goel was registered at Sihani Gate police station in Ghaziabad on Thursday. Moti Goel is accused of having got 29 bigha land worth Rs 74.87 crore transferred to the names of his family members and relations by fraud and tampering with the government records and documents. Three other persons have also been named in the FIR besides Moti Goel. The fictitious entry in land records has since been cancelled by SDM Sadar, Rajesh Prakash. Till now, Moti Goel’s scam worth Rs 1,125 crore has come to light. In spite of colossal frauds on public land, the police have taken the cases rather casually and do not seem to be serious in arresting Moti Goel or any of the accused. SDM Sadar Rajesh Prakash said, “Moti Goel had tampered with the government record and got government land transferred to him or in the name of his relatives in Hasanpur, Bhorapur, Arthla, Prahlad Garhi, Kanawani and Makanpur villages. After these scams came to light, some people complained that Moti Goel had annexed the land in Dundaheda also. When this complaint was investigated through naib tehsildar and revenue inspector, it was found that Moti Goel had indeed got 29 bigha and 12 biswa land transferred to him and his relatives, including Ved Prakash and Kasturi Devi. The market value of this land is Rs 74.87 crore. SDM Rajesh Prakash said that he is keeping tabs on lands in all the Mahanagar villages which have a high market value.
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61.39% polling in Faridabad
Faridabad, February 4 Mewla Maharajpur, the largest constituency in the state with over 3.36 lakh voters, had the least turnout with 51.35 per cent of polling. The district has a total of about 12,13,981 voters. According to the statistics available, more than five lakh voters in the district used their voters’ ID to cast their votes. A total of about 7,12,473 voters came out to the polling stations to vote. About 42 per cent of them were women. For the Faridabad Assembly seat, the overall poll percentage was 52.10, of which about 82,774 persons used their I-cards, while the rest produced other documents to prove their identity. The percentage, however, was at 60.04, which included 73,044 male and 51,553 female voters. At
Hassanpur, about 65.45 per cent voters went for polling, while 68.39 per cent voters exercised their franchise at Palwal, an important constituency in the region. As only 43 per cent of the total voters in the district used the card issued by the Election Commission, it is reported that a large number of voters could not use their cards due to glaring mistakes in them. It is learnt that in many cards there was a mistake in the ‘sex’ column while in several others, age was wrong. At Prithla village in the district, a voter claimed that the I-cards issued to many voters in the village were faulty and as a result, they had to bring other means of identification, though some others claimed that the cards were hardly checked inside the booth. Reports of ‘bogus’ polling also surfaced at various places, when the voters found that someone had already cast their votes. The election authorities replaced the presiding officers at two booths in Palwal constituency after complaints of irregularities. Hundreds of residents in various Assembly segments could not cast their votes as they found their names missing from the voters’ list. They said it was unfortunate that they could not exercise their franchise. Meanwhile, the authorities kept all the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) under a heavy and round-the-clock security at places where the counting of votes will begin on February 27. The counting centres have been identified as Lakhani Dharamshala for Faridabad segment, Daulat Ram Khan Dharamshala for Mewla Maharajpur, Aggarwal Dharamshala for Ballabhgarh, S.D College, Palwal, for Palwal, ITI campus at Hathin for Hathin and Community Centre at Hodal for Hodal constituency respectively.
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SC seeks action plan to ease parking mess
New Delhi, February 4 Appearing for the Delhi Government, Advocate S.W.A. Quadri stated before the court that it was the prerogative of the civic bodies–Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)–and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to sit together and evolve a parking policy. A Bench comprising Justice Y. K. Sabharwal, Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice S. H. Kapadia, which had acted on the suggestion of the Environment and Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), took strong exception and said it was the duty of the Delhi Government to consult these agencies expeditiously. The EPCA had said chaos in parking could not be sorted out unless an integrated approach was taken by various authorities in the mixed land-use policy prevailing in the city. The court directed the government to consult all concerned and file a report within four weeks stating its action plan with regard to parking policy.
Ghazipur abattoir
The ultra-modern abattoir at Ghazipur in east Delhi would be ready for operation four months before time in March 2006, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi informed the Supreme Court, but requested it to stay its order for the interim shifting of slaughter operations there. A Bench comprising Justice N. Santosh Hegde, Justice S. B. Sinha and Justice A. K. Mathur was shown the impressive model of the hi-tech slaughterhouse even as counsel for MCD informed it that the work would be completed four months before the July 2006 deadline fixed by the apex Court. Appearing for the civic body, senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi and advocate Sanjeev Sen requested the Court to put on hold its direction for shifting of all slaughter operations from the existing Idgah abattoir within six months as it would hamper the progress of work at the new site. The Court after noticing the model observed that the Air Force, which did not have any objection to hoardes of birds flying over the dump yard at present but had objected to the modern slaughterhouse with zero discharge capability.
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DMA for SLP against ban on chemist shops in residential areas
New Delhi, February 4 ‘’We plan to put in a Special Leave Petition within a day or two against this order, which actually goes against the Master Plan of the city. It is clearly stated in the plan that chemist shops, which are a ‘use’ activity, should be allowed in residential areas.” “If hospitals and nursing homes are allowed to function from residential areas after a certain procedure then why not the chemist shops? This law will only create more hardship for the poor patients as there are about 700 chemist shops, which function out of nursing homes and hospitals while 5000 are in various residential zones,’’ Dr K. K. Aggarwal, President of the DMA, said at a press conference today. According to Dr Aggarwal, the case filed by the DDA Chemists Association and defended by the Drugs Department has only confused matters. ‘’It is wrong to define a chemist shop as a purely commercial activity. It actually falls under the ‘Use’ category of the Delhi Master Plan and this is why we will appeal to the apex court for some relief,’’ he added.
