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Dengue takes leave during Divali holidays New Delhi, October 26 A senior official of the MCD said that there was no need to be happy because the National Institute of Communicable Diseases was closed for the last two days and that was perhaps the reason why no new cases of dengue were reported. The figures might suddenly jump on Monday, after the festival holidays, he said. The officer said that the dengue control room was operational day and night, but no new cases had been reported. Out of 51 hospitals, reports were received from only 10 hospitals. The spokesmen of the hospitals said that no new dengue patients were admitted. Meanwhile, a constable of the Delhi Police, Vijender Singh, who was posted in PCR in North-West Delhi, has died of dengue. He was admitted to the CGHS hospital on October 19, where he breathed his last yesterday. The official said that so far 24 deaths due to dengue have been confirmed. These patients died during September and October in various hospitals.
Bid to rob petrol pump employee of Rs 1.7 lakh Ghaziabad: Criminals waylaid an employee of the Musuri petrol pump and shot at him in a bid to loot Rs one lakh, which he was carrying to Ghaziabad. The young employee, Rahul Garg, was carrying the day’s sale proceeds to proprietor Rakesh Singhal’s house in Ghaziabad on a scooter on Friday evening, along with pillion rider
Gangaram. Three criminals on a motor bike tried to intercept them near the Dasna railway crossing. When Rahul did not stop his scooter, one of the miscreants fired a shot at him from his local
revovler. Though Gangaram had jumped off when the scooter started wobbling after Rahul was hit, the latter kept his cool and accelerated his scooter towards Ghaziabad. Exhausted, he collapsed near Govindpuram colony. Some passers-by took the injured and unconscious Rahul to Hira Lal Hospital in Shastri Nagar. A bag containing Rs 1.7 lakh, lying near the scooter, was handed over by a driver to the owner of a chemist store.
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Notice to EC on deletion of names of illegal settlers New Delhi, October 26 Justice BD Ahmed directed the EC to file its reply to the petition that challenged the EC’s August circular that said deletion of a person’s name from his previous constituency could be done 30 to 45 days after inclusion of his name in the new constituency. The procedure had given a free hand for inclusion of names in the voters’ list while the process of verification was deferred to a later date, without adequate safeguard of cross-checking, it said. The petitioner, through counsels HS Phoolka and Ashok Kashyap, claimed that the circular had caused havoc in the revision of the electoral rolls and was leading to enrolment of non-citizens, particularly illegal migrants from Bangladesh and also from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Despite categorical information and objections regarding double entries in the rolls, no action had been taken by the commission, it alleged. The petition sought deletion of duplicate, fake and bogus names and inclusion of eligible and genuine voters in the list. Meanwhile, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice BC Patel and Justice AK Sikri dismissed a petition seeking publicisation of antecedents, credentials or declarations of the candidates who were contesting parliamentary and Assembly elections. The dismissal came after the EC said instructions had been given for publishing and circulating the same through print and electronic media. |
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Mass screening of diseases in newborns New Delhi, October 26 The test is meant to diagnose various disorders or disease at the very beginning, so that they can be treated well in time and a child leads a normal healthy life. The test will be available at all the 200 collection centres and eight labs across the country. The test is done on babies in the 0-28 day age group. The sample is taken by taking a few drops of blood by pricking the heel of a neonate. The blood drop is taken on a special blotting paper. This sample is then tested for various diseases. Speaking at the launch, Dr Arvind Lal, Managing Director, Dr Lal Pathlabs Private Limited, said “We have experienced that a few newborns, who appear normal at the time of birth, sometimes grow up with physical or mental disorders. Neonatal Screening Test is aimed at reducing these disorders, which may cripple the baby for life.” Some of these disorders are poor physical or mental growth, mental retardation and other mental or physical problems. In most of the cases, these disorders come without any apparent symptoms. These disorders might have been prevented. However, it has always been a medical challenge to predict such kind of diseases in advance. |
