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Father, sons held for
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‘Depression would be
second largest illness by 2010’ New Delhi, October 2 Estimates by the World Health Organisation states that at any given time as many as one out of four persons worldwide suffer from various forms of mental, behavioural and neurological disorders.
500 villages to be
developed on lines of Gandhi Gram Swaraj Over 200 criminals make
a killing in Meerut division HC reprimands Noida
admn for tardy progress Encouraging kids to be
playful Distressed woman to
appear in the ‘court’ of Laloo
Robbers
turn tail when challenged Non-supply
of condoms spreading AIDS: Bhola Truck
unions using strong-arm tactics: GIA Two women
die of malaria
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Father, sons
held for duping people of Rs 1 cr
New Delhi, October 2 The accused were released on bail by the court on the condition that they would repay the entire amount to the people whom they had cheated previously. But after getting released from jail, again they started the cheating business and placed orders to several shopkeepers by giving them post-dated cheques that were bound to bounce. During interrogation, the accused stated that they did so as they wanted to fulfil the commitment made before the court for getting bail in old cases.
Daylight robberies solved, six nabbed
With the arrest of six persons, the Delhi Police claimed to have solved two daylight robberies in which the assailants decamped with cash of Rs 3.58 lakh from two different places. The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammed Wasim, Saif Nawab, Isthkar, Arif, Yunus and Samir. On September 29, three armed assailants entered the house of one Iqbal Ahmed in Jamia area at around 1.15 pm and decamped with cash of Rs two lakh, jewellery, digital camera and video camera after tying his hands with medical tape, the police said. In another incident that took place on September 28, three assailants armed with pistol entered the Friends Gas agency in Sukhdev Vihar and robbed of Rs. 1.58 lakh from there. The police said that they came to know about the gang after they found one person, Istakar, missing from the export factory of the complainant. On interrogation, Istakar’s wife told the police that he had gone to his native’s place. A police team arrested him from his native place. During interrogation, he accepted his involvement in the robbery. He told the police that he hatched the robbery with Asim. In another incident, it was found that Mohammed Wasim, one of the accused, had passed the information and conspired with other accused Saif Nawab, Nazim and one associate of Nazim. The police are trying to trace out the associates of Nazim, who were also allegedly involved in the robbery. The police recovered two country-made pistols, one dagger, cash of Rs 16,000, one Sony video camera and one digital camera from them.
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Terrorist hand in blast possible
Ghaziabad, October 2 Was it a part of a sinister design to destabilise the country? No one can say for sure whether rockets and missiles were similarly smuggled into India in the past also. The District Magistrate, Mr Santosh Kumar Yadav, has asked the state government for a high-level CBI probe into the whole affair. It may be recalled, 10 workers had lost their lives when a projectile had exploded on Thursday in Bhushan Steel factory, Sahibabad, while unloading a truck of magnetic scrap which had come from Iran via Kandla and Mumbai ports. The district authorities have announced that a relief of Rs 1.5 lakh to the kin of each worker killed in the blast will be paid by the company management. The Army has taken all the trucks into its control and a detailed investigation is being conducted. Meanwhile, one person is reported to have been killed in a blast in a steel factory in Punjab in similar circumstances. The state government officials said all such consignments coming from abroad are subjected to detailed scrutiny by the Central agencies like customs etc before they are allowed to be moved away from the ports. However, this consignment had been cleared rather carelessly which had resulted in such a tragedy. A letter issued by the Iranian company has stated that there was no rocket or explosive in this consignment. That is what has made the state administration view the whole episode very seriously and the terrorist link is not being ruled out. The Union Home Ministry and the Army authorities have also taken the matter quite seriously.
