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2 more fake pilots held
Cluster bus service begins
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Father gets false calls of kidnapping of his runaway estranged son
Power cuts give sleepless nights to Noida residents
Road rage near DM house: Car drivers beat biker
DU will have 5 cut-off lists this year
MCD decries govt remark on ghost staff
Healthcare services for
ex-MLAs
50% health workers make light of hand hygiene
MCG poll agenda: BJP to abolish house tax
Boy crushed to death; locals
run amok
3 asphyxiated in S. Delhi
Govt mulls grant for HIV patients, to check parlours
Cop stabbed to death
Friend killed for breaking bottle
15-yr girl hangs self
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2 more fake pilots held
New Delhi, May 5 "With these arrests, we have cracked three modules involved in supplying forged marksheets to help people procure pilot licences. However, three more pilots and two middlemen are yet to be arrested," said Chand. He added that Sannigrahi and Prakash had provided forged marksheets of aviation meteorology to the DGCA for procuring commercial pilot licences. According to information, while Prakash managed to get the licence, Sannigrahi is yet to receive it as doubts were raised about his application. In connection with the first module, relating to the grant of Airlines Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) licences, kingpin Pradeep Tyagi, Parminder Kaur Gulati, Jitender Krishan Varma, Meenakshi Singhal, Swarn Singh Talwar, all pilots, forgers Lalit Jain and Pankaj Jain and DGCA official Pradeep Kumar have been arrested. Two pilots-- Syed Ali Habeeb and Bhupinder Singh-- and Deepak Asatkar, a middleman, are absconding. For the second module, related to the grant of CPL, kingpin Eknath Patil, pilots Abhishek Kaushik and Hiren Nagar and two DGCA officials Mohammed Kasim Ansari and Mahan Jyoti Bhattacharya have been arrested while a pilot, Gaurav Jain, is on the run. The third module, which was smashed on May 2, also dealt with CPL licences. "The kingpin of the module has been identified, but is yet to be arrested. The first to be arrested in this module was pilot Saif Misbah who was nabbed on April 14, followed by Prakash on April 28 and Sannigrahi on May 2," Chand said. |
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Cluster bus service begins
New Delhi, May 5 Initially, 50 buses will be on road. There will be 6,600 private buses out of a consolidated fleet of 11,000 on different routes in the city. The DTC will operate 40 per cent of the buses in every route cluster and the private fleet will comprise the remaining 60 per cent. The bus operation will be based on a unified time table. The scheme conceived and prepared by Delhi Integrated Multi-modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS) is the first example of the private sector companies investing in bus-fleet provisioning for the city's public transport system. Dikshit said under the new system, the city's bus routes had been bundled into 17 clusters. In every route cluster, stage carriage buses would be plied by only two operators - DTC and a private bus company. The buses are equipped with GPS devices so that their movement and geographic location are tracked by the Automatic Vehicle Location System (AVLS) on real-time basis. Electronic ticketing machines are being used on these buses in place of pre-printed tickets as part of the automatic fare collection system, which will include smartcard passes. An operation control centre, which is already functional on the ISBT, Kashmere Gate, premises, will receive real-time data feeds from AVLS and the fare collection system. On being asked about the advantages of the new scheme, transport minister Arvinder Singh said, "One of the most important changes is a shift from a situation where bus operators competed in the market to one where bus-provisioning organisations have competed for the market through a transparent process of bidding. Once the route-cluster-bidders adjudged the best enter the market, they have to meet service quality benchmarks to remain afloat without having to jostle with one another for fare-box." While the private carriage bus operators will be paid on the basis of the number of kilometres logged, they will be subject to performance deductions in the event of deviations beyond the quantified tolerance limits in respect of performance benchmarks such as adherence to routes and service-schedules, completion of routes, proper dwell-time of buses at bus stops, adherence to speed limits, cleanliness of the buses, statutory compliances such as valid Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC), valid driving licence of drivers, due mechanical fitness of the vehicles, etc. |
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Father gets false calls of kidnapping of his runaway estranged son
New Delhi, May 5 The boy, Ranjan, had run away from his house in Delhi to Mumbai and was not in touch with his family. Taking advantage of the fact, accused Ranjit Kumar Gautam, who had befriended the boy working with a restaurant in Mumbai, started calling his father for Rs 5 lakh. Gautam was arrested from the Gateway of India in Mumbai recently following investigations into a complaint filed by the father of the boy who received the ransom call on April 21. "Gautam met Ranjan at New Delhi Railway Station when he was going to Mumbai in search of a job," said O.P. Mishra, DCP (east). He added that after Gautam learnt that Ranjan had settled down in Mumbai and did not want to contact his family, he hatched a plan to extort money from Ranjan's family. "He took the mobile number of Ranjan's father from Ranjan and started making ransom calls to him," Mishra said that Gautam was arrested following investigations about the bank account in which he wanted Ranjan's father to deposit the ransom money. The police found that the account belonged to one Rakesh Bhandari. Bhandari told the police that he met Gautam a month ago and gave him his bank account number as he said that his family was sending some money to him. |
