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Child rescued, kidnapper held
4 held for attack on sarpanch
Encroachers at it in Faridabad colony
Class 10 student ends life after failure in exam
Stress on need to conserve water in urban areas
No respite from heat, season’s hottest day keeps
Facelift for New Delhi railway station
Token strike by petrol pump owners
BJP threatens stir over proposed hike in power tariff
Ignou aims to create cost-effective
national resources
AIT seminar on education in US
Artscape
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Two killed as Blue Line buses collide, 22 injured
New Delhi, June 19 The injured were taken to the Batra Hospital where the condition of two persons is said to be serious. The accident took place at 10.45 a.m. at the roundabout near Batra Hospital. While one of the deceased was identified as Sanjay Kumar (30), the other was still to be identified, said the police. According to the police, the two buses were plying on route numbers 511 and 34. According to the police, both the buses were being driven at a very high speed. As one of the buses (511) took a turn, the one coming from another side rammed it. The police have registered a case of negligence in the Sangam Vihar police station, though no arrest has been made so far. The police said that they are yet to identify those seriously injured.
Two hurt in chemical factory blast
Two persons were injured seriously after a blast took place in a drum carrying some chemical. The explosion took place in a chemical factory in Madipur area in West district. Police said that the incident took place at 3.30 pm. The injured have been identified as Shyam Preet Yadav and Vijender (20), residents of Madipur. They were taken to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital where their condition is said to be serious. Both sustained 60 per cent burn injuries. No arrest has been made so far in the case. The police said that Shyam Preet Yadav was the owner of the chemical factory.
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Child rescued, kidnapper held
New Delhi, June 19 The police have arrested Vinod, alias Bhagwan Dass, for allegedly kidnapping the child. On June 17, one Surender Singh, resident of sector-20, reported to the police that his son was missing after he had gone to purchase biscuits from a nearby shop. During the investigations, the police found that Vinod, the brother-in-law of the complainant, did not have good relations with him. On interrogation, Vinod confessed that he wanted to teach Surender Singh a lesson and planned the kidnapping. He confessed that he kidnapped the child on June 16 and took him to Shahdara and left him at a secluded place. However, when the police party went to the said place at Shahdara they did not find the child. Later, they went to a Shahdara- based children home, ‘Child Line Centre’, Tahir Pur and found the child. The police have registered a case of kidnapping at the Sultan Puri police station and have arrested the accused.
4 criminals nabbed, several cases solved
With the arrest of two persons, the Delhi Police claimed to have worked out four cases of criminal activities including an auto theft. The two accused were identified as Shankar Kumar (19) and Gulab Chand Misra (20). The police also claimed to have seized four motorcycles from their possession that the accused had stolen from different places in the city. The police said that the accused were apprehended while they were going to dispose off a Bajaj Chetak scooter. Initially, the accused said that they had purchased the vehicle three days back. However, after being cross examined by the police, they reportedly accepted that they had stolen it from Saraswati Vihar area. The police have registered a case in Paschim Vihar police station and further investigating was continuing regarding their involvement in other criminal
activities. — TNS
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4 held for attack on sarpanch
Gurgaon, June 19 The Superintendent of Police, Gurgaon, Mr Yogender Nehra, today stated that four of the accused have been sent in police remand and a hunt is on for the other accused. The former sarpanch, Mr Mam Chand, and the present sarpanch, Mr Sohan Lal, are political rivals in their native village. In the last panchayat elections, Mr Sohan Lal defeated Mr Mam Chand. This led to bad blood between the two factions and their enmity increased thereafter. Mr Mam Chand and his accomplices allegedly attacked the present sarpanch’s family while they were engaged in the marriage ceremony of Mr Sohan Lal’s daughter. Guns and knives were allegedly used in the attack. While two, including Mr Bhagirath, son of Mr Sohan Lal, received fatal injuries, some others were also injured in the incident. Mr Surender, another son of Mr Sohan Lal, then lodged a complaint. All the accused are said to be residents of the village. Incidentally, the baratis were not attacked. The incident had taken even before the marriage was solemnised. However, as the elderly members of both the sides intervened, the attackers restrained themselves for a while and the wedding was solemnised. Though Mr Sohan Lal’s son had already died, the family members were not informed of the news lest it should interfere in the nuptials. The incident has come in for condemnation from various quarters in the village. Mr Nehra said that the police would soon nab the culprits.
