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Murder most foul: Man buries step son alive in pit
Monsoon arrives in full form
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Marginal drop in second cut-off lists of DU colleges
Boy’s rescue a warning for future kidnappers
Honda employees, management stand-off continues at Manesar
Deadlock on setting up de-addiction centres at juvenile observation homes
Capital to host exposition on agro-based products
Some new industrial clusters may be regularised
City school de-recognised
‘Discourage people from using private vehicles’
Two drug peddlers arrested
Woman kills self due to dowry harassment
Gas leak accident averted
Transfer order of Kadipur teachers revoked
Robbery case solved, 1 held
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Murder most foul: Man buries step son alive in pit
Faridabad, June 29 It is reported that Hukam Singh had been upset with his stepson because his marriage had failed twice and because his wife Chitra used to ‘favour’ him in matters of family income and property. As per available details, Hukam Singh and Rajesh had been digging a pit for construction of an underground water tank in their house December last. One day, while Rajesh was inside the six-feet-deep pit, his stepfather dumped several gunny bags of soil into it and buried him alive. He later got the cover of the pit built with concrete. When Chitra asked Hukam Singh about her son’s whereabouts, she was told that he might had gone somewhere, but she grew suspicious over the months and reported the matter to the police recently. The police got a breakthrough when Hukam Singh broke down during sustained interrogation and confessed the truth. The police has arrested him and sent the exhumed body for a post-mortem. Meanwhile, in another case, the police have recovered the body of a person identified as Ajiz, a resident of Ghaziabad, from near a dental college across the Agra canal. It is suspected that he had been murdered as he had been strangulated and his head crushed.
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Monsoon arrives in full form
New Delhi, June 29 This laid bare tall claims of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) that it had prepared for such an eventuality by cleaned all the 112 major drains. According to the Met Department, 13.6 mm of rain was recorded in Delhi, which brought the midday temperature to below 30 degree Celsius. Describing the monsoon rains in the city so far as normal, the Met office said Delhi has received 80-90 per cent of the expected rainfall in the last couple of days. The heavy showers this morning led to water-logging and traffic snarls in some areas of the capital. The wet weather is expected to continue, with Met officials forecasting a cloudy sky for the city over the next 48 hours. They said Delhiites could expect a few spells of rains or thundershowers and maximum temperature was expected to stay at a pleasant 34 degree Celsius.
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Marginal drop in second cut-off lists of DU colleges
New Delhi, June 29 In Hans Raj College, the cut off for BA Programme is 85 percent |for General, 82 percent for Philosophy option and 77 percent for Sanskrit option. In Sri Venkateswara, there is a dip of a mere 0.5 percent, from 80 to 79.5 percent for the Arts stream, 83.5 for Commerce stream and 81.5 for the Science stream. English Hons in Hans Raj has a cut-off of 83 percent aggregate with 75 in English Elective or 85 in English Core for Arts stream, 85 percent aggregate with 75 in English Elective or 85 percent in English Core for those from the Science stream and 87 percent aggregate for the Commerce stream. Admissions are over in Sri Venkateswara. In Sri Venkateswara, the cut off for B.Com Pass is 88 percent for the Commerce stream. BA Hons Hindi has a cut off of 62 percent in Sri Venkateswara. Admission to B.Com Hons is over in most of the colleges, with the rest showing a marginal dip in the second cut-off list. BA Economics admissions are closed in Sri Venkateswara, in Hasraj it is 91 percent in aggregate with 65 in Economics, 75 in Maths, 80 in Business Maths and 60 in English or 92 percent aggregate with 75 in Maths, 88 in Business Maths and 60 in English. In Sri Venkateswara, the cut off for BSc Life Sciences is 84.33-PCM and in Hans Raj the seats are already full. The cut off for Bio Chemistry is 91.75 in Sri Venkateswara, BSc Biological Science has a cut off of 90 percent in PCBM/PCMBT, PCCSB and PCCSBT in Sri Venkateswara (CS-computer science, BT - Bio technology). In LSR, the cut-off for Psychology Hons is 91 percent, for Sociology it is 89 percent, for Political Science it is 85.5 percent and admissions are closed for most other courses. In Ramjas College too, seats in most courses are full, and the drop in second cut-off list is marginal in remaining courses. In Kirori Mal College, the drop in cut-off for History Hons is about one percent and admissions are over in most other courses.