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‘Depression would be second largest illness by 2010’
New Delhi, October 2 Experts in the field of mental health claim that more than half a billion people worldwide suffer from psychiatric disorders, which include abuse owing to alcohol and drugs, epilepsy, dementia, schizophrenia and stress-related disorders. “There are an estimated 400 million cases of anxiety disorders, 340 million cases of mood disorders and 250 million cases of personality disorders, 45 million cases of schizophrenia and 100 million cases of alcohol dependence. Depression would be the second largest illness in the world by 2010 in terms of morbidity,” claims Dr Samir Parikh, Consultant Psychiatrist, Max Healthcare. With the ‘Global Mental Health Week’ beginning from October 4, psychiatrists are gearing up for an awareness campaign to propagate the various facts about mental illnesses as also to shatter some myths. While doctors claim that most of the psychiatric disorders are curable, they unanimously agree that the stigma attached to mental health care “makes early treatment initiation a handicap”. “I believe that denial of treatment to patient because of lack of awareness or misinformation is also a violation of human rights and needs to be seen with concern,” says Dr Parikh. Stressing on the need to “set up mental health services within the community”, psychiatrists point out that there “is a need to respect the human rights of mentally ill, a need for a process of deinstitutionalisation and a national policy for mental health care”. Though creating awareness is considered an effective tool, experts dismayed by the ratio of mental health experts to the population offer that “mental health needs to be given its due importance by governing bodies, health care systems and the society at large”. They add, “funding by government in the health budget needs to be redefined as for mental health, and the private sector also needs to take initiatives because in terms of morbidity and cost, the burden on society is very high due to mental illness”. “The definition of health as given by the WHO includes physical, psychological, social and emotional well being, three out of the four parameters are of mental health, and in the absence of a focus on psychiatry, this health cannot be given to the population,” asserts Dr Parikh.
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500 villages to be developed on lines of Gandhi Gram Swaraj
New Delhi, October 2 This is a-year-long programme, which has been undertaken by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangthan (NYKS) under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, to ensure development of 500 villages as model villages on the lines of Gandhi Gram Swaraj. Launching the programme with weeklong ‘Aatm Nirbhar Gram Vikas Saptaha’ (Self-Reliant Village Development Week) celebrations at village Bhatti Mines, Mehrauli, the Minister said that all round development and self-reliance of the village was the cherished dream of Mahatma Gandhi. India cannot achieve prosperity in true sense until villages are developed. The youths have to come forward to contribute in this task, he said. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Mr Oscar Fernandes, said that the government had initiated number of schemes for village development and lots can be achieved through effective implementation of the schemes. The NYKS and other similar organisations working in the field can play important role in this direction, he said. The Vice-Chairperson of the NYKS, Dr Shakeel Ahmed, said that the programme would not remain only on papers but would be achieved through a campaign mode within a year. The monitoring of the programme at district level has been planned to ensure 100 per cent implementation of the targets, which include full literacy, immunization of all children between the age group of 0-5 years, opening of village libraries and information centres with internet connection, vocational training centres for youth, training for modern agriculture practices, strengthening of Panchayati Raj through information and public participation. Communal harmony programme will also be the part of the development campaign. Five hundred villages are being adopted by the NYKS in consultation with the district administration, mahila mandal and youth bodies. According to the criteria decided for election, each village should have population not less than one thousand, village should have its own Gram Panchayat, most of the families should be below the poverty line and it should have mix religious groups and castes.
Birth anniversary of Mahatma celebrated
The Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was remembered in a function organised by the Delhi Assembly to celebrate his birth anniversary at the Old Secretariat this morning. The Speaker of the Delhi Assembly, Mr Prem Singh, and the Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, led Delhiites in paying homage to the Father of the Nation.
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Over 200 criminals make a killing in Meerut division
Ghaziabad, October 2 It is on record that at least 250 criminals, each carrying a reward of Rs 1,000 on his head had been shot dead in encounters during the last year. In this list of criminals, more than 64 belong to Muzzafarnagar, with Shahnawaz, a criminal carrying a reward of Rs 20,000 on his head topping the list. This award was announced by the IG Zone, on April 17 this year only. Issrar, alias Pagal, of Muzzafarnagar, is also in this list. He carries a reward of Rs 15,000 on his head. Muzzafarnagar has the dubious reputation of having a record number of criminals carrying Rs 2,500 on their head. The list also includes 40 top criminals of Meerut, Saharanpur, Baghpat and Dera Dun (UA), carrying a reward of Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,500 on their heads. From Bulandshahr, history-sheeters Dev Raj, Zulfiquar and Ram Niwas carry a reward of Rs 10,000 on their heads. Satpal and Dinesh also carry a reward of Rs 5,000 each. Some 38 Bagpat criminals have also made it to this list with Prem Pal, alias Fauji, topping the roll. Other notorious criminals are: Bahadur Singh, alias Qayumi Manipuri, Anwar, Roop Lal, Tasim, Manoj Dilla, Muidul Ali, Puppu, of West Bengal, Chhattar Pal, Vinode Raju, Divinder and Gaurav of Meerut and Naresh of Ghaziabad. The rest 22 are dreaded criminals from Bhagpat. Among the 22 criminals from Ghaziabad, Sukhdev Yadav, alias Pehalwan, of Kushi Nagar and one Salluddin of Modinagar carry Rs 10,000 on their head. A handsome reward on Sukhdev, an accused in Nitish Katara murder case, was declared on 29 June 2002. The other criminals include Sukhpal and Rakesh of Sihani Gate, Brijpal of Daulatpura, Kalu of Kela Bhatta, Anil, alias Titu, of Hapur, Rayaimat of Bhojpur, Veerpal of Babugarh, Naresh of Karhoda, Bichhu and Mahesh of Dankaur, Kishen Pal of Kasna, Bhanwar of Bulandshahr and Bechhu of Meerut. Meerut also considered a strong base of dreaded criminals has 21 criminals. Saharanpur has the least number, 11, among this list of top criminals of the entire division. Most of them have Rs 2,500 reward on their heads.
