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CNG goes up by Rs
1.75 in Delhi
NDMC: 30 pc hike in parking rates soon
Man in love with woman kidnaps her child; held
IGNOU to hold workshop on educational resource planning
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Journey of Delhi Metro on display
Tantrik held for pawing women
in distress
Man held with 18 pistols, live cartridges
One killed, four hurt in cylinder blast
Airport Metro to run round the clock today
Noida Ext flat owners to move court against builder
Sex racket busted in
Gzb, 6 held
AIIMS patient attempts suicide
Man beaten to death by neighbours
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CNG goes up by Rs
1.75 in Delhi
New Delhi, December 30 In NCR, the gas will now cost Rs 33.75 a kg in Delhi. In Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida consumers will have to pay Rs 37.90 for a kg of CNG. IGL managing director M Ravindran said the company was compelled to increase the price because of the recent depreciation in the value of the rupee against the dollar. "We have been forced to increase the retail price of CNG due to major increase in the input cost of entire pool of natural gas being sourced by us as a result of recent appreciation of dollar vis-à-vis rupee and the increased dependence on imported Spot R-LNG." IGL estimates that the increase for auto-rickshaws would be 5 paise per km and for taxis 8 paise per km. In case of buses, the increase would be 50 paise per km, which translates to less than one paisa per passenger per km. Prices of CNG have been hiked for the fifth time this year. The last hike was October 1, when it was increased by Rs 2 per kg in Delhi. The Indian rupee has depreciated by almost 20 per cent against the US dollar in the past five months. As a result of this, the IGL has to pay more to import gas. But observers say the hike in CNG price will make commuting costlier in NCR. As per the government directive, all light commercial vehicles and most buses run on CNG in the Delhi region. However criticising the hike, the Opposition BJP said that the hike was a New Year gift for the people of Delhi by the Congress government. The party termed the decision of the government as insensitive and anti-people and said that due to this decision the public transport would become more costly. "In place curbing price spiral and stabilising prices, the government is taking such anti-people decisions. The government is acting like a profiteer," said Delhi unit chief of the BJP Vijender Gupta.
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NDMC: 30 pc hike in parking rates soon
New Delhi, December 30 The new parking rates might be implemented from January. The civic agency said as per the recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee, it had been working to hike the charges. Though, the committee had recommended a 50 per cent increase in parking rates to promote public transport. According to the new rates, Rs 10 per hour will be hiked to Rs 13. The initial plan was to implement the new rates in Sarojini Nagar where first automated multi-level car parking lot was inaugurated last month. But later the NDMC decided to implement the rates in all its markets. Sources said that the decision was taken to encourage people to use the multi-level parking lot. The construction of a high-tech parking complex in Sarojini Nagar has apparently done little to ease the congestion of parked cars in the market area. "Despite the presence of an 800-vehicle capacity automated state-of-the-art parking complex, vehicles are seen parked all over the market even on the road leading up to the parking complex," said a senior NDMC official. He said in order to curb this practice of parking cars on the road the NDMC had decided a separate parking area at a distance from the market and raising its charge substantially higher than that levied at the parking complex. The official also said that the civic agency was waiting for the Delhi government to finalise the parking rates as recommended by the special taskforce appointed by the Delhi High Court, which submitted its report a few months ago. "We will wait for 15 to 20 days. In case the government is not able to finalise the rates, we will increase the rates for surface-level parking by 30 per cent in the NDMC markets. The monitoring committee had also recommended at least 50 per cent increase in parking rates in the city. We will allow one car per shop in surface-level parking lots," said a senior NDMC official. The traders' associations are planning to approach the NDMC for free parking for shop owners. "As of now, we don't pay for any parking charges. We are demanding that the NDMC should allow traders to park free of cost even after the new rates are implemented," said Randhawa. NDMC officials said that one car per shop owner would be allowed for free parking.