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DIVALI SCARE New Delhi, October 26 According to the DFS spokesman, most of the fires were caused by bursting of crackers. However, no incident was allowed to become serious as the DFS personnel rushed to the spot and controlled the fires. At some places, the people controlled the fires themselves, before the tenders could reach the spot. The spokesman said that the DFS received a total of 180 fire calls. Of them, 98 fires had broken out due to crackers while the others causes could not be established. The spokesman said that fire personnel had no problem coping with the fire incidents as they had made elaborate arrangements. The bigger problem was hoax calls. At least 170 hoax calls were received last night. No calls can be taken lightly on Diwali. The personnel have to respond to each call, lets it is a serious incident. He said that most of the fires broke out in posh colonies. No incident was reported from jhuggi clusters this year. The DFS had fire vehicles on the stand by at different points in the Capital, fully equipped with wireless sets. The Delhi Fire Service had identified some vulnerable points, where the fire vehicles were parked in advance. The operators in the control room kept them informed of the calls. The fire in a book shop in Nangal Raya was the only exception; a 16-year-old boy died in the blaze. It was caused by bursting of crackers. Besides, a road accident was reported and five cattle, which fell into drains, were rescued by the personnel of the DFS, he said. |
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LEGAL CORNER New Delhi, October 26 “In my considered opinion the notification declaring the Lal Dora area of village Budhpur as development area is in violation of the provisions of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Act,” Justice BS Mathur said. Quashing a June 2000 DDA order on demolition of a structure in Lal Dora, the MCD Appellate Tribunal Presiding Officer observed: “It appears the Centre on the recommendations of the DDA has been declaring any area as development area as a matter of routine without caring for whether the same was in accordance with the DDA Act or not.” Expressing concern over the issue, he said declaring a rural village as a notified area in violation of the DDA Act was not only violative of “the principles of natural justice but also violated the constitutional provisions and civil rights.” Mr Mathur said in such a situation generally the rightful owners of the land in villages were barred from undertaking any construction or development of their land till the area remained notified as a development area. He said after the notification “neither the DDA had the power to grant sanction for construction nor the building by-laws under the MCD Act were extended to the area.” It is to be noted that when an area is notified as a development area, the operation of the MCD Act is suspended till the area is not denotified. Stating that there was no mechanism to deal with the situation, he noted that the DDA had so far not sanctioned even a single building plan in any village situated in the National Capital Territory. He said in a case concerning the re-development of a village in Mehrauli, the DDA had admitted that it had no plan for the development of villages, even after they had been declared a development area. The judge said as per sections 15 and 22-A of the DDA Act an area should be notified and handed over to the DDA only if the Centre intended to develop the area or use it. While giving relief to the appellants, the judge sought to broaden his ruling by asking the DDA to develop a mechanism, so that in the name of declaring development area the civil and legal rights of the villagers living in Lal Dora were not violated. |
Chautala implicating Opposition leaders in Rohtak, October 26 In a statement here today, Mr Hooda described the incident as a blot on democracy and charged the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, of implicating Opposition leaders in false cases due to political rivalry. He alleged that false cases were being registered against several Opposition leaders on the behest of the Chief Minister in order to create an atmosphere of terror in the region. Addressing a series of public meetings at Sunarian, Baland, Ritauli, Kabulpur and Karontha villages today, Mr Hooda appealed to the masses to express solidarity in this ‘fight against injustice’. He clarified that the agitation was not against any individual but against corruption. He also reiterated that no “corrupt” leader of the party would be a chief ministerial candidate if the Congress party is voted to power. He asked the people to elect those persons as their representatives who could raise their grievances without any fear. Prof Virender, president, District Congress Committee (Rural), Ms Kartar Devi, Dr Raghbir Singh Kadian and Mr Anand Singh Dangi also addressed the gathering. |
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Bursting of crackers: Change of pattern in Faridabad Faridabad, October 26 Mahesh Kumar, a cracker stall owner in the special market set up in Sector 12 ground here, told this correspondent that sale of crackers from this market was quite poor this time. He said there was hardly any stall owner who was able to dispose of more than 35 to 40 percent of the stock till the evening yesterday. As a result, all the 70-odd stalls decided to reduce the rates of the crackers by 50 percent by 7 pm yesterday. A resident of Sector 9 said that he purchased some crackers at about 8 pm when the rates were down, but despite the discount there were very few customers. A stall owner said the shifting of cracker market from Sector 16-A ground to Sector 12 had affected their sales considerably. But, on other hand, several residents of various sectors, including 14, 15, 16, 18, 9 and 8, admitted that there was less noise and air pollution in their localities