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BSES to pay Rs 7 lakh compensation for death
Yoga guru praised for awakening national consciousness
4 labourers die due to suffocation
DMRC faces uphill task to ensure safe ride
Over 1,000 out of 10,327 food samples found ‘impure’
Industrialists urged to conserve energy
Mayor to attend meet on urban renewal mission
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Brother-in-law shot dead over money dispute
Interventional oncology
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BSES to pay Rs 7 lakh compensation for death
New Delhi, January 8 Rejecting the company’s plea that it cannot be held responsible for the negligent act of its contractor, Justice Vikramajit Sen held that BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd owed vicarious liability for the death. “Public and civic authorities have on a rampant and ubiquitous scale adopted a cavalier and careless attitude in fulfilling their functions, totally oblivious of the hazards and dangers that are caused to the public by their negligent functioning,” the court remarked while awarding the compensation. The petitioner, Mrs Suni Manoj Mathew’s husband Manoj Mathew died after his bike collided with a mobile metal ladder which had rolled down the IIT Flyover on June 17, 2002. The ladder was being used for repairing streetlights. Suni in her petition filed through counsel Hetu Arora held the BSES, police and the Delhi Government responsible for the death of her husband and sought compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family. Justice Sen pointed that the death occurred as the BSES and the contractor were negligent since none of its personnel was present at the site when the ladder had apparently rolled down. Disagreeing with the view of the BSES’s counsel Dalal that the writ was not maintainable, the court ruled that referring the petitioner to an alternative remedy was a matter of convenience and in the discretion of the court. The court ordered the company to deposit the compensation with the Registrar General within four weeks. The Registrar General was ordered to release Rs 2 lakh from the amount to the family for its immediate use and invest the remaining amount with a scheduled bank or in other remunerative schemes for its future use. Justice Sen also clarified that the compensation shall not affect any other remedy available to the petitioner or have bearing on the criminal proceedings pending before the trial court on the death.
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Yoga guru praised for awakening national consciousness
Gurgaon, January 8 Mrs Bahuguna, who was here to participate in a workshop on the functioning of women representatives in Panchayati Raj institutions and municipalities, dismissed the allegations spearheaded by the CPM leader, Mrs Brinda Karat that the Swami’s institution was using bones as a constituent element in preparing Ayurvedic medicines. She said there was enough herbs available to procure mineral like calcium and there was no need to use bones. She further expressed reservations in the way sampling was done to products. She said that it appeared that the entire controversy was related to possible disgruntled elements among the workers in the institute and other vested interests. Addressing the elected representatives, Mrs Bahuguna said that although the reservation of seats provided for women has given a fillip to their empowerment in the decision making process, much needs to be done towards this goal. The self-consciousness will unleash a positive energy and women will come forward to assert their rights, she added. The Centre plans to effect the second generation reforms to the Panchayati Raj institutions to further strengthen them, she said. She was optimistic that the Centre would introduce the Bill providing reservations of seats for women in the legislatures. Speaking on the occasion, the national general secretary of the women wing of the Congress, Mrs Krishna Gehlot, came down heavily on female foeticide menace. She urged the elected women representatives to discharge their constitutional duties with full responsibility and vigour.
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4 labourers die due to suffocation
Faridabad, January 8 They had kept a burning coal firepot inside their room resulting in the emission of carbon monoxide gas, which led to their suffocation. According to reports, the victims, identified as Umesh, Santosh Kumar, Santosh Gupta and Dhura Prasad, working at a dyeing unit had gone to sleep around 11 pm last night in a small room. While Umesh, Santosh Gupta and Dhura Prasad hailed from U.P, Santosh Kumar belonged to Champaran district in Bihar. A person living in the neighborhood informed the police when the victims failed to respond to his wake up call in the morning. When the police and the local people broke open the door of the room they found all the occupants dead. A postmortem was done in the civil hospital here and it was found that they had died due to inhaling poisonous gas.
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DMRC faces uphill task to ensure safe ride
New Delhi, January 8 However, the performance of these trains connecting Shahdara to Rithala, Vishvavidyalya to Central Secretariat and Barakhamba Road to Dwarka has been quite satisfactory in the past year as they managed to maintain a punctuality record of 99 per cent in 2005. Being one of the most heavily used systems today, metro trains in Delhi run more than 20.000 kilometres with their doors opening and closing around 5.6 lakh times every day. Put into so much use, these trains pose a big challenge before DMRC to maintain the same consistency level in terms of maintaining a high standard of service and security, a release said. Keeping this in mind, DMRC tries to make sure that daily maintenance of these trains in terms of electrical, signalling, telecommunication and track work is ensured. Apart from running its services from six in the morning to 10 at night, Metro Rail operations generally go on almost all the day round for 24 hours as the trains go to the Metro Depot’s for maintenance only at night. Also to ensure easy accessibility to its passengers, the Metro train frequency has been brought down to 4 minutes on Line 1 and Line 2 connecting Shadara-Rithala and Vishwa Vidyalaya-Cenral Secretariat respectively. DMRC also intends to increase the train capacity form 4 coaches to 8 coaches soon. Apart from this, to assure proper and safe handling of the trains, the train operators’ (drivers) are also trained in computers, firefighting, first-aid and night train operations. They are also trained to look after minor technical problems, including door-closing issues en route so that the commuters may be ensured uninterrupted services.