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Status report sought from police
New Delhi, February 4 The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Ms Reena Singh Nag, asked for the status report from the Delhi Police Special Cell, which had registered a case under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PNDT Act) and Information Technology Act, 2000, at its Lodhi Road Police Station against the company. The Reliance Infocomm is accused of violating provisions of the law by depicting information about sex determination of foetus on its website. The advertisement, in R-menu on Reliance mobile phones, allegedly provided information of Chinese way of detecting the sex of foetus. The Delhi Government’s Director of Family Welfare, Avinash Kaur Mehta, had approached the court seeking initiation of criminal proceedings against the company, its Board of Directors, officers, staff and franchisees for placing an advertisement on its website, which provided Chinese tips to predict the gender of the child. In her complaint, Mehta, Chairperson of the Appropriate Authority for Delhi under PNDT Act, alleged that under the submenu of Reliance Infocomm website, the said persons criminally conspired and communicated the techniques for ensuring and increasing the probability that an embryo will be of a particular sex.
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30 Rathi group offices raided for evading tax
Ghaziabad, February 4 According to departmental officials, the Rathi Group in its books had shown trading with various companies amounting to crores of rupees which did not take place at all. The raiding teams had seized documents which are expected to reveal huge tax evasion. In Ghaziabad, it is for the first time that the Central Customs and Excise department had conducted raids on such a large scale. According to Commissioner, Customs and Central Excise, SK Goel, intelligence sources had indicated that Rathi Group was indulging in tax evasion in a big way. Simultaneous raids were started at 10 am on various Rathi Group offices throughout the country. The premises raided, included Rathi Industries, Rathi Super Steel, Rathi Steel Ltd, and all the registered offices, trading centres offices of all the directors and residences of the directors, Commissioner Goel said. The Central Customs and Excise department expects to find proof of a large-scale tax evasion by one of the premier industrial houses in the country, the Rathi Group.
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Rs 6 lakh withdrawn from bank with forged signature
Noida, February 4 Garg said he came to know of the loss when he checked his balance in the bank and found Rs 6 lakh less in his account which he had not withdrawn. The amount had been taken out by somebody by forging his signature. When he complained to the bank manager and got all relevant records and documents examined, it was found that someone had cheated him. According to police, a young woman is believed to be involved in this fraud. The Sector-20 police are investigating.
Wanted ‘Fauji’ brought to Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, February 4 According to the S.P. City, Umesh Srivastava, Manoj Fauji’s name is linked with the murders of BSP councillor Ram Veer Yadav and SP leader Naresh Yadav last month. The SP leader was shot dead in indiscriminate shooting in Gandhi Nagar under Sihani Gate police station. Before that Bramhota councillor Ram Veer Yadav had been killed by criminals. In both these cases, Manoj Fauji’s name had come up during investigations, police said.
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Respite from chill pill in Delhi
New Delhi, February 4 The minimum temperature this morning was 7.3 degree Celsius compared to yesterday’s 5.7 degree Celsius, the weather office said. Though the day started with a cloudy sky, bright sunshine greeted the city residents as the day progressed. The day is expected to be warmer than yesterday’s temperature of 22 degree Celsius. The forecast for tomorrow is: partly cloudy sky with mist in the morning. The minimum temperature will be around 7 degree Celsius, the weather office said. Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport were normal, though the arrival and departure of some trains was delayed at the New Delhi Railway Station.
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Orientation programme on adolescent health
New Delhi, February 4 In this context, an initiative has been taken in collaboration with Freedom, an NGO for empowerment of women and Rotary Club Delhi Rhythm District 3010, to organise an orientation programme for principals of public and government schools across NCT of Delhi. Among the dignitaries expected on the occasion include the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Yoganand Shastri, Dr Vijay Chandra, Regional Director, Mental Health, WHO (SEARO), Dr Vinay Aggarwal, General Secretary, IMA, Mr D. V. Sharma, Secretary, COBSE, and eminent scholars from NCERT and CBSE. The overall aim of the programme is to impress upon the audience the need for adolescent reproductive and sexual health education in the rapidly burgeoning social scenario.
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'Develop Haridwar-Delhi road for safety of Kanwarias'
New Delhi, February 4 The road must have facilities of proper streetlighting and shelters after a fixed distance so as to save them from hardships during their journey on foot, he said. Mahashivratri is in March when thousands of Kanwarias belonging to the neighbouring states of Haryana, Rajasthan visit Haridwar. Since, they have to travel on National Highway which has enormous traffic, the Kanwarias are exposed to accidents and harassment, Mr Ahuja pointed out.
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Steps urged to arrest low sex ratio
New Delhi, February 4 In Delhi, 809 girls are born in a year for every 1000 births of boys. Last year, 30,000 female foetuses were killed by ultrasound or abortion. (About three lakh deliveries happened last year.) In other words, one in four girls in South Delhi is being eliminated before birth. This, CAPED claims, is in spite of enactment of a legislation banning pre-natal sex determination tests.
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JCB India donates for tsunami victims
Faridabad, February 4 The JCB Bamford Excavators, UK, the parent unit of the company, has contributed JCB machines worth one million dollars for clearing up operations in the tsunami-affected areas of India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, it is stated. The JCB India Limited located at Ballabhgarh here has been a fully owned subsidiary of the JC Bamford, UK.
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