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Encroachers at it in Faridabad colony
Faridabad, June 19 The trust which manages the colony, has got an FIR lodged against certain persons for allegedly encroaching upon its land worth Rs 3 crore. The officials of the colony met the senior district officials, including the Deputy Commissioner and the Faridabad SP, to seek their intervention for clearing the encroachers. It is alleged that
some influential persons, including a former minister and a private builder have been involved in this activity. The land measuring about 713 sq. yards is a part of the prime location, located on Bhadkhal-Surajkund Road, where the rate of land has been around Rs 40,000 sq. yards. It is stated that the encroachers have put up illegal barricades on the land recently. It may be recalled that Greenfields Colony has over 3,700 residential plots and the company managing it had deposited about Rs 24 crore as development charges by 1994. The colony has been most sought-after due to its proximity to Delhi border and Surajkund area, where the land rates have gone up several times in the past about two years.
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Class 10 student ends life after failure in exam
New Delhi, June 19 Police said that Punit had been depressed since yesterday after the declaration of the class 10 results in which he got failed. Since then he did not speak to anyone in the house. He went to his room this morning. When he did not come for sometime, his father Jay Prakash got worried. Even after repeated knocking, when Punit did not open the door, he broke it open and found Punit hanging from the ceiling. Jay Prakash took his son to Max Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
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Stress on need to conserve water in urban areas
New Delhi, June 19 A spokesman of the foundation said that
proper planning, development, management and optimal utilisation of
water resource were important for socio-economic development. Increased
demographic pressure in the urban areas and socio-economic developments
have increased the demand for water in the last few decades. As such,
it becomes important to conserve rainwater and recycle wastewater.
According to the foundation, over-exploitation of available water
resources has increased the cost of water. Even as the awareness about
water conservation is increasing, people are unable to do much because
of the unavailability of appropriate technology. Many options of water
management, considered unfeasible earlier, are now required to be
reassessed for their feasibility. The spokesman claimed that the
Morarka Foundation had been engaged in developing technologies for water
conservation for over a decade. They have now developed many
technologies for water harvesting, conservation and recycling. A
biotech-based system has also been developed recently for recycling of
any wastewater to any desired level of its use. The foundation believes
that water harvesting, conservation and recycling can be made to become
entrepreneurial initiatives. The technology and the solutions
developed by the foundation would enable the young unemployed youth to
gain economic benefits. According to the foundation, it is just not
enough to put fresh rainwater into the sub-surface unless this
sub-surface water helps in recharging groundwater aquifers. If it is not
done, the sub-surface water gets lost due to capillary action and
atmospheric evaporation. The need is to make a large portion of the
harvested water immediately available for withdrawal almost like an
underground water storage tank. To begin with, the foundation suggests
harvesting of water only from pucca surfaces that can be cleaned to
avoid any contamination. For filtration, it will use standard equipment
that is easy to use and is maintenance-free. For transportation,
flexible piping systems will be used, that can be installed during the
rainy season only and taken off for the rest of the year. The Morarka
Foundation has developed a standard filter design that uses only natural
materials, operates on gravitational movement of water and requires very
little maintenance. For the installation of rainwater harvesting
systems on turnkey basis, the entrepreneur can be recognised as licensed
service providers by the appropriate authorities. The local bodies can
also prescribe draft/model agreements for their rainwater harvesting
services.