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Over 1,000 out of 10,327 food samples found ‘impure’
New Delhi, January 8 But a disturbing aspect in this scenario was that nobody had yet been prosecuted in any of these cases of adulteration, sources said. According to official figures, in 2000, as many as 178 food samples were found adulterated and 33 ‘misbranded’; in 2001, 264 were found adulterated and 128 misbranded; in 2002, 282 were found adulterated and 67 misbranded; in 2003, 169 were found adulterated and 49 misbranded; and in 2004, 188 were found adulterated and 51 misbranded. The most adulterated food items were milk and milk products while edible oil and spices were found to be the most misbranded items. As many as 30 per cent of milk samples (226 out of 748) were found adulterated while 107 milk product samples out of 1,070 were found adulterated. The next most adulterated food items were pulses and sweets that had 326 and 164 impure cases respectively. Mineral water was found to be comparatively less adulterated even though nine samples tested positive for adulteration and two were found misbranded.
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Industrialists urged to conserve energy
Gurgaon, January 8 Inaugurating the function, Mr S.P. Gupta, HUDA administrator, appealed to the industrialists to take measures for conserving fuel oil in industries, which consume approximately 25 to 30 per cent of petroleum products. Industries should endeavour to use the latest monitoring instruments, modern maintenance and creation of energy cell to optimise energy conservation, added the officer. This will help the country achieve sustainable growth. Moreover, with the opening of the Indian economy, the industries have to keep a vigil on their input cost, so as to keep the end use price more competitive, said Mr Gupta. Mr V K Bhargava, Director-PS, Northern Region of PCRA in his keynote address, informed about PCRA’s efforts towards petroleum conservation in industries by undertaking energy audit in almost all type of industries. In his welcome address, Gurgaon Industrial Association (GIA) president V P Bajaj said that the energy conservation is related not only to the industries but also to the household. As industrial units are facing power problem, this seminar is organised to guide the industries on how to use minimum energy without affecting its production. He also mentioned that the Indian energy sector is highly energy-intensive and efficiency is well below than that of other industrialised countries. Energy crisis is a big threat for the modernisation and industrialisation. Thus, the energy management is quite important and a well-planned action can help reduce an organisation’s energy bills and minimise the damage it does to the environment, said Mr Bajaj. Mr K.C. Papreja, general secretary of GIA, thanked the delegates and participants.
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Mayor to attend meet on urban renewal mission
Faridabad, January 8 It assumes importance in view of the implementation of the several projects to be launched by the Union and State governments to provide housing schemes to the residents of slum clusters in two cities of Haryana, which include Faridabad. The seminar will be attended by about a dozen officials of the MCF here, which will be led by the Senior Deputy Mayor. Among those expected to attend the conference include the Joint Commissioner, MCF, Mrs. Sunita Verma, Chief Town Planner, S.D. Saini, Deputy Town Planner Satish Prasher, Financial Controller, Superintending Engineer,
Mr N.K. Katara, Executive Engineer, Mr. Ramesh Bansal and three Councillors of the MCF. Among other issues likely to be discussed at the seminar include the development plan and its financing and upgrading the delivery of civic amenities and provision of utilities with emphasis on universal access. It may be recalled that the MCF had submitted a detailed project report regarding the implementation of the JNNURM scheme planned by the Union government recently. The authorities concerned have proposed to construct thousands of flats for the people living in the slum areas or colonies without basic civic amenities. According to a report, Faridabad has one of the largest urban townships in the country. It is reported that around 46.5 per cent of its total population live in the slum areas. Though the JNNURM scheme may be a welcome move, experts believe that it may be like a drop in the ocean as the city required a massive project to check and control the slum growth.
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Brother-in-law shot dead over money dispute
Noida, January 8 Though the police have registered a case, the two accused named in the FIR have not yet been arrested. According to the police, the victim Raju Jogi had failed to return some money borrowed from Padam Singh. On the fateful day, Padam Singh had an altercation with Raju Jogi. Later, both Raju Jogi and Padam Singh were seen going for a walk along with an associate to sort out the matter. Next day, the body of Raju Jogi was found near a temple of the village. According to police CO, Sewak Ram Yadav, inquiry into the matter is still continuing but initial inquiry suggests that money dispute was the main cause of the murder. The victim’s family has named Padam Singh and his friend Pappu in the police report. Police teams have been sent to Mamura, Ghaziabad and other places for arresting the alleged killers.
