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Mystery shrouds computer engineer’s death
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Two wounded in gunfires during festivities
Parents’ Manch protest denial of roll
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Court directive to MCD on functions in halls
Mehta tenders apology for contempt of court
L-G wants reliable security system
Geelani case: L-G dismisses charges
Flowers to bloom at Yamuna Pushta
MCD leader wants rise in councillors’ fund
Amitians wish Godspeed to their seniors
Vidrohi demands survey of rain-hit areas
Water supply to be hit
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Prostitution racket smashed in five-star hotels
New Delhi, February 10 Taking note of a mobile phone number from a leading national daily, a decoy customer contacted the kingpin and was told to meet the girl at the main gate of a five-star hotel. The kingpin also demanded 300 US dollars from the customer. The girl appeared at the gate on time during which she was nabbed by the sleuths who were already stationed there. During interrogation, the girl told the sleuths that she belonged to an affluent family and charges Rs 1 lakh for a brief companionship. She even went as far as to Singapore, Hong Kong and Canada. She said that she normally caters to high-class customers who have deep pockets and gives commission ranging from 20 to 40 per cent to the kingpin, who does not disclose his whereabouts.
Four held for stealing trolleys from airport
With the arrest of four persons, the South-West district police claim to have busted a gang involved in stealing trolleys from the IGI Airport. The police also claimed to have seized at least 1,500 trolleys and some parts worth lakhs of rupees from their possession. The accused have been identified as Satpal, resident of Amar Vihar; Sudama, resident of Dabri; Babu Ram, resident of Dabri; and Salimuddin, resident of Arya Samaj Mandir. Acting on a secret information that one Tata-407 would be carrying trolleys from the airport for disposal in the market, the police intercepted the truck near Nasirpur and seized as many as 1,500 trolleys from the truck. The accused Satpal told the police during interrogation that he had been working as a sub-contractor collecting the garbage from the airport. During this time, he hatched a conspiracy with three others to steal trolleys from the airport. He also said that so far they had stolen at least 1,600 trolleys from the airport.
MCD engineer suspended
The Municipal Commissioner, Mr Rakesh Mehta, said that Brij Pal Singh, Executive Engineer, Shahadra Zone, had been placed under suspension with immediate effect and major penalty proceedings have been ordered to be initiated against him. The action followed subsequent to the lodging of an FIR by the CBI against the official for acquiring assets to the tune of Rs 1.2 crore disproportionate to his legitimate income. The Municipal Commissioner warned that strict action would be taken against the officials found guilty of corrupt practices. He directed the official to maintain highest level of integrity and honesty in their official work and dealings. He also instructed the Director Vigilance, MCD to constitute special teams to nail officials indulging in corrupt and unfair practices.
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Mystery shrouds computer engineer’s death
Noida, February 10 The victim, Rahul Sharma, a resident of Q block of Sector-62,
Noida, was a qualified software engineer and had started his career in a private company
in Greater Kailash,
New Delhi. He was found dead in his room at 10.30 pm on Wednesday.
Bunty, one of his friends, informed the police that Rahul committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling fan. Police found Rahul’s body on
the ground and a noose
was hanging from the ceiling fan. A suicide note found along the body addressed to his friend
Bunty, said he was sick of life and was therefore ending it. Nobody else should be held responsible for his death, the note said. Later, Bunty informed Rahul’s maternal uncle in New Delhi about Rahul’s death. The police has sent the body for
the post-mortem examination. Further investigations are on.
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Two wounded in gunfires during festivities
Ghaziabad, February 10 The wounded youth were rushed to Yashoda Hospital, Ghaziabad, where they are in serious. Krishna Kumar, son of Chaudhry Rampal, was celebrating his betrothal ceremony when someone fired in jubilation from their licensed gun. Satyapal, son of Puran Singh of the same village, and Rajesh Pal, son of Dev Karan of Vijay Nagar, were wounded in the gunfires. They both collapsed on the ground in a pool of blood. Later, the victims were operated upon at Yashoda Hospital, but continue to be in a serious condition. Such incidents have taken place earlier also as people, in spite of a ban from the authorities, fire from their licensed arms to express joy and jubilation on marriages etc. Police are investigating whether those who fired from gun were under the influence of liquor. Police will not only take action under IPC, but the arms license will also be cancelled. After the incident those who fired from their guns and Krishan Kumar are all absconding.