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Power cuts give sleepless nights to Noida residents
Greater Noida, May 5 During power cuts in nights, people in Delta-1 have been forced to spend three to four hours in parks. They have lost their peace of mind during days and sleep in the nights. Noida Power Company Ltd (NPCL) and GNIDA have failed to provide adequate power to the city during the past six years. During the last fortnight, power cuts from five to six hours daily have become a routine. All the residential sectors remained without power on Tuesday and Wednesday during night. Even in public parks, being full of mosquitoes, it is difficult to get a wink of sleep. It is worst for children, elderly and the sick. According to Vikram Singh of Alpha-1, who is a heart patient, if he cannot have normal sleep in the night, he can't go for morning walk which doctor has advised him. And the result is indifferent health. On an average, Greater Noida requires an electricity supply of 135 mega Watt which goes up to 165 during peak hours. The NPCL can supply only 127 mega Watt. As such power cuts are resorted to during day and night in residential sectors, so that more power could be diverted to the industrial sectors. No official schedule has been made for the residential and industrial sectors for the supply of power. NPCL assistant manager Samarjeet Mohanty said due to a technical snag in 132 KV substations in RC Green, power cut had been imposed during the past three nights. This situation would continue till June when a 63 MV transformer was likely to improve the situation.
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Road rage near DM house: Car drivers beat biker
Noida, May 5 The police allegedly did nothing even after the biker provided it with the registration number of the accused's car. The victim, Madan Kumar Thakur, is a field officer with a chartered accountant company in Sector 10, Noida. He was going towards the telephone exchange near the DM's residence at 11.30 am on his motorbike. As he slowed down near Canara Bank, a Maruti car hit his bike from behind. Thakur fell on the ground. When he confronted the occupants of the car, they beat him up and smashed his bike. Though a large number of people had gathered on the spot, none came to Thakur's help. Thakur then went to the police station in Sector 20 and lodged a report. But the police did nothing to trace the car even after Thakur gave it the registration number of the accused's car. Later, Thakur' colleagues reached the police station and demanded action. The police, however, said it was trying to trace the accused on the basis of car number.
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DU will have 5 cut-off lists this year
New Delhi, May 5 Today, the admission committee decided that the first cut-off list would be announced on June 15. This year the university will have five cut-off lists. And for every cut-off list, the applicants will get a time span of four days to select the college of their choice and complete the admission formalities. Last year, this span was of three days for each cut-off list. The open days for the admission process will begin on May 28. Especially outstation students will get the benefit as they will be able to interact with their counsellors and teachers online The committee also said that there would be five cut-off lists this year with the first on June 15 followed by 21, 27, July 2 and 8, respectively. Unlike last year, the admission process this year will have no pre-admission registration, barring those courses that will conduct entrance tests and interviews. The registration for admission in sports and extra-curricular activities categories will also commence only after the declaration of the second cut-off list. However, the university is still contemplating whether to continue with the centralised admission mode introduced last year for the sports quota.DU officials said everyone wanted to complete the admission process well before the university opened its gates to the new session. As per the admission policy of 2011-12, out of the total number of 54,000 seats, 27 per cent seats will be reserved for the OBC candidates, 15 per cent for the SC candidates, 7.5 per cent for the ST candidates and the remaining for the general category. Colleges will simultaneously bring out a separate cut-off for the OBC category and the differential merit between the general category and the OBC cut-offs shall not be more than 10 per cent. Colleges have to declare the vacant OBC seats by July 15 and these will be filled up by other eligible candidates by July 23. Till last year, many admissions in the reserved category lingered on after the academic session began. Last year, the first cut-off list was announced on June 22, said an official. "At the most, this conversion of OBC seats and its admission can spill over to a week after colleges reopen. Last year, admissions went on till the end of August. But we can't have students joining classes in the middle of a semester. We want the full strength to be present right from the beginning. So, the proposal is to wrap up the admission process, at least, within a week of the new session," the official added.
