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FYUP admission DU panel to look into complaints
Rains make it cool
Metro to probe objectionable video clips
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DMRC told to connect CCTV cameras to control rooms
Advocate, friends held for beating man
AIIMS surgeons separate conjoined baby girls
Cong leader joins BSP
AAP declares nominees for nine more seats
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FYUP admission DU panel to look into complaints
New Delhi, July 9 The administration took a strong view after the office of DU's Dean of Students Welfare (DSW) received numerous complaints from the students of all categories, seeking admission to the undergraduate programme in different colleges of the university, said DSW Prof J.M Khurana. "The colleges are defying various notifications issued by the university from time to time related to gap years, denying admission even if the candidates meet the cut-off, delaying the admission process, unnecessarily making the candidates visit the office of the Dean of Students Welfare for variety of reasons which could be resolved at college level, not providing the basic facilities on the college premises, etc," he said. This, he said, is not only worrying the aspirants and their parents but also putting a question on the working of the university. He said, "The university has taken a very serious note of all these violations and decided to constitute a high-powered inquiry committee headed by a retired judge to look into such violations by the colleges." SC/ST Teachers Association president Dhani Ram said many aspirants to the undergraduate programme belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) are facing problems in submitting admission forms to the various colleges.
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Rains make it cool
New Delhi, July 9 Yesterday, the maximum temperature was a notch below normal at 35.8 degree Celsius and the minimum was recorded at 27.2 degree Celsius. The humidity level oscillated between 65 and 92 per cent. MeT has predicted a cloudy sky tomorrow, with possibility of rains or thundershowers in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures would be around 36 and 26 degree Celsius respectively.
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Metro to probe objectionable video clips
New Delhi, July 9 "DMRC is conducting a thorough inquiry into the reports of circulation of objectionable video clips. The Delhi Metro management has taken cognisance of these reports and already reported the issue to the Cyber Crime cell of the police," said Anuj Dayal, DMRC Executive Director, Corporate Communications. CISF officials also said their personnel do not operate from control rooms at Metro stations and could not have accessed video footage or circulated the clips. |
DMRC told to connect CCTV cameras to control rooms
New Delhi, July 9 The MHA has also directed the DMRC to install the cameras inside those coaches that presently don't have them. At present, the CCTV cameras of the coaches are not connected to the control rooms of the DMRC and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The CISF is responsible for the security of the stations and the coaches. In June, these security issues were discussed in a meeting convened by the Joint Secretary (UT) in the MHA. The meeting was attended by the CISF, DMRC, Delhi Police, Noida Police, Gurgaon Police and Ghaziabad Police. A CISF officer, explaining the present security scenario, said, "Only the DMRC train operator can view the footage of the CCTV cameras. But we are blind to any suspicious activities that could take place inside the coaches. The cameras In cases of emergency, the driver can pan the cameras to look at what is happening inside the coaches. By using an audio communication device, he can inform the DMRC operational control room, which manages the coaches. However, the communication devices are not connected to the CISF control rooms.
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Advocate, friends held for beating man
New Delhi, July 9 The victims are Manish Garg, who is a bookseller living at Akarshan Bhawan on Ansari Road, and his two employees Anshu and Rajiv. Following the alleged beating, Garg and his employees underwent treatment at Lok Nayak Hospital. A police official said, "It began after Garg 's wife Shruti and her driver Karan were involved in a heated argument with Sharma over parking of car on Ansari Road ." Shruti informed Garg over the phone that Sharma and his friends were abusing her and Karan. Garg with Anshu and Rajiv reached the site of the incident. He told his wife to return home with the driver. He then tried easing the situation. Soon, locals interfered and Garg returned to his shop. About 30 minutes later, Sharma, his three friends arrived at the shop and beat Garg, Anshu and Rajiv. |
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AIIMS surgeons separate conjoined baby girls
New Delhi, July 9 To their poor parents, daily wage labourers Lal Bhai and Shashikala in Aber village of Satna, Madhya Pradesh, the surgery would have been a dream, as they said if the MP from Satna, Ganesh Singh had not intervened and brought them to AIIMS. "The surgery was a success and there are no deficits and by tomorrow the babies would be discharged," confirmed Minu Bajpai, professor of pediatric surgery at AIIMS. The babies can now lead a normal life, he said. A month after their birth, the twins born with a rare condition 'omphalopagus', were brought to AIIMS on December 12 last year to the casualty with low birth weight and were fused at abdomen. Thereafter, it took nearly five months to complete the checkups on the girls and plan the surgery, which took nearly eight hours on May 29. "They had infection and portions of their body were fixed. The chest and liver were joined, but they had separate hearts. We performed the procedure on May 23 in which the liver was separated, the chest and bone muscles were also separated and a reconstructive surgery was done," said Dr Bajpai. Post-surgery, they were kept in the ICU and parents were kept away. It was only when the fear of infection was ruled out, they were shifted to the ward and the parents were allowed to meet them, he added. "We cried when they were born and couldn't find out the reason. When we went for delivery to the government hospital, we were told to go to a private hospital. Now we have no word to thank and would try to do everything to educate them," said the couple. The AIIMS doctors have advised them to bring the baby girls for checkups for some years. Dr Bajpai said, "In the last 30 years, we have come across eight to 10 such cases."
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Cong leader joins BSP
New Delhi, July 9 Salmani said that he worked as a Congress leader for more than 30 years. He accused the party of not recognising his efforts and giving him due credit. "Minorities are used only as the vote bank by the national parties. They are not being given representations either at the assembly or parliamentary level," said Salmani. He is said to have played an important role in winning parliamentary seat for Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chairman JP Aggarwal from north-east Delhi in the last Lok Sabha election. BSP chief Mayawati, in a meeting with her party workers lately, made him convenor of north-east district and asked the supporters to focus on minority votes.
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AAP declares nominees for nine more seats
New Delhi, July 9 The list comprises an NSG Commando Surendra Singh for the Delhi Cantt area, who fought terrorists in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and Jagdeep Singh, who lost his father in 1984 anti-Sikh riots, for Hari Nagar. Besides, other seven are Farhana Anjum shortlisted for Ballimaran; Devidayal, alias Pappu Murthiwale, from Gokulpur; Kapil Mishra, Karawal Nagar; Vinod Kumar Binni, Lakshmi Nagar; Baljeet Singh Maan, Narela; Dinesh Mohania, Sangam Vihar; and the AAP's bet from Timarpur would be Rajni. With this, the AAP has declared its candidates for 29 Vidhan Sabha segments, said a spokesperson. |
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Najeeb Jung takes oath of office
New Delhi, July 9 The oath was administered by Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court B. D. Ahmed in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Najeeb Jung is the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. The oath-taking function was attended by the Chief Minister, her cabinet colleagues, a few MPs, the Speaker of Delhi legislative assembly, Dr Yoganand Shastri, et al. Jung's predecessor Tejendra Khanna skipped the function. Jung has taken charge at the time when Delhi is grappling with many challenges such as women's safety, development in the newly approved colonies and crawling infrastructure. A 1973 batch IAS officer, Jung, was appointed to the post of LG by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee last week. His appointment came about five months before the assembly elections. After being appointed as the Lieutenant Governor, Jung said his priority would be to improve the law and order and ensure better security for women. He said that he would adopt a zero tolerance policy towards crime against women. Jung is a member of several committees and special task forces set up to deal with the issues related to education and governance. He was a senior adviser with the Asian Development Bank in Manila and was serving as Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia before being appointed LG. |
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Delhiites today experienced a cool and pleasant day as intermittent rains in parts of the national Capital brought down the temperature below normal.
