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95-yr-old loses Rs 23 lakh in
bank fraud
Some blast victims yet to be counted for relief
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MCD ill-equipped to check unsafe buildings
Hot Saturday in Delhi
e-learning in DU colleges likely by next month
Delhi Diary
Magic festival at Dilli Haat
A bazaar of traditional ‘dastkari’
Court concerned over misuse of dowry laws
Combat planes at Hindon soon for Delhi’s defence
Missing man found dead
in Yamuna
Woman robbed of cash, jewellery
Man commits suicide
Heroin seized
6-year-old shot in clash of families
Teenaged girl sold to pimp
“Was kidnapped, forced to give land to GNIDA”
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95-yr-old loses Rs 23 lakh in
bank fraud
New Delhi, October 8 A case in this regard was registered two days ago at the Connaught Place police station on the compliant of Gurbhajan Singh Mann, a resident of Tilak Marg. According to the police, Rs 22,87,000 was fraudulently siphoned off from Mann's account through several withdrawals between June 6 and 27, this year. Mann came to know about the withdrawals only after he saw the bank statement. "In his complaint, Mann has said that the cheques used to withdraw the money were never issued to him by the bank," said a police official. Mann has alleged serious lapses on the part of the bank. "For the past several years, I ?have been withdrawing Rs 40,000? from my account with the Connaught Place branch of the bank every month. Suddenly, if there were continuous withdrawals of large amounts from outstation branches, why didn't the bank notice the aberration? Even the signatures on the cheques are fake. This indicates that there is a serious lapse on the part of the bank, because of which I have been duped of my hard-earned savings?," Mann alleged in his complaint, hinting at the involvement of some insider. |
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Some blast victims yet to be counted for relief
New Delhi, October 8 One such person yet to be approached by the authorities concerned is Ramesh Chandra (39), a resident of Pilanji Village, who sustained ball-bearing injuries in the lower part of his left leg. "I was sent from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital after stitches and since then I have been going to the local dispensary for wound dressing and also buying the medicines from outside," he said. Similar complaints also came from several other victims, including Mahesh, a vendor at Sarojini Market. There were many with serious injuries identified as those qualifying for the category of people with minor injuries. Anil was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with severe ear rupture. His name was sent by the hospital for compensation to be received by those with minor damage. Earlier, the Delhi High Court announced the revised compensation for the victims in response to a PIL filed by a lawyer Gaurav Bansal on behalf of the State Legal Aid Committee of J&K. Thereafter, the compensation slab was raised to Rs 10 lakh each for the next of kin of deceased. Further, the SDM of New Delhi district, Ajay Arora said, "The compensation of Rs 10 lakh to those qualifying for it has been given as Rs 7 lakh and Rs 3 lakh in the form of fixed deposit, which will take a few days for processing. Those with minor and major injuries have been given as directed. We relied on the reports from hospitals and the compensation money would be given when the hospitals further revise the list." According to the lists of the hospitals-RML, Safdarjung and AIIMS, among the victims, 31 fall under those with major injuries, 30 under minor injuries, six were declared permanently disabled apart from 15 deceased, from whom the next of kin of one Darshan Lal Jain, of Shakti Nagar, is yet to be identified. Meanwhile, many aggrieved relatives of the affected families today met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Accompanied by social activist Ashok Randhawa, they were seeking job security. Among them were wife of the deceased Mridul Bakshi Rajni who has been promised a job depending upon her qualifications and another Ratan Lal Saraf's son Deepak was assured by the Chief Minister of help after the completion of final year engineering course from Kurukshetra University.
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MCD ill-equipped to check unsafe buildings
New Delhi, October 8 The civic agency does not have any structural engineers to carry out the job of identifying the dangerous buildings in the city because of which it has not been able to conduct a proper survey of the unsafe properties in the city. Its present method of carrying out such survey includes just checking the cracks on the outside wall of the building. To make the entire process of carrying out the survey more comprehensive, the civic agency had earlier suggested empanelling structural engineers but this has not happened till date. The routine survey done by the civic agency involves identifying dangerous buildings in the areas like Chandni Chowk, Paharganj, etc. where some of the buildings are even as old as 100 years and can collapse at any time. However, the MCD has not been able to carry out the annual survey for the last three years and no inspection has taken place in the Walled City area because the MCD does not have structural engineers, said a senior MCD official. He said junior-level engineers were being engaged in the examination and the inspection of a building. "Earlier, the MCD used to send notices to the property owners whose buildings were found in a damaged state asking them to repair their houses," he said. But, after a few property owners challenged our notices in the court leading to a stay on the buildings, questioning their legitimacy for being done by experts, we discontinued the survey. The unsafe buildings in unauthorised colonies or unauthorised regularised colonies are kept out of the survey. The problem with these buildings is their faulty design. Their foundation is not strong, said the official. The municipal officials have found over 270 dangerous buildings in the city zone and Sadar Paharganj zone, respectively, according to the last survey conducted by the agency. Most of them are in Ballimaran, Matai Mahal, Kucha Pandit, Bazaar Sita Ram, Paharganj and Lal Kuan.
