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Computer professional found murdered
Jawan tries to kill wife, ends his own life
Minors freed from bondage
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Three Loni houses looted at midnight
Bypoll voting over without
Pleasant weather to last for a few days
Farmers rally for compensation
Amity welfare schemes for the needy in rural areas
DU recasts UG courses
Teachers unhappy with restructuring
Underground parking lot in Mehrauli village
Punjabi panache marks Laddi’s album
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Computer professional found murdered
New Delhi, October 13 The body was recovered when the neighbours complained to the police about a foul smell coming from the apartment. When the police broke open the door of the apartment, they found Ajay’s body. The police believe that the murder probably took place on Sunday as the body was found in a decayed condition. “We have got some clues about the criminal and would be able to trace him shortly”, said the DCP, South West district, Mr Dipender Pathak. He said that the door was fitted with an automatic lock and was found locked when the police reached the spot. “It is believed that after killing the victim, the assailant might have closed the door from outside.
It possibly got locked automatically thereafter,” he added. Body found:
Two held for drug trafficking: Criminals held for making threats:
The police have arrested a notorious criminal, identified as Praveen, alias Kukki, and his two associates, Ashok and Reshek, for threatening an industrialist, Subhash Batra, and other witnesses, so that they do not depose before the court in a kidnapping–cum-ransom case. The criminals had kidnapped Subhash Batra in 2000 and demanded a ransom of Rs 2 crore. However, the police had managed to free the victim and had arrested the criminals, including Praveen, who had claimed allegiance to ‘D’ company. However, Praveen was declared a proclaimed offender when he failed to report to the police while on parole. Meanwhile, the police learnt that he had been threatening Subhash Batra and dissuading him from deposing against him in the court. The police developed this information and arrested Praveen and his associates, identified as Ashok and Reshek. The police also seized three country-made pistols along with several live cartridges from their possession. Bootleggers held:
In the first incident, the Delhi Police has recovered a huge quantity of illicit liquor being smuggled in animal fodder in a truck. The police arrested two persons from the North district in this connection.
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Jawan tries to kill wife, ends his own life
Bulandshahr, October 13 Though his brother had filed a report of a murderous attack, the police said that the armyman Yogesh Kumar had suspected his wife’s character, that is why he tried to kill her and later committed suicide. Currently posted at Allahabad, Yogesh Kumar had come to his native village Pilkhuan on September 20 along with his wife Neetu. But on Monday night, the husband and wife had an altercation, following which Yogesh shot at Neetu and later shot himself dead with his .315-bore revolver. While Yogesh died on the spot, his wife Neetu was rushed to the District hospital where she is reportedly fighting for her life. The Narora police were informed on Tuesday morning. The police have started the investigation. A .315-bore revolver and two empties have been seized by the police from the spot. Addl. SP Anil Kumar Das said police had recovered a suicide note written by Yogesh, in which he had said that his wife was of bad character.
Factory owner’s body found
Murad Nagar (Ghaziabad), October 13 Police found his body in Ganga Canal Colony with his scooter on Tuesday. Jaivinder Singh owned a powerloom factory by the name of Krishan Textiles in Subash Market. Though the family had expressed apprehensions that Jaivinder Singh might have been kidnapped and murdered, the police had taken it as a case of missing person. Somebody had come to fetch Jaivinder Singh on October 7 night from his residence. But when for the next 24 hours, there was no news about him, his family expressed fears on his well-being. However, it is alleged that the police took it lightly. People, squatting on the highway, demanded the arrest of the guilty and transfer of the SO in charge of Muradnagar police station.
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Minors freed from bondage
New Delhi, October 13 The accused had abducted the boys from Sarai Kale Khan and Turkman Gate in Delhi, Gurgaon in Haryana, Jharkhand, Bihar and UP. After abducting the children from these places, they confined the boys in a room at Hardwar. The boys informed the police that they were asked to work at construction sites, automobile workshops, domestic work etc. In the evening, they were asked to work at tea stalls, wash cattle and do farm chores. The police said that the accused did not even pay them anything the work they did. They were working as bonded labour for the last five years. During this period, they were not offered more than two chapatis and salted dal. Their woes do not end here. At night, the victims were locked up. When the kids resisted, they were beaten up by the accused. The police have informed the parents of some of the boys. While a police team was constituted to trap the accused from Hardwar, they somehow learnt about the move and made good their escape. Acting on a tip-off that the accused are coming to Old Delhi Railway Station to shift the boys, the police arrested them and rescued the boys.
