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36% polling in MCD by-elections
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Security mela, verification drive for senior citizens
Community policing: A long-term goal Finger-licking menu for MCD schools HC orders grant
of licences to two convicted porters Restrictions on parcel booking
at Ghaziabad station Treating cancer, the holistic way PM’s wife to open meet on
Doctor’s Day Relief in Floor Area Ratio sought 18-year-old found
with throat slit Murderer on parole stabbed to death 25 kg charas seized,
two held in Loni Woman beaten up by in-laws Phone adalat solves 26
cases Company law to be amended Shiv Sena wants Mufti Govt’s dismissal New IGNOU datesheet for BCA, MCA exams
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36% polling in MCD by-elections New Delhi, June 27 Though the highest polling was recorded in Tri Nagar where a total of 42.2 per cent electorate cast their vote, the lowest polling was in Timarpur where only 29.65 voting took place. In other municipal segments like Keshavpuram 31.01, Nangloi 32.76, Khyala 42.14 and Nand Nagri 36.87 per cent polling was recorded. There was a low turnout of voters since the beginning of the polling even though it was a weekly off day. Due to hot weather, many preferred to stay indoors. Senior leaders of the main parties were not seen either at the polling booths. According to the spokesman of the Delhi State Election Office, the by-election passed peacefully in all the segments of the corporation. No incident of poll rigging or other election-related disturbance were reported from any area, mainly due to heavy deployment of security. However, sources in the election office disclosed that in the absence of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), it took time to find out the percentage of polling in the elections. According to the State Election Commission, as many as 384 polling stations had been set up and more than three lakh voters were expected to exercise their right. Owing to the non-availability of EVMs, large Godrej ballot boxes were used in today’s polling. About 2,500 police personnel were deployed to guard the polling stations, places of storage of polled ballot boxes and counting centres. Besides, adequate police force was provided for patrolling and maintaining law and order during the polling and counting. Counting of votes will be taken up on June 29. A total of 51 candidates, including six each of the Congress and the BJP are in the fray for the six MCD seats. In Trinagar (27) ward, Amrit Lal of the Congress is facing Suresh Kumar of the BJP. They are among a total of eight candidates for the seat. The Keshavpuram (28) ward saw a fight between Ms Anuja Pooja of the Congress and Ms Laxmi Arya of the BJP.
In Nangloi (43), Mohinder Kumar of the Congress and Narender kumar of the BJP are the main contestants among the total eight candidates.
Brahmswaroop Sharma of the Congress is pitted against Bhim Sen of the BJP in Nandnagri (85). They are among the total 10 candidates. In Timarpur (115) ward, there is a contest between Anil Malhotra of the Congress and Surender Singh of the BJP. They are among nine candidates for the seat. The Trinagar seat had fallen vacant following the murder of its councillor Atma Ram and election to the Keshavpuram seat was necessitated after the disqualification of its councillor Sharda Jain. She was allegedly a prime suspect in the murder case of
Atma Ram. The councillors of the other four wards have been elected to the Delhi Assembly.