Eunuch murdered by friends
After a round of drinks, an altercation ensued between a group of eunuchs in Shiban Pura area under Sihani Gate Kotwali, which resulted in the death of a eunuch. The police have recovered the body of the victim with his hands and feet tied from his own house. Laxmi, alias Bharat, used to live in Shiban Pura area. His brother and relatives live in the adjoining house. According to the police, six other eunuchs consumed liquor in Laxmi’s house. During an argument, they beat up Laxmi, then tied his hands and feet with a rope and later strangled him with the same rope before fleeing. Laxmi’s body was found covered with clothes on a bed in his house by his relatives. He was bleeding from nose and there was a rope noose around his neck. Laxmi’s brother Ramesh Chand had filed an FIR with the police naming Shobha, another eunuch and his friends for the murder. The murderers had also removed some jewellery from Laxmi’s body and had also ransacked the house.
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Parents’ Manch protest denial of roll
numbers
Faridabad, February 10 The Manch has sought an intervention by the Education Department to end such type of harassment and victimisation of the students, which it claimed could affect the performance of the examinees. The Manch has also offered free legal help to the students and parents becoming victim of such development. The president of the manch, Mr O. P. Sharma, advocate, said here today that several complaints in this connection have been brought to the notice of the manch that many private schools, which claim to have ‘excellent result’ in the matric and plus two classes, have been put on hold roll number slips for the Board examination. The private schools have allegedly been pressurising the students and parents to appear as private candidates and not as regular candidates. These candidates are full-time students of these schools and the denial of the roll number is shocking to the examinees as well as their parents, he said. Claiming that such development is not only harassing but could also affect the preparations of the students and their result as they have been left demoralised. Stating that this has become a regular annual feature in many schools in the town and district and this has primarily been done to ensure a good result. However, he also said that it is an infringement on the rights of the students to appear the exams as they have been studying in these institutions for the whole year and paying full fees. He claimed that many of the affected students had already submitted their exam fees and other charges with the schools. Stating that there could be some weak and average type of students in every school, it is the duty and responsibility of the schools and their teachers to help them by providing extra coaching and classes in the subjects, in which they are weak. According to the manch, if the school management do not want to let the weak students appear on school list, then they should also not take the credit of the achievements of the bright students. It is alleged that principals and teachers of many schools run after the students and their parents to get them enrolled in their schools after they emerge out toppers in the Matric examination and even offer free education to take the credit that the toppers are their products. The manch has sent a letter to the CBSE and the Secretary of the Haryana Board regarding the issue and has sought a solution on permanent basis. It has also started a helpline (phone: 9810155058, 2261864) for the students and parents in this regard, assuring all support and cooperation from the manch to the affected.
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Court directive to MCD on functions in halls
New Delhi, February 10 Issuing a notice to the MCD on a petition filed by one Ashok Kumar, Justice S Ravindra Bhat asked the civic body to ensure that the petitioner’s function scheduled for tomorrow at Amar Colony Community Hall in Lajpat Nagar here, was held as per his wishes. The court sought a reply from the MCD by March 9. Petitioner’s counsel Manjit Singh Ahluwalia pointed out that the court had on November 30 last ordered the MCD “to ensure that no one is forced to use facilities of licencees in community centres if that facility is made by that person on his own”. The order had come on two petitions by Federation of Delhi Shamiana Dealers Welfare Association and Delhi Shamiana Dealers Vyapar Sudhar Samiti which had challenged the existing MCD policy on the issue as being illegal and arbitrary. Ahluwalia said he would file a contempt petition against the MCD officials for failing to implement the November 30 order. The petitioner had booked the community hall on February 5 for a function tomorrow. However, despite an order to the contrary from the court, it asked Kumar to take the services of the licencee for tent and catering. “This is being done across the Capital in violation of the High Court order,” Mr Ahluwalia said. The court had directed the MCD to clearly spell out the right to use the open lawns adjacent to the main building, including the right to erect a shamiana on the lawn. The court had also asked the MCD to clarify in the new policy if a person taking additional facilities like floral decoration, carpets, tables, sofas and chairs, has to take such facilities from the licencee or he is free to make his own arrangement. In case the MCD made it compulsory to use the facility offered by its licencees, the civic body would ensure that the facility was of desired quality and fix the rates thereof, the court had said.