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HC reprimands Noida admn for tardy progress
Noida, October 2 “We are informed that the traffic police personal in Noida are highly corrupt who demand money from the vehicle owners for passing through, entering or leaving Noida.” It had been pleaded in the PIL that the Noida Authority’s focus has shifted from ensuring industrial development to commercial and housing activities. “Perhaps these problems are due to corruption at different levels among the officials in Noida which need to be rooted out. “The main problems that bother the Noida citizens are encroachment on roadsides by vegetable vendors, shopkeepers or others, inadequate drinking water and poor maintenance of sewer lines in Noida, poor maintenance of roads, lack of cleanliness and streetlights, inadequate medical facilities for Noida residents, marketing facilities and traffic problems in Noida”. The Bench of Justice M. Katju and Justice S. Ambwani observed that “the citizen of Noida deserve a proper life and the court will do its best to ensure that”. The High Court has directed the Noida Chairman to “depute senior officers to appear before us on aforesaid (7 December 2004) date to acquaint the court why there are difficulties in solving those problems and what directions this court should issue to help solve the aforesaid problems”. The Chairman, UP Power Corporation Ltd, will depute some very senior officials to appear before us on December 7. As regards vegetables and fruit vendors on the pavements in Noida, advocate Shanti Bhushan stated that such persons render valuable service to the residents of Noida who would otherwise have to go to distant places for purchasing these items of daily use. “We fully appreciate this suggestion but regulations should be framed by Noida for this purpose and it should not be that anyone can occupy any place on the pavements which would only create chaos and obstruction to the pedestrian traffic,” the judges observed.
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Encouraging kids to
be playful
New Delhi, October 2 Nick has decided to “go dark” for an hour everyday to drive home the message of the need to play. With October 2 being announced as the Nickelodeon Day of Play, the move is aimed at encouraging children to switch off their TV sets and instead go out to play. “The worldwide Day of Play is just Nick’s way of kick-starting the habit of play in kids, we hope, though, that it will be celebrated everywhere, everyday and by every kid,” said Pradeep
Hejmadi, Director, Business and Operations. The go dark hour would extend from three to four pm everyday and in place of the regular programs, the channel will air play messages, interstitials and Public Service Announcements. “It is not so much about organised sports, rather, it is about games played in every gully, back-alley of our towns, cities and villages, gilli
danda, kho kho and hide and seek - these have become part of the most enjoyable and enduring images of our own childhood. We want to make sure future generations have similar memories to cherish while receiving the lifelong benefits of a healthy and active childhood,” said
Hejmadi.
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Distressed woman to appear in the ‘court’ of Laloo
New Delhi, October 2 Parwati (50), a native of Darbanga, Bihar, was detained by the police while she was shouting at Vijay Chowk and trying to go towards the President House to meet him. She was accompanied by her daughter Renu Jha (38), her three children Hansi (5), Suman (8) and Aman (8). Her grievance was that she had not been given any compensation or job after the death of her husband in 2000. Vidyanand Jha, Renu’s husband, became handicapped after he met with an accident in
1995. Parwati’s husband, Mahesh, who was working as a peon in a government school in
Darbanga. Thereafter, she was promised a job by the administration and some money in compensation, but till now, nothing was given to her. Later, the miserable conditions forced Parwati and her family to beg. To get her dues, she even contacted the L-G and Chief Minister of Bihar. Fed up with all this, she decided to contact the President of India.