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Peg DTC bus pass fare for students at Rs 10: BJP New Delhi, June 27 He referred to the subsidies given in the power sector to substantiate his argument. Mr Harsh Vardhan said that the government has granted a rebate of about Rs 900 crore to the private distributors of electricity despite those companies earning profits worth crores of rupees every year. Why is then bus pass not subsidised? he wanted to know and claimed that the fare has been raised to mop up Rs 100 crore. “This,” Mr Harsh Vardhan said, “is most unjustified.” He suggested that the government could compensate its losses by eliminating corruption in the Delhi Transport Corporation. He went on to ask the rationale of raising the tariff when the Union Government and certain state governments were engaged in feeding and educating children free of cost. The Delhi Pradesh BJP president said that the government, if it chooses to, can raise additional revenue by introducing new buses or by increasing the frequency on certain routes so that more passengers can be ferried and the DTC nets higher revenue than what it does today. “There are more than 100 such important bus routes on which, by running additional buses, the Government of NCT of Delhi can compensate its losses. |
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Security mela, verification drive for senior citizens New Delhi, June 27 Several senior citizens participated in the ‘Security Mela,’ organized by the South-West district police in Vasant Vihar. At the Mela, the participants were briefed on different security gadgets and other measures they should adopt to protect themselves. The residents were also told about the advantages in getting a servant’s antecedents verified. In another posh area, the New Friends Colony of South district, a servant verification programme was launched and pamphlets with telephone numbers of police officers, whom they should contact in an emergency, were distributed. A similar programme was also conducted in Maharani Bagh. The functions were addressed by several people, including the ex-DG, BSF, Mr G S Mander, who tried to allay the misgivings and fears of the Senior Citizens. The police said that these programmes had elicited a tremendous response as hundreds of senior citizens, along with their wards, had turned at the functions. Besides these programmes, the North-West district police also launched a community programme, ‘Vishwas,’ in Gulabi Bagh for the rehabilitation of the ‘Sansis community,’ which is notorious for bootlegging and other anti-social activities. The main idea of this programme is to reform the criminals so that they can utilize their skills in various other constructive activities. The police also opened a study centre in a private school to provide free education to 17 school going children of the Sansi community. In addition, the women were provided training in tailoring by the Social Welfare Department of the Delhi Government to make them economically independent.
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Community policing: A long-term goal New Delhi, June 27 Both the suspects were nabbed within 72 hours of the crime, but the police had a startling disclosure to make: the son of a trusted Nepali servant, whom the couple had employed for 17 years, was behind the murder. What followed was the usual blame game. While the senior citizens accused the police of not providing them adequate security, the latter blamed the former for not coming forward to verify the antecedents of their servants. A police officer said, ‘‘We have been urging them through advertisements to submit details about their domestic help. We have been organizing interaction programmes with senior citizens to understand and resolve their problems. Also, with the help of NGOs, we keep meeting them at regular intervals.’’ ‘’Even after constant effort, the servant verification drive remains a non-starter due to the lackadaisical attitude of the citizens. When we spoke to them, they said it would result either in police harassment or their servants feeling slighted. Besides, we need the police of other states to co-operate. The fact is that only ten per cent of the cases sent for verification elicit any response,’’ he said. According to Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul, community policing is a long-term investment and has a long gestation period. ‘’We have been trying to sensitise the community and the police staff and there may have been drawbacks. We are willing to change our approach, if there is a problem,’’ he said. Delhi has witnessed many such crimes in the recent years. In Vasant Kunj, another posh South-West Delhi locality, two sisters, in their 50s, had their throats slit last year. The problem gets highlighted every time such a crime takes place but is soon forgotten, till yet another old couple is bludgeoned to death. A survey shows that servants, cooks, drivers and others, including relatives, who have easy access to the household are more often involved in such crimes with robbery as a prime motive. Over the years, the police in big cities has established special cells for senior citizens, set up helplines, stepped up patrolling in residential areas and taken several other measures, but the problem remains. Most people feel the police needs to adopt a more proactive approach. In Delhi, Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) feel poor implementation by the police of its 1990 ‘Senior Citizens Scheme’ — designed to provide safety to people above 65 years of age – has led to the increase in crime against elderly persons. Under the scheme, the police are expected to identity the senior citizens in their locality and ensure regular visits by beat constables and senior police officials. ‘’They are supposed to have a Help Booth for senior citizens but the person concerned is either missing or found sleeping most of the time,’’ Gulmohar Park RWA general secretary Prakash Khanna said. While residents complain of official indifference, the police say senior citizens often do not get the antecedents of their domestic help verified.