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Mehta tenders apology for contempt of court
New Delhi, February 10 However, the court that had posted the case today for pronouncing the quantum of sentence, discharged the MCD Commissioner after an unconditional apology was tendered on his behalf. In view of the fact that the order is complied with by the MCD and also that an unconditional apology has been tendered by two senior MCD officials on Commissioner’s behalf, the Commissioner is discharged and I accept the unconditional apology. However, Commissioner MCD and other officials are directed to be more careful in future,” observed the court. However, Mr Mehta filed an application today to exempt him from appearance and for dropping the proceedings, saying he has now complied with the order. Thirty-two shopkeepers, belonging to Shrivastava Market Welfare Association of Hauz Qazi, through their counsel Ashwini Kumar Gupta, had told the court in August 2003, that the MCD had raised the wall, blocking their passage with mala fide intentions. The court, after hearing both parties, directed the MCD to demolish the disputed wall on October 23, 2003 within 30 days, but the MCD did not comply with the order. The petitioners then filed an execution application to demolish the wall themselves. But the court dismissed it, holding that contempt is maintainable and not the execution application. The petitioners then filed a writ in the Delhi High Court, challenging the order of dismissal of the execution application. On January 12, 2005, the High Court converted the execution application into a contempt petition. On February 3, the Civil Judge after hearing the parties held the Commissioner guilty of contempt for willful disobedience of its order. The MCD then demolished the wall.
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L-G wants reliable security system
New Delhi, February 10 He was addressing the 12th international conference of Asian Professional Security Association on security management in digital age. In his address, the Lieutenant-Governor said that there was a need for updating development and absorption of newer and better technical skills in digital security. He said Indian companies had set up green field ventures and also acquired businesses overseas in the last couple of years. He said security was what we think of when things happen. The need of the hour was visualising threat perceptions, specially when challenges have multiplied–from physical to digital and beyond. “It is not just data, but strategies and planning which need to be protected to be a cut above the rest in a competitive world of today,” he said. Delhi Chief Secretary S Reghunatha, in turn, said that unless the gap between the haves and the have-nots was bridged, security issues and threat perception would continue to dog us, despite the best of gadgetry available and mobilisation of resources. He said the pertinent question is whether we need sophisticated gadgets to safeguard ourselves and our interests or follow the ‘self-generated’ mechanism, found in ‘backward’ societies like tribals and rural areas. “It’s ironical that as we get civilised, we start talking about security issues whereas in the so-called backward areas like tribal regions, there seems to be no such threat,” he said. It’s so surprising that in rural areas where people are not so ‘cultured’, they leave their homes unlocked and everything is open, but as we move towards ‘civilised’ societies the security threat seeps in, he said. APSA, an association of security practitioners in the Asian region formed in 1994, has branches in nine countries, including Singapore, South Korea and India.
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Geelani case: L-G dismisses charges
New Delhi, February 10 Mr Joshi today said that there is no basis of the allegations whatsoever of the police’s involvement in the attack on Prof Geelani, whose acquittal in Parliament attack case has
been challenged in the Supreme Court. ‘’There is no logic in the accusations being made by certain quarters on the alleged role of the Delhi Police in the assault. There seems to be no basis of their allegations as well. The allegation is so absurd that it doesn’t merit a comment. Why would the police do such a thing. It is a very vicious allegation,’’ he added.
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After sunshine, the rains
New Delhi, February 10 The city had no rains since Monday and the day temperature yesterday was 24.6 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal. The forecast for tomorrow is partly cloudy sky with the possibility of light rains in some parts of the city. The minimum temperature is expected to be around 12 degrees Celsius, the weather office said.
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Flowers to bloom at Yamuna Pushta
New Delhi, February 10 According to the president of Flower Marketing Committee, Mr Rajendra Tanwar, some 50 villages near Shahdara and Alipur have also been included as possible areas where flower cultivation could be started from the next monsoon season. Most of the modalities regarding the project have already been fulfilled, said Mr Tanwar. “The Delhi Government has given a green light to the plan. Due to the proximity to the Yamuna riverbed, the nearby Yamuna Pushta areas has become an ideal land for the cultivation of all types of flowers,” he said. On a conservative estimate, according to Mr Tanwar, the local consumption of flowers in the city was worth approximately Rs 55 crore every year. “And there is no denying the fact that more than half of this trade is being carried out through the unorganised channels, mainly through the approximately 4000 small counters spread across the city. Our target is to convert this business into an organised sector.” Highlighting the benefits of flower cultivation, particularly for the small farmers, he said, with an initial investment in the first year, the farmers could reap its rewards for the next four to five years. “In an effort to attract the small farmers to this sector, we are also negotiating with the government for easy finance, risk cover, availability of seeds and other promotional facilities,” he said.