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Boy’s rescue a warning for future kidnappers
Ghaziabad, June 29 The police force of six states had coordinated as a well-oiled machine for 15 days and only then Vaibhav, young son of a Mumbai-based stock broker Ramdev Agarwal was rescued from the clutches of his kidnappers. While it is a fit occasion for the police force to rejoice, the case also sounds a danger bell for those involved in kidnapping for ransom. The case was solved largely on the basis of interception of 16-odd phone calls made to Vaibhav’s father in Mumbai from various towns of Haryana, west UP, and Uttaranchal. This pattern was studied by SSP, STF, Lucknow Nikhil Kumar who
was in touch with IG Ajit Singh of Rajasthan Police and IGP, Meerut, Vipin Sharma. Nikhil Kumar studied the language and accent of each call made to Agarwal, and this is also how the police became aware of ransom negotiations between him and the kidnappers. The kidnapper is a Ghaziabad Development Authority contractor Rahul Tyagi who belongs to a well to do family. His wife is a Captain in Indian Army.
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Honda employees, management stand-off continues at Manesar
Gurgaon, June 29 “The administration would not hesitate to impose Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure, which bars the assembly of five or more than five persons, in IMT if the workers continue to show aggressive behaviour,” said Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal. As per the spokesperson of HMSI, the company has suffered a financial loss of more than Rs. 100 crore following the labour unrest in the plant which started last month. On June 28, just 450 scooters were manufactured at the plant, compared to the production capacity of 2000 scooters per day. The production of the scooters has went down following the strike by more than 2500 workers (line associates). Following the instructions from Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Deputy Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal took the initiative and persuaded the management and the workers to reach an agreement last week. However, yesterday, the workers refused to sign the ‘undertaking’ and went to strike again, demanding the restoration of services of all dismissed and suspended workers. Things got heated and the police had to be called to check for acts of sabotage etc. During the strike, the management had dismissed 4 workers and suspended 25 workers, revealed spokesperson of the company. The management has taken the stand that except dismissed and suspended workers, all remaining workers can join their duty. The District Labour Commissioner (DLC) would decide the fate of the dismissed and suspended workers as per the law, added the spokesperson. He further informed that HMSI had raised the salaries of all line associates by 30 per cent making it amongst the best salaries in the surrounding industries. In the meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner has allowed the management to recruit new staff to continue production in the plant. Today, more than 55 new workers were recruited from the nearby villages. The plant has also been provided the police protection to check any untoward incident, added Mr Sudhir Rajpal. Suresh Gaur, president of Honda Motorcycle & Scooters Employee Union said that the managament should first restore the services of all suspended and dismissed workers, only then the agitating workers would join the duty. He alleged that the workers were dismissed and suspended on one pretext or another to make way for the recruitment of fresh unemployed youth of their interest.
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Deadlock on setting up de-addiction centres at juvenile observation homes
New Delhi, June 29 The Magistrate had given the direction on May 2 after the mother of a minor boy addicted to smack, facing trial in a theft case, told the court that his addiction had worsened after his stay at a Juvenile Observation Home for 6 months since there were no reformatory facilities there. “Nothing can be more unfortunate. The basic function of the department is to work for welfare of the children, women and weaker sections. Bureaucratic approach on such issues will only hamper effective rehabilitation of the juveniles,” said Juvenile Justice Board Principle Magistrate Santosh Snehi Mann. Responding to the directive, the Social Welfare Department, through its Joint Director Rashmi Singh submitted that “setting up of de-addiction centres has to be an administrative decision based on proper assessment, which has to be approved by the Planning and Finance Departments”. Further today, the department instead of taking steps to comply with the directive, told the court that “if our position is not acceptable to the Board, we may be given an opportunity to file appeal against the order”. The court said the measure was urgent as the number of cases where juveniles commit thefts because of their increasing addiction to drugs were rising. Observing that de-addiction centres set up inside the Tihar jail for adult offenders has proved ‘very effective’, the court said “de-addiction of juveniles is the first step for their rehabilitation without which no fruitful purpose would be served”.
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Capital to host exposition on agro-based products
New Delhi, June 29 The exhibition will be on from September 9 to 11, 2005. Jointly organised by the ‘All India Manufacturers Organisation’ (AIMO) and the ‘NNS Group’, the Food and Technology Expo is expected to have participation from the entire gamut of agri-commodity and food processing industry and trade. The Managing Director of NNS, Rajesh Gupta, informed that participation in this Expo will be a win-win situation for every one starting from the processor to technology provider, trader and service provider. He said that the Expo expects participation from around 140 companies of international repute. Sponsored by the Export Inspection Council of India under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Food and Technology Expo-2005, provides a dynamic forum bringing together the latest in technology, products Mr Sudershan Sareen, Chairman, AIMO said that the Expo offers excellent prospects for agro-based industry and trade to conduct business and establish joint ventures and partnerships with the best names in the field. He said that the main objective of the exhibition is to bring the agricommodity and Food processing Businesses, technologies, services, govt. agencies and consumers on one platform.
