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HC notice on ‘encroachment’ by councillor
Yamuna beautification begins with removal of slums
Hapur trader’s house robbed in broad daylight
Two car thieves held after encounter in Noida
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CAG report flays NCERT for delay in award of contract
Miss Jammu Anara promotes her ‘real story’ in Gurgaon
Clinical research institute ties up with UK varsity
Private schools mired in controversy
‘Women’s development is happening in India, but in pockets’
Babies steal the show at Mother’s Pride
Gurgaon residents becoming conscious of their rights
224 cases disposed of in Lok Adalats
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HC notice on ‘encroachment’ by councillor
New Delhi, March 26 Justice Pradeep Nandrajog also issued notices to the Councillor Tarsem Bansal on the complaint and posted the matter for further hearing to April 26. The notices were issued on a petition filed by a resident Sunil Kapoor through counsel Namita Roy complaining that the municipal councillor, who had a house in Mainawali Nagar, had “illegally” constructed a three-storey structure in the area by violating all building bye-laws and norms, besides encroaching on the public road. The petitioner, who is a neighbour of the councillor, claimed that the constructions, besides being illegal, deprived him of proper sunlight and air. He alleged that though a number of complaints were lodged with the Municipal authorities and the station house officers on the “illegal” constructions, the officials were refusing to initiate any action as Bansal was a councillor.
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Yamuna beautification begins with removal of slums
New Delhi, March 26 The committee, headed by retired Delhi High Court Judge Justice Usha Mehra, has said that more than 300 slums have been removed from the banks of the river near the Nizamuddin bridge in East Delhi and the area has been fenced. An official of the Yamuna-Removal of Encroachments Monitoring Committee said the Committee has been successful in getting more than 300 slums removed from the area. The Delhi Police Commissioner has been asked to issue directions to all the police stations in the region to guard the area from further encroachments, he added. A road map has also been chalked out to ensure that all encroachments are removed from the banks between the Old Railway bridge and ITO bridge by April 30, 2004. As the government machinery failed to remove the slums from the areas despite repeated court orders, a Delhi High Court Division Bench comprising Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Rekha Sharma had appointed the committee on December 8, 2005. The committee comprises Justice Mehra, ex-Delhi Police Commissioner V N Singh, DDA Vice Chairman, MCD Commissioner, Delhi Police Commissioner and Chief Engineer, UP State Irrigation Department at Okhla Barrage. As scores of foreign tourists and players would be coming to the Games village and adjacent Akshardham temple, the government has planned to develop the area as a place of recreation with well-developed parks and landscapes. Despite the river being the lifeline of the city, due to negligence and lackadaisical attitude of the authorities the Yamuna has become one of the most polluted sources of water in the world.
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Hapur trader’s house robbed in broad daylight
Ghaziabad, March 26 The bandits had made the trader and two women in the house captive at gunpoint. A daughter’s wedding was fixed on April 30 in the family and they were making purchases for the ceremony. The police have rounded up a number of suspects and their interrogation is on. The house of Mr Amit Banga, the proprietor of Banga electronic in Tehsil Chaupala was attacked by robbers at 2 p.m. in Shivpuri Colony, Hapur. The raiders beat up Amit’s mother Kanta Banga and sister Reshu Banga and locked them in a room. While they were ransacking the house, Amit, alias Sonu, also came in to have his lunch. The robbers put a gun on his temple and snatched his purse, watch, chain, ring and cell phone. Even the tenant’s wife and a lady tutor who came to give tuition to the kids were locked up. After the loot, the bandits fled after tying the hands and feet of all inmates. The robbers were wearing goggles and had masked their faces. Amit immediately informed the police after the thieves had left. CO and SO police with a force came and inspected the spot. Amit was constructing a house in the colony where a house warming ceremony (grah pravesh) was fixed for April 30. The robbers had decamped with all jewellery, cash and costly dresses bought for the marriage. They had followed the tutor into the house. The robbers escaped on two-wheelers. Police have deployed three teams to nab the culprits.