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Finger-licking menu for MCD schools New Delhi, June 27 The new menu, which will be introduced after school vacations, is intended to provide children with not just a sumptuous and nutritious lunch, but also aimed at weeding out “fly-by-night operators”. According to the scheme, each school will have to compulsorily serve the six dishes each week, regardless of the order. Sources in the MCD said the scheme is in keeping with the Supreme Court’s order dated November 2001. The order had said that all MCD or MCD-aided schools should switch to cooked food with a minimum content of 300 calories and 8 to 12 gm of protein each day for a minimum of 200 days. It was pointed out that the new menu covers the direction of the apex court. Nutritionists working with the MCD have made sure that the tablespoon of oil, needed for every growing child, is served in every meal. This will be complied with by serving puris, pulao and stuffed parantha, which cannot be made without oil. However, as the scheme covers nearly 90,000 children in Delhi alone, serving an elaborate meal is a mammoth task. So, the menus are being made innovative: the parantha will be stuffed with seasonal vegetables, the rajma- rice combo and vegetable pulao will be made in Biryani style. To provide variety, chhole-rice, puri-sabji and rice with dal or sambhar with vegetables have been also included in the menu. Since it is physically impossible to supply all the children the same item on a particular day, it has been left to the vendors to rotate the six items as long as they cover all of them during the week. Several sub-committees under the charge of a Deputy Director-level officer will ensure that the children get what has been agreed upon with the suppliers. The minimum weight of the serving has to be at least 170 gm. Ward level officers and Parent Teacher Associations have been involved to ensure quality service. In the first month, a close watch will be kept on the food supplies by the MCD’s inspection teams and the independent Nutrition Foundation of India. The inspection teams will check the vessels in which the food is served, the number of children being catered to and the quality and quantity of the consumables. It was pointed out that the MCD had already shot down several suppliers for want of quality. The mid-day meal scheme has been controversial since its launch. There have been cases of students taking ill as well.
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HC orders grant
of licences to two convicted porters New Delhi, June 27 Justice Manmohan Sarin directed that upon the two applying for a porter’s licence, such an application be considered on merits and if they were otherwise eligible, licence should be granted to them on standard terms and conditions. The licences of the duo were cancelled after they were found guilty of illegally canvassing and arranging berth/seats in Katihar Express by spreading towels on the berth and offering seats for Rs ten each. A Railway Magistrate had convicted and sentenced them to undergo simple imprisonment for three months and imposed a fine of Rs 500 each. On an appeal by the two, the Additional Sessions Judge upheld the conviction, but after considering that they had no previous conviction and had been working as licenced porters did away with the substantive imprisonment and released them on one-year probation on a personal bond of Rs 6000 with one surety of the like amount each. After initially suspending their licences, the Railway authorities had cancelled them on the grounds that the two had been convicted for an offence and they had also violated the licence terms. The two challenged this, seeking to quash the licence termination letters and asking for issuance of fresh porter licence/ badge numbers, saying the conviction should not count as they had been let out on probation and also opposed the termination on principles of natural justice. However, the judge held that the arguments of the petitioners were without merit and the authorities were entitled to take the impugned action but granted relief to the two porters on humanitarian grounds. ‘’After the release of the petitioners on probation for keeping peace and good conduct, nothing adverse has been brought to the notice of the court. The porters, who belong to the economically weaker section, have, in my view, been adequately punished by suspension/cancellation of their porters licence for a period of over three years for the misconduct and offence committed,’’ the judge said. It would be extremely harsh if they were to be deprived for all times from either rehabilitating themselves or earning their livelihood, especially considering that a porter could not follow any other vocation in view of the limitation of education and training, he added.
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Restrictions on parcel booking
at Ghaziabad station Ghaziabad, June 27 Ghaziabad is an important industrial and commercial city in western UP and withdrawal of this facility will cause inconvenience to a number
of people. It may be mentioned that 61 trains pass through Ghaziabad, of which 35 are long-distance trains. A two-minute stoppage of fast trains has been a problem for many people. According to the local businessmen, the railway authorities should have instead extended the stoppage of the fast trains instead of depriving a large number of people the facility of sending parcels from this important trading centre. There had been numerous complaints that due to a two-minute stoppage, many traders and passengers find it difficult to load their parcels. This railway order has also rendered many parcel-booking clerks and porters out of work.