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No respite from heat, season’s hottest day keeps Delhiites indoors
New Delhi, June 19 While the temperature reached 42 degree Celsius at about 11. 30 a.m., it peaked after 3. 30 p.m. at 44.2 degree Celsius, according to the Met office. However, for most part of the day the temperature hovered around 43 degree Celsius, before touching the ‘seasonal high’, which was nothing unusual. The minimum temperature recorded for the day was 30.0 degree Celsius, it said. A dust-storm is also expected by late evening in the Capital and its suburbs but no rains. The heat conditions are likely to continue for some more days though they portend good for the monsoons, the weatherman added. The mercury had touched 43.7 degrees Celsius yesterday, surpassing its previous highest of 43.5 degree Celsius recorded on June 5.
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Facelift for New Delhi railway station
New Delhi, June 19 To avoid confusion, the new building being constructed at the Ajmeri Gate side of the station, will have separate floors for arrival and departure. Passengers arriving at the station will be on the ground floor and those departing will enter through the first floor. Eventually, the building at the Paharganj side will be connected to the new building through an over bridge. Any information about the arrival and departure of trains and reservation status will be easily accessible with touch screens being installed at all the platforms and the number of reservation counters was also being increased, a senior Northern Railway official said. Moreover, all the foot over bridges (FOBs) and their entrances will have display boards to save the passengers from the inconvenience of traversing up to the main station lobby for obtaining train information. An additional foot over bridge is being constructed at the Ajmeri Gate side in continuation of the one at the exit of the Delhi Metro station to facilitate passengers to cross over to the Metro station or return. This bridge will be disabled-friendly, the officials said. Special attention would be paid to maintaining cleanliness at the station. For this, a fully-mechanised cleaning system has been acquired. There are plans to construct state-of-the-art toilets at platforms with a nominal charge for their use. Fare structure on Metro to remain unchanged The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Limited today announced that fare structure for travel on the Metro will continue to be the same with the extension of the Metro Rail services on the Kashmere Gate–Central Secretariat Metro section, which will be opening soon. The minimum fare for travel will remain at Rs 6 while the maximum fare will continue to be Rs 14 depending upon the distance travelled by the commuters. The Kashmere Gate – Central Secretariat section will have intermediate Metro stations at Delhi Main, Chawri Bazar, Rajiv Chowk and Patel
Chowk. — TNS
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Token strike by petrol pump owners
New Delhi, June 19 As a result of the call, there was considerable rush at the petrol pumps even on a Sunday and despite the heat, as motorists wanted to have enough petrol to last them for the next 24 hours. However, there was little panic as most realised that it was only a one-day
token strike. The petroleum dealers here have also threatened to go on an indefinite strike from July 18 if the government fails to implement the accord and enhance their commission from the prevailing 1.59 per cent to 5.0 per cent by then. The ‘accord’ is actually the point of discord, which has forced us to go on a day’s strike as a sign of protest for not implementing the terms and conditions reached in August 2001, said Delhi Petrol Dealers Association president Saran Sarna. ‘’If today’s one-day ‘token strike’ fails to move the government, we’ll be going on an indefinite strike from the 18th of next month to force the government to respect the pact it made with us,’’ he said. “Today’s strike is a warning call on our two-point demand – the ‘non-implementation’ of the deal from which the government was backtracking and the increase in commission percentage from present 1.59 per cent to 5.0 per cent. Besides, being forced to bear with the unjust moves of the government like exorbitant fines of Rs 10,000 for unclean toilets and faulty air gauge, we have taken the extreme step,” he said. ‘’We just want the government to honour its word on the accord. Regarding increasing commission we can give it a grace period of few months but at least the move should be made,’’ said Sarna.
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BJP threatens stir over proposed hike in power tariff
New Delhi, June 19 The Delhi BJP chief, Dr Harsh Vardhan, alleged that this arbitrary decision has been taken in connivance with the Delhi Government led by the Congress party. He said the Electricity Regulatory Commission was doing injustice to the public by favouring the private power companies. In the meeting with the activists, the BJP president suggested that the Regulatory Commission should be a multi-member commission like the Election Commission, so that one person cannot take such arbitrary
decision. — TNS
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Ignou aims to create cost-effective
national resources
New Delhi, June 19 Recognising
the potential of the Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs), based on interactive multi-media tools to enhance equitable
access to higher education, we are offering to help other institutions
minimise their costs and time by joining hands with us, said IGNOU
pro-Vice Chancellor S. C. Garg. As we are aware that the Open and
Distance Learning (ODL) requires special skills and highly technical
and professional competencies, the IGNOU as a promoter of the ODL
wants all state Open Universities and Distance Education Institutes to
make the best use of this offer and save their time and costs, he
said. The Ignou is well-equipped to harness the vast potential of
EduSat for a socio-cultural revolution, he added.