this time, as against that in the last few years. Sachin, a resident of Sector 9, said perhaps this was due to the fact that the rates of crackers had been high and many of the educated families did not want air and noise pollution. He said the majority of the public schools had been taking out anti-crackers rallies and the general mood among the residents has been against firecrackers in the last few years.” But, at the same time, there are reports of heavy use of crackers from residential colonies of Ballabgarh and the NIT areas. Uttam Raj, a resident of Jawahar colony (NIT), one of the largest residential pocket, with a population of over one lakh, said there was heavy use of crackers last night. He said many youths purchased crackers after 8 pm, when their rates dipped and continued using them till midnight. Although the polluton control department of Haryana had issued an appeal, asking the public to avoid their use after 10 pm, it is learnt that many people started using crackers after 9 pm. Meanwhile, the sale of sweets, dry fruits and gifts has been quite brisk. Being a centre of industry and business, it is almost obligatory for traders and industrial unit owners to oblige the officials of various state government departments on the occasion. However, no major burning incident was reported. |
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Govt machinery asked to instil confidence Sonepat, October 26 He has also asked them to hold regular meetings of the district and sub-divisional grievances committees and ensure that all the complaints received by the departments are properly scrutinised and immediate relief provided to the complainants. The Chief Secretary has pointed out that sometimes the complaints are disposed of without any proper enquiry. He has informed that a state-level grievances committee has been set up in the civil secretariat under the supervision of Mr Krishan Mohan, IAS, to monitor the proceedings of the district-level grievances committees. Reportedly, the Chief Secretary has made it mandatory for the heads of the departments to acknowledge the receipt of the complaints and inform the complainants within one month regarding the steps taken to redress their grievances. He has also warned that strict disciplinary action would be taken against the heads of the departments if they failed to redress the public grievances on priority basis and violate the instructions of the state government in this regard.
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SPECIAL FOCUS ON SONEPAT Sonepat, October 26 In a special interview, Mr Jain said that though violence sometimes helps in achieving the immediate goal, it has deep negative impact on the society. He said that though certain section of the political class used violence to win elections, in the long run the voters always disapproved of such tactics. He said that it was imperative for politicians “to share the miseries” of the masses and make concerted efforts to end their sufferings. Mr Jain also appealed to the Chief Election Commissioner and the administration to take stringent measures to curb the increasing use of muscle power in elections. Meanwhile, the president of the Haryana Pradesh Janata Dal (U) president, Mr Ved Parkash Vidrohi, has criticised the authorities of the Health Department for not taking effective steps to check the spread of dengue and other virus killer diseases in the state. In a signed press statement issued here today, he disclosed that a large number of cases related to dengue and “killer virus” had been reported to the Health Department, but the authorities had failed to take effective steps. He demanded action against the authorities of the Health Department who found responsible for being indifferent to such matters. |
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Man, three others in dock for dowry death Sonepat, October 26 Mr Raj Mal, brother of the victim Kalawati, lodged an FIR with the police, alleging that she had been forced to commit suicide by her husband Rohtas, her father-in-law Rameshwar and two others, Dayanand and his wife Mrs Omi and her body was found from a sewerage tank in Sector 7 recently. Mr Raj Mal also stated that her sister Mrs Kalawati was married to Rohtas of Chidana village in 1983 who is employed in the Panipat depot of the Haryana Roadways. Mrs Kalawati had remained in the house of her parents for seven years due to tension in her marital home. Rohtas had withdrawn a divorce case from the court of the District and Sessions Judge, Sonepat and she had been reunited with her husband and other members of the in-laws only last year. Molester faces the music:
According to a report, some persons caught the youth when he was trying to molest a girl. He tried to escape but was overpowered and given a ‘shoe-beating’. The youth was later let off when he apologised to the girl and her parents and promised not to do so in future. |
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NCR BRIEFS Jhajjar, October 26 Youth ends life A youth committed suicide by setting himself ablaze at his house in Damdama Mohalla colony of the town today. According to information, Jender, son of Vilas Chand went to his parents, living separately from him, to greet them on Divali. But they refused to accept the gifts and turned him back. Feeling rejected, the youth decided to end his life. His wife had died earlier.