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Treating cancer, the holistic way New Delhi, June 27 On the basis of these studies, he claims to have formulated his own methodology of treatment which is totally indigenous. He is of the opinion that cancer develops due to infection in the blood. So, he first takes the complete Blood Count (CBC) report and after that starts the treatment. Normally in cancer, RBC and Platelet counts come down to a very low level. To rectify this, blood and platelets are infused into the body of the patient in the allopathic manner of treatment. This is very costly and risky, says Garg.. And there is no guarantee of total recovery. Garg, however, gives a fixed dose of cane sugar. To bring down the Total Leukocyte Count (TLC) and Differential Leukocyte Count
(DLC), he gives certain doses of a mixture of tamarind and ginger .To bring down the Erythrocyte Rate, he suggests some changes in the diet of the patient. “For a cancer patient, plain water is like poison. They should take water mixed with some volume of sugar or lemon. Rose water is also helpful.” He claims to have successfully treated dozens of patients suffering from different forms of cancer. Patients make a beeline for his shop on Panckuian Road at all times. Seeing the rush, he has set aside Tuesdays and Saturdays for attending to needy patients. He charges nothing for his treatment. In some cases, he even provides money and other essentials to the patients.
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PM’s wife to open meet on
Doctor’s Day New Delhi, June 27 Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, wife of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, is expected to inaugurate the conference that will raise the issue of sex ratio and women’s empowerment. Doctor’s Day is observed in the memory of Dr. B C Roy, a stalwart of the medical profession who also became the Chief Minister of West Bengal. A felicitation ceremony will also be organised where doctors with exemplary performance will be awarded with the Dr. B C Roy Award. The Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission will be the Chief Guest. DMA officials stressed the need for creating awareness on issues such as blood donation and female foeticide. It was pointed out that Delhi alone needs about three lakh units of blood every year. Of this, 30,000 units are collected from voluntary blood donation, one lakh from relatives of patients and the rest from private blood banks. Assuring people that only 300 ml of blood is collected from a person during donation, doctors pointed out that this amount is replaced in the body within 24 hours and that a person can donate blood every three months. The DMA also put forth that India is the country with the lowest sex ratio in the world and even in uptown areas in cities like Delhi the sex ratio is as low as 845 per 1,000 males.
Traders’ plea The Sadar Bazar Traders Welfare Association has complained that Delhi Jal Board supplies water in Sadar Bazar before 8 am and after 7.30 pm. This, when shops open between 9.30 am and 7.30 pm. “With the result that the traders in Sadar Bazar fail to get the water supplied by Delhi Jal Board”, its president, Mr Brij Mohan Vig, said in a statement.
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Relief in Floor Area Ratio sought New Delhi, June 27 Mr Vijender Kumar Gupta said the land is in scarcity in the Capital. The covered space as per the present building bylaws for social and religious places does not meet the ever-increasing demand of the public. Moreover, the population of Delhi is increasing day by day in the ratio beyond the estimated parametres. Due to limited land, the government has not been able to provide land for community halls and religious places wherever it is needed most. In addition, the court has banned all wedding ceremonies and social functions in the parks. He said that almost the whole population, with the exception of selected wealthy people, has been left with no option than to get their social and religious functions organised in the community halls, dharamshalas or baratghars. The expenses of holding functions in banquet halls and hotels are beyond the reach of the poor. Mr Gupta said if the building bylaws are not made flexible or amended, the general public will have to either organise functions in an unauthorised manner or they have to do away with them altogether.
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18-year-old found
with throat slit New Delhi, June 27 The police said that the victim was injured badly and had been bitten on the chin, which indicated that the murder was an act of vengeance. It seems the deceased was friendly with someone and the suspect might have entered the house with her consent. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain if there was any sexual assault. Since the doors of the house were found closed, the police has ruled out a robbery. A case of murder has been registered.
27 cases of burglaries solved With the arrest of three burglars, the South West district police today claimed to have solved 27 cases of burglary in the district. Taking a serious note of the recent spate of burglaries in the district, a special team was constituted to identify the perpetrators of such crimes. The team, during random checking.
