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Woman bleeds for 5 hours as cops spar
Retd teacher murdered in Vasant Kunj
The house of Devender Kishore Joshi (inset) who was found dead at his residence at Vasant Kunj in
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Heart patients watch out, winter can be deadly
Kalam speaks of great heights achieved by Pratibha Patil
Chatterati
Nursery Admission
Phone recharge facility at Metro stations now
Stress on need to monitor RTE Act
RWAs decry rise in Mother Dairy milk prices
Rs 1-cr ransom sought for boy’s release
Beaten DU student dies
Drink mates kill, rob truck driver
Warm Sunday in Delhi
Job racket busted, minor rescued
2 robbers held
Vehicle thief held
National-level weightlifter shot at
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Woman bleeds for 5 hours as cops spar
Ghaziabad, December 19 "A leg and an arm of the woman was found cut. She had lost consciousness due to blood loss. She is still critical," said A.K. Dua, a doctor at the government MMG Hospital where she was eventually shifted due to the efforts of a local journalist. Earlier, when a passerby informed the Government Railway Police at Ghaziabad junction about the injured woman, he was asked to contact the local police. The local police cited jurisdictional limitation and claimed it was the responsibility of the railway police to help her. The woman was finally rushed to hospital when a local mediaperson took up the issue with a senior police officer. "We contacted SP (superintendent of police), city, A.K. Vijaita who ordered the Kotwali police to rush the woman to hospital," said Rahul Sharma, the journalist who took up the issue.
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Retd teacher murdered in Vasant Kunj
New Delhi, December 19 According to the police, the matter came to light in the morning when one of Joshi's relatives came to check his house after he failed to get response on phone despite repeated attempts. "Joshi was found dead in his bedroom with a sharp cut on his neck, probably of some knife or scissors. He also had some injuries on his head and was found lying on bed. The room has been ransacked but it seems that the murderers have tried to pass it off as a robbery. We don't know what is missing as of now. He lived alone on the ground floor of the house," said a police official, adding that Joshi's only son lived in the US while his wife had died a few years ago. The son has been informed about the incident. According to information, the forensic team has picked up fingerprints and some vital clues from the scene of crime. "We have got some vital clue from the crime scene and will soon nab the people involved," said the officer. According to information, Joshi was of friendly nature and easily trusted people who could have taken advantage of his living alone. Neighbours and friends of Joshi told police that a few months back even some students who lived as tenants in the house cheated Joshi out of some money. The police is also working to question these students and efforts are on to identify them. According to HGS Dhaliwal, area DCP, the door to the house was found open. "It looks like there was a friendly entry. The victim probably knew the intruders," he said. |
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Heart patients watch out, winter can be deadly
Noida, December 19 With the setting in of winter, people feel heaviness in the chest and breathing becomes very difficult. Due to fog and frost, smoke and dust pollute the air which can cause acute problem to asthma patients. According to Dr Parshotam Lal, chairman of Metro Hospitals and a reputed heart specialist, the first few days of frost and fog can be very dangerous for the heart patients and asthmatics. It can cause decrease in blood supply to heart and other vital organs and this in turn can cause blood pressure. The possibility of heart attack increases many times in heart patients, says Dr Lal. Due to strain in vessels, blood pressure in heart patients increases. This in turn increases heart beats and heart has to overwork. According to Dr Deepak Talwar, chairman of pulmonary department in Metro hospital, fog and frost also increase the possibility of an attack among the asthma patients as smoke and dust particles are suspended in the atmosphere at a fairly low level and find their way to patients' lungs through breathing. This can lead to tonsillitis, bronchitis and greatly increase the chances of an asthma attack. Dr Talwar said according to recent WHO estimates, over 600 million people are suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in India alone. "But due to spirometer tests for measuring breath and other recent advances in the medical science, we are able to control this disease to the extent that the patients can perform their normal functions and keep the disease under check. Gurgaon/New Delhi: "The risk of having a heart attack during the winter months is twice as high as in summer. And a heart attack in the winter is also more likely to be a fatal one than at any other time of year," Praveen Chandra, chairman, interventional cardiology, at Gurgaon's Medanta Medicity, told IANS. Sunil Kaushal of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute said: "In winters, the peripheral blood vessels under skin constrict as an effect of the cold. This reduces the area of blood flow, resulting in higher pressure on heart to pump blood." "The metabolism of body is also high, so is the oxygen need, cumulatively increasing the pressure on heart," he said. "When the weather is cold, your heart must also work harder to maintain body heat and your arteries tighten, which restricts the blood flow and reduces the oxygen supply to your heart," he said. Doctors add that lack of sunlight is another influential reason which explains why heart attacks occur more often during winter. "It's a fact that less daylight in the winter can worsen mood problems, increase depression risk, and can also affect the heart," said Atul Mathur, director, interventional cardiology, Escorts Hospital. "Studies have looked at heart attack patients and found they have lower levels of vitamin D than healthy people," he said. Flu is another factor which increases heart attack risk. According to doctors, some basic precautions, like avoiding dehydration, can reduce the risk. "Drink 10 glasses of water to keep dehydration at bay. Too much alcohol and high calorie food should also be avoided," Mathur said.
