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Another biker falls to death The Delhi traffic police seems to have taken ad hoc measures on Palam-Dwarka flyover in New Delhi where eight persons died in accidents in eight days. Tribune photo
4 students among 7 held with call girls
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Anand Jon’s family seeks justice from Obama
Fashion designer Anand John’s sister Sanjana (L) and mother Shashi broke down during a press conference in New Delhi on Monday.
Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui
130 Gurgaon villages sensitive
Arti claims to be most popular in New Delhi
Fake voter cards aplenty in Gurgaon
Restore Lotika’s property, demand friends
Farmers warn of stopping work on Yamuna Expressway
Blueline injures man; angry people disrupt traffic
People gather around the bus that injured a man at Andrews Gunj Ring Road in New Delhi on Monday. Tribune photo
Panthers Party to contest all 7 seats
Health dept official held for graft
Gill allays fear on Games
Lok Adalat settles 2,333 cases
HC upholds man’s life term for killing wife
Tension in Dadri after caste clash
IIPM convocation
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Another biker falls to death
New Delhi, March 16 Srikant, a photographer, and his friend Mohit were on their way to Dwarka when their motorcycle skidded off the overbridge around 3 a.m. today. When they reached the sharp curve on the flyover, Srikant lost balance and hit a side verge. They fell on the concrete slab 18 metres down. According to the police, the two were taken to the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital, where Srikant was declared brought dead, while Mohit has been admitted to the ICU with multiple fractures. Srikant is a resident of Rajapur in Dabri. Mohit assisted him in work. Meanwhile, the traffic police has appealed to motorcyclists to drive slow on the stretch to avoid accidents. “We are holding talks with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to place speed breakers and increase the height of side wall on the flyover. Signboards showing speed limits should be installed,” said Rupinder Singh, DCP Traffic (southern range). Eight deaths have been reported from the flyover in just a week. The sharp curve on the Palam-Dwarka flyover has become a virtual deathtrap for two-wheelers in particular. It might be recalled that a 22-year-old man had died on March 14 when his motorcycle crashed into the side verge on the stretch and fell off the flyover. While on March 11, four members of a family were killed when they fell off the same flyover. Deepak (27), his wife Renu (25), son Bishav (6) and daughter Niru (3) died on the spot. On the same day, Jagmohan (20) was killed when his motorcycle skidded. He was on his way to the airport when the accident took place. On March 8, Bala Krishnan (32) died, while his pillion-rider, Mala Palli sustained critical injuries after their motorcycle crashed into a road divider.
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4 students among 7 held with call girls
Noida, March 16 The police claims to have arrested all of them in a compromising position with call girls. Three young women had allegedly slipped away minutes before the police raid. According to SP city, police circle officer-II Shailender
Lal, was informed by an informer that flesh trade was being carried on for many days in House No. B-250, Sector 71. Bhim Singh, a resident of Sector-50, the owner, had rented it out to some students. Circle Officer
(DSP) raided the house on Sunday afternoon with a police team. The police allegedly found a young girl from Laxmi
Nagar, Delhi, along with Irshad, who had rented this house along with other students, including
Adnan, Anash, Sorkha, Sonu, Ajay, Subodh. They were all found in compromising position with the girl. The police arrested them are under the flesh trace act. The police said this young girl had links with
Annu, a woman who ran a flesh trade racket and had been arrested by Sector 24 police in February. These students had brought this girl, and many other call girls through Annu to their house repeatedly. The arrested youth implored the police to let them go. “Please sir, else our careers will be finished”. They claimed some local students used to bring call girls to their house. “And we got involved in the sex racket. It will bring bad name to our parents and we will not be able to face our own wives” they pleaded. The parents of three local students were in Kotwali Sector-58 where these students were brought after arrest. The parents said that their wards were innocent and had been framed by cops. |
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Anand Jon’s family seeks justice from Obama
New Delhi, March 16 “I hope President Obama understands the racial discrimination that we are going through, and appeal to him as well as the Indian government to intervene so that my brother gets justice,” said Jon’s sister Sanjana. “I just want to urge President Obama to look into the matter. My brother deserves a fresh and unbiased trial. If my brother does not get justice, I will fast until death,” she said. Sanjana recounted the details of the case as she was flanked by her mother Shashi Ebraham and a US-based model, Lauren Boylar, who said she is a witness in Jon’s case. The family is in India to gather support for Jon before an “important” April 1 hearing at a Los Angeles court on arguments that the 34-year-old designer deserves a retrial. They plan to lead a protest march to the American embassy here on Wednesday. “We are specifically here now because on April 1 we have a very important hearing and we want the people here and the Indian media to be aware of it so as to give an unbiased report unlike the American media which only publishes the prosecutor’s version,” Sanjana said. Jon, who dressed celebrities like Janet Jackson and Paris Hilton, was convicted by the Los Angeles Superior Court in November of 16 criminal counts, including sexually assaulting some budding models. Jon was arrested in the US March 6, 2007, on charges of rape and sexual harassment of more than a dozen models. He has been in jail for the last 24 months. — IANS