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MCD decries govt remark on ghost staff
New Delhi, May 5 Leader of the House Subhash Arya, mayor Rajni Abbi and Standing Committee chairman Yogender Chandolia said the statement of the state government standing counsel Najmi Waziri at the court yesterday does not find any mention in the inquiry report prepared by the city police's Crime Branch on the issue. "The affidavit submitted by Vivek Gogia, joint commissioner of police to the court on May 3, does not say anything about regular employees, implying that the issue is confined only to substitute safai karamcharies. Only 1,600 substitute workers remained unaccounted," Arya said. The report did not mention either about the financial loss running into almost Rs 500 crore in five years, as claimed by the counsel, Abbi said and termed it a political ploy to defame the MCD. |
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Healthcare services for
ex-MLAs
New Delhi, May 5 Henceforth, former MLAs will also be eligible to avail healthcare facilities on the lines of sitting MLAs and ministers. Delhi health minister AK Walia said it had been decided to do way the need for authorisation or permission for entitled treatment for self and dependent family members in private recognised hospitals in regard to former
MLAs. Sitting MLAs are already getting this facility. Further, former MLAs will also be allowed treatment on cashless basis in empanelled private hospitals or diagnostic centers. The payment to empanelled hospitals or diagnostic centers for such cashless treatment in respect of former MLAs will be made by Delhi Legislative Assembly. |
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50% health workers make light of hand hygiene
New Delhi, May 5 With 50 per cent of the healthcare workers being ignorant of the benefits of hand hygiene, the status is most worrying at the government OPDs that see a heavy rush of patients from far-flung areas. Further, about 70 per cent of the general population also remains unaware of the significance of hand washing. While there is no specific city or country-specific data to suggest level of infections resulting from improper hand cleaning practices within the health set-ups in India, it has been learnt from the Quality Council of India that recently some known city hospitals have been denied accreditation due to improper infection-control practices. As World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5) is observed globally, experts stress the need for awareness at schools and during training programmes for health workers, starting at the Aanganwadi level. "In India, most of the diseases can be controlled by simple hand hygiene and with 70 per cent of the people not aware about it, awareness is a must. In Delhi, the World Hygiene Council, an independent body of infectious disease experts and the Indian Medical Association together have been imparting hand-washing exercise in the MCD schools," said Dr Narendra Saini, who is the Indian representative to the World Hygiene Council. Hand hygiene becomes important as one may touch surfaces, which may be contaminated with microorganisms, remaining alive for 6-48 hours depending on temperature, humidity and the kind of surface and according to doctors, diseases, like diarrhoea, gastroenteritis, jaundice, typhoid and H1N1 can be easily avoided by observing hand hygiene. Washing hands should come as a routine and the idea is whenever one approaches the mouth, sometimes involuntarily, they are free of microbes. "Sixty per cent of children do not wash hands before snacks in between the meals and primarily due to the mindset that hands have to be washed before lunch and dinner. 'Clean hands and save lives' is the slogan for this year's global hand washing day, which was first observed by the World Health Organisation in 2009," Dr Saini added. According to the apex health body, more than 1.4 million people worldwide are suffering from infections acquired in hospitals that can be avoided. In the hospitals here, proper hand hygiene practices are not followed by the health workers. There are very few hospitals which have functional infection control committees in place, said an official of the Directorate of Health Services, NCT Delhi. "Scarcity of resources, water or soap, place being too far from the working area and lack of awareness, with 40-50 % healthcare workers are simply not aware of the techniques of cleaning hands," he said.
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MCG poll agenda: BJP to abolish house tax
Gurgaon, May 5 The BJP manifesto promises to abolish house tax, provide safe drinking water, ensure the participation of social, religious and residents' welfare associations in city's development clusters and rural areas. It also promises to bring down the parking and other community-service charges to a reasonable level, open community centres, old-age homes and women's hostel in every ward and to provide the basic civic amenities in the slum areas.