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Murderer on parole stabbed to death Ghaziabad, June 27 The family recognised 35-year-old Gajinder, alias Lulloo, who used to run a dairy in Indirapuram. He had a dispute with his neighbour Om Praksh on putting a ‘kharanja’ on an irrigation channel in the village. The arguments led to stabbing and firing in which Om Prakash had been killed in 1997. Gajinder was sentenced to life imprisonment with four others for Om Prakash’s murder by the Ghaziabad Court. The High Court had freed them all on bail. The body of Gajinder was identified on the basis of tattooed name on his wrist. The police did not agree that it was a murder case and sent his body for an autopsy. His brother Jagveer said that Gajinder was taken from his house on Tuesday by Vedpal Singh who had killed him and later thrown the body on the railway track.
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25 kg charas seized,
two held in Loni Ghaziabad, June 27 The drug pushers identified themselves as
They told the police that they used to bring the drugs from Bihar’s Narkatiya Ganj and supplied them in Delhi. They would travel with their women folk normally to avoid police suspicion. Ghaziabad has become an important conduit for drug smugglers from Bihar who supply the narcotics in Delhi and elsewhere.
Fake drugs recovered from Noida factory Noida:
The CBI has recovered fake drugs after a raid on Berlin Pharmacy in Sector-10 here. The CBI had learnt that the factory was supplying spurious drugs to several hospitals for many years.
According to CBI sources, they had got enough proof, substantiating their suspicion that the factory was dealing in fake drugs. A case will be registered against the factory now, the sources said. The Berlin Pharmacy, manufacturer of Unani medicines, was supplying its medicines and drugs to the Municipal Corporation, Delhi and some other hospitals for a number of years. A number of drugs were found full of fungi.
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Woman beaten up by in-laws Greater Noida, June 27 The injured woman was admitted to Dadri Government Hospital by her parents. Her father named five persons in a report of dowry harassment filed in Kasna police station. Apsra was married to Kacheru of village Laksar on December 1, 2003, her father Mohd of village Santhly has said in the report. Soon after the marriage, Apsra’s in-laws made a demand for a motorcycle and Rs 50,000 in cash. As he failed to meet the demand, his daughter’s travails begin. She was often beaten up. On June 26, her in-laws threw Apsra out of the house after beating her mercilessly. She came to her parents’ house. However, her husband with a few village elders came and took her back to his village the next day. The in-laws beat up the girl again so severely after three days that she had to be hospitalised, her father said in the complaint. The police are investigating the matter.
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Phone adalat solves 26
cases Noida, June 27 Most of the cases were resolved on the spot with clear instructions to the departmental officials to improve their performance and provide hassle-free services. To solve the subscribers’ problem, this Adalat is held after every two months on the basis of complaints received from the public. Among others, there was a complaint of deficient service and second of refund of security. Dy GM Rajeev Kumar and Chief Accounts Officer Brijinder Narayana were present in the Telephone Adalat at Sector 19 office of BSNL.
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Company law to be amended Gurgaon, June 27 Mr Gupta was the chief guest on the occasion of ECoprofit Certificate Ceremony, organised jointly by the Gurgaon Industrial Association and the Ecoprofit Team India. Twenty-one companies, including some known names, were awarded the certificate. Mr Gupta said that the Ecoprofit approach is an ideal concept for the Indian industries as it prevents pollution at the source itself. He pointed out that controlling pollution is a difficult task and it may not be economically viable for the industries. But the prevention is easy and cost saving, he added.
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Shiv Sena wants Mufti Govt’s dismissal New Delhi, June 27 Terrorists shot dead 11 persons (a girl and four other children included) and injured 10 in a late night attack yesterday on their dwellings in the Poonch district. In a statement released to media, the Delhi unit of the party has said that the spate of violence was a result of the chief minister’s healing-touch policy, which had only served to embolden the militants. Innocent people, the statement read, continue to lose their lives in the Valley and elsewhere in Jammu & Kashmir.
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New IGNOU datesheet for BCA, MCA exams New Delhi, June 27 The BSc programme was launched by the University in collaboration with the Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai through training institutes located in different parts of the country.
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