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Three Loni houses looted at midnight
Ghaziabad, October 13 Those who resisted them were beaten up with lathis, iron rods and seriously injured. The victims have been admitted to Delhi hospitals. Though the police reached only after the robbers had done the damage, no FIR has been registered by the Loni police. These dacoities were committed in the wake of a dacoity in Raj Nagar Colony two days ago. The whole area is in grip of panic. Six armed robbers had descended in New Vikas Colony at 3 am on October 11 and raided Rajkumar’s house who is a wholesale vegetable seller in Shahdara. Rajkumar and his son Pawan had already left for vegetable market by the time the robbers attacked. The intruders demanded cash and jewellery by putting revolvers on the head of his daughter Rekha and daughter in-law Rakhi, sleeping in one room. From the other room, Rajkumar’s wife Prabhawatti and second son, Vijainder’s shrieks were heard. When Rekha went to the adjoining room, she saw three robbers attacking her brother and mother with lathis, knives and rods. They told Rekha to tell her mother and brother to keep quiet and hand over all valuables to them. As they threatened to kidnap Rekha, she quietly handed over all valuables to the bandits. The robbers are reported to have collected Rs 80,000, gold and valuables. The police post advised Rajkumar to take the wounded to SGTB Hospital and lodge the report with Loni police station. Later, the robbers had raided the house of Vinod Kumar Gupta and looted Rs 20,000 worth of valuables from there. When some women on the top floor of the house bolted the doors from inside and raised the alarm; the robbers tried to smash the doors with bricks. They took Rs 5000 from the house of Kalicharan after injuring the inmates with lathis and sarya. While leaving, the dacoits had bolted all the doors from outside.
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Bypoll voting over without a hitch
New Delhi, October 13 The main contestants in the Rajouri Garden constituency are Ramesh Lamba (Congress) and Ramesh Khanna while Delhi Youth Congress President Rajesh Lilothia (Congress) and Raj Mehra (BJP) are locking horns in the Baljit Nagar constituency, though the BSP is also in the race in the two constituencies. The Congress has won both the seats in the past three elections.
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Pleasant weather to last for a few days
New Delhi, October 13 Though there has been no rain in the last 48 hours, the cold northerly wind, which has been blowing for the last few days, has prevented the temperature from rising in the Capital, the weather office said. The conditions were likely to last for two to three days, after which the temperature will rise again. There might be some thunder developments or a drizzle in some areas of the Capital, but there is little chance of a downpour in the next 48 hours, the Met office said. The monsoon season in the Capital had ended in the last week of September and the last week’s rains have been caused by some western disturbance.
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Farmers rally for compensation
Greater Noida, October 13 A memorandum addressed to the District Magistrate was handed over to the Additional District Magistrate. The district chief of Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha, Nathi Singh said farmers have reached starvation level due to natural calamities and the government’s anti-village policies. The farmers have been driven to suicide. Foreign companies and the grain imported from other countries have ruined agriculture. The governments of the day give only tall promises that too with an eye on their vote bank. The farmers are being pushed into jails on the pretext of non-payment of loans while the prices of all commodities which the farmers need and use are rising, Nathi Singh said. With rural roads and electricity in a bad shape, the lax law and order situation has so terrorised the farmers that they are afraid to go out and work in their farms. The administration is maintaining a studied silence in this connection, he alleged. In his speech, Satbir Bhatti alleged that the government had not provided any relief to the farmers so far despite the fact that the problems of the farmers have multiplied. The Chief Minister’s promise of Rs 300 land compensation has also proved to be an empty assurance so far, Mr Bhatti added.