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Boy crushed to death; locals
run amok
Faridabad, May 5 The incident happened in the evening when "baraatis" had just come to the area along with the bridegroom from Punhana falling in the nearby Mewat district. The tent for marriage function was set up in Nehru Colony opposite Rahul Colony near Masjid Chowk. The boy was crossing the adjacent Masjid Chowk-FCI Road when he met with the accident. He died on the spot. The news of the incident spread like a wildfire in the area. Soon a crowd assembled consisting of locals. There were frayed tempers against the authorities for not repairing the road which had witnessed a number of accidents, including spot death of girl who was run over by a truck, a few months ago. Some in the crowd tried to indulge in arson. In fact, they had set up a heap of garbage lying nearby on fire. A major violence, however, was averted with the timely arrival of the police and arrest of the driver of the trolley. The crowd tried to set the trolley on fire. It has been seized by the police. According to reports, many from the crowd also threw stones on the passing vehicles and the police. The agitators blocked the road for more than two hours. They lifted the blockade even though tension prevails in the area. The residents of the area are said to be angry with the district administration and the Municipal Corporation Faridabad for their alleged apathy to the longstanding demand of the people of the area to repair the road. The police said that a case has been registered against the errant driver and owner of the trolley. |
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3 asphyxiated in S. Delhi
New Delhi, May 5 The deceased have been identified as Jagat Ram (35), Virendra (18) and Dadu (35). While Dadu was the gardener at the farmhouse, Ram and Virendra were cleaners, the police said. They were pulled out around 5.30 pm and rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre where doctors declared them brought dead. - PTI |
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Govt mulls grant for HIV patients, to check parlours
New Delhi, May 5 The government has also decided to involve the department of labour and the Delhi police in the State AIDS Council in this matter. This decision was taken by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at a meeting held with the State AIDS Council. Dikshit asked the departments concerned to come out with a comprehensive plan to provide financial assistance to the HIV-infected persons. The plan must include all details on identification of beneficiaries and disbursement of monthly financial assistance. The infected persons will also be provided nutritional support as such support is required due to strong dose of medicines being taken by them. It was also decided to take up mapping of massage parlours with an aim to assess the knowledge, behaviour, attitude and practices of the workers, clients and owners of 1,050 massage parlours and categorise them by the assessment of vulnerability. It was reported that 18 per cent of massage parlours observed to be having risky behaviour activities. Based on this, a complete intervention for massage parlours has been proposed to NACO for 2011-12. It was decided to provide free diagnostic facilities like CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, special blood and other tests to HIV-infected persons in the city government hospitals.
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Cop stabbed to death
New Delhi, May 5 "Kailash was the beat constable of the area where he was found dead with stab wounds on chest, neck and stomach. It seems he was attacked by some criminals whom Kailash must have intercepted in the line of his duty. Although his mobile and bike were found close to his body, Kailash's service revolver is missing," said the police official. The body has been sent for the postmortem. Kailash responded to wireless messages till 2 am, indicating that Kailash was murdered in the wee hours of this morning.
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Friend killed for breaking bottle
New Delhi, May 5 According to B S Jaiswal, DCP (Outer), the body was spotted yesterday morning and the arrest came following information through local intelligence that the victim was last seen in the company of the arrested accused and also that they had a quarrel over breaking of the bottle. "Kuldeep and Ravi were arrested from Indira Park and Nangloi Fatak respectively," Jaiswal said. According to him, the accused had a quarrel with the victim over breaking of a liquor bottle. "Kuldeep caught hold the legs of the victim and Ravi assaulted him with a stone five to six times," Jaiswal said, adding that Ravi is a rickshaw puller who drinks regularly while the accused Kuldeep is a carpenter. |
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15-yr girl hangs self
New Delhi, May 5 No suicide note was recovered, said a police official. The victim's father is a vegetable seller. |
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The crime branch of the Delhi police has arrested two more pilots for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure Commercial Flying Licences (CPL), taking the number of persons arrested in the case to 18.
Much-publicised cluster bus service was finally flagged off today by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit under a new scheme for corporatisation of private stage carriage service.
