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Noida burglars shot after hot chase Noida, March 14 Mr Kaul immediately informed the Sector 39 police station whose in charge, Mr Ashok Sharma, soon reached the spot. The policemen in charge of the Sector 49 and Sector 20 stations also reached there by the time. The police gave the criminals a hot chase towards the Yamuna Khadar (bank) and surrounded them when they reached near Garhi Shahpur village. Finding themselves surrounded by the police, they started firing on the police party. They also succeeded in snatching the rifle of a constable. The police shot three dacoits while three others managed to escape under the cover of darkness. According to the SP City, Mr Umesh Singh, the injured criminals were rushed to the government hospital in Sector 30 where they were declared “brought dead”. The criminals have not been identified so far. The police have recovered the cash and valuables stolen from Mr Kaul’s house and a .315 revolver and cartridges. One of Mr Kaul’s neighbours said that the absence of a boundary wall at the back of Agahpur village and their houses had been causing a lot of problems to them |
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BJP, Cong slug it out in
public New Delhi, March 14 BJP’s Chief Whip in the Assembly Nand Kishore Garg on Thursday charged the Industries Minister in the Congress-ruled Government of NCT of Delhi, Mr Deep Chand Bandhu, with manipulating the voter’s list by including 30-odd names in addition to his family’s. “In the voter’s list, 80-odd individuals are shown against the houses owned by him and his brother in Ashok Vihar in Wazirpur Assembly constituency. Thirty or more of those names are common,” Mr Nand Kishore told media persons at a joint news conference with BJP President Mange Ram Garg and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Prof Jagdish Mukhi. The Congress reacted by saying the matter was for the Election Commission to decide on. The voter’s list, spokesperson Mukesh Sharma said, had been given to all political parties and their objections sought thereof. Raising the matter now, he said, was motivated. Responding to the allegations, Bandhu said it was a conspiracy to defame him and the BJP, for want of issues, had raised it in desperation. Also raised by the BJP was the issue of the ongoing auto / taxi strike. Scenting a scam, Mukhi, in turn, accused the Congress-led Government of NCT of Delhi of conniving with private agencies distributing tamper-proof electronic meters to jack up their retail price and swindling taxi / autorickshaw operators. “We are all for making mandatory the installation of meters but the manner in which the Congress-led Government is going about the exercise reeks of a scam,” he said. Referring to the Sheila Dikshit Government’s “lax and inefficient” handling on the power front, BJP President Mange Ram Garg said after coming to power it had issued a white paper on the power situation and promised to improve the same; the assurances though remain unfulfilled. “If the present is anything to go by one can well imagine the harrowing time Delhiites would be put through in the summer months,” he added. In a tit for tat, the Congress said the BJP-ruled MCD’s house tax policy had been anti-people as the officials and inspectors concerned had been given unbridled powers to impose and collect tax arbitrarily. |
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EC seized of code violation by
NCP New Delhi, March 14 The Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West), Mr
R.P. Upadhyaya, said that Raj Kumar Gujjar alias Raju Chikna was a notorious criminal and 16 cases — ranging from extortion, attempt to murder and murder — were registered against him. He was allegedly involved in the murder of a businessman of Prashant Vihar in February 2000. Earlier, he was the kingpin of the dreaded Sandip Bhuria gang, which was involved in several abduction and extortion
cases. Mr S.K. Jain, a spokesman of the Delhi Election Commission, said that legal action would be taken against such candidates and the party concerned. But so far the commission had not received any written complaint against any candidate. President of the Delhi Pradesh Nationalist Congress Party, Sukhbir Singh
Pawar, said “We are not aware that criminal cases are registered against Raj Kumar Gujjar. It is not surprising if cases are registered against politicians. They are involved in different kinds of fights and cases are registered against them. Since a man is convicted by the court, he cannot be called a criminal”. Raj Kumar is a resident of Hill Apartments, Prashant Vihar, and runs a property business in the area. Most of the cases are registered in police station Keshav Puram where he used to live earlier. In a case of criminal intimidation, he was debarred by the Delhi High Court from entering the Tri Nagar area, police sources said. The DCP said that police had already informed the Delhi Election Commission about his criminal antecedents. |