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Amity welfare schemes for the needy in rural areas
New Delhi, October 13 The secular organisation,
VHERDS, was established in 1985 to focus attention on the health, education and development of the needy all over rural India. The basic thrust is now on the concept of
‘PURA’, which means Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas. President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam has great faith in PURA and is of the opinion that this alone can bring development in the rural areas. For this purpose, VHERDS has expanded its role in North India, for which Dr Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation and Chairman, Amity University, has been chosen by Kanchi Shankrachacharya to take care of the activities in the Northern Region and provide logistic support to this organisation. Amity launched its Delhi office of VHERDS last month and a meeting was held to discuss the objectives of this centre which were spelt out by Mr T P
Radhakrishnan. Dr Chauhan expressed his gratitude to Swami
Shankracharya. “We are engaged in implementing a number of schemes education, health, electricity, security, etc. which aim at the uplift of the rural people,” said Dr Chauhan. The Amity Group will organise development programmes to be implemented through multifaceted strategies. The group will reach out to the most disadvantaged sections of villages of Noida such as
Rohillapur, Sahpur Govardhanpur, Garhi, Bhaktawarpur and Raipur. Dr Chauhan said high priority is being accorded to provide primary and vocational education, health facilities, training programmes, electricity, clean drinking water, security, etc. Mr T P
Radhakrishnan, VHERDS Secretary-General commented, “Education is seen as a catalyst in creating the opportunities outside the villages and the Amity Group will be helping in such development programmes. There is a need to build a number of higher secondary schools in these identified villages and security problems have to be tackled seriously.” Lauding the efforts of both organisations, Mr V Suresh, former chairman of
Hudco, appreciated the self-confidence of the villagers and stressed the need for better connectivity, vocational training, veterinary, general hospitals and total rural regeneration so that model villages could be created. Speaking on the occasion, Mr A K Jain, SP Noida Police, assured the heads and representative of the villages that the plans and policies of the government are village-oriented, but the initiatives and funding by the private sectors will help Noida develop model villages. Mr R S
Gaharwar, Chief Development Officer, Noida Authority, highlighted the issues of water and electricity which need to be tackled and suggested that the village panchayats should create self-sufficient societies and encourage education so that a common villager is aware of his duties and rights. Collective efforts have to be made for the youths to awaken the masses.
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DU recasts UG courses
New Delhi, October 13 The AC has agreed to the restructuring of the BA (Hons.) programmes in Humanities and Social Sciences and the undergraduate Science courses, based on the reports of the two empowered committees constituted by the Vice-Chancellor. With the approved changes coming into effect from July 2005, students opting for BA (H) in Social Science and Humanities shall have to study four concurrent courses, which will replace the existing language and subsidiary courses and shall carry a total of 200 marks to be counted towards the final result. The total marks would be distributed equally among four designated courses – Concurrent, which include one compulsory language and any other language and three other courses opted for by the student out of a set of optional courses. Each student shall, in addition, choose one compulsory non-credit course in a language other than the one chosen by him or her as concurrent courses. Optional courses shall have two components, one inter-disciplinary and the other disciplinary. The compulsory language courses shall be taught in the first year and the concurrent courses in the second year. The main courses shall be taught in all three as per the norms of the department. Students enrolled for Honours courses in language shall not be required to take a compulsory course in the same language. Instead, they can opt for four concurrent courses. In the existing B.Sc (H) programmes subjects will remain unchanged. However, in Honours courses, where subsidiary subjects have not yet been integrated into the programme as credit courses, the same would be done in line with B.Sc (H) courses in Physics and Chemistry.