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Robbers turn tail when challenged by villagers
Greater Noida, October 2 Those having licensed weapons led the villagers. They fired a number of rounds, followed by sustained firing by the policemen. The villagers along the Expressway have perhaps taken a lesson from the robbery on September 10 when Bawariya tribe criminal had killed three and wounded four villagers in Raipur village. Subsequently the villagers have been encouraged by the SP police to organise themselves into the village defence committees and do patrolling by rotation in Khader villages along the Yamuna river and the Expressway. Some strangers had reportedly intruded into Mamnathpur village at night. The dogs began to bark when they saw the outsiders. This had alerted the villagers. As the news of the bandits entering their village reached the villagers, those with licensed arms started challenging them while firing shots. Hearing the sound of gunfire, the police also reached and opened fire, which made the bandits take to their heels..
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Non-supply of condoms spreading AIDS: Bhola
New Delhi, October 2 The sabha is an all-India organisation of sex workers. He said condoms have not been distributed for long in almost all the red-light areas of the country. “In Delhi, condoms have not been supplied for the last
five months,” claimed
Mr Bhola. Demanding an AIDS Control Act, he urged the Central Government to direct the states to ensure supply of condoms without charging money. According to Sabha estimates, there are 2.3 million sex workers in the country, who live in the 1,100 redlight areas of the country with their 5.4 million children. He criticised the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) for its “miserable failure” in combating the disease. The Bhartiya Patita Uddhar Sabha president asked the government to formulate a policy for checking the scourge of AIDS.
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Truck unions using strong-arm tactics: GIA
Gurgaon, October 2 Addressing the district police chief at a function, the president of the Gurgaon Industrial Association (GIA), Mr
J. N. Mangla said that the unions dictated their won terms always. The function was an interface of the industrialists with the police chief, Mr Alok Kumar Roy. It was organised by the GIA on the subject, “Awareness and cooperation of public in maintaining law and order” in the state, especially Gurgaon. The GIA complaint is that the functionaries of the truck unions active in several clusters of the industrial zones in Gurgaon adopt strong-arm tactics to prevent operation of other vehicles to transport goods in and out of the factory premises. The GIA also pointed out encroachments around industrial units in the form of jhuggis and dhabas. It was pointed out to the police chief that several anti-social activities happen in these unauthorised structures. A reference was made to the functioning of unlicensed rickshaws and “rehries” on the roads, hindering the smooth flow of traffic.
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Two women die of malaria
(Noida) Dadri, October 2 Patients of malaria are trooping into the private and government hospitals while one case of dengue has come to light. But the health authorities are reportedly doing little to control the scourge. A large number of patients are reportedly suffering from malaria in Jarcha, Khatna, Kaluda, Millak, Nurpur and a dozen other villages of Dadri. It has created a panic among the people of the area. In Jarcha, two women have lost their lives to high fever. The victims have been identified as Rani, wife of Alimuddin, and Saroj, wife of Devinder who died on Thursday Besides, Om Veer of Bambawat village is reportedly suffering from dengue. He is admitted to a private nursing home. Dadri’s medical officer Dr. O. P. Agarwal said a medical team has been sent to Jarcha on getting the information. A camp has been set up in the rural areas, he added.
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Diabetes Health Mela at Talkatora
New Delhi, October 2 To mark the start of the mela, Mr Singh flagged off a cycle rally of 25-50 cyclists. The cyclists moved ahead from Talkatora Gardens to 11-Murthy and back with a mission statement saying ‘Cycling prevents obesity’. Mr Gautam Meena, demo-man, Rajasthan Police, who was standing hands free on the motorbike with the Delhi Police escorts, headed the rally.
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‘Hindi Month’ celebration
New Delhi, October 2 K. C. Chakrabarty, urged the employees to progressively increase the use of Hindi language in the working of the bank. He also called upon the employees to actively participate and play their role in observing 2004-05 as the ‘Year of Excellence’. He distributed the ‘Rajbhasha Shield’ and other prizes to the winning employees on this occasion. Dr Chakrabarty said that the banking profession is service-oriented, which would be a major challenge for those involved in this profession.
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