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Gt.Noida without power, water Sixteen shops sealed in Capital Cricket betting gang busted,
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Multiplicity of authorities causes delay in policy implementation: CM Ganga Ram Hospital completes 100 liver transplants Woman kills husband with paramour’s help Metro has no plans to start night services
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asks Delhi, UP to resolve bus row CIC seeks reply from MCD for not providing information IN PARLIAMENT
DDA should not celebrate Golden Jubilee: Traders BVC members thank Sonia for SC order
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Gt.Noida without power, water Greater Noida, November 24 Many entrepreneurs have decided to appeal to the Chief Minister, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav, to help them out, else they would be forced to close down their units. The residents and industrialists of Greater Noida are facing this situation because of a dispute between Noida Power Company Ltd (NPCL) and UP Power Corporation (UPPC). However, there is no sign of NPCL and UPPC resolving their disputes. NPCL owes UPPC Rs 18 crore and UPPC had stopped 10 Mega Watt additional power supply to Greater Noida from Monday, plunging the area in darkness. The residential sectors are now being deprived of power during nights also. The rural areas are worse hit. Equally appalling is the scenario of water supply. People have asked the authorities to run tubewells with the help of generators to provide them with drinking water. Even residents like Pankaj Banerjee of Alpha-II, say, “We had not bought costly land in Greater Noida to face lack of power and water for 24 hours. Greater Noida has smashed all over dreams. Living here is worse than living in villages.” |
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Sixteen shops sealed in Capital
These shops were located at road, officials said. With today’s action, the total number of shops, which were sealed since the resumption of the drive on November 8 has risen to 1,598. Officials said the civic body also took action against unauthorised construction, demolishing six properties in the posh Vasant Kunj area of South Delhi and three in Najafgarh of West Delhi. Meanwhile, the BJP said the government should take immediate steps to provide traders an “honourable” solution by coming out with an Amnsety Plan. The party’s Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha, Mr V. K. Malhotra and Delhi president, Mr Harsh Vardhan, said the Supreme Court had given the government time till next January to formulate a plan for permanent relief for traders. “Entire Delhi is fed up with daily sealing and demolitions. It is not only wasting valuable time of the government machinery besides resulting great loss to the exchequer,” they said.
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Cricket betting gang
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13 held Faridabad, November 24 According to SSP, the raid was conducted by a team of the special staff posted at police station, Mujesar here after someone reported that a group of persons allegedly involved in betting business had been present at house number 82-A of Sector 10 here. The police arrested all the 13 persons in a search that was conducted at 2 am. It is claimed that the police were baffled at the recovery of such a large number of mobile phones. The police officials said further details of the betting racket would be known after detailed investigations and a study of the phone numbers in the seized mobiles. The arrested persons have been identified as Bharat Sharma, owner of the house, Master, Sanjiv, Deepak, Mahender, Bharat Pal, Manoj, Rajkumar, Navin, Rajesh,, Mohan Lal and Deep Bhatia. The police have also arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a factory employee here on the night of November 12. It is alleged that the accused identified as Billoo Singh, Gobind Ram and Jugal Kishore, all residents of nearby Jharsentli village, had stabbed to death one Pradeep Kumar hailing from Garh Shankar town of Hoshiarpur district of Punjab over a minor issue. The victim had come at a tea stall with his three friends. Two other persons, involved in the case, are still absconding. Meanwhile, in an incident that took place in broad daylight in Sector 15 here, one person identified as Birju working as domestic help in house number 663 was stabbed to death by two armed persons who entered the house at about 11.40 am, with the motive of robbery. The victim who died soon after was alone in the house as the owner and his wife were away at work. The matter was reported to the police by the neighbours after they had heard some unusual noise in the house. The victim succumbed to his injuries before he could be rushed to hospital. While it is not known if cash or valuables have been looted, the police have launched an investigation into the case. |
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Multiplicity of authorities causes delay in policy implementation: CM New Delhi, November 24 She was speaking at the inaugural session of National Seminar on Urban Governance in the Context of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission” in the Capital today. The Union Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Mr Ranjit Issrar, Member Secretary, National Planning Board Dr H.S. Anand, Member Planning Commission Mr Anwarul Hoda and Director AMDA Mr B.N. Singh also expressed their views on this occasion. Ms Dikshit termed the Capital as a unique and outstanding city-state, facing multifarious challenges and responsibilities. Referring to various reports, which categorically suggests empowering Delhi Government, she dwelt at length on the issue of multiplicity of authorities in the Capital and described it as the biggest bottleneck. Ms Dikshit further said that any successful plan for sustainable development of the Capital would have to take into consideration the twin issues of urban infrastructure development and an organised and humane solution to the problem of slums and ‘jhuggis’ in the Capital, housing about four million people. |