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130 Gurgaon villages sensitive
Gurgaon, March 16 Of these, 132 polling stations in 51 villages have been declared hypersensitive, while 182 polling stations in 79 villages have been declared sensitive in the district. Thus, a total of 314 polling stations in these villages now fall in hypersensitive and sensitive categories. Giving assembly segment-wise break-up of hypersensitive and sensitive polling stations, Gurgaon deputy commissioner-cum-district electoral officer Deepti Umashankar disclosed that Pataudi assembly segment has 41 hypersensitive polling stations in 19 villages and 36 sensitive polling stations in 25 villages. Similarly, Badshahpur has 57 hypersensitive polling stations in 15 villages and 42 sensitive polling stations in 18 villages. Sohna has 25 hypersensitive polling stations in 16 villages and 57 sensitive polling stations in 32 villages. In Gurgaon assembly segment, Feroze Gandhi Colony, Kanhai Gaon and Gandhinagar colony have been declared hypersensitive. Surat Nagar, Gurgaon village, Patel Nagar, Rajiv Nagar, 4/8 Marla, Laxmi Garden, Shakti Nagar, Amar Colony, Sector 54, 55, 56, Wazirabad, Silokhara and Charakpur villages have been declared as sensitive. The deputy commissioner said a voter helpline had also been set up by the election department in Gurgaon to help people get information about voter identity cards and other aspects. Umashankar said the people could ring up phone number 2224047 during office timings on all working days to avail the facility of helpline. Also, information could be sought through the Internet on websites www.ceoharyana.nic.in and www.eci.gov.in. She said ramps were being provided at all polling stations for the physically challenged voters. Also, training would also be imparted about the use of electronic voting machines. The Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency has nearly 12.31 lakh voters in nine assembly segments of Bawal, Rewari, Pataudi, Badshahpur, Gurgaon, Sohna, Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka and Punhana. The deputy commissioner said according to the 2001 Census, the population of Gurgaon was 16.60 lakh and as per the report of the delimitation commission, there were about 12.31 lakh voters in the Gurgaon Parliamentary constituency.
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Arti claims to be most popular in New Delhi
New Delhi, March 16 “Having served as the Mayor of Delhi for two consecutive years, I am a familiar figure among people. I have tried to do a lot for them and therefore people know me well,” said Mehra. She said as this particular constituency is Punjabi-dominated, she would have a good hold here. If she manages to get the party’s nod, Mehra will be fighting it out with union minister Ajay Maken, who won the seat in 2004 by defeating former union minister Jagmohan. The second probable candidate in fray, Vijay Goel, will have no option than to shift to Chandni Chowk, where he’ll be crossing swords with another union minister Kapil Sibal. The other contender for the seat is MCD standing committee chairman Vijender Gupta. Bollywood actress Hema Malini has already turned down the offer of New Delhi constituency, saying she would like to concentrate on soliciting votes for the party all across the city. Former union minister Sahib Singh Verma’s son Pravesh has surged past Janakpuri MLA and former leader of the opposition in Delhi assembly, Jagdish Mukhi, to emerge as the most powerful claimant for the newly carved constituency of West Delhi. Pravesh Verma’s name is also doing rounds from the South Delhi constituency where he faces stiff challenge from Tughlaqabad MLA Ramesh Bidhuri. Former Mayor Meera Kawariya is seen as the most formidable claimant for the North-West Delhi (reserved) constituency. If she gets the go-ahead, she will face Krishna Tirath, the sitting MP from Karol Bagh (reserved) constituency. Former Test cricket opener Chetan Chauhan has raced past former Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan to emerge as the top contender for the East Delhi constituency. Former East Delhi MP B.L. Sharma Prem has sought to stage a comeback in electoral politics by expressing his desire to enter the fray from the newly created North-East Delhi. |