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MCF staff demo against Sulabh contract Faridabad, March 14 However, the officials of the voluntary body claimed that the performance of Sulabh had been satisfactory. The contract with Sulabh International is due to be renewed for another year by the end of March. The safai employees of MCF and the members of the Haryana Nagarpalika Karamchari Sangh have been unhappy with the contract, stating that the work of the MCF employees had been better than that of the voluntary organisation. The employees had met the MCF authorities, including the Mayor to demand the cancellation of the contract. They feel that the contract had not only left hundreds of employees jobless, but it had also become a source of corruption. They alleged that the senior officials were being bribed for maintaining the contract. However, the senior vice-president of
Sulabh, Ms Sushmita Shekhar, and the office of Mayor denied the charges and stated that Sulabh was a non-profit organisation and the allegations had been levelled by a section of frustrated employees. |
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MCD POLLS Given the ban on indiscriminate use of loudspeakers and putting up of posters and banners, political parties have devised different ways to reach out to the electorate. Beginning Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would invade homes by means of cable television to woo voters. The Congress, on the other hand, has preferred padayatras over all else in order to establish contact with people. The BJP has prepared a two-minute film highlighting the achievements of its five-year dominance over Town Hall. According to BJP leaders, also pressed into service will be Video Raths showcasing a 25-minute documentary replete with appeals by party leaders and developmental works undertaken by it. “Harit, Swachch, Sakshar, Swastha, Samriddh Delhi will be the running theme,” they said. Also on the anvil are screening of the film in cinemas across the Capital. The Congress, sensing a “wave” in its favour, will be relying on campaigning on foot. Padyatras, Congress Spokesperson Mukesh Sharma said, would be undertaken by the candidates over the next week. “School and college examinations are on and we thought padyatras suited us best as it causes minimum inconvenience to students,” Congress Spokesperson Mukesh Sharma explained. Believing star power might have a favourable impact on its candidates’ fortunes, the BJP has already roped in Shakti Kapoor and Bhagyashree. Actor-turned-politicians Shatrughan Sinha and Vinod Khanna are also likely to chip in for the party besides BJP ministers in the Union Cabinet – Law Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan. |
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Mewat kids fail to make it to model schools Gurgaon, March 14 The parents are worried about the education of their wards in Mewat schools. The MDA is supposed to facilitate the admissions of the kids in the model schools. The children are nursed under the project, Child Development Programme run by the MDA. The MDA had started an ambitious project in October 2000. It set up more than 100 child development centres in various parts of Mewat for the project. As per the scheme, the poor children in the age group of 4-11 years who could not go to schools were adopted by the centres for a four-month course. After they were groomed in these centres, the MDA was to facilitate their admissions in the model schools in Nagina, Punhana (in Gurgaon district) and Hathin (in Faridabad district). The model schools are managed by the MDA. Its other three schools in Taoru, Ferozepur Jhirka and Nuh are managed by the Delhi Public School Society. The MDA had roped in voluntary organisations/NGOs for running the child development programme. The DPS was also associated with the programme. So far, 7,320 children have been brought under the programme’s cover. Initially, the Mewatis doubted about the MDA’s intentions, but later they supported the programme as they got an assurance from the authorities that their children would have no problem in getting admission in the model schools and others managed by the DPS. Of course, they were to be admitted for the evening session/afternoon sessions after the regular classes in these schools. The government schools in Mewat lack infrastructure and the will to take care of the students. The general complaint is that while the children come to the schools, the teachers often play truant. The MDA had made it known that it would accommodate 2,500 children in March. Hundreds of parents then approached the MDA to get their children admitted in the model schools. However, the parents in Puhana, Ferozepur Jhirka, Hathin, Taoru, Nagina and Nuh blocs were dismayed when they learnt that the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the MDA, Mr P.R.Bishnoi, had written to the organisation’s Chairman, Mr S.A. Khan that the admissions be postponed till next year. According to sources, Mr Bishnoi has pointed in the letter that it would not be practical to spend money on the infrastructure for the evening schools. |
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CPM flays Haryana
