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Pay more for auto, taxi ride
CM backs four-year UG programme
EDMC known for better amenities, says Mayor
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Constable alleges rape by SI, consumes poison
Married woman gangraped
Stop Malik from sitting on dharna: BJP to police chief
Contractual staff of hospitals keep off work
Three killed in road accidents
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Pay more for auto, taxi ride
New Delhi, May 1 Similarly, the per km rate in respect of black or yellow non-AC taxis will go up from Rs 11 to Rs 14 and in respect of AC taxis, Rs 13 to Rs 16. The minimum meter down rate in respect of taxis for a distance of one km will go up from Rs 20 to Rs 25. No change has been allowed in respect of waiting charges for autos and taxis. “The decision was taken after going through all aspects, including the hike taken place in various components like fuel cost, maintenance cost, etc,” said Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami. “Various auto and taxi unions have been demanding a hike in fare by 50 to 100 per cent. they say the cost of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has gone up by 40 per cent between 2010 and 2013. After an in-depth consideration of the recommendations of the committee, it was decided to allow 25 per cent hike in auto and taxi fares,” added Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami. The last revision of the auto and taxi fares was effected three years ago, on June 26, 2010. |
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CM backs four-year UG programme
New Delhi, May 1 “Changes are welcome and with this Delhi University is bound to take forward the vision of modernised and fulfilling India,” said Sheila Dikshit while addressing a packed Convention Hall at DU’s VC office on the occasion of the university’s 91st Foundation Day today. This comes a day after the Human Resource and Development Ministry rejected requests for the Centre’s intervention into the controversial matter that has triggered a debate about the rationality behind the hurried implementation of the new course. Sheila also congratulated the VC on the latest innovations and assured complete support for the “College on Wheels”, a dedicated
train—Gyanodaya Express—that the university is planning to run on a daily basis for students, especially girl students. Currently, the “Dawn of the Knowledge Express”, an educational journey, runs twice a year. “The University of Delhi is second to none in the world be it its academics, extra-curricular activities, theater etc. DU is the best in the country and what this university is doing today other universities will follow tomorrow. The innovations are going to stay and for the Gyananodaya Express that the university wants to run, the Delhi government will extend full help,” she said. While hailing the innovations, she called for focus on skill development and management through academics. “The skill development is the essence of the four-year course in the form of the application courses,” said Dean of Colleges Professor S Pachauri while promising to ready 50,000 students in skills. “This is a lucky day for many reasons and more so as the university was instituted on the Labour Day. We want to make the Gynanodaya Express train a “College of Wheels” and purchase it from the Railways. We’ll regularise it as many girl students face a lot of problems coming from distant places,” VC Prof Dinesh Singh said. |
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EDMC known for better amenities, says Mayor
New Delhi, May 1 Dubey said that the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is moving fast to provide improved amenities. “The Delhi government had announced that it would regularize the unauthorized colonies, but we approved the layout plan of East Azad Nagar and started the regularizing process first,” he said. After trifurcation, the EDMC has completed several projects to improve sanitation and other civic amenities. The corporation started its door-to-door garbage collection drive in its two zones in coordination with an NGO ‘Chintan’. This project took off with the deployment of rag pickers, said Dubey. Listing the achievements of the corporation, he said that the EDMC has started a Citizens Helpline number ‘155303’ for the common people. Through this helpline, citizens of East Delhi can register their complaints and know about the services rendered by the different departments in their areas. The helpline is available from 6 am to 10 pm. |
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Constable alleges rape by SI, consumes poison
New Delhi, May 1 A passerby informed the police about the woman. A police control room vehicle rushed her to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Shahdara. Doctors said she fell unconscious after consuming poison, according to the police. When she regained consciousness, she told police officials that she was raped for three years on the false promise of marriage. A case of rape and cheating was registered at the Khajoori Khas police station, based on the victim’s complaint. Investigators learnt that the sub-inspector, Vishesh Khokar (28), posted at the Shakarpur police station, was in a live-in relationship with the woman. She is posted at the police control room. The two persons became acquainted with each other and fell in love at the police deployment during the Commonwealth Games in 2010. They started living together at Khajoori Khas. She alleged Khokar developed a physical relationship with her after promising to marry her. However, for the last few months, he started ignoring her and said he would not marry her. She then allegedly consumed poison. The police are verifying the victim’s allegations. |
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Married woman gangraped
New Delhi, May 1 A gangrape case was registered and the accused were arrested last night. Among the accused, besides the two brothers-in-law, the other three are their friends. According to the complaint, the woman lives in R K Puram. She alleged that as she returned home on Tuesday night, her husband was not there while the accused were engaged in drinking. As she tried to leave the house, she was overpowered by the accused, who took her to the jungle, located near gate number four of the AIIMS Hospital. According to the complaint, the accused snatched her bag and took turns to rape her before fleeing. The woman found her way out of the jungle and sought help from a passerby, who informed the police. A medical examination confirmed the rape. |
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Stop Malik from sitting on dharna: BJP to police chief
New Delhi, May 1 In a letter written to the Commissioner, BJP vice-president R.P. Singh said that Yasin Malik has 23 criminal cases pending against him, including murder, attempt to murder and kidnapping apart from various hawala cases. He had also shared stage in Pakistan with the mastermind of 26/11, Hafiz Saeed, who has a red corner notice from Interpol and is the most wanted terrorist in India and America, the letter said. The letter said that it would be a mockery of the values that this nation abided by to allow a man like Yasin Malik to protest in a multicultural society. It would also be an insult to the memory of all those people who are victims of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in India. |
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Contractual staff of hospitals keep off work
New Delhi, May 1 “Our demands for regularisation of services, equal salary, allowances and other facilities as are being given to their regular counterparts have not received any response from the government and so we have decided to go on an indefinite strike from May 14,” said V. S. Dahiya of the Contractual Health Employees’ Union (CHEU), which has given the call for the strike. |
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Three killed in road accidents
New Delhi, May 1 The deceased has been identified as Suleman Cherowa. The second accident was reported from northeast Delhi’s Pushta Road in Khajoori Khas area at about 10.30 am. A police officer said a truck rammed into two scooty motorbikes. A 40-year-old man named Murthaja, who was driving one of the scooty vehicles, was killed. |
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