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Only 3 women members in assembly this time
BJP putting on a brave face
Decision on CM tomorrow
Security on high alert in Noida
Devotees pray for peace
A child looks as devotees offer namaz on the occasion of Id-ul-Adha at the Ferozshah Kotla Fort in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui |
The smile of victory
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Ghaziabad to have seven multi-tier parking lots
Teachers’ pay revision issue
2 killed in bus mishaps
Realtor booked for cheating man of Rs 3.5 lakh
Batla House Encounter
Rs 18-lakh bank van robbery solved; 3 held
Three men arrested in connection with bank van robbery in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tribune photo
Woman shot at by snatchers
SC accepts JNUSU’s application on Lyngdoh panel
Warm spell this winter over?
MP woman murder solved
Man killed for Rs 150
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Only 3 women members in assembly this time
New Delhi, December 9 Though the women had already a poor representation in the last assembly, this time also they took a further beating with their strength going down by another 50 per cent.
Only 4.2 per cent women of the total strength of the Delhi assembly could find representations in the assembly this year, which was 8.5 per cent last year. While the Congress gave tickets to a total of eight women candidates, the BJP kept its number to just four, with none of them winning. Apart from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, there are only two other women candidates who have managed to make their way to the assembly. Kiran Walia from Malviya Nagar and Barkha Singh from RK Puram constituency, who have won for a consecutive second time from the Congress, are only two women to sit for the next term of the assembly. On the contrary, last Delhi assembly had six women representatives, including the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Tajdar Babbar from Jungpura, Meera Bhardwaj from Patpargunj, Anjali Rai from Pahar Ganj, Barkha Singh from RK Puram, Kiran Walia from Malviya Nagar. “Congress has always motivated women participation in politics and that is why it had given tickets to eight women candidates but unfortunately they could not manage to prove themselves,” said Tajdar Babbar. “It has always been simpler only for the experienced or senior women candidates to win the election as people get to identify them. The new women who come into politics have to face difficulties for a long time because people suspect their leadership,” added Babbar. The newly elected two women MLAs have also represented the office of Delhi Commission of Women with Barkha Singh serving as its current chairperson while Kiran Walia has also worked in the same position earlier. “All the three women who have won the mandate are experienced as they have done a lot of work in their constituencies and people identify them,” she said.
However, Meera Bhardwaj who had been two time MLA from Patpargunj area and Tajdar Babbar who served three terms in Delhi assembly from Jungpura, were denied party tickets as they had openly criticised Dikshit on several occasions. |
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BJP putting on a brave face
New Delhi, December 9 The party’s Delhi chief Harsh Vardhan said that the party would bounce back to national politics in the parliamentary elections after it fixes the nuts and bolts of its operation and poll performance. “The BJP party’s aspirations are not limited to winning elections alone. Victory and defeat are two sides of the same coin— politics. Our goal is to serve the people, and politics serves as a medium to it. We would continue doing so by rendering our support to the government on every positive step, but would not be silent on matters that would eventually harm the people of Delhi and the nation,” asserted Harsha Vardhan. V. K. Malhotra, turning out to be the BJP’s chief ministerial contentious choice, puts on a brave face after the poll defeat, yet the mood at his residence appeared gloomy despite the fact that the septuagenarian has registered a decent win in Greater Kailash constituency by a margin of 11,231 votes. His candidature for the Delhi’s top job has landed him in vehement criticism within his own party, since the day he was nominated for the job, against other nominees who were in the fray—Vijay Goel, M.L. Khurana and Harsh Vardhan. The BJP side recuperating from poll bruises has contracted into a cocoon and taken the introspection route. This evening Malhotra met the veteran BJP member and leader of opposition (Lok Sabha) L.K. Advani, to discuss the party’s future plans and course of action. Earlier, senior leaders of the party, including Harsha Vardhan, Vijay Goel, Kedar Nath Sahni had gathered at Malhotra’s residence to recover from the shock signalled by Delhiites’ verdict, and dissect the party’s pre-poll working. Sources from the BJP party said that all the senior leaders of the party would hold a meeting either on Friday or Saturday to take stock of the situation and come down with definitive corrective measures. Meanwhile, the party regretting its emphasis on terror plank is searching for weaker links and scrutinising its selection of candidates, and it is likely that the outcome of the discussion later in this week would be in keeping with the psyche of the Capital’s electorate. |
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Decision on CM tomorrow
New Delhi, December 9 The decision taken by the CLP will be conveyed to the party high command later in the evening for final approval. The CLP meeting has been called at the state party office, which is likely to be attended by all the 42 victorious candidates. “The meeting will take up a resolution to elect Dikshit as the leader again. The party high command is expected to approve the CLP decisions by Wednesday evening, which will pave ways for the swearing in of Diskhit this week,” said a senior Congress leader. Sources close to the Chief Minister said that Dikshit would hold her swearing-in on Friday. The Congress has won 42 seats in the 2008 Delhi, which are five seats less than the 2003 Assembly results.