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Hot Saturday in Delhi
New Delhi, October 8 The maximum temperature on Saturday settled at 34.1 degree Celsius, a notch above average, and the minimum was recorded at 23.3 degrees, two degress above average, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The humidity levels oscillated between a high of 88 and a low of 49 per cent. Sunday will see similar weather conditions and the maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 34 and 23 degrees, respectively. Friday's maximum temperature was 34.7 degrees and the minimum was 23.3 degrees, both a notch above average. - IANS |
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e-learning in DU colleges likely by next month
New Delhi, October 8 The portal, to be launched by the Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL), Delhi University, has e-lessons, e-quizzes, virtual labs and e-lectures as well as animations and other visuals. The portal will be of immense help to the undergraduate students who have a very hectic semester system schedule. "Students will be able to do a lot of self-study and make better use of their time in the classroom as well. It will bring about uniformity in syllabi and teaching modules across the colleges. Students will be able to interact and see what's happening in other colleges. It will also help bridge the gap between North and South Campus colleges and other off-campus colleges in east and west Delhi," said Prof Vasudha Pandey, a key persons involved with the portal. "We have tried to update the maximum number of courses according to the resources at hand. The portal will improve with time. The quizzes are an important part of the portal, which have been created after months of brainstorming. Virtual labs and lectures will be highly beneficial to the students. The portal doesn't intend to replace the classroom teaching, but enhance it," she added. "The portal is most likely to be available from next month. We will keep adding more material and pre-recorded lectures as per student feedback," said ILLL director Madan Mohan Chaturvedi.
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Delhi Diary The monkeys are back in action at one of their Capital's favourite places-the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). However, the authorities remain in their cocoon when it comes to taking some measures for solving the problem. The resident doctors just have one thing on their mind to protect themselves from these agile simians while moving within the campus. Many have had close encounters with them. Two of the doctors have even fallen victims to their bites followed by the painful process of vaccination. MCD circular on building plans
Just a day after the building collapse in the walled city killed seven people, the MCD issued a circular on the building plans in village abadis, unauthorised regularised colonies and special areas, including the walled city. The notification to allow sanctioning of building plans was issued on January 17 by the Delhi Development Authority, but was implemented by the civic body only on September 27, a day after the building collapse. Recognising the fact that the village abadis do not have a layout plan of their colony in order to get a building plan approved, the civic agency announced that the plans can be sanctioned as per the provisions in the master plan, zonal development plan or redevelopment plan. Professional
hazards
Scribes face odd situations in the field at times. Misbehaviour with them is a routine affair. Photo journalists are often threatened that their cameras would be damaged if they try to take snap of victims or their relatives in accidents. Many reporters visited AIIMS trauma centre last week for information about an accident. When they approached the relative of one of the victims, he abruptly asked them not to question him. As it was a high-profile accident, photographers needed photos, but there was nothing left on the spot as the police had cleaned the area. When they reached the trauma centre, and tried to take photos of the victims' relatives, they were threatened that their cameras would be broken. Welfare schemes for minorities
The authorities are surprised to see the rush of scholarship seekers belonging to minority communities who come to know about the welfare policies and fee reimbursement schemes of students through various publicity drives. Last year, more than 40,000 forms for reimbursement were received by the departments concerned, but this year the number may go up to one lakh. The credit for good publicity goes to the minorities' website, www.minorities.in that has been created by Delhi Minorities Commission member Pushpinder Singh. Ever since it was created, a large number of people surf the site to get information about their respective community. The site has a special feature of schemes of central and state governments and developments related to the minorities. (Contributed by Ananya Panda, Himani Chandel, Shaurya Karanbir Gurung, Syed Ali Ahmed) |
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Magic festival at Dilli Haat
New Delhi, October 8 People will enjoy the world-class magic show during the festival featuring magicians from across the country and abroad. The festival, which is being organised by Delhi tourism, will witness the participation of more than 30 magicians. "Magic is no longer only for kids. The magic festival at Pitampura is conducting shows specially designed for families. The festival will have sleight of hand mind reading hypnotism, ventriloquism and many family friendly magic. Eminent magicians who recently appeared in a magic programme telecast on a national channel would also be participating in the festival," said a senior official in the Delhi government. The festival will have special teams of magicians from West Bengal and other states. Magician Dorothee has specially flown from France to entertain Delhiites with her magic skills. This festival will also have traditional Indian street magic, magic teaching sessions, painting competition with theme magic, fancy dress competition for children, performances by child magicians, performance by woman magicians and grand gala illusions by world-renowned magicians. "The average culture buff in Delhi has a lot to choose from the city's entertainment offerings. The government has a well chalked out annual cultural plan that offers a variety of programmes all through the year. Apart from offering entertainment, the programmes also in a way to bring people close to their traditions. Festivals of Mango, Garden, Itar, Magic are such examples," said the official. A number of stalls are also being set up where books and props on magic would be available. The Dilli Haat at Pitampura has been specially decorated with magic as the theme.
