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Metro reserves seats for women
PWD directed to speed up
Games projects
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Woman sexually exploited by father-in-law
Bodies of two women found on Expressway
Biker hit by car, dies
Woman molested by canteen owner
Minister sees BSP as threat to Congress
Courses in financial planning, trading offered
Copycat teens driven to suicide, say psychiatrists
Protesting lootings, Kalkaji traders block road
6 Tihar inmates hurt in clash
TV lensman dies in accident
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Metro reserves seats for women
New Delhi, July 7 Every Metro train has 186 seats. While the first and last coaches have 43 seats each, the two coaches in between have 50 seats each. The decision to reserve seats was taken after women commuters made requests to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Each Metro coach already has four seats reserved for elderly and physically challenged and there are also special spaces for wheelchairs in coaches at both ends. The DMRC had been making announcements inside trains and at platforms requesting commuters to vacate seats for the elderly, physically challenged and ladies. Such announcements are made more frequently at Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate interchange stations, which witness footfall in lakhs. The Delhi Metro had an average daily ridership of 702,731 in June 2008, of which 30 per cent are women. Currently each Metro train has four coaches which will be increased to six coaches in some sectors after Phase II becomes operational as the trains have a capacity to accommodate eight coaches. The DMRC is also in the process of procuring another 616 coaches for Phase II keeping in view the increasing rush of passengers and the popularity in Delhi.
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PWD directed to speed up
Games projects
New Delhi, July 7 The meeting was attended by PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, chief secretary Rakesh Mehta, principal secretary to Chief Minister P.K. Tripathi, PWD secretary and chief engineers. PWD officers reported that six important projects would be commissioned within the next few months. Geeta Colony Bridge across the Yamuna would be opened to traffic in July itself. The bridge was constructed with an amount of over Rs 90 lakh. Another flyover at Mangolpuri is also due for commission this month. This six-lane flyover on Outer Ring Road was constructed with a sum of Rs 31 crore. An underpass at ITO Chungi is targeted to be completed by December 2008, with an estimated cost of Rs 82 crore. A Road Over Bridge (ROB) on Road No 63 at Level Crossing No 3, Delhi Saharanpur Railway Line would be commissioned in September this year. The department would complete a grade separator at Mukarba Chowk by November 2008 with an estimated cost of Rs 195 crore. Another underpass at Bhera Enclave is scheduled to be commissioned in November. While reviewing the projects, the Chief Minister directed PWD to install uniform signage on their roads. She also proposed the installation of escalators on 13 flyover bridges. |
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Woman sexually exploited by father-in-law
Ghaziabad, July 7 Like in the “Imrana episode of Muzzafarnagar”, Ulemas in this case of Saharanpur have also ruled that her husband will have to divorce Shabnam. There is no other way, the clerics have ordered. According to Maulana Khurshid Aalam Kazmi, the incharge Maulana of Fatwa wing of Darul Alum Wakf, the woman who is raped by her father-in-law becomes ‘haram’ for her own husband. In such a situation, it becomes obligatory for the husband to divorce his wife. Such a woman can, however, marry someone else after the expiry of the mandatory period. In such a case, the children of the couple, if they are young, will remain with mother and, if older, can live with their father. For the rapist man, according to Mufti Mohammed Arif Ansari, the Shariat has prescribed punishment of death by throwing stones. However, such a punishment is possible under an Islami government only, Mufti Mohd Ansari added.
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Bodies of two women found on Expressway
Greater Noida, July 7 The Greater Noida Police has sought help from all police stations in NCR and Delhi for the identification of the body. The necks of both the bodies were slit and the police suspect that the women were thrashed before being killed. According to the Surajpur police, one woman appeared to be around 70 years while the other about 50 years of age. Their necks had been slit with a sharp-edged weapon. There were many injury marks all over their bodies and the hand of one of them was fractured. Much blood was not found on the spot so it is believed that they were killed elsewhere and their bodies were dumped here. The information about the bodies was given to the police by Raj Veer, a resident of Nalgarha village at around 10 a.m. yesterday. SSP R.K. Chaturvedi said that both of them appeared to be Punjabi as the elderly woman’s right arm bore her name, Manjit Kaur tattooed in Punjabi. However, none of the Punjabi residents of Nalgarha village could identify the deceased. The police said that both the women are possibly from the same family and it appeared that they were killed because of some property dispute. Both of them were wearing gold bangles and diamond rings worth Rs 1 lakh.