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Kalam speaks of great heights achieved by Pratibha Patil
New Delhi, December 19 He was speaking at the release of a book that charts the life and dynamism of President Pratibha Patil. The book 'An Inspirational Journey: Pratibha Devisingh Patil' by authors Rasika Chaube and Dr Chhaya Mahajan was released by Kalam. Kalam pointed out, "Pratibha had the courage and the mental discipline to focus on her career and her unique path in life and this in turn helped her achieve great heights. Pratibha has also achieved a tremendous balance between her public and professional life as well as being a wife and mother." Kalam commented, "This is a very interesting book that projects Pratibha as a role model for women's empowerment in the country. Further, it was Pratibha's innate political wisdom and astute planning that helped her climb high in political life." Dr Karan Singh, who also happened to be present on the occasion, said, "Pratibha is a very serious woman steeped in traditionalism. She keeps her head covered to show that she follows traditional Indian values however, at the same time she is a very dynamic and intelligent woman who arose above her circumstances to achieve great peaks in her political career spanning three decades." Singh added, "I could not put this book down till I had read it cover to cover and it is virtually an autobiography of Pratibha's rather unique life." Author Rasika Chaube commented, "In this book, we essentially re-traced Patil's life since her childhood home in Jalgaon to her reaching the presidential seat. I find that this entire journey has been very enriching. Certain narratives and facts have left a deep impact on me, for instance, at a time when women lacked empowerment and suffered discrimination, Pratibha went ahead and became a postgraduate student earning three degrees in subjects like economics and law in pre-Independence India." Chaube added, "It was intriguing to study Pratibha's rather unique life. She had a career graph which kept moving up slowly and steadily. I think she emerges as a role model for thousands of women today, aside from her unique life and steady rise to power it is her compassion and human touch which stands out." Chaube further mentioned, "By the time we finished writing the book, both Chhaya and I discovered that what looked traditional in Pratibha can be very forward looking and dynamic and what is petite in her can be very tall in stature and stalwart in a totally different sense."