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Some new industrial clusters may be regularised
New Delhi, June 29 “We are in touch with the Association in such areas so that the laid down norms could be fulfilled and some common facilities like effluent treatment plants could be set up, before such clusters could be regularised,” he added. Talking about Supreme Court’s order on shifting out polluting industries from non-confirming areas, the minister said besides opposing and seeking more time for doing the same, the state government was doing its best for helping such industries shift to confirming areas. He also said that new industrial estates had been developed with all infrastructure in peripherial areas, like the one at Bawana in north Delhi, for settling the displaced units. However, Mr Singhal added, henceforth it would be difficult to allow more industries in Delhi. “The stress would develop the Capital into a business hub with industries in national capital region towns around.” The minister also re-assured the gathering that the state government was doing its best to improve the power and water situation.
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City school de-recognised
New Delhi, June 29 “The teacher who is currently on deputation to another schools is also an elected member of the Gurdwara Committee. Since she is drawing her entire salary from our school, the DoE wanted the Gurdwara Committee to pay part of her salary, because it is on their instruction that she has been deputed elsewhere,” explained Minhas. “We had conveyed the DoE’s instruction to the Committee, but since the President of the DSGMC was out of the country, no decision could be taken,” he added. And while the DSGMC kept mulling on the issue, the Principal in the meantime got the letter de-recognising the school. “We are hopeful that the decision will be reversed and since the DSGMC President and our Chairman are pursuing the matter the result will be in the best interest of the school”, added Minhas.
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‘Discourage people from using private vehicles’
New Delhi, June 29 “About 90,000 to one lakh vehicles which do not need to enter Delhi cris-cross the city everyday adding to the traffic chaos. This can be stopped if the expressways are built,” Ms Dikshit said in her address at the State Transport Ministers conference here today. She said talks on land acquisition were already on with Haryana in this connection. The Chief Minister said though introduction of CNG had been a major success for Delhi, research and development work on other technologies like solar energy and electric buses had to be encouraged. On discouraging use of private vehicles, she said uniform taxation should be introduced throughout the country so that people desisted from buying old used cars. “Even if Delhi increases taxes, people will buy vehicles from neighbouring states,” she said. Asked by reporters what could be done to ensure safety of women using public transport, she suggested that police vans with women officials be deployed around the city.
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Two drug peddlers arrested
New Delhi, June 29 The police also claimed to have seized some animal skin from the bag they were carrying. The officials said that the skin appeared to be that of a tiger. It has been sent to the wild life officials for confirmation. The accused have been identified as Rafique Ahmed (32) and Lalender (22). Police said that the duo were apprehended after a tip-off received by the sleuths that the accused would visit the area of Badarpur in South district today. A trap was laid and the duo were arrested on the spot. During interrogation, the two accused revealed that besides dealing in drugs, they sold fake animal skins, sometimes belonging to pet animals.
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Woman kills self due to dowry harassment
Faridabad, June 29 The victim identified as Sangeeta, wife of one Subhash, had been married on
February 12 this year. She hailed from Ghaziabad district in U.P. According to the complaint lodged by her kin, Sangeeta was being harassed for more dowry since the day she had been married. They claimed that the her-in-laws had been demanding some other items like a car etc which led her to commit suicide. The police have booked a case under the Dowry Act against 6 members of the
family.—TNS
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Gas leak accident averted
Greater Noida, June 29 According to fire brigade officer, Phase-II, Yogesh Babu Divedi, the leak in the chlorine gas plant panic and commotion in the plant around 1 pm today. The plant officials immediately informed the NTPC police post and the fire brigade. A fire tender was dispatched to the NTPC plant. The gas leak was then sealed and the situation brought under
control.—OC
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Transfer order of Kadipur teachers revoked
New Delhi, June 29 It has agreed to revoke the transfer order of 24 teachers from the school, whose students have been suffering due to shortage of qualified teachers. Situated in North-West of the city, the school has shown a consistently poor performance, with the pass percentage being a shameful single
digit.—TNS
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Robbery case solved, 1 held
New Delhi, June 29 He was nabbed last night by the crime branch from near Dhaula Kuan on the basis of a tip-off. The police
recovered a country-made pistol and two live cartridges from his possession. No recovery has yet been made of the jewellery or any cash.—TNS
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