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Wedding vows add to traffic woes
Mathura Road’s gain is Ring Road’s loss
18 lakh devotees take dip in Ganga
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Chautala on whirlwind tour as polls near
Newborn girl abandoned in hospital
New treatment to eliminate joint replacement surgery
Criminals make a killing as cops make themselves scarce
Cops stall cremation, retrieve body
Diploma holders held for chain snatching
Stone laid for PG institute at RML
INLD to gherao Parliament
Automated Metro
3-month-long fest begins
Briefs
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Wedding vows add to traffic woes
New Delhi, November 27 With the police having assured “co-operation” and claiming to have made all arrangements to meet the rush of weddingwallas, the invitees’ are working on an itinerary that can take them to more than one wedding without having to spend most part of their time caught in an endless jam. Sunday being the day when most couples will be wedded in the hope of a happy and lasting union, not just are the banquet hall managers, florists and decorators at their wits end…Those having to subscribe to protocol are complaining as well. Asked to choose between ‘his side’ and ‘her side’ of the family could prove to be Herculean task. And then again, darting from a wedding in the posh and preferred Mehrauli to an equally big affair in the precincts of Electronic City Noida could mean participating in a hurdle race. Each major intersection proving to be an obstacle. “We have two cars, so half the family will attend a wedding in Dwarka and the rest will go to a wedding in Rajouri Garden. However, this still means declining at least two other invitations,” said a South Delhi-based banker. As if making it to the wedding is not a task in itself, reaching on time is another cause for concern. More so with the priests, who owing to their pivotal role in the weddings, are in great demand. It was pointed out that on an average, each priest, who has been engaged to conduct a wedding, has to solemnise at least two more on the same day. Despite being pressed to provide “their best” at each wedding, florists, music bands and even the horse carriage providers are smiling their way to the bank. Fourteen thousand weddings have translated into an “obscene amount of money” if one were to just run their eyes over the finance sheets. While everyone seems to have managed a sumptuous piece for themselves from this huge wedding pie, the wedding planners are raking in the maximum, what with ‘Mr and Mrs Money bags’ having paid for that “different” set up. From decorating the place with exotic orchid and tempting the guests with mouth-watering specialities from across the world, they have also earned from instructing the hosts on how to “wrap presents”. And if anyone were left wondering why November the 28, the explanation being offered is that the day is the most auspicious day for marriages and engagements as the Sun and Jupiter are on ‘uttarayan’. And if anyone was left wondering why Sunday, November the 28, the explanation being offered is that the day is the most auspicious day for marriages and engagements as the Sun and Jupiter are on
‘uttarayan’.
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Mathura Road’s gain is Ring Road’s loss
New Delhi, November 27 This happened because drivers diverted their vehicles to the Ring Road to avoid the Mathura road near the Trade Fair venue. According to the police officials, “Owing to the extensive publicity in the newspapers, the commuters opted for the Outer Ring Road area, leaving the inner roads free. Result: the traffic on Mathura Road near the Trade Fair was easier to negotiate than on most days in the year. However, the traffic police were nonplussed when it came to maintaining traffic on the ring roads. Thousands of vehicles could be seen proceeding at a snail’s pace from Nizamuddin Bridge to ITO bridge. On the other hand, the police had made adequate arrangements with the help of the Women Cell of Delhi Police to check petty crime in the trade fair. A number of college girls were also deployed in plainclothes. The police sources said that they had registered more than 300 cases since November 14 during the Trade Fair. The DCP, New Delhi, Ms Anita Roy, said that today they had registered 34 cases under different sections of IPC.
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18 lakh devotees take dip in Ganga
Ghaziabad, November 27 Though there were poor arrangements, especially of lighting and drinking water, the fair passed off peacefully on the whole. According to official sources, a total of 18 lakh devotees, including those from UP and other states took a dip in the Ganga. The devotees also took part in a number of other religious ceremonies for the peace of their ancestors. Though cleanliness was better on the entire Braj Ghat, clean drinking water was not available. The visitors had to drink the polluted water supplied by the Municipal Corporation. Another irritant was the lack of adequate lighting in the area, especially on the bathing ghats. Hundreds of devotees had strayed into deeper water for want of proper barricading. Volunteers and divers rescued them. All the arrangements made by the authorities for the Kartik Mela went awry, especially on the Isnan Path. The unorganised mass of people wanting transport for the return journey resulted in traffic jams. The policemen on duty simply appeared helpless. Many of them looked the other way with the hapless people left to fend for themselves.