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Ganga Ram Hospital completes 100 liver transplants New Delhi, November 24 The hospital held a celebration to mark the event, which was attended by the transplant doctors and many patients and donors. The Liver Transplant Programme at the hospital was conceptualised way back in 1996 by Dr Samiran Nundy, Chairperson, Department of Stirgreal Gastroenterology. Speaking at the function, Dr B. K. Rao, Chairman of the Board of Management of the hospital, said the programme started in 2001 and in just five years the hospital had made remarkable strides in establishing a truly world class facility for this highly complex treatment. With an overall success rate of 86 per cent in 101 cases and more than 90 per cent in the past two years, most patients with this terminal disease can now hope for a cure. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital team, liver transplant, which until a few years ago was considered possible only abroad at an astronomical cost, has now become available in India at a fraction of the cost. In the current year so far, the hospital has performed 58 live donor liver transplants with a 93 per cent success rate, which is among the highest in the world. With these statistics, the hospital now figures among the world’s top 10 live donor liver transplant centres. Dr A. S. Soin, the hospital’s liver transplant surgeon, attributed the achievement to the establishment of state-of-the-art infrastructure. He said although a live donor liver transplant was one of the most complex surgical procedures devised yet thehospital was now running among the best programmes in the world performing two to three cases a week. |
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Woman kills husband with paramour’s help Noida, November 24 The sector 39 police have recovered the body and taken the woman into custody. According to the SP City, the woman has admitted to her hand in the crime. Her paramour is absconding. Srikrishen, 30, a resident of Salarpur was working in a factory in D-145-146 Phase-II Noida. Srikrishen’s wife Madhu is reportedly wanting to leave him. The SP said Srikrishen returned home from the factory. After a while, he ate dinner and stepped out for some work, but did not return. Next morning the body of a man was seen near the bank of a drain. It was identified as that of Srikrishen. |
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Metro has no plans to start night services New Delhi, November 24 Starting night services was not under consideration as there were not enough commuters after 10.00 pm, the Minister of State for Urban Development, Mr Ajay Maken told the Lok Sabha today. To a question, Mr Maken also said that the Metro had no plans to increase the frequency of trains, as the present numbers were considered adequate for meeting the average traffic. The ridership in Metro had “marginally” increased and on an average around 4.6 lakh passengers use Metro services every day, he said. |
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Devotees take out procession to mark Guru’s martyrdom New Delhi, November 24 The procession started from Gurdwara Sis Ganj in the walled city area and wound through Parade Ground, Ajmeri Gate, main Paharganj, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, Pandit Pant Marg and Gurdwara Rakab Ganj. As usual, schoolchildren, bands, gatka and kirtan parties besides a large number of vehicles were part of the procession. Traffic was thrown out of gear for the fourth consecutive day in the city. Traffic came to a standstill due to huge jams in and around busy intersections as people faced difficulty in commuting. Guru Teg Bahadur (April 1, 1621-November 11, 1675) was the ninth of the 10 Sikh Gurus. He became a Guru on March 20, 1665. He was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind Sahib. He was executed in Delhi for upholding the Sikh faith and pursuing the right to religious liberty. |
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HC
asks Delhi, UP to resolve bus row
New Delhi, November 24 As an immediate measure towards the resolution of the stand-off, the court allowed entry of CNG buses of UP Roadways into the Capital for re-filling and asked the UP government to release 122 DTC buses impounded by it. “Don’t take it as a litigation, let us resolve it,” the court said. “It is strange that the instrumentalities of the departments of transport of UP and NCT have reached such a flashpoint that commuter’s interests are given a go by. State has to work for the citizens and not put hurdles in their way. Personal egos should not obstruct justice,” the court added. The interim order was given on a petition filed by Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) seeking directions to the Delhi Government to “immediately” allow its fleet to enter the Capital for the purpose of re-filling. Posting the case for hearing on December one, the bench said that notices would be issued to the Chief Secretaries of both states in public interest if they were not able to resolve the stand-off at the earliest. The UP Transport Secretary, Delhi Transport Commissioner and DTC Chairman were today present in the court. The court has permitted UP Roadways CNG fitted buses re-fill at stations situated on Delhi borders. The writ petition filed by the UP State Roadways Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) had claimed that a large number of its CNG-fitted buses were lying idle due to lack of CNG gas as Delhi authorities were not permitting it to enter the Capital for re-filling. It said that the lack of proper inter-state public transport was causing hardships to the public, including school children and those especially from Delhi, Noida and Greater Noida regions.