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Biker hit by car, dies
Noida, July 7 The accident took place at Sector-22-23 T-Point at 11 on Saturday night. It was raining heavily when Lal Mohan Singh, 26, an electrician after closing his shop in Sector-22 was on his way to his residence in C-14, Sharamik Kunj, Sector-66 Noida. As he reached the crossing, a Swift car, No DL8CK-4017 coming at high speed from Gajode side hit his bike from behind after which Lal Mohan Singh got entangled in the car wheels. The driver did not stop the car and Lal Mohoan was dragged for over 300 metres up to Sector-57 crossing till the car hit a road divider. Leaving the electrician to his fate, the car driver sped away. Another bike rider, Aniket, a Delhi resident chased the car and noted down its number. Aniket with the help of some passers-by rushed injured Lal Mohan to Kailash Hospital and informed the police. Lal Mohan succumbed to his injuries late in the night. Police traced the car with the help of Delhi Police. It was owned by industrialist Anil Sharma, a resident of Chandni Chowk, Delhi. Driver Abneesh was arrested on Sunday. Abneesh however said a truck loaded with stone was going in front of his car. As two or three boulders from truck had fallen and smashed his car screen and bonnet he was trying to overtake and stop the truck from the wrong side. As it was raining heavily, he did not notice the bike and hit it. SSP, R.K. Chaturvedi said the driver had confessed to his crime. SSP said a commendation certificate would be issued to the youth Aniket who had noted down the car number and rushed the injured Lal Mohan to hospital at midnight.
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Woman molested by canteen owner
New Delhi, July 7 The victim registered a complaint against five persons, who allegedly manhandled her inside a canteen. She went to the hospital with her son, who was not well. While they were waiting for the doctor to arrive, the son demanded a cold drink. The woman went to the canteen and asked for a cold drink. The victim alleged that the canteen owner demanded Rs 12 instead of the printed rate of Rs 10. She had an argument with the canteen owner, who allegedly started beating her. The woman also said that four other people joined the accused in beating her and also molested her. The police has arrested Dhirendra in connection with the case, while four others are at large.
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Minister sees BSP as threat to Congress
Faridabad, July 7 Gupta, who was here for a private function, expressed his apprehensions about the BSP, while responding to a question. He said that the Congress must remain vigilant about the moves of BSP in Haryana. In response to a related question about threat from the INLD and BJP, he said that the INLD headed by Om Prakash Chautala and the BJP, individually or even in alliance with each other, cannot take on the Congress in Haryana. He said that the Congress was the most acceptable party among the people. The Congress government has done enough developmental works and was following pro-people policies. The party was confident about polls in the state, he added. Referring to the education system in the state, he said that his government’s priority was to boost-up the academic standard at all levels of education. He said that a number of steps have already been taken and the process to further improve the situation was still on. With regard to the Edu-set model introduced in the state not making much headway, he said that the teachers were being sensitised to the system to make it a success. He said that semester system would not be implemented in colleges in the 2008-09 academic session due to technical reason. He, however, was optimistic about its implementation thereafter. Gupta, who is also minister for Transport, said that the new agreement signed between the governments of Haryana and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, a few days ago, would enable better mobility between the two states. Buses of Haryana were penalised in some parts of Delhi due to lack of requisite provisions in the earlier agreement. Gupta announced that the Haryana Roadways has introduced 10 AC buses from Gurgaon to Chandigarh on an experimental basis. Depending on it success, other districts will also be linked up with the state capital through such buses, he added. |
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Courses in financial planning, trading offered
New Delhi, July 7 Career options open to students at ICFP include equity commodity and forex research, security analysis, trading, fund management, portfolio management services, operations investment banking, financial engineering and academic research. Candidates will be awarded a Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning after successful completion of their course. The programme is open to graduates, MBA, CA and ICWA. Students in final year of graduation can also apply Another course on offer is Post-Graduate Diploma in Security Analysis and Trading. |
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Crime File
New Delhi, July 7 Extensive local inquiry directed the police team towards the accused. Seshbir contacted other taxi services before hiring the victim’s car. Raids were conducted at Seshbir’s native place, but he was found absconding. He was finally arrested from district Sersena in Uttar Pradesh on July 3 and a transit remand was obtained for four days. On interrogation, it was revealed that he killed Satish and dumped his body somewhere in the fields between Kanpur and Allahbad. It was further established that the vehicle was sold to a Bhojpuri singer for Rs 70, 000. Both the vehicle and the dead body were recovered from the given addresses. Further investigation is in process. House burglar arrested
With the arrest of Ahsan, the North-East district police has claimed to have worked out three cases of burglary and house theft in the Bhajan Pura area. Earlier, the accused kept away from his marriage reception to avoid arrest. On April 27, two cases of theft were reported in Maujpur and Subhash Vihar. During investigation, it was revealed that Ahsan was involved in cases of similar nature in the area. The accused even stayed away from his wedding reception to evade arrest. However, he was finally apprehended at the instance of an informer. During interrogation, it was revealed that he along with his two associates, Sahil and Tanvir, committed house thefts. Several gold and silver items were recovered from him. Servant held for theft