Budget Rohtak, March 14 The party said that the Budget had failed to identify the basic problems afflicting the state which obviously reflected the lack of political will of the government. The most disgusting part was that the budget had projected abolition of 5,400 jobs as an ‘achievement’ instead of seriously addressing the alarming unemployment scenario. The deficit of over Rs 200 crore would either get enhanced in the future or would be covered by imposing additional taxes in between, the CPM said in a statement here today. The party feared that the non-allocation of extra resources on the civic amenities would further aggravate the already pathetic plight, thus bringing down the living standard of the common man. It also expressed serious reservations over the official claim regarding the increase in the per capita income and attributed the claim to mere statistical jugglery. Meanwhile, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) said that the Budget proposals were based on the loan taken from the World Bank and other financial institutions. Forty per cent of the budgetary allocations would be used to pay interest. As a result, the education and health sectors would be ignored, the SUCI said in a statement. |
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IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, March 14 He said the growth strategy of the 10th Five-Year Plan would lay emphasis on rapid growth of those sectors, which were most likely to create high quality employment opportunities, and deal with the policy constraints that discouraged growth of employment. To ensure consistency between the requirement and availability of skills, emphasis would be placed on skill development. The Delhi High Court had directed the Railways to provide more amenities at railway stations and junctions for the physically challenged, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Railways, Mr O. Rajagopal, told the Lok Sabha. The Minister said the court had directed that there should be a booth established at all the major railway stations and junctions having a prominent pictorial sign depicting assistance to the physically challenged. Along with the other details of the handicapped persons, the name and number of the person to be contacted during emergency should also be obtained. Moveable ramps should be made available so that there was no difficulty in boarding or alighting. Physically handicapped or other sick persons travelling on concessional fare should carry the card to enable assistance from fellow passengers or travellers in case of need. A copy of the card should be provided to the train ticket examiner or the guard to ensure that the person faces no difficulty during the travel, the court had directed. Mr Rajagopal also informed the House that additional terminal facilities were being constructed at New Delhi Railway Station and Hazrat Nizamuddin Station. The work was in progress and additional facilities would be provided as and when required. The minister said the work on the construction of a road overbridge near Palam railway station of the Delhi-Rewari section was being taken up as a deposit work to be carried out on behalf of the Delhi Development Authority for which Rs 6.75 crore has been deposited recently by them. To a question in the Rajya Sabha, Mr Rajagopal said that nearly 400 hectares of the approximately 264 hectares of railway land encroached in the country were in Delhi. He said no connivance of the railway officials had been noticed and the Railways were trying to remove the encroachment. As per the information with the government, there were 40 Indians in Oman jails. This was brought to the notice of the Rajya Sabha by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr Omar Abdullah. He added that only one Indian national had been released before completion of his imprisonment term. Petitions received from the relatives of prisoners were forwarded to His Majesty the Sultan through the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs from time to time for grant of pardon, he said. The minister denied that Indians had been kept under imprisonment even after the completion of their term. The Department of Posts had signed an MOU with HCL Infosys with the intention of development and introduction of services for mutual benefit, said Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Communication and Information Technology, Mr Pramod Mahajan, in the Rajya Sabha today. He said the services like usage of speed post by HCL at the all-India level and booking of orders for HCL products through post office network would lead to mutual benefit. However, the detailed operational agreement on the precise nature of services, accounting and pricing matters based on the MOU was yet to be finalised. The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Ashok Pradhan, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said that Antyodaya Anna Yojana announced in December 2000 contemplated identification of poorest of the poor families from among the estimated BPL families. According to data made available, there were about 62,600 Antyodaya families in Delhi, the allocations for which have begun on January 2001. |
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Murder accused allowed to take
exams Sonepat, March 14 According to a report, the arrested students are