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Interventional oncology
unit set up in Noida
Noida, January 8 The Managing Director, NMC, Dr Naveen Chaudhary, said that comprehensive evaluation and treatment for cancer was available at NMC. Facilities for evaluation and treatment with chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, therapeutic interventions (radio-frequency ablations, chemo-embolization, precoetaneous ventibroplasty,) surgical treatment etc, was now available at NMC, Noida. Dr Chaudhary stressed that NMC, one of the oldest hospitals in the town, had all the major medical disciplines under one roof. The centre had renal transplantation with urology, nephrology and dialysis, interventional cardiology cardiothoracic surgery, joint placement, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, painless non-invasive neurosurgery through Leksell Gamma knife etc and state-of-the-art investigational support. Dr Amit Bhargava has joined as
senior consultant Oncology and head of oncology department at the NMC hospital. Mrs. Saddhana Sood, CEO, NMC, said with the setting up of this advanced Oncology Unit, newer modalities of cancer treatment and procedures like alcohol ablation, trans-arterial chemotherapy, per-coetaneous chementoplasty or vertibroplasty, chemo-embolization is now possible at NMC, Noida, which would benefit the residents here who had to travel to Delhi to get such hi-tech cancer treatment in the past.
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Artscape Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
A graduate of the Government College of Art, Kolkata, Niladri Paul, has exhibited his works in most of the metropolitan cities here and abroad. Described as a multifaceted personality by critics, he enjoys working and experimenting with different mediums. ‘Back to the Future’ Gallery Espace, which has completed 16 years of its existence, is commemorating the occasion by hosting a group exhibition of works of some of the top names on the Indian art scene from January 11 to January 25. Entitled ‘Back to the Future’, the exhibition will also celebrate the metamorphosis of the gallery to more effectively meet the challenges ahead. Exhibition by art teachers
In all 60 artist art teachers participated in the annual art exhibition organised by the Delhi Art Teachers Association (DATA) at the Lalit Kala Gallery, Rabindra Bhawan, here from December 30 to January 5, 2006. DATA is an organisation of art teachers working in the government aided schools of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and are playing an active role in the creative development of the students. The annual exhibition is a testimony of their talents and artistic abilities.
‘Art Moves’
Delhi Art Gallery is hosting, ‘Art Moves’, an exhibition of works of the noted artist, Sunil Das, at Rabindra Bhawan, Lalit Kala Akademi here from January 8 to January 13. A book of the same name authored by art critic Manasij Majumdar is also being released on the occasion. Sunil Das, born and bred in the Kalighat area of Kolkata, has travelled extensively and this is very clearly reflected in his works. He spent several years in Paris and Madrid – the two exciting destinations for those interested in the creative arts.
Hungarian Cultural Festival from Jan 15
The Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre here is presenting the Hungarian Cultural Festival dedicated to the memory of Bela Bartok, the great Hungarian composer on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary from January 15 onwards. The festival will showcase the vibrant and colourful Hungarian culture with concerts by renowned musicians, exhibitions by highly acclaimed artists and award winning films.
‘Winter Weaves’
From January 13 to January 16, the Aga Khan Hall here will come alive with a collection of beautifully hand crafted items from across the country at the exhibition “Winter Weaves”, organised by Dastkar, a registered NGO committed to breaking the barriers between the craftspeople and the urban markets and in the process revitalising both the craft and the community.
On Monday, January 9, HCL Infosystems is presenting ‘Expressions of the Mind’ in its continuing concert series at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, at 7 p.m. The concert will begin with ‘East Marries West’, a classical fusion between the Sitar and the Cello played by Shubhendra Rao and Ms Taashia de Haus Rao respectively. This will be followed by an Odissi performance by Padamshree Kiran Sehgal.
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Two held for selling duplicate tyres, tubes
New Delhi, January 8 The owner of the showroom is absconding. Police said that the MRF Tyres company officials made a written complaint to the local police that the accused were selling the fake tyres and tubes of vehicles illegally at their showroom. Subsequently, a raid was conducted and the accused were apprehended. The police also claimed to have seized duplicate tyres worth Rs 10 lakh from the
premises. — TNS
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Lokman Khateek is district panchayat chief
Greater Noida, January 8 In a surprise result, BSP candidate lost the race despite having the maximum number of district panchayat members. Samajwadi Party’s Lokman Khateek polled 8 votes while Bala Devi of BSP secured 6 votes, said Assistant Election Officer, Rajesh Kumar Yadav. Mr Yadav said that all the 14 members had exercised their first preference vote. According to reports, the Lok Dal MLA, Surinder Nagar, is being credited to have tilted the scale in favour of Lokman Khateek. It may be recalled that the former District Panchayat chief Naresh Bhatti was murdered. As a result, the vice-chairman had assumed the post of chairman of the District Panchayat. The counting of votes commenced yesterday morning under heavy security arrangements.
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All primary schools to remain closed till Jan 11
New Delhi, January 8 “We have asked all primary schools to remain closed till Wednesday,” Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said. The situation will be reviewed again on January 11 which happens to be holiday because of Id-ul-Zuha. The decision was taken as the national Capital woke up today to the coldest day in over 70 years with the minimum temperature dipping sharply to 0.2 degrees Celsius. Strong icy cold winds from northwest continued to lash Delhi with the mercury dipping to below normal level. — TNS
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International auto fair at Talkatora Stadium
New Delhi, January 8 According to the general secretary, Delhi Scooter Traders Association, Mr Amrit Lal Bansal, as many as 300 representatives of the auto industry are expected to participate in this fair and showcase their products.
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