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Chatterati
Soft-soaping Sonia
Last week was Sonia Gandhi's 64th birthday. It seems that her strict instructions on not carrying full pages of advertisement and launching of new schemes had been followed. There were no celebrations at all. But she had enough callers who arrived early to greet her at 10 Janpath. Needless to say that everyone who is anyone in the Congress landed up. Surprisingly, one of the first ones to arrive to greet her was Kanimozhi, followed closely by Dayanidhi Maran. It seems that the DMK is a bit insecure after Jayalalitha declared, she would support the Congress. Surprisingly, Karunanidhi outdid the sycophancy of the Congress leaders when he made a statement about the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, "a historic light of scarifies guiding the destiny of India". It was also Pranab Mukherjee's birthday last week which would have gone unnoticed had the Chamber of Commerce not celebrated it a day before. But the leaders who made their birthday memorable in the gone-by week by throwing lavish parties with a galaxy of leaders present were JDU chief Sharad Yadav and Gopinath Munde. They sure need to make a hungama with their fading political careers. Trousseau for hire
Our younger generation is becoming much savvier and money-conscious. They do not believe either in old mother's tales of being "shubh". I can never imagine my old aunt agreeing to my wearing a rented lengha or sari for my marriage. Today's kids are more practical and do not want to spend huge amount of money on getting a designer lengha for their D-day. So, they go and rent exclusive lenghas and wedding dresses without having to shell out a bomb. There are rental shops for these modern brides all over Delhi now. They take care of the fittings and give personalized attention. You could always rent jewellery to match with it. The rent starts from two thousand to twenty thousand rupees depending on the style and design. They do not believe in the old tradition of that your wedding dress is supposed to be treasured and it also shows how brides are not bound by profound perceptions anymore. It is economical and it satisfies the bride of not having to burden her parents with that extra expense. These professionals who provide the rental trousseau also give you pre-recorded music so that you do not need to hire a DJ. They also provide luxury cars for the bidaai. High-profile weddings
Destination weddings once reserved for the rich and famous are now the norm even for high-profile politicos. Gadkari recently chartered an aircraft to ensure that the top BJP brass was able to get to his home town Nagpur from his current official residence in Delhi. N.K.Singh, on the other hand, ensured that his son's wedding in Jodhpur acquired a distinctly regal touch, a far cry from his native Bihar. Here too the planes swooped down with guests displaying more than just family warmth. Mukesh Ambani was the top attraction and he certainly made it a family event by being accompanied by wife Nita and children. While Jodhpur was relatively small, the reception at the Taj Palace in Delhi had everyone aflutter with the possible attendance of the Prime Minister being rumoured. So, the drinks were held back till Gurucharan Kaur finally appeared on her own. But N.K's fellow bureaucrats turned up in large numbers and a flock of politicians ranging from Satyavrat Chaturvedi from the Congress to Arun Jaitely of the BJP made evening complete for N.K and Tiny. Maharaja Guj Singh of Jodhpur lent the royal touch to the evening. N.K's wife Tiny is Guj Singh's sister. So, a lot of royalty was in attendance. But conspicuous by his absence the JDU chief Nitish Kumar did set some tongues wagging. N.K. is a Rajya Sabha member from Nitish's party. |
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With schools in command, parents fear arbitrary rules
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, December 19 The murmurs against the government's decision have grown noisier after the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) issued a notice to the government, asking it to reconsider its order as it contravened several rules mentioned in the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Many parents fear that the government's decision could lead to the same chaotic and subjective admission process which existed five years back. "There used to be no regulation over the admission process. A semblance of order was rendered to the policy, thanks to judicial and executive interventions. I fear things could be back to those days," Ajay Arora, father of a child, said. Former CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly, who had formulated the 100-point criteria for nursery admission three years back, said there was a possibility that the government decision would lead to chaos and uncertainty. He said a clear framework should have been given to schools as admission process needed to be transparent and objective. Experts fear that schools would come out with their own rules and interpretations and students and parents would be the worst sufferers. Though the government guidelines make it clear to schools that they would have to reserve 25 per cent of the seats for children from economically weaker section (EWS), a salient feature of the RTE Act, the order is ambiguous about rest of the seats. The admission to the ESW category would be done through lottery. Some experts like Vishal Sharma, a former school principal, said the RTE Act clearly prohibited profiling of the students, but allowing schools to give preference to the wards of their alumni amounted to profiling of students. A few others, though, said it was not profiling, as alumni could claim to have advantage, but schools should make it clear as to how much additional points a student coming from the alumni category would get. The RTE Act made it clear that two students could not be differentiated on any ground, and so preferring one over another due to any reason is violative of the act, a private school teacher said. Criterion like distance, alumni or having a sibling already studying in the school ultimately discriminate against those who did not benefit from them, he added. Many said the government should oversee the admission in the EWS category as private schools may resort to arm-twisting of parents of the children admitted under this category to pay some bribe.