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Security on high alert in Noida
Noida, December 9 In a meeting of SHOs and SOs held recently, SSP, R.K. Chaturvedi has told security establishments to be on high alert. Security at all sensitive places has been improved. Night patrolling has been increased and officers in-charge of police stations have been asked to carry modern equipments like, bullet-proof jackets, video cameras and latest firepower weapons in their patrolling jeeps. Orders have been given to thoroughly check vehicles with dark glasses. It has been directed that checking staff should be provided with “cover” by their colleagues during search operations. Verification of tenants in different sectors has been ordered. The police, in association with the local intelligence staff, is keeping an eye on fugitives and suspected anti-social elements. Security agencies have been ordered to be prepared to deal with any untoward incident and launch immediate counter attack in case of any terror attack. SHOs and SOs of Dadri, Javeer and Dankore police stations have especially been instructed to remain alert. The SSP has particularly ordered SHOs, SOs and COs to take effective steps against vehicle thefts and keep biker gangs under check. |
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Devotees pray for peace
New Delhi, December 9 One of the most celebrated festivals among Muslims, it is also called as the festival of sacrifice when Muslims sacrifice goat to commemorate the great sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim who sacrificed his only son Ismail when God tried to test his faith. It is said that before making the sacrifice, Ibrahim blindfolded himself and when he removed the blindfold after performing the act, he found his son alive and smiling to his great joy. At the altar, a slaughtered lamb could be seen instead. Since then the festival is meant to test the faith of those devoted to Islam by sacrificing animal. The sacrificial meat is distributed after the Eid prayers to family friends and neighbours. Many families prepare special delicacies and sweets. “It is the time when we get to eat a lot of sewiyaan and sweets. During the night there is a special treat where kema, kachori and meat are made. I just enjoy this festival very much,” said Nasreen, 23. I hang out with my friends on Bakrid. We try to go to different mosques to worship Allah and enjoy the day by helping those in need. This is how I and my friends celebrate the festival,” said Farhan Akhtar. According to the Islamic calendar, the festival is observed on the tenth day of the month Dhu’l Hijja. This year, Muslims Bakrid celebrations remained at a low key. Many Muslim organisations called for simple celebration in the wake of the recent Mumbai terror attacks. “I am very sad about the terror attacks that had not only shaken Mumbai but the nation as a whole. I pray peace for the souls who died and wish that soon the people responsible for it are tracked and punished,” said the Imam of Jama Masjid. “We cannot celebrate when our country is not safe. We have decided to perform all the rituals silently and pray for peace in the country,” said Afzal Ahmed, 32. Besides the attacks, this Eid was a bit expensive for the Muslims as after the Mumbai terror attacks, the supply of goats reduced to the city. “Market did not have enough supply of goats this year so the price is comparatively higher. Even the wholesale rate is touching the sky,” said a meat shop owner in Chandni Chowk, Zakir Hazra, 35. “The cost of goats is skyrocketing with sellers demanding as high as Rs 5,000 for a goat weighing around 10 kg. We are forced to buy them as the animal is sacrificed only once a year and it’s a part of the ritual,” said Mohammed Mustaquin Qureshi, a resident of Mayur Vihar. Reportedly, goats weighing more than 50 kg are being sold for around Rs 1 lakh, confirmed a meat seller. “Since Eid has a special significance, one tends to ignore the cost factor when it comes to sacrifice the animal,” said Sana Nafees, resident of Ashok Nagar.