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A bazaar of traditional ‘dastkari’
New Delhi, October 8 Beginning today, this year the Dastkar mela celebrates the theme of "nature and camel". The mela is being held at Crafts Museum, Pragati Maidan, which will conclude on October 19. From tomorrow, visitors will also be able to witness folk performances from Bihar, Gujrat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Rajasthan, etc. there would be a special musical performance by "been" players. With camels as the theme for this nature bazaar, this year's main attraction is special products made by craftsmen on the camel, including products from camel wool, camel dung and camel milk. The museum is also organising a special exhibition of "the camel in craft" in the gallery No. I, from 10 am to 5pm except on Mondays. Laila Tyabji, chairperson Dastkar, said "Helping us in showcasing the Indian craft, there are many new groups bringing forward new art. This time, along with special camel products, the new arts and crafts include ajrakh prints, bandhani, kavad and pichwai paintings from Rajasthan to the bazaar. With these new introductions, people will always find us interesting". Helping people understand and learn the intricacies of traditional craft running throughout the day, the enlightening Dastkar crafts workshops are already a hit this year. People participating in the workshop were excited today as they could take whatever they made during the workshop. Workshops that would continue over the next 10 days include bead products, sanjhi craft, basket weaving, paper products, putul craft, madhubani painting, terracotta pottery, clay modeling, painting with natural colours and phad painting. For those interested in viewing, experiencing and gaining knowledge of the craft, nature bazaar also has all day long demonstrations by artisans showcasing how their crafts are done which include mat weaving, pattachitra, ari embroidery, paati ka kaam, gond painting and candle making. Documentaries on crafts and artisans by the All India Artisans and Crafts Workers Welfare Associations (AIACA) and Dastkar along with theater workshops and street plays are also special highlights of the bazaar. A favourite amongst Delhiites, the Dastkar food court is also back with some more indigenous flavours. Choose from the evergreen Hyderabadi biryani, south Indian, Rajasthani cuisines, apart from delicacies like chole bhature, pao bhaji, golgappe, kathi rolls, kulfi and chuski and tickle your taste buds.