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Phone recharge facility at Metro stations now
New Delhi, December 19 These machines that are installed at 20 stations in the initial phase can be used by Delhi Metro commuters for making transactions by inserting money in the slot provided in the machine. Apart from mobile recharge, the public can make monetary transactions like mobile bill payment. Currently, almost all the stations have cheque drop boxes which enable commuters to drop their bill payment cheques. "These machines are touch screen-based and the user can select from the desired service and service provider from the screen to either pay a mobile bill or recharge a mobile number. The user can then type his/her mobile number from the keypad on the touch screen and proceed with the transaction by inserting the required money in the designated slot. The machine can accept currency notes up to the denomination of Rs 1, 000 and will generate a receipt from the slot after the transaction has been completed successfully," explained a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation spokesperson. He further said that these machines will gradually be installed in all the 132 operational stations within two months. Services on these machines will also be upgraded in the coming months and users will be able to use this to pay their electricity and water bills, insurance premium payment, DTH recharge, booking tickets for rail, air and cinema and availing tourist packages. The multiservice machines have been installed in four Metro stations in the unpaid area: Jahangirpuri, Dilshad Garden, Anand Vihar and Noida City Centre. The remaining 16 stations: Rajouri Garden, Rajendra Place, Karol Bagh, R. K. Ashram Marg , Dwarka Mor, Dwarka Sector 9, Rajiv Chowk, New Delhi, Inderlok, Kashmere Gate, Rithala. Yamuna Bank, Akshardham, HUDA City Central Secretariat and Chandni Chowk have the machines in the paid area. Denvas Services Pvt Ltd has manufactured and installed these "UNIPAY" multi-service machines at the Metro stations, the spokesman added.
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Stress on need to monitor RTE Act
New Delhi, December 19 Speaking at the conference, Kiran Bhatty, national coordinator, Right to Education, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights said that NCPCR is a monitoring agency for the RTE Act which is separate from the implementing agencies. She said the NCPCR was making efforts to ensure stricter enforcement of the law with cooperation from the panchayati and state authorities. Speaking about the Capital, Bhatti said that the city houses a large number of underprivileged children and even now most of them stay untouched by RTE. "NCPCR is soon going to launch a social audit of the RTE Act, a helpline to ensure grievance redressal and promote capacity building of school management committees," Bhatty said, adding that the commission was already holding public hearings by summoning appropriate authorities for effective implementation of the Act. Vinod Raina, member, Central Advisory Board for Education, endorsed the need for larger dialogues and discussions with civil society, government agencies and educational service providers to ensure proper implementation of the RTE Act. Talking about the Act's provision that neighbourhood schools should be built within the next three years, he said he believed that school buildings would be constructed but the real challenge lay in ensuring proper learning within these buildings. |
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RWAs decry rise in Mother Dairy milk prices
New Delhi, December 19 "Presently, Mother Dairy is selling vegetables, fruit and other essentials at higher price than the retail in market while the purpose of setting up Mother Dairy booths by providing them prime land was to supply milk and milk products at reasonable rates," said Ritu Bhatia, secretary, Mahila Pargatisheel Association, a women's organisation. "Mother Dairy has not been offering competitive rates to Delhiites. It has lost its basic purpose. It is better to wind it up and give these booths to cooperatives and retail chains," said Anil Bajpai, president of RWA Federation East. Manmohan Mehra, secretary, Kiran Vihar RWA, said even if one were to disregard retail prices of vegetables, the Mother Dairy rates were considerably higher than even wholesale rates. "The government has only to regulate their prices and others will follow suit. Why should Mother Dairy outlets be enjoying benefits of government subsidy if consumers are not deriving any benefit from them,'' he said. "Producer price (procurement cost) for milk has increased, as a result of which Mother Dairy is compelled to revise milk prices (by Re 1 a litre across variants) in the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) effective from December 19," Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetables said in a statement. The revised price of one litre full cream milk now costs Rs 33 per litre, toned milk Rs 25 per litre and double tone Rs 22 per litre. The rate of toned bulk vended milk is now Rs 24 for a litre. Mother Dairy is the market leader in the packaged milk category in Delhi and neighbouring areas and other milk suppliers like Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which deals in the 'Amul' brand, are likely to follow its lead. Though Amul milk in toned and double-toned variants were already higher by Re 1 than equivalent products of Mother Dairy and with today's hike, they are on a par.