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Ghaziabad to have seven multi-tier parking lots
Ghaziabad, December 9 Nehru Nagar auditorium being built on the PPP model is estimated to cost Rs 10 crore. It will meet a long-felt need for cultural, literary and entertainment pursuits as also for having indoor games in the city. Besides, multi-tier parking will come at the District Centre in Raj Nagar at a cost of Rs 44 crore with capacity for parking 500 cars. A parking near metro station on PPP model has been approved by the state government in principle. Work on similar multi-level parking in Koshambi and Vaishali will also be taken up soon. According to GDA chief engineer, Anil Garg, the provision for parking each car in multi-tier parking will cost Rs 7 lakh. This amount is likely to be recovered from the cars parked there at Rs 20 per two hours over next 20 years. A multi-level parking lot for 500 cars will cost Rs 44 crore, Garg said. All the three multi-level parking lots are likely to cost over Rs 100 crore. The GDA has decided in favour of multi-tier parking as these will result in considerable space saving. The parking built on an area which is sufficient for parking 100 cars on ground, will have enough parking space for 500 cars. GDA will be planning for mechanized, automatic multi-tier parking lots at seven different localities of Maha Nagar, including Sahibabad Metro station, Koshambi, Vaishali Metro station, Ghaziabad railway station, Ram Lila Grounds, old bus stand, and Nehru Nagar youth centre. Ghaziabad city’s biggest problem right now is traffic management. City roads remain jammed for want of suitable parking lots. |
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Teachers’ pay revision issue
New Delhi, December 9 Stating that the teachers’ wing of Congress INTEC approached him to intervene on their behalf Aggarwal said, “I wish to draw the attention of the Prime Minister to some of the grievances of the teachers, particularly regarding their pay revision.” Aggarwal conveyed the concerns in the letter and said, “During the campaign in the Delhi University for the Academic Council and Executive Council elections, the candidates observed that the teachers were not happy with the delay in the implementation of the recommendations of the pay review committee.” Some of the important demands listed in the letter include, the demand for the teachers listed in the readers grade to be placed under pay band IV without any deduction in their grade pay and introduction of professor grade in colleges.
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2 killed in bus mishaps
New Delhi, December 9 An unidentified victim in his 50s was crushed under the wheels of a Blueline bus while alighting at a traffic light in the Daryaganj area of Central Delhi yesterday. “The victim was getting down from the bus at a red light near Daryaganj when the bus (route number 39), plying between Jheel to Kanahiya Nagar, suddenly started moving due to which he lost his balance and came under the wheels of the bus. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said a police official adding that the identity of the victim could not be ascertained. In other incident, a person,
Hafizuddin, died after falling from an interstate DTC bus plying between Delhi and
Bijnor. The incident took place at around 10.30 am at ISBT, Kashmere Gate, in North Delhi. The victim was boarding the bus when the driver suddenly accelerated, because of which he lost his balance and fell. Hafizuddin suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died. The police has arrested the driver and confiscated the bus. In yet another incident, a 45-year-old man suffered critical head injuries after he was hit by a chartered bus on the BRT corridor in the Chirag Dilli area of South Delhi. Devmani Tiwari, who works as a security guard in the DDA office in South Delhi, was hit by a chartered bus from behind near Chirag Dilli crossing yesterday evening. Tiwari, a resident of Faridabad, was immediately rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The driver managed to flee. |
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Realtor booked for cheating man of Rs 3.5 lakh
Greater Noida, December 9 According to police superintendent (rural), S.K. Varma, one Ashutosh of Gurgaon had approached a realtor of Greater Noida for a house. The realtor, Lalit Kumar of Gama Sector–2, along with his two friends, had shown Ashutosh house no. E-93, Sector-36 in Greater Noida. The trio then took Rs 3.50 lakh as advance from Ashutosh for the house. However, in the meantime, the owner sold the house to another person. But, Lalit did not inform about it to Ashutosh and for months kept on assuring him that he will get the house. But, when Ashutosh got fed up of assurances, he demanded his money back from Lalit. On this, Lalit beat him with the help of two others and threatened not to come to him ever again. Ashutosh then went to Kasna police station and lodged a case of cheating and assault against three persons. On the basis of his complaint, the Kasna police has registered a case of cheating, fraud and assault. |
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Do you say cops shot themselves, asks SC