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AIT seminar on education in US
New Delhi, June 19 She highlighted the success of the partnership between TSU and AIT wherein a number of Indian students have benefited from the twinning arrangement and are presently pursuing their postgraduation. Ms Thomas shared her views with regard to the problems in obtaining the US visa for Indian students. She said that a senior official of the university visits India every year and makes it a point to visit the US embassy and the visa officials. This is mainly to ensure that the US embassy recognises the partnerships with AIT. Indian students studying at the American universities are not only encouraged with regard to the academic programme, but are also given financial help by means of scholarships, Ms Thomas said. Speaking of the adjustment of Indian students in the US, she said all universities have somebody who looks after the welfare of overseas students, resolving their problems from the academic to the personal.
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Artscape
New Delhi, June 19 The albums, ‘Lotus Path’ by James Asher, ‘Budha Garden’ by Parijat, ‘Yoga Harmony’ by Terry Oldfield, ‘Reiki Essence’ by Anuvida and Nyk Tyndall and ‘Nada Himalaya –2’ by Deuter are a meditative music delight. A must for all those who believe in destressing to maintain one’s equilibrium amids the stress and strain of modern-day urban living. Involved in the difficult act of balancing a dozen-odd
small tea glasses one above the other with his small, tender hands, the photograph of a frail figure of a child at a roadside dhaba graphically depicts the plight of lakhs of children forced into working for livelihood in the country. This photograph is one of the exhibits in an all black and white photo exhibition, ‘’Life in Frames’’, organised in the Capital by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, an NGO working for child rights, and the students of the Jamia Millia University here at the Travancore House here. The exhibition is on till June 30. Another photograph shows a child engaged in making a football, bringing out the irony that at his age the child should be enjoying a game of the foot ball rather than toiling to make it. Some of the photographs of children engaged in difficult tasks very effectively bring out the pathos in their bleak and miserable existence. The photographs, shot in the Capital and at Bhadoi and Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh where thousands of children are employed in various industries like lock-making and carpet weaving, depict the plight of working children, their drudgery and above all their unfortunate existence where they have to sacrifice their childhood to help supplement their families’ income. The photographs leave a lasting impression on the psyche of the viewers. “I have chosen to portray my pictures in black and white because it goes with the kind of life these children are leading,’’ says Kashif Ali, first year student in post graduate course in mass media at Jamia Millia Islamia, who is one of the participants in the exhibition. On his choice of subject, he said child labour was his research subject in first year after which he decided to sensitise people on the issue. Urban life in focus The Visual Art Gallery here is also presenting an exhibition of photographs of Sandeep Singh entitled “Silence”. The photographs attempt to reveal the human aspect in the modern, urban concrete jungles. The exhibition is on till June 23. The Inderprastha Gallery here is showcasing the works of several women artists, which view “Women as a Metaphor”. The exhibition is open for public viewing till June 30. Among the artists whose works are being showcased are Preeti Verma, Chitra Singh, Hena Chakraborty, Mamta Mathur and Rachna Mohan. The paintings attempt to present the female form as a metaphor of nature, power, humanity and strength. The Visual Art Gallery at the India Habitat Centre here will host the third ‘Navsar Show’ by exhibiting the paintings, sculptures, graphics and installations of nine artists from the College of Art here from July 1 to July 4. Being a summer show this year, it has been appropriately christened “ Mercury Rising”. Navsar, which literally means a garland of nine strings, was started in February 2003. The second Navsar was held in the following year, this being the third. The idea behind it is that every year nine new artists are given an opportunity to display their works so that they get a start in their artistic careers. It also provides a common meeting ground for artists from different cultures and fields.
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