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Man in love with woman kidnaps her child; held
New Delhi, December 30
The police arrested Data Ram (22) and rescued the girl within 24 hours after the incident had been reported. Earlier, Pinki (name changed) had complained to the police that someone had kidnapped her child from her house. A case of kidnapping was accordingly registered at the Anand Parbat police station and the investigation started. Pinki revealed that Ram who was residing in the neighbourhood had telephoned her that he had kidnapped the child. Ram told her to meet him near the Shiv Mandir in Patel Nagar. When Pinki called him back, he asked her to meet him in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Later, he called her again and told her to instead reach Kanpur, UP. The police who tracked his mobile phone, traced it to Kanpur. As Pinki reached Kanpur, Ram asked her to meet him at the railway station. He was arrested there and the child rescued. During the interrogation, Ram disclosed that he had been staying with his friend, Ashok earlier at rented accommodation in Punjabi Basti, Anand Parbat. Later, Ashok married Pinki and they were all living in the same house. "In 2009, Ram provided some financial support to Pinki while she was being treated for spine tuberculosis. After sometime, Ashok and Pinki asked him to move out. Ram then started living at separate accommodation in the neighbourhood. However, he could not bear his separation from Pinki and persuaded her to divorce her husband. Ram also wanted his money which he had spent on her treatment. On the day of the incident, he went inside Pinki's room, while she was not there and kidnapped the child," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Central District) Devesh Chandra Srivastva. After kidnapping the child, he called Pinki and told her to bring Rs 1 lakh which he had spent on her treatment.
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IGNOU to hold workshop on educational resource planning
New Delhi, December 30 The workshop is a collaborative project led by IIT-Kanpur and has Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Amrita University, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, NIT-Hamirpur, IIT-Roorkee, Jamia Millia Islamia and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University as team members. It is aimed at providing a common platform to university administrators, faculty members and information and communication technology (ICT) professionals to share their ideas on development and implementation of EdRP modules in universities and educational institutions. The EdRP project has been sanctioned by the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT) of the ministry of human resource development (MHRD). The workshop will be beneficial for the institutions that wish to implement the EdRP system and/or e-learning system. It will also help the students by giving them an opportunity to interact with experienced developers. Each partner institution is actively engaged in developing different modules for the EdRP. The registration form is available at www.ignou.ac.in. The registration fee, which is Rs 200 for students and Rs 500 for others, is to be paid through demand draft drawn in the favour of IGNOU, payable at New Delhi. The last date for registration is December 31, 2011.
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Journey of Delhi Metro on display
New Delhi, December 30 To commemorate the occasion, the DMRC inaugurated a series of photo exhibitions showcasing the making of the Delhi Metro at seven prominent stations. The stations where the exhibitions are on display are Patel Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Kashmere Gate, Central Secretariat, INA, JLN Stadium and Akshardham Metro station. On the occasion, a quiz competition about the Delhi Metro was also organized for the children staying in the Children's Home run by the DMRC at Tis Hazari. Over 25 children in the age group of 11 to 14 years participated in the competition. Opened on January 1, 2009, the Metro Museum, the first of its kind in South Asia has been adding more exhibits to its collection. Specially designed Delhi Metro key chains, photo cards and board games like snake and ladder, ludo with informative material on Metro have been added recently to the souvenir counter of the museum. Miniature train models, Metro tiepins and cufflinks are already available at this counter. There are a total of 26 informative panels in the museum along with working models of the Operational Control Centre (OCC), CCTV and a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). Various other exhibits are also on display such as a miniature of the Delhi Metro mascot, station models, a detailed route map and mannequins showing the Metro uniforms. During these three years, a number of national and international delegations, including NGOs like Tamanna-a special school for the disabled and CanKids--an NGO for the children suffering from cancer, have visited the museum. Chief ministers of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and the Vice-President of India have also visited the museum.