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Fake voter cards aplenty in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, March 16 Regarding the irregularities in voter list and collusion of election office with ex-councillors, an NGO named Adhikaar-The Rights Path has written to the district electoral officer-cum-deputy commissioner to check the anomalies here today. Rakesh Yadav, general secretary of Adhikaar told The Tribune, “We had made a complaint to the deputy commissioner regarding the inclusion of names in voter list, of relatives and friends of ex-councillors who are residing in different districts and states.” He added that elections of municipal corporation are due and likely to take place immediately after the Lok Sabha polls. While citing an example of booth No 63 of Gurgaon assembly in which a voter has got the name twice in the same booth as voter No 756 and 757 and repeated again as 1576 and 1575 by just changing the surnames, age and address, he said, “The voter list of Gurgaon village and Sukhrali village contains several fake voters like this.” Yadav feels that the scenario is the same in Prem Nagar and village Budheda as he affirms, “Names of poor people too have been deleted from the list. They have their voter I card, but their names are missing from the current voter list.” He alleged that at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gurgaon, in which the duty officer was handed over more than 1,000 forms, the officer rejected the forms of poor people and minorities and as a result, names of more then 700 people from those booths were not included in electoral rolls. The NGO has demanded an investigation into the nexus of election office and ex-councillors. |
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Restore Lotika’s property, demand friends
New Delhi, March 16 Taking note of media reports about the 86-year-old professor’s property in Hauz Khas being “fraudulently” taken away from her, her friends including academicians, lawyers, journalists and activists endorsed a petition here today. They said an IPS officer Nirmal Dhoundial and his family assumed duties to take care of Sarkar after her journalist husband Chanchal Sarkar passed away, with eyes on her property. “It is sad to know that people she kept in her house in good faith took advantage of her old age and transferred her property, which is her life’s saving, in the name of Priti Dhoundial (Nirmal’s wife) through a gift deed,” said George Varghese, Lotika’s friend. Varghese said, “Though the signature on the gift deed and video-tape at the time when she was signing the deed show that it’s Lotika who signed the document, we do not know under what circumstances she has signed it.” The friends said they were septic about the Dhoundial family’s conduct as the family did not allow Lotika’s friends to meet her. “We did not have easy access to her. The Dhoundial family always tried to keep her away from meeting her friends. She was practically arrested in her own house,” said Kumud Sharma from Centre for Women’s Development Studies. Calling Lotika the “mother of the feminist jurisprudence in India”, Mohan Rao, professor at JNU said it was inconceivable that she would gift her own house and render herself homeless at this age. “We have copies of the letter that Lotika wrote to Nirmal in which she has mentioned that Nirmal took advantage of her weakened condition and manipulated a transfer of her property in his wife’s name,” said Mohan Rao. “This case is merely indicative of the so-called developed societies in Delhi. The civil society should take up this issue and fight for the safety of elderly women living alone in the city till the time any law is put in place,” said Kapila Vatsyayan, renowned scholar and member of Parliament. The friends decided to send the petition to different offices in the government, including the ministry of home affairs, demanding that Sarkar’s property be transferred back to her and assurance that she would not be harmed in any way. |
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Farmers warn of stopping work on Yamuna Expressway
Greater
Noida, March 16 The mahapanchayat which was held in Ronija on Sunday under the banner of the Akhil Bhartya Kisan Sabha and the Bahujan Kisan Dal included seven per cent plots, employment to one member of each farming family, solution of Abadi land, setting up of degree colleges for boys and girls and a government hospital in the area in the seven demands raised at the
panchayat. Farmer’s leaders Nathi Ram Sharma, and Om Pal Singh Talaan said the Yamuna Development Authority had assured the farmers before the start of the work and payment of compensation that all their demands will be fulfilled. But these demands had not been fulfilled till now. Authority officials are taking the farmers for a ride, which they will not tolerate. Farmers are determined to go to any limit for their rights. The farmers warned the authority to fulfill its promises to farmers else the construction work will be stopped and would not be allowed to proceed till their demands are fully met. Farmers from 30 villages, including
Mirzapur, Rampur, Chanderpur, Achheja, Rilakha, Bhaipur, Kheda
Mohammedabad, Rustampur and Karolli, attended the mahapanchayat. |
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Blueline injures man; angry people disrupt traffic
New Delhi, March 16 According to Defence Colony police officials, Kaushal Yadav, a man who works with an NGO in the Capital, lost his balance and came under the rear wheels of a Blueline bus he was trying to board at the Andrews Ganj bus stand around 2.30 pm. “We are investigation whether he lost his balance due to the fault of the driver or otherwise. We took him to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where he is presently recuperating,” said Om Prakash, SHO, Defence Colony police station. The driver of the Blueline bus, which plys between Nehru Place and Azadpur Mandi, managed to flee from the spot. Angry with Blueline buses and their drivers, the agitated public resorted to stone-pelting and broke glasses of several Blueline buses running on the route. Although the police officials denied, but traffic movement was also disrupted for quite some time. “There was no stopping of the traffic at all. Some people broke glasses of two or three buses, but things were normalised as our men reached the spot,” said a senior police official of the district. |