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CIC seeks reply from MCD for not providing information
New Delhi, November 24 In an order, the Chief Information Commissioner said, “The information sought is simple and straight forward and we fail to understand why the application was not responded to even though fees stand accepted.” Taking strong note of the fact that the MCD did not provide the information within the stipulated time limit envisaged under the RTI Act, he asked its Deputy Commissioner of Shahadra zone either to appear personally or explain the delay in writing by December four. The Commission sought to know as to why Rs 25,000 as penalty should not be imposed on him for failure to provide information within the prescribed time period. The order came on an appeal filed by one Seema Bhattacharya, a resident of Dilshad Colony, before it after she was denied the information by the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the MCD.
Bhattacharya, on March 3, had approached the MCD seeking information regarding the total sanctioned posts of assistant and junior engineers in its north zone office.
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New Delhi, November 24 The Delhi hospitals which violated the freeship norms are Jaipur Golden Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute, National Heart Institute, Bhagwati Hospital, Saroj Hospital, Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital, Shanti Mukund Hospital, Deepak Memorial Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Max Devki Devi Hear and Vascular Institute, Max Balaji Hospital, Shri Balaji Action Medical Institute, Jeevan Anmol Hospital, Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre and the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. Mr Maken told the House in a written reply further action against the hospitals for not giving free treatment to the poor was dependent on the examination of replies given by the violating hospitals. In another written reply in the Lok Sabha, Mr Maken said the draft master plan of Delhi 2021 envisaged the development of housing and slum rehabilitation not only by the public agencies but also by the involvement of private sector. The process of formulation of a policy in this regard involved consultation with various stakeholders. The minister informed the House preliminary guidelines for the implementation of a pilot project with the involvement of private sector had been formulated by the Delhi Development Authority. The Union Urban Development Minister, Mr Jaipal Reddy, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, gave this information today. He said the draft master plan envisioned re-densification in certain areas, including influence zone along MRTS corridors, redevelopment of both planned and unplanned urban areas, development of greens, conservation of natural and cultural heritage.
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DDA should not celebrate Golden Jubilee: Traders
New Delhi, November 24 The CAIT further said that the observation of President A P J Kalam on Master Plan of Delhi also corroborate the traders’ view that the DDA should not be allowed to spend crores of rupees on mere celebrations. The traders also demanded that in wake of current sealing scenario and likely rehabilitation of large number of traders particularly those fall under negative category list, the DDA should also be restrained for making commercial auctions at least for the next one year. “Even when lakhs of Delhi people are suffering from woes of sealing, the Golden Jubliee celebrations by DDA has no meaning,” a statement issued here read. The CAIT has lauded the observations of Supreme Court on future development of Delhi directing the Union Government to file road map of future planning of Delhi in six weeks.
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BVC members thank Sonia for SC order
New Delhi, November 24 Besides Mr Sharma, others who represented the BVC at Ms Gandhi’s residence, included Leader of House in the MCD, Mr Jitender Kumar Kochar, the BVC’ president, Mr Inder Nayar, general-secretary Mr Aman Arora and Secretary Mr Virender Aggarwal, Ms Neelam Saxena, and the Municipal Councillor Mr Rohit Manchanda. Over 250 representatives of various associations under the BVC banner were also present. Mr Sharma expressed the gratitude, on behalf of the Bharatiya Vyapari Congress and the people of Delhi, to Ms Gandhi for “her tireless efforts and guidance” in getting relief from the apex court from the on-going sealing drive. Ms Gandhi pointed out that the credit for getting the court’s relief from the sealing drive went to the humble Congress workers of Delhi, as they had taken up the cause of the traders and the ordinary people with resilience and confidence. Ms Gandhi noted that it had always been the tradition of the Congress to stand by the people during testing times and fight for their just cause till a lasting solution was found to the problem, and the party adopted such a stance when confronted with the sealing drive to achieve positive results in the end.
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IT crime modes baffle police
Gurgaon, November 24 The Udyog Vihar police have received a complaint from a woman who alleges that a person has been sending SMS messages having sexual overtones on her mobile phone. The police are trying to find out the source of the message. This is not the first time that such complaints related to IT means have reached the
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Robber shot dead by factory guards Ghaziabad, November 24 |
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