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Rs 1-cr ransom sought for boy’s release
Gt Noida, December 19 Though the kidnappers had threatened the boy's family against approaching the police, the father of the boy, a farmer in Iteda village, has informed the police. The cops are trying to locate the boy. Sumit (13), son of a farmer Satpal, had gone missing while on his way to school in Vijay Nagar, Ghaziabad on December 9. A day after, Sumit's cycle was found abandoned in the Bisarakh area. On Saturday, some unknown persons called Satpal and told him that Sumit was with them and that he would be freed on payment of Rs one crore. The police was immediately informed and the missing persons report was changed into a kidnapping report. SP (rural) Atul Saxena said the police was trying to locate the kidnappers on the basis of their mobile phone number. He said it seemed the kidnappers had the knowledge that Satpal had received a hefty land compensation amount over a year ago.
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Beaten DU student dies
New Delhi, December 19 A case in this regard under section 308 of the IPC was registered at the Mukherjee Nagar police station the same day. However, now, with Manoj's death, the case has been converted to a case of murder. A resident of Gur Mandi in the Rajpura area, Manoj had an altercation with a fellow student from Ramjas College, Sanjay. According to the police, later in the day, Sanjay and some of his friends got together and attacked Manoj with rods, leaving him badly injured. "As a result of the beatings, Manoj was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition. His condition deteriorated last night and he died," said a police official close to the investigation, adding that it has emerged that victim and the accused had some property-related family dispute and the relation between their families were not cordial. The accused has been arrested along with his two friends . The body of Manoj, who hailed from Bihar, has been sent for postmortem at the Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital.
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Drink mates kill, rob truck driver
New Delhi, December 19 The incident was reported around 10 pm and according to the police, Randeep was drinking with some persons during which he was hit by some heavy object that caused his death. "He was probably hit by some rod or stone and had a big wound on his head. Investigations have revealed that Randeep had consumed alcohol with some people and the same persons robbed and killed him," said a police official from the Vijay Vihar police station. A case of murder has been registered and efforts are on to arrest the accused.
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Warm Sunday in Delhi
New Delhi, December 19 The minimum temperature today settled at 8.5 degrees, one degree below average for this time of the season. Similar conditions are expected over the next few days, the meteorological department has predicted. Tomorrow, a light mist cover will be seen enveloping the city sky in the morning hours. Once the sun comes out, it will be a warm and clear day. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 22 and 7 degrees, respectively," said an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). "Chilly winds will continue to blow in the evenings and early mornings, giving the city residents a hard time. These winds will lead to a dip in the minimum temperatures over the next week," the official said. Meanwhile, the maximum and minimum humidity today were recorded at 92 and 39 per cent, respectively.
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Job racket busted, minor rescued
New Delhi, December 19 "A search operation was launched in association with NGO Child Helpline and the girl, employed as a domestic help in a house in Noida, was rescued. She was being paid Rs 1,000 per month," said a police official. The owner of the placement agency Rekha was arrested whereas the girl's employer Sarita Taneja is on the run.
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2 robbers held
New Delhi, December 19 According to the police, one Mohammad Izhar, a rickshaw puller, met the patrolling staff at Daryaganj and said that he was robbed of Rs 450 by two persons at knifepoint. The policemen accompanied the complainant and followed the criminals who were held after a short chase. On their cursory search, the dagger used in the crime and the cash looted from them. |
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Vehicle thief held
New Delhi, December 19 The incident was reported four days ago, when SI Dhirender Singh and constable Vijender were patrolling near the 'T' point, Pooth Kalan, Sector-20 in Rohini when they saw a motorcycle-borne youth. They signalled him to stop for checking. The motorcyclist tried to run away, but was held.
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National-level weightlifter shot at
Ghaziabad, December 19 Bharat Veer Sangwan, a resident of Kalanjari village in Meerut district, was shot at last evening when he was returning from a gym, they said. The police nabbed the culprit who has been identified as Sangwan's friend Amit, a college student. Sangwan received a gun shot in his leg and was admitted in a local hospital where he is said to be out of danger, they said. The culprit has been arrested under relevant section of the IPC, they added.
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A 68-year-old retired government schoolteacher was found murdered inside his residence in the Vasant Kunj area of south Delhi this morning.