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Homeopathy can check HIV/AIDS
New Delhi, February 10 He said a research project on HIV/AIDS with the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) will likely to be out soon with NACO Director-General S.Y Quraishi showing favourable response towards the proposal. Technically right homeopathic practices could cure conditions posing a challenge for the medical
fraternity, he said, explaining the significance of predictive homeopathy, including the recent advances made by genetic and embryology into its basic principles. Talking about significance of the two-day seminar on “Hope for the hopeless” by the Predictive Homeopathy, beginning here on Saturday, he said the youngest and the latest science of therapeutics offered answers and permanent solution to as many as 1400 diseases suffered by mankind. “Likes can be cured by likes. Homeopathy is based some what on principles of vaccination. The main principle of the science is to increase a person’s immunity so that he is collectively cured of all diseases,” he added. He said wrong applications of homeopathy had limited its capacity. “It is not only for cough and cold. If understood properly, this science can be used for all ailments, including emergencies,” he added. Showing documented examples of persons who had been cured of several dreadful diseases like Sturge Weber syndrome, subdural haematoma, hydrocephalus vitreous retinopathy and cerebral palsy, he said homeopathy offered solutions to most incurable diseases. “No disease is without a precursor or a follower. Most ailments are a result of an individual harbouring a tendency to a particular disease. Moreover, no disease falls from the sky. It
is mostly the result of a chain reaction. That is why in homeopathy we treat the man in disease and not the disease in the man. As we believe that for every disease there is a cure within our body. We just need to enhance the right kind of immune system from within,” he added. He also introduced Hussain, a boy suffering from cerebral palsy who had mentally and physically improved so much that he had taken admission in a homeopathic college in Mumbai and was now competing with other normal students with confidence. Hussain, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this morning, said the Prime Minister told him that he was honoured to meet him. “The Prime Minister told me that he was the one who had been inspired by me,” Hussain added smilingly.
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MCD leader wants rise in councillors’ fund
New Delhi, February 10 A sum of Rs 25 lakh should be allocated from the plan head and Rs 30 lakh from the toll tax collection this year. The authorities concerned should try to allocate the total councillors’ fund from plan head. He said that most of road construction, repairing, drain construction works in residential areas are done by the area corporators and payment for these works is made from their fund. As it is not certain when the non-plan fund will be sanctioned, the payment of contractors is made late. If the councillors’ fund is sanctioned from the plan head, payment to the contractors will be made on time, resulting in more development work in the MCD area. He said that the corporation’s advertisement policy was defective with the result the department collects only a meager amount. It is an important source of income. With an amendment in the policy, revenue can be increased from Rs 100 to Rs 200 crore per year. While speaking on education, he said that the department was considering to change the English books meant for the students of class III, IV and Vth. The English language books are difficult. The students are unable to understand it. The Director of Education, Mrs Indira Yadav, also admitted that the books of foreign writers were introduced in the MCD schools and the students could understand their language. New committee has been constituted to decided the standard of the books. In the field of health, Mr Satbir Singh said the corporation has started five new hospitals of allopathic, homeopathic, Unani and Ayurvedic in different areas of the Capital. The corporation has also planned to open more hospitals in the coming year.
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Amitians wish Godspeed to their seniors
New Delhi, February 10 The function began with a ‘havan’ accompanied by the chanting of shlokas to invoke the blessings of the almighty. Following the unique Amitian tradition they lit candles, a gesture symbolising the path of awareness and enlightenment. In her keynote address, the Principal, Mrs Mohina Dar, recounted the times when they entered the Amitian portals with pattering feet and today leave the same portal with confident strides. The function was graced by the Founder President
RBEF, Dr Ashok Kumar Chauhan, and Chairperson Dr Amita Chauhan, who advised the students to follow in true spirit the values instilled in them by their alma mater. For the parents, it was indeed a sentimental evening to go down memory lane and remember their children grow from tender toddlers to strapping teenagers ready to face the challenges of adult life. Class XI students rendered a touching number “Tum Samay Ki Ret Par Chodte Chalo
Nishan” requesting their seniors to set high standards in each and every field. Framed citations to commemorate and appreciate their talents were given to them in recognition of their achievements of the years gone by and the ceremony ended with emotion filled “Rendering of showers of blessings” by the staff that moisten each and every eye.
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Vidrohi demands survey of rain-hit areas
Faridabad, February 10 In a statement here yesterday, Mr Vidrohi claimed that hails had caused extensive damage to the crops especially the mustard, which he said is the main rabi crops in the region. Claiming that crops in hundreds of hectares of land in the districts like Faridabad, Gurgaon, Mahendergarh, Rewari and neighbouring areas of Jhajjar had been affected by this development that took place on Monday and Tuesday. Stating that the rains at this time were good for the rabi crops, especially for the wheat. He said mustard is one of the main crops of the areas in these districts as there is shortage of irrigation water and such facilities.
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Water supply to be hit
New Delhi, February 10 The affected areas are PM House Complex, Gymkhana Club, Vinay Marg, Satya Marg and Satya Sadan, IB Complex, Diplomatic area, Sarijini Nagar, Laxmi Bai Nagar, Malcha Marg, Rajdoot Marg, Dharam Marg and other adjoining
area. — TNS
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