New Delhi, December 9 “Do you say the police shot themselves,” a Bench comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam asked the petitioner, who claimed that he was running an NGO and a security agency and was a witness to the encounter. “We feel you have been set up by someone…the police is monitoring you…We can have your antecedents verified,” the CJI told the petitioner yesterday, dismissing his PIL. If he had information about the encounter, he could assist those investigating the incident, Justice Sathasivam said. The NGO, Real Cause, run by the petitioner had just three persons — president, secretary and member — the judges noted, wondering how it could contribute to health and education. Refusing to talk to reporters, the petitioner, who pleaded his case personally, made a hurried exit from the court. — TNS
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Rs 18-lakh bank van robbery solved; 3 held
New Delhi, December 9 Mannan, the gang leader, was arrested from a South Delhi area for robbing the amount from A.P. Securitrans van at Satya Niketan. Based on the leads provided by Mannan, Rajkumar, an employee with the security company who provided route details of the van and other information to the gang and Suresh, who provided stolen vehicles to the gang, were arrested. “The inter-state gang is involved in over a dozen robberies. The gang used to target vehicles transferring cash from one location to another,” said a senior police official. The guards of the security company had brought the cash from their head office in the Delhi Cantonment area to their Satya Niketan office. Four unidentified men on black motorcycles snatched Rs 200,000 and fired indiscriminately, injuring a security guard. However, the police has recovered Rs 200,000 cash, one revolver and some stolen vehicles. |
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Woman shot at by snatchers
New Delhi, December 9 According to available information, Naina Devi, a resident of Anand Parbat had gone to attend a marriage ceremony along with her family at a DDA park in Maharana Pratap Enclave in Pitampura last night. Naina in her statement given to the police has said that she was standing outside the marriage venue around 10 pm, when two people on motorcycle tried to run away with her gold chain. But, when bystanders intercepted them and one of them pulled the pillion driver down, he pulled out his countrymade pistol and shot Naina in stomach and leg to scare away people who had gathered there. The two snatchers then managed to escape. Naina was rushed to the nearby Ranibagh Hospital where she was operated upon to pull out the cartridges lodged in her body. According to hospital authorities, her condition was critical. |
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SC accepts JNUSU’s application on Lyngdoh panel
New Delhi, December 9 JNUSU considers the step a positive move. “It is a positive move. Our application has been accepted for the review. We are hoping the court would consider our apprehensions,” said Sandeep, president, JNUSU. The JNUSU lawyer has drafted a 25-page long application stating logical reasons due to which Lyngdoh recommendations cannot be implemented in JNU in their present state. “It is review petition in which we have stated our case. The court has accepted it for consideration. We are trying to do everything that we could to re-establish the democratic tradition of JNUSU elections,” said Roshan, member of Joint Struggle Committee formulated by the JNU students to fight against the stay order. However, the Supreme Court imposed a stay on the elections saying that the JNUSU elections violated the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations for the student union elections. The next hearing for the case has been scheduled for the first week of February. |
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Warm spell this winter over?
New Delhi, December 9 “The western disturbances (WDs) have not left altogether yet. So it seems a little warm during the day. But in the coming two days, temperatures will dip as the WDs will leave,” an official said. “Ahead of the WDs, the weather is warm. Once they leave, winter will set in soon after. This is pretty usual,” he added. The weather forecast reports that temperature during the day may still hover around 25 degrees Celsius while night temperature will fall by nearly three degrees and reach 10 degrees Celsius by Thursday. “In the early morning and night, mist and shallow fog cover is also likely,” he said. This is not a drastic change from the rather warm cover at present.
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MP woman murder solved
Faridabad, December 9 Rajola was absconding after the incident. Earlier, Rajola’s aide Rajesh was arrested. The two had allegedly murdered the woman when she had come to Rajesh’s house. According to the police, Rajesh has owned up to the crime. He disclosed that Rajola helped in disposing of the body. He said that he murdered the woman after hitting her with a knife several times. He added that there was dispute between him and the victim regarding money. |
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Man killed for Rs 150
New Delhi, December 9 Murshid and Mahesh have admitted to the crime. According to the accused, they along with their accomplice Sachhu killed Ramesh, as he failed to return Rs 150 to them. He had lost the amount on
gamblling. Ramesh who worked in a private company hailed from UP. — TNS |
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New Delhi, December 9
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