Satinder, Sehwal, Neeraj, Amit and Harish. Satinder and Sehwal were studying in the 10th class, Neeraj in the 9th, Amit Kumar in the 8th and Harish in the 11th. All the students belonged to the same school and live in the hostel. The sixth suspect, Ravi Vikal, who is studying in the 9th class, is absconding; he belonged to the Gokulpuri area of Delhi. The police has came to know that all the accused attended a marriage party in the Bulbul Restaurant on March 8 last. |
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Make Charkhi Dadri a district: BJP Rohtak, March 14 The party spokesman, Mr Pradeep Jain, said that the residents of Charkhi Dadri had been demanding that the sub-division should be upgraded as a district because of its geographical location. The party had, therefore, taken an initiative and organisationally split the Bhiwani district into two separate districts -- Bhiwani and Dadri, he said. The pradesh party president, Mr Rattan Lal Katari, had now appointed Mr Rishi Prakash Sharma as president of the Bhiwani district unit and Capt Dharam Pal Sheoran of the Dadri district. The Satnali block of Mahendragarh district has been clubbed with the Dadri district unit keeping in view the 'sentiments' of the people of the area, the party said. Interestingly, Bhiwani district was created in 1974 by bifurcating Hisar district. The Dadri subdivision of the Bhiwani district is perhaps the largest subdivision in the state and comprises of nearly 105 villages besides the Charkhi Dadri town. Although the people of the Charkhi Dadri subdivision have been raising the demand for the creation of a separate district, the political parties in the state had not taken it seriously. The BJP, thus, is the first party which has taken a lead and supported the demand by bifurcating its district unit into two. The inclusion of Satnali block in the Charkhi Dadri district is politically significant. |
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NCR BRIEFS Rohtak, March 14 According to an official spokesman, the team of farmers led by Mr J. C. Arora, SDO, and Mr O. P. Popli, APO, would be taken to Sriganga Nagar, Bikaner, Mount Abu, Kota and Jaipur and be apprised of the latest techniques being used in the agriculture sector there. Purse snatched Sonepat Woman ends life Youth Assaulted |
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B.Ed. girl ends life in classroom New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman Supreet Kaur, doing her training in Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside the classroom of the Institute of Higher Education (IHE) this afternoon. Supreet, resident of Mukherji Nagar, joined the institute last year. She was reportedly a bright student and wanted to become a teacher. The IHE works under the DPS society, affiliated with the Guru Gobind Institute of Commerce. The police said that the deceased locked the door of the classroom from inside after the class was over. She was later discovered by a group of students who tried to enter the classroom. A suicide note was found, pinpointing the reason for the extreme step. “I will decide my own punishment and there should be a co-relation between the offence and punishment. I was humiliated in front of IHE. According to the institute authorities, Supreet was caught copying in a routine test, conducted every Monday and the teacher reportedly deducted 5 marks for the act of ‘copying’. Doctor’s victim Two held for girl’s abduction |
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Principal, staff held in exam leak case New Delhi, March 13 BusinessMan robbed Woman killed Liquor seized Fake lamps |
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Delhi transporters allege harassment by Rajasthan
taxmen New Delhi, March 14 In a memorandum to the Rajasthan Chief Minister, the association urged the state government to bring about a sizeable and perceptible improvement in the revenue earning by making roadside checking of goods really effective, purposeful and result oriented. Mr Jaspal Singh Kumar, general secretary of the association, said the transportation of goods through Rajasthan involving no tax liability needs to be systematised, free from unnecessary hindrances and detentions. In the memorandum, he said the sales tax officers, without any definite intelligence information, take hold of the documents of the goods produced by the driver and without examining directs him to the kar bhawan located in different districts. He said the transporters were in the dock as the consignee dealers, who are the actual owners of the goods, were not treated as the natural party to the dispute. The association said the entire burden was shifted to the transporters as a “deemed dealer”, which was not only defective but also creates an artificial system of letting off the consignee dealers and actual owners of goods. “This promotes tax evasion, resulting in piling up of assessment cases and prolonged delay,” the memorandum said, adding that the fallacies in the Act need to be removed. More than 300 commercial transport vehicles pass though the desert state each day as Rajasthan is strategically located. The association said the different measures being taken to encourage the road sector would have little impact if the state did not take adequate measures to redress the grievances of the transporters. |
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