With the arrest of Balram Nayak, the Delhi police claims to have solved a theft case of the Sainik Farm area. Police sources said the accused committed theft at the residence of a businessman, HH Modi on July 1. The hideout of the accused was established from his verification form, where he wrote his original residential address of Orissa. A raid was conducted at his native place and he was nabbed. The police recovered a cash of Rs 96,800 from Balram Nayak. Teacher shot dead
A 45-year-old teacher was shot dead by some unidentified men in the Outer Delhi district area of Rama Vihar around 1.30 am today. Suresh Kumar was walking outside his house when four people shot at him from the windows of a car. Suresh was rushed to Sanjay Gandhi hospital where he was declared brought dead. He was a private tutor. Family suspects the involvement of some of his rivals in the crime. Meanwhile, the local police has launched investigations after registering a murder case. |
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Copycat teens driven to suicide, say psychiatrists
New Delhi, July 7 These experts recall how a teenager tried to jump off a cliff few years back after watching his icon Akshay Kumar perform the exhilarating stunt in one of the soft-drink commercials. Then came the Shaktiman episode and now it’s the new cartoon series on the television in which the hero performs superhuman feats. The very act of imitating a renowned character or a living personality and then beginning to put yourself in his shoes is called the copycat syndrome, also the hero-worship tendencies, and its adverse effect leads to copycat suicides, prevalent among adolescents worldwide. “Copycat is a very common tendency among adolescents where they tend to imitate the person they like, be it in their peer group or a celebrity”, says Dr Samir Parikh, psychiatrist, chief of department of mental health & behavioral sciences, Max Healthcare here. Adolescents are in the evolving stage of their personality, malleable and easily influenced; hence to look ‘cool’ they follow their idol blindly, assuming it to be correct always. “Indulgence in smoking, bunking, thefts and car-speeding are some of the common misacts due to copy-cat tendencies”, he points out. Without realising its consequences, they blindly follow their idol or peer groups, which gives them a boost. This can take an adverse shape in the form of copy-cat suicides, where suicide is hyped and made to sound ‘exciting’ and adolescents attempt to follow it by doing it themselves. Copycat suicides have been termed after Werther Syndrome named after the novel, ‘The sorrows of young Werther”. In today’s scenario, schoolchildren tend to commit suicide after hearing about suicides of their peers in the media. The whole idea of suicide is glamourised and sensationalised, evoking an interest in their minds about the same. He says. So, how does one cope with such phenomenon? “Every teenager experiences such tendencies at some point of time, but it’s important to tackle it carefully, parents and teachers should focus on skill-building of the child, so that he has a strong self-esteem and assertive personality, to own an identity of himself,” says Dr Parikh. “He must be assertive enough not to get influenced by his peers and make his own decisions; also they must endeavor to use this tendency to create a pro-social behaviour in the child, to imbibe positive traits in him,” he further adds. Dr Vinita Jha, psychiatrist at Umkal Healthcare, says, “There were cases, in recent months, where parents approached me discussing their ward’s desire to know about the world after death and why people commit suicides. But, all I want to say is in spite of copying it negatively, teenagers should act in a responsible manner and look at the positive aspect of copying people.” “Open dialogue should be there between both the parents and wards on what is right or wrong. They should also keep a check on their activities and their learning content through books and internet,” further adds Dr Jha. |
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Protesting lootings, Kalkaji traders block road
New Delhi, July 7 Shouting slogans against the police, the traders alleged that despite their complaints to the police no action had been taken to provide them security. The agitation by the traders of the area was the result of the looting incident last night, in which armed desperadoes made away with the day’s earning of a shopkeeper. Agitated shopkeepers alleged that this was the third such incident in the area within a week and the police had done little to either trace the suspects or provide security to the shopkeepers. The shopkeepers were later pacified by senior police officers who reached the spot and promised that adequate measures would be taken to provide security to them. The police said that while mobile patrolling was being intensified in the area, pickets were also being set up at some of the strategic locations in the main market.
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6 Tihar inmates hurt in clash
New Delhi, July 7 Six inmates were injured in the violence. The incident happened in Jail number 8 when some prisoners were shifted in the block. There was an resentment among the old inmates over the movement that resulted in the clash. The injured prisoners were rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where their conditions are said to be stable.
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TV lensman dies in accident
New Delhi, July 7 The incident happened when a truck slammed into Jaswant’s motorcycle. Jaswant, who worked as a cameraman with Zee News channel, was returning to his residence in Mahavir enclave from a relative’s house in INA colony. A case has been registered and the police has launched a hunt for the truck driver, who is missing. |
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