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Two car thieves held after encounter in Noida
Noida, March 26 The auto thieves have a fully developed network to plan their operations in a sleek way. Cars stolen in Noida area are sold in Nepal. Deals with Nepal agents are finalized in Mathura, Moradabad and Etawah, police said. Delhi-based Rajkumar is the kingpin of this gang of vehicle thieves, who has recently come out from Tihar Jail. The Noida police have recovered a heavy bunch of keys of cars of different make, a drilling machine, fake numberplates and stickers from the thieves.S.P. City, Soumitra Yadav that one Ved Prakash from Delhi had come in his green Qualis car to meet a friend in Sector-49. As soon as his car was lifted, Ved Prakash alerted the police authorities. A vehicle check was ordered in the whole district. The Sector-58 SO was conducting vehicle check at Sector-71 when a Qualis and Santro cars were waved to stop, but the incumbents tried to flee while firing on the police team. Two thieves were overpowered while another two fled leaving their Santro car behind. A large number of car keys, drilling machine, fake numberplates, etc. were recovered from this Santro car. The thieves were identified as Delhi’s Rajkumar and Satender from Sonepat in Haryana. Rajkumar, police said, was a history-sheeter thief who has gone to jail many times for car thefts. Both confessed to having stolen a dozen cars from Noida which they had sold to Nepali agents. Police said the car thieves have developed a network and system to hoodwink the cops. They stay in touch with one another and agents through cell phones.
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CAG report flays NCERT for delay in award of contract
New Delhi, March 26 The NCERT had decided in September 2002 to dispose damaged and unserviceable papers amounting to 165.335 metric tons for which a disposal committee was constituted in March 2003. The report points out that the committee in turn constituted a technical committee in May 2003, which fixed a reserve price of Rs 5.75 per kilogram. Nine bids were received following a tender that was floated by the Council and the second highest bid of firm ‘X’ for Rs 21.21 lakh was recommended by the committee on October 23, which was approved by the competent authority on November 21, 2003. The highest bid for Rs 23.61 lakh was not considered due to non-deposit of earnest money. The audit noted that NCERT sent the award letter to firm ‘X’ on December 17, 2003, 56 days after its selection. The firm refused to accept the offer on the ground that the award letter was issued to it late. Subsequently, fresh tenders were invited (March 2004) and the contract was awarded in May 2004 to firm ‘Y’ for Rs 10.51 lakh. Thus, delay in awarding the contract and failure to specify a time validity clause period for the offer in the NIT resulted in a loss of Rs 10.70 lakh. In response to the audit observation (May 2005), the NCERT admitted the delay in sending the offer letter to firm ‘X’ and attributed (June 2005) it to the time taken to obtain the required approvals. It also admitted the flaw of not including a time validity clause in the NIT, which allowed the firm to refuse the offer made in December 2003. The Ministry while admitting the delay due to administrative procedure stated (July 2005) that there was no malafide involved in issue of award letter.
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Miss Jammu Anara promotes her ‘real story’ in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 26 Ms Anara whose film is based on her real-life experiences cautions the young girls wishing to make modelling or Bollywood their career. She had been in the police custody for 11 days in 2004. The Jammu city police had registered an FIR against her and five others for offences under the cinematography, immoral trafficking and information technology acts, she revealed. Later, she was proved innocent and acquitted of all charges. A Gurgaon-based producer, Mr K K Yadav, signed her for a film on the happenings in her life. She had to go through hell during the interrogation and questioning by the Jammu police. She faced every kind of humiliation. She still feels intimidated seeing a Jammu police person, she claimed. However, the then Director General of Police, Jammu, supported her and gave an affidavit in the court that the city police had illegally confined her, she said. Addressing the mediapersons here yesterday, the 10+2 passed girl claimed that she was being offered roles by leading directors such as Mr Mahesh Bhutt and Mr Gopal Verma. She said that her first film would be released in May as more than 95 per cent shooting had been completed. She would decide on her career in Bollywood only after seeing the audience response to this film, she added. Ms Anara wished she would like to do a film with superstar Amitabh Bachchan irrespective of the age gap.
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Clinical research institute ties up with UK varsity
New Delhi, March 26 This alliance is expected to further the cause of clinical research in India by grooming professionals in this field to take up major challenges and pave the way for fresh career opportunities in this field. The delegation from the UK was welcomed by the Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission, Ms Vicky Treadell. On this occasion, the Dean, ICRI, Dr S.K. Gupta commented, “The association with Cranfield University would help the ICRI impart innovative education through an international exchange of knowledge dissemination in clinical research, which would further help deliver on the growing demand for highly skilled clinical research professionals in India.” Sources within the ICRI feel that this alliance is very important as it would help establish domain understanding in the field of clinical research and provide an international framework for structured education, including a good understanding of Indian and international regulatory and research standards. Under the agreement reached, Cranfield University will undertake responsibility for quality academic orientation in clinical research and training methodologies, evaluative studies, project assessment, knowledge exchange and final certification of Cranfield-ICRI’s two-year full-time Master’s programme in clinical research. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Cranfield University, Prof. Clifford Friend, said, “This alliance gives us an opportunity to address the growing demand for clinical research professionals in India.”