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Court concerned over misuse of dowry laws
New Delhi, October 8 The court's concern and advice found a place in a ruling by Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau upholding the acquittal of a man and his three family members from the charges of harassing his wife. She expressed concern over the misuse of dowry laws citing a Supreme Court verdict which termed it as "legal terrorism." "I may observe that Section 498A (subjecting woman to cruelty) of the IPC in the recent years has become a consummate embodiment of gross human rights violation, extortion and corruption and even the apex court had acknowledged this abuse and termed it as legal terrorism," ASJ Lau said. The court counselled women to get out of discordant marital relations, quoting Sahir Ludhianvi. "Taaruf rog ho jaaye to usko bhoolna behtar; Taalluk bojh ban jaaye to usko todna achcha; Wo afsaana jise anjaam tak laana na ho mumkin; Use ek khoobsoorat mod dekar chhodna achcha," the court said. The court gave the order upholding a magisterial court order which acquitted woman's husband Sanjay Kumar, his father Vijay Kumar, mother Beena Devi and brother Ranjeet of the charges of subjecting his wife to cruelty for dowry. - PTI |
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Combat planes at Hindon soon for Delhi’s defence
Hindon (Ghaziabad), Oct 8 Replying to a query after the Air Force Day parade here, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne told reporters that Hindon would be the home for those combat planes, as it is the closest fighter base from the national capital. "Since Hindon is the closest base, it could actually be the right place to base the air-defence fighters," he said. Asked about the type of combat plane that would be deployed, Browne said: "Whether it would be Sukhois or MMRCA (Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) class ... that decision is not yet taken. But certainly, these would be highly-capable air-defence fighters." Hindon, a designated fighter base, is at present the home base for IAF's newly acquired C-130J special operations transport aircraft. - IANS |
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Missing man found dead
in Yamuna
New Delhi, October 8 The deceased identified as Jeetu, resident of Karawal Nagar, went missing on October 6 after he had left home along with his friends to immerse the idol. However, when the group reached the river, he went missing in the crowd and his friends and the family then lodged a complaint with the police. "A PCR call was received regarding a dead body at Kudasiya Ghat this morning. The body was badly swollen and the deceased was later identified as Jeetu. The body has been sent for a postmortem," said a senior police official. With Jeetu's death, the number of persons who lost their lives on the day has reached seven. While five of them drowned in the Yamuna, a seven-year-old girl died after a wooden plank of the Ravana effigy fell on her at Ramlila Maidan and an 18-year-old boy died after he fell from a water tank while watching Ramlila celebrations in outer Delhi. |
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Woman robbed of cash, jewellery
New Delhi, October 8 According to the police, the incident was reported yesterday evening from the Sudarshan Park area. The victim Renu Devi (27) was alone in the house. "The woman was alone as her husband had gone to office. Four men entered the house and after drugging her decamped with some jewellery and cash. After the woman regained consciousness, she told the neighbours about the incident and the matter was reported to the police. The family has assessed loss of around Rs 3 lakh," said a police official close to investigation. |
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Man commits suicide
New Delhi, October 8 According to the police, the matter came to notice this morning from S-Block, Mangolpuri. The deceased has been identified as Subhash. "Subhash was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room. He probably committed suicide some time in the night. His family members were not in the house last night. When they returned in the morning, they found him hanging from the fan," said a police official. Preliminary investigation points towards family disputes as the reason behind the extreme step. |
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Heroin seized
New Delhi, October 8 Ashok Chand, DCP (Crime), said the accused has been identified as Hanif Salman, a Manipur resident, and was arrested from near a gurdwara in Seelampur after ASI Devender Singh received a tip-off.
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6-year-old shot in clash of families
Ghaziabad, October 8 A woman and two others were also seriously wounded in the firing. The dispute had started over a trivial altercation among children. The Bhojpur police has registered a case against four persons following a complaint by the dead boy's father. Three accused have been arrested. Madanpal and Akash Veer's houses are opposite to each other. They have a dispute over a drain. On Thursday night, the two parties clashed with each other over the issue. Lathis and clubs were reportedly used in the fight. On Friday morning, the children of the two families had a quarrel. Soon, members of their families also jumped into the fight. Madanpal's wife Kamlesh and two sons-- Rohit and Mohit-- were injured in the fight. Later, in a shootout six-year-old Rocky was shot in the stomach. He was the son of Akash Veer's cousin Varinder. Inspector Ifitakar Qureshi, in charge of the Bhojpur police station, has arrested three persons from Madanpal's side. Madanpal's men, however, created a furore, claiming that the child was shot by a man named Praveen from his country revolver.
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Teenaged girl sold to pimp
Noida, October 8 According to a police complaint lodged by the girl's father, a resident of Gejha in Noida Phase-II, one of his acquaintances Shaikh Momin (35), who used to visit his home regularly, enticed his teenaged daughter. She eloped with him on August 14. The complainant alleged that Momin, a resident of Alwar in Rajasthan, and his accomplices later sold the girl to a pimp, the police added. - PTI |
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“Was kidnapped, forced to give land to GNIDA”
Greater Noida, October 8 The farmer claimed that the abductors took him to Sikandrabad sub-registrar's office on August 1 and got his land transferred to the Authority. "When the compensation cheque for Rs 50 lakh was issued, the abductors opened a bank account in my name and deposited the cheque. Two days later, they forcibly took my signature on a cheque and withdrew the money," claimed the farmer, Omi. Omi claimed that he managed to escape from their clutches on September 25 and lodged a complaint with the senior superintendent of police on Thursday. Samarjit Singh, SHO, Kakode police station, said the matter was being investigated on the order of the SSP.
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The monkeys are back in action at one of their Capital's favourite places-the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS). However, the authorities remain in their cocoon when it comes to taking some measures for solving the problem.