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Panthers Party to contest all 7 seats
New Delhi, March 16 Confirming the news, president of DPPP Sanjay Sachdev said one of the candidates would be eunuch, three Dalits — two of whom would contest from unreserved seats, two women and one journalist. One of these candidates will represent Poorvanchal. One would be an artist while one’s name has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records. Sachdev said the party promises justice and fundamental rights to the poor. The panthers have always supported auto drivers, mechanics, girls working in parlors. Panthers had also rendered their support to bar girls in Mumbai when they were banned to work in bars, he said. Sachdev added panthers had also supported the OBC quota in educational institutions. He claimed people are willing to support the Panthers Party in this election. The party is contesting the parliamentary elections for the first time in Delhi. During the Delhi assembly elections, the party had fielded 11 candidates and they had performed well. He claimed that youngsters are supporting the party in the parliamentary elections, as the party had supported them during Valentine’s Day celebrations. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad had threatened to disrupt Valentine’s Day celebrations. He further said that the party has received 49,000 calls from youths supporting it in the elections. “This is much beyond our expectation,” Sanjay said. |
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Health dept official held for graft
Faridabad, March 16 The raid was led by the tehsildar of Faridabad, who was deputed duty magistrate for the operation. The accused had allegedly forced a contractor to pay Rs 50,000 to get his Rs 50 lakh reimbursed from the public health department. The contractor had carried out several construction works relating to infrastructure in Faridabad and Ballabgarh, and the department had to pay him Rs 50 lakh. According to an official involved in the raid, the contractor had complained to the SP of the Haryana State Vigilance Bureau about the accused officer’s demand for money. The bureau laid the trap and the officer was nabbed red-handed. The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has received accolades from several quarters for the successful operation against the accused officer. Various voluntary organisations have lauded the role of the law enforcing machinery and urged it for more pro-activism. According to a senior citizen of the city, the action of the bureau was in tune with the Haryana government’s claim of injecting transparency in the functioning of the administration.
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Gill allays fear on Games
New Delhi, March 16 Gill was reacting to reports in Australian media quoting Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite as saying that a security assessment one month before the Games would be crucial in deciding the fate of the event. “I wish Games officials would not raise such hypothetical concerns when the Games are still a year and half away,” Gill said.
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Lok Adalat settles 2,333 cases
New Delhi, March 16 Over 92 per cent of the cases were settled in the special Lok Adalat. The two-day Lok Adalat received a total of 2,527 cases in which 2,333 were settled. “Those whose cases are settled have been given 15 days’ time to pay the bill. The BSES has even allowed some to pay the bill in three to four installments,” said a BSES official. The Lok Adalat settled cases related to power theft, both direct theft (DT) and dishonest abstraction of energy (DAE). |
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HC upholds man’s life term for killing wife
New Delhi, March 16 Vijay Pal and his hired killer Vinod were held guilty of murdering Rajni (26) on August 13, 2001, barely four months after Vijay Pal married her. The trial court had in June 2008 awarded life imprisonment to both Vijay Pal and Vinod, based on circumstantial evidence. Pal’s complicity with the henchman was proved by the prosecution with the help of his mobile call records, which gave details of his being in constant touch with Vinod before and after the killing. A division bench comprising justices Pradeep Nandrajyog and Aruna Suresh upheld the trial court order of life imprisonment and dismissed the appeal of both the convicts. According to the prosecution, Rajni was shot dead in a Honda City car by Pal and the hired killer while she was returning from her parents’ house.
— IANS
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Tension in Dadri after caste clash
Greater Noida, March 16 He said the trouble started after two youths — Vishal and Lalit — had a scuffle with a sweeper in the Gautampuri area when they were returning to their homes in Thukran. About half an hour later, a number of sweepers came to the Thakuran area in pursuit of the two and dragged out men, women and children from their houses and beat them up. In the attack, the two youths, Virendra, Roshni and 5-year-old Kanishka sustained serious injuries and were admitted to a local hospital.
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IIPM convocation
New Delhi, March 16 The director’s gold medal was awarded to Prof Amit Saxena and Prof Arundhati Banerji for their contribution towards the institute and the academic gold and silver medals for academic excellence were awarded to Pushp Lamba and Nida
Nabi, respectively. |
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