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Private schools mired in controversy
Faridabad, March 26 The ‘Faridabad Abhibhawak Ekta Manch’, a body of the parents of the school-going students in the district, which is strongly opposed to the commercialization of education, has raised the issue of the alleged irregularities by the private schools. The Manch has asked the political leaders and the district officials to keep away from any function of the schools, which had been issued notice by the Haryana Urban Development Authority for violation of several rules. On other hand, a meeting was organized by the office-bearers of the privately managed public schools of the district at the Bhagwan Mahavir auditorium of the Modern School in Sector- 17 here today to discuss the issue of providing quality education and measures for better management.
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‘Women’s development is happening in India, but in pockets’
New Delhi, March 26 At the fourth and the final workshop in the series here recently, Ms. Santosh Yadav, who hold the record for climbing the Mt. Everest twice, was the guest. Prof. Monica Das, University of Delhi, author and exponent of gender issue and Dr Bhavna Barmi, chief psychologist, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre and onsultant, Dharamshila Cancer Institute, also participated in the different sessions. The programme, which has won the prestigious UK ‘National Training Award’, is aimed at teaching ‘how to take control of life’, both professional and personal. The other important focus areas include confidence building, conflict resolution, self-awareness, motivation, balancing home and work, managing one’s image, cultivating assertiveness and setting goals. “I feel surprised when I look back and realise that I successfully scaled Mount Everest twice,” admitted Ms Yadav. Addressing the participants, she said, “I saw snow for the first time only in 1986 but conquered the highest and toughest peak twice in 1993 and 1994. If you feel you can do it, the way to the top is not impossible”. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Das said, “Women’s development in India is happening, but in pockets. With almost half of India’s population, half of our society needs to be empowered”.
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Babies steal the show at Mother’s Pride
New Delhi, March 26 The show zeroed in on baby’s most adorable qualities: sunny smile, a curly mop of hair or sparkling smile. In the category of the most attractive baby, Amogha Chaudhari won first prize in the show held at Paschim Vihar. The winner in some categories will feature in the school advertising campaigns. The function also hosted games for parents. All the participants were given an exclusive book of 101 Golden Rules of Perfect Parent penned by Mrs Sudha Gupta. Owing to overwhelming response of the participants, the show would also be held next Sunday.
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Gurgaon residents becoming conscious of their rights
Gurgaon, March 26 The Residents Welfare Associations have now trained their guns on the private schools which allegedly breach the norms. The Federation of Residents Welfare Associations (FORWA), an umbrella body of about 17 RWAs, is fed up with the schools not adhering to HUDA laws. The general secretary of FORWA, Mr S.P.Yadav, said that the terms and conditions of HUDA at the time of allotting the land to the private schools are that they would reserve seats for the wards of the area where the land was allotted. HUDA has a policy of earmarking plots for schools in each of its sectors. The schools have to reserve seats for the wards of the economically weaker section. They may upgrade themselves or make new constructions only with the approval of the district administration. But the schools do not adhere to these rules. The FORWA’s view is that the norms are not followed at all. The schools build up new structures in violation of the Building Plan sanctioned and approved by HUDA. Some of them have set up even basements where classes are held, it added. The RWAs are also worked up on the tendency of rashness on the part of drivers of buses of the private schools. These buses in the residential sectors create nuisance and pollution. The RWAs are of the view the management authorities of the schools allow the buses to be parked in unauthorised zones in the sectors.
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224 cases disposed of in Lok Adalats
Gurgaon, March 26 In Gurgaon, the Lok Adalat, presided over by the District and Session Judge and the Chairman of District Gurgaon Legal Cell Authority, disposed of 220 of the 586 pending cases. Out of the cases solved, those relating to summary traffic challans topped the list at 122. They related to total fine amount of about Rs 6 lakh. There were 53 cases relating to civil matters followed by cases relating to motor accident claim numbering 18. In Pataudi revenue block of Gurgaon district, four of the 51 cases listed were solved. All the cases solved related to civil matters. While the Lok Adalat in Gurgaon was in the general category, the one held in Pataudi was in the special category as it was organised under the campaign for rural Lok Adalat launched by the Haryana State Legal Cell Authority in the state since the beginning of this year.
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