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Tantrik held for pawing women
in distress
New Delhi, December 30 On December 29, Rita (name changed) reported to the police that she knew about Sufi Bengali Baba through an advertisement on cable TV. She wanted to solve her problems and thereafter contacted him. Rita further reported that on the pretext of solving her problems, he and his accomplices cheated her out of Rs 63,000. They even demanded more money. Thereafter, Sultan asked her to have physical relations with him. One day, when she visited Baba's office, he tried to outrage her modesty, according to the police. The police said that Sultan claimed to have supernatural powers. He and his associates allured women on the pretext of solving their problems. When a woman telephoned them, they would call her at their office located in Village Yusuf Sarai. They used to call the victim several times on the pretext of solving their problems and every time they would extort huge money from the victim. If anyone was not able to give cash, the accused had physical relations with her. Sultan is a school dropout and faced financial problems in bearing the expenses of his family, which made him start this racket. |
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Man held with 18 pistols, live cartridges
New Delhi, December 30 The police said the weapons were prepared and procured from Meerut and were meant to be sold in Delhi for robberies. The accused, Ravinder, was nabbed by a west district police team conducting a routine check of all vehicles near the Subhash Nagar Metro station. Additional commissioner of police (west district) V Renganathan said, "In the bus, the police team saw a man carrying a white sack. When the team checked it, the policemen found vegetables on the top and 18 country-made pistols and 19 live cartridges at the bottom." According to the additional CP, Ravinder had procured the ammunition from Meerut. The pistols were manufactured there, according to the police. Ravinder had arrived in Delhi from Meerut by train. Thereafter, from Old Delhi, he took a DTC bus heading towards Uttam Nagar. He wanted to take the weapons to his house in Nihal Vihar. "Ravinder wanted to sell the consignment. He had brought the ammunition for Rs 3,000 from a contact in Meerut. We are trying to search the person who was supposed to buy it. According to Ravinder, during winters, the demand for illegal firearms increases and so the prices also increase," added the additional CP. Now, the police is investigating whether more people are involved in the racket. Ravinder has previously been involved in cases of burglary and under the Arms Act registered at the Narela police station.
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One killed, four hurt in cylinder blast
New Delhi, December 30 The deceased, Keshar, lived on the first floor of the building. The cylinder placed on the ground floor, exploded around 7 am due to leakage. The injured are Avadesh (45), his daughter, Mahek (8) and son, Harsh (5). The fourth person, Chetna Devi (70), lived at a house adjacent to the building. The police said that after Avadesh switched on the water pump, there was a loud explosion on the ground floor. A portion of the wall and stairs of the building collapsed. At the adjacent house, a wall also fell down due to the impact of the blast. The injured were rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where Keshar died due to shock. The others are recuperating. Sources said that the blast was probably due to a leakage in a cooking gas cylinder. The police is waiting for the forensic science reports to ascertain the cause of the blast. |
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Airport Metro to run round the clock today
New Delhi, December 30 "We have received commuters' feedback after they availed our midnight train service on Christmas Eve. Reliance Metro ran its service throughout the night on 24th of this month to facilitate commuters who visited the church for Midnight Mass. People, who want to visit friends' houses or clubs on New Year's Eve, chicken out because of the unavailability of the public vehicles. Reliance Metro has responded to this issue and arranged for a more commuter-friendly service during the whole night on December 31," said a Reliance Infrastructure spokesperson. For commuters, a bus service at the Dwarka sector-21 station has also been arranged. |
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Noida Ext flat owners to move court against builder
Noida, December 30 The Noida Extension Flat Owners and Members Association (NEFOMA) decided that it would approach court in the second week of January. "Palm Olympia Builder is charging interest from buyers. We have asked all Palm Olympia flat buyers to come with their copies of the demand letter on January 8 at Gole Chakkar here to plan our legal options," NEFOMA general secretary Shweta Tiwari said. The letter said that interests ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 70,000 be paid within a fixed period, she claimed. Flat owners are not willing to pay the interests as the delay in executing the project was due to the stalling of the construction work following the court order in land acquisition cases, Tiwari said. "We have also decided that if the demands of flat owners are not met before January 5, we will go to the National Capital Region Planning Board, Lodhi Colony Office, on January 9 and protest there," she said. The builder of the Palm Olympia project could not be reached for comments. --PTI
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Sex racket busted in
Gzb, 6 held
Ghaziabad, December 30 The gang, operating from a rented house, was busted last night. Six persons, including three sex workers, were arrested. -- PTI |
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AIIMS patient attempts suicide
New Delhi, December 30 The victim, Usman (23) lives with his parents at Ram Ghat in Wazirabad. Sources said that he was admitted to hospital on December 11 after he cut his private parts. The police said that Usman is admitted to ward number six on the sixth floor of a building at the hospital. Around 2 pm, he got up from his bed and went towards the balcony from where he jumped. His father and elder brother could not comprehend the situation and were unable to stop him. They said that Usman is mentally challenged and had jumped in front of them. Sources said that he was lying in a pool of blood. His pelvis was broken and doctors say that his condition is
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Man beaten to death by neighbours
Ghaziabad, December 30 A case of murder has been registered against the four accused, who are absconding, the police said. -- PTI |
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