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Teachers unhappy with restructuring
New Delhi, October 13 While the opposition is more at the changes in the Science courses, the Commerce and Economics departments too have voiced reservations. Teachers point out that if the restructuring of the Social Sciences are aimed at advancement, the changes in the Sciences would lead to “confusion, increased workload for students and even an adverse effect on the acceptance of the courses”. A number of teachers said that the fact that a first year student opting for B.Sc (General) course would be studying a common foundation course is an indication of “generalisation”, and are peeved at the lack of thought given to the infrastructural details. “A students will have to study at least nine to 10 courses, which is an alarming number. The new course we fear would not just make the Science courses unpopular but can also increase the drop out rate. Students preparing for professional courses like Engineering and Medicine would opt for these courses and treat them as preparation ground,” complained Dr Inder Kapahi, President of the Nation Democratic Teachers Front (NDTF). It was pointed out that with students having to study all subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Biology as in school, the undergraduate programme would see more students joining in to “brush up their knowledge”. Further, “the students would be studying their main subject for just two years, the first year being a foundation course, which can become a drawback for those seeking to opt for further studies as most universities seek three year’s study of the main course as eligibility for a postgraduate course”, said Dr Kapahi. It was also alleged that instead of vocationlisation and increasing practical knowledge, the courses eat into the share of practical classes. “With these changes, the students would get less time for practical exams and what is the logic in asking students who have opted for Science to study a Humanities paper”, pointed out Dr S. S. Rathi, the former DUTA President. Teachers are also unhappy that the Empowered Committee has failed to seek the response and participation of the teachers. “The committees had a few principals, but mostly professors, who are not in sync with a college student”, said Ms Neelam Rathi, member of the AC. She added, “we have made suggestions that instead of reserving a lecture per week for communication skills, there should be at least three lectures in a week and that the workload should not be decreased in any department.”
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Underground parking lot in Mehrauli village
New Delhi, October 13 He said that a parking lot is a long-standing demand of citizens of Mehrauli village, but authorities concerned had overlooked their demand. Since the Congress has come to power, it tried to identify a proper site for the purpose. After consultation with officials concerned and influential people of the area, it was decided that the plot of the dispensary could be used for this purpose. Initially, it was decided that half of the area of the dispensary should be used for parking and the rest of the area could be earmarked for the dispensary. Finally, it was decided that the dispensary would remain where its is. Instead, the parking lot would be underground. The MP said that Mehrauli village had narrow streets and residents could not park their vehicles inside their houses or in front of the houses. They park their vehicles at a distance from their houses. Sajjan Kumar said that before the beginning of the Commonwealth Game in 2010, the road, which leads from Andheria More to police station Mehrauli, would be made of concrete. The Leader of the House, Mr Satbir Singh, said that sewer lines had been constructed in Mehruali area, but there was no arrangement for supply of potable water. The MCD has given Rs one crore to the Delhi Jal Board to make arrangements for water supply in the village.
NCC team to visit Lanka
New Delhi, October 13 During the visit, which will end on October 22, they will meet the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and Chief of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force, a release said.
— TNS
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Punjabi panache marks Laddi’s album
New Delhi, October 13 Renowned singers like Gurdas Mann and Hans Raj Hans have mesmerised the masses with their foot-tapping numbers. With this trend of blending Punjabi folk tunes with pop music, a large number of singers today are following the footsteps of these singers. Renowned Punjabi singer Kaptan Laddi is all set to woo the listeners with his latest album ‘Charkha Patlo Do’ on Tips music. The producer of the album Sardar D P Singh states that this album projects the rich heritage of Punjab. Kaptan Laddi has made a sincere attempt to revive the conventional folk tunes through the album. Sardar D P Singh also feels that Laddi is surely one of the promising singers of today and this album ‘Charkha Patla Do’ will prove the talent of this gifted singer. With a total number of nine songs in the album, the music has been composed by the talented Punjabi singer Mika. Laddi along with Mika have made an earnest attempt to include original Punjabi lyrics for the songs. Kaptan Laddi has been performing ever since 1998 and considers the legendary singer Gurdas Mann his idol. He has performed all over India and abroad with the leading Punjabi pop singers like Daler Mehendi, Hans Raj Hans and Mika. Born in Jalandhar, Kaptan Laddi aspired to be a singer since his early childhood. He chose Delhi as his platform to make his mark in the music industry. Though music was his passion, he gave an equal priority to the academics and attained his degree from Khalsa Collage in Delhi. Currently pursuing M Phil in Punjabi literature, Kaptan Laddi respects his mother-tongue, which is reflected in all his songs. Kaptan Laddi states that Punjabi folk music has greatly been influenced by the current popularity of pop songs. Indian music has developed a western outlook and this is what is reflected in the tracks today. To cater to the current trend, Kaptan Laddi believes that his album may go hand in hand with today’s pop tradition. The name of the album has been kept ‘Charkha Patlo Da’ as the term Charkha is greatly used in Punjab.
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