Cong tickets for dalits Former Union Minister Chand Ram who joined the Congress recently said that the Congress will give tickets to the candidates from the scheduled caste and backward classes at about 33 Assembly seats in the next elections in Haryana. Mr Chandram, a PCC delegate, was addressing a public meeting here today, to invite the people to attend his Abhinandan Samaroh Rally at Rohtak on November 2. He called upon the poor sections of society to unite for their betterment. He said he would try to get maximum tickets to the candidates belonging to these classes in the elections. Reposing full faith in the leadership of Mrs Sonia Gandhi, party president, he said senior Congress leaders including Mr O P Jindal, MLA, Mr Harpal Singh, former HPCC chief, Mr Chiranji Lal Sharma, former MP, Mr Kripa Ram Punia, former minister and Mrs Selja, former MP, would address the rally in Rohtak.
Driver held for rape Faridabad:
The police have arrested an auto driver on charges of abducting and raping a teenaged girl of a slum colony here. According to the complaint, the accused Vinod gave lift to the victim, who works as a servant, in his autorickshaw and took her to a place across the Agra Canal. He locked her in a room and raped her. The victim was reportedly dropped at Kheri Bridge the next day. A case has been registered.
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Mystery surrounds
youth’s death Rohtak, October 26 Sarika, wife of the deceased, alleged in her complaint that the parents of Kamal hatched a conspiracy to eliminate their son as he allegedly used to cause problems in the house. She alleged that two brothers of her husband took him to the rooftop and pushed him, as per the plan. The police registered a case against Shashi (mother), Prakash (father), Satish and Vijay (brothers) and Anu (sister-in-law) of the deceased following her complaint. On the other hand, the parents of Kamal charged Sarika with pushing down her husband. However, a case against Sarika is yet to be registered. Shops gutted:
According to information, a watchman noticed the fire at around 3 am last night and informed the fire brigade. Around 15 fire vehicles continued to extinguish fire which could be controlled only after 8 hours.
Youth hit by train: Pardeep, a 20-year-old youth, was seriously injured after being hit by a train near the Rajlu Garhi Railway Station about 10 km from here last evening. According to a report, the youth was immediately hospitalised and stated to be out of danger.
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Robbers striking at will Ghaziabad:
The robbers are giving sleepless nights to the residents of Vasundhra and Indirapuram where they have committed one murder and five robberies during the past 20 days.
People are livid at the police failure or refusal to register cases of thefts. The incidents of robberies and loots have created panic among people. In spite of the new SSP J N Singh having issued strict orders to all the police station SOs in the district, there is no let-up in the situation. The robbers have been feeling emboldened in Indirapuram and Vasundhra area across the Hindon river particularly where police patrolling has come down. Property dealer Verinder Kaushik was shot dead in broad daylight in Vasundhra Sector 13 on October 16. The police have failed to trace the killers so far. Four days ago, three buffaloes and Rs 60,000 were taken away from a Prahalad Gasrhi house after breaking open the main door. On October 17, the cycle of a mill worker Rakesh was snatched at gun-point in Sector 15 Vasundhra. Robbers had decamped with a VCR and VCDs by breaking open the shop of Upendra Singh from Vasundhra market on October 17. When he went to Indirapuram police station to lodge a theft report, Upendra was shooed away by the cops. On October 21, thieves had taken away Ram Singh’s two buffaloes from Prahalad Garhi.
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Hunt on for killers of vegetable vendor Sonepat, October 26 Motorcyclist killed:
According to a report, the victim was identified as Vinod (23) of Khewra village. He was returning home after giving the Divali gift to his sister. The police have registered the case against the driver of three-wheeler who had absconded after the accident.
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