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Chautala on whirlwind tour as polls near
Faridabad, November 27 The Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala’s one-day tour of the district tomorrow may be one of the most hectic in the past five years, as he will be presiding over at least 10 different functions in just seven hours. Perhaps for the first time, he will be chairing three ‘Sarkar Apke Dwar’ programmes, in a single day in the district during this tour. According to the district authorities, the Chief Minister will reach
Hathin, a small sub-divisional town in the Mewat region at around 10 am on Sunday to hear the grievances of this Assembly segment. It will be the first such programme for this segment under the fifth phase of the ‘Sarkar Apke Dwar’ programme, launched this year. Ironically, it is claimed that several of the schemes, announced earlier in such programmes, were still to be completed, while the supporters and workers of the ruling INLD party claim that the majority of the works had been either completed or were nearing completion. At about 12 noon, the Chief Minister will be laying the foundation stone of a residential sector to be developed by the Haryana Urban Development Authority at Bahin village in the district. The third function will be held at the same village where he will be inaugurating a veterinary hospital, built at a cost of Rs 21 lakh. It is claimed that the residents of about 15 villages will be benefited by this facility.
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Newborn girl abandoned in hospital
Noida, November 27 According to a hospital staff, it had been left at about 11 pm two days ago. The baby was brought in, tended properly and then a search was launched for the missing mother. The hospital doctors and staff just do not know how to handle the case. Meanwhile, some people queued up to adopt the child who has been given to an attendant, Sharda. The hospital authorities have informed the police station in Sector-20. The two baby girls, abandoned earlier, are still in the hospital in the care of ward boy Ravinder and his wife Madhu while the second girl is being looked after by staff nurse Urmilla. According to CMO, Dr A.K. Sharma, people forsake unwanted newborn children in the hospital, finding it a safe haven. These kids are mostly born out of wedlock, he added. So far six newborn children have been abandoned in the government hospital, Noida. In 1994, a child was adopted by a policeman. In 2001, two children were adopted by a staff nurse and a person known to the hospital staff. Those left this month have been given in the charge of a ward boy Ravinder, staff nurse Urmila and the hospital attendant Sharda.
Woman shot at near police post
Some criminals on a motorcycle sped away after shooting at a woman in Khora Colony in a broad daylight. The incident took place near a police post. Ms Manju, 27, wounded in her hip was rushed to a hospital. Police have reportedly recovered an empty cartridge from the spot. As Manju along with another woman was passing in front of a police post, two youths on the bike fired at her. Some eyewitnesses tried to note down the number of the bike, but full number was not written on the numberplate. The assailants fled towards Mayur Vihar. Some people feel that Maju was hit accidentally; the assailants’ target was someone else, perhaps a policeman. The police are investigating the matter.—OC
Porn CDs seized,
two held
Greater
Noida: The Kasna police in Greater Noida seized a large number of porno and duplicate CDs from electronic shops in Tughlakpur market. Two shopkeepers have been arrested and a number of blue and duplicate CDs of well-known companies recovered from their shops. Some of the shopkeepers hurriedly downed their shutters to evade the police raid. Super Cassette industries, it is learnt, had lodged a complaint with police about the sale of fake CDs of their company which was putting the company to a great financial loss. Over 1,800 CDs from Akash Electronics and 437 from another shop were seized. SO Kasna Alok Sharma said that the stickers of Super Cassette Industries had been pasted on most of the cassettes and the shopkeepers were selling them
openly. — OC
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New treatment to eliminate joint
New Delhi, November 27 However, what many are unaware is that it could be an injury to the delicate surface of the joints, which are medically referred to as chondral injuries. Left untreated, they rarely improve and cause further discomfort, increased disability and eventually permanent damage to the joint, a condition for which we have a familiar name-arthritis. Until recently, there was hardly any treatment available to deal with such problems, either medically or surgically. A team led by Dr Raju Vaishya-Senior Consultant, Orthopaedics, at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, has introduced a revolutionary technique called Autologus Cartilage Implantation (ACI) to treat these injuries. ACI is a tissue engineering approach for the treatment of articular (Joint) cartilage defects. It involves collection of chondrocyte cells from the patient’s joint through a keyhole surgery and then multiplying them in a sterile culture laboratory. With time, the regenerated cartilage displays a similar physiology and load bearing capacity to that of normal cartilage, and thus avoids the need for total joint replacement. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Vaishya said, “It gives us great pleasure to bring this revolutionary new technology to India, which will not only provide a reliable treatment method for joint injuries, but it will also eliminate the need for expensive and complex options like joint replacement surgeries. We are also very happy for the presence of Dr Henderson, who is one of the pioneers of this technology.”
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Criminals make a killing as cops
Greater Noida, November 27 Most of the police personnel, including circle officers (COs–DSPs) and staff officers in charge of police stations, hitherto used to remote control from Ghaziabad, were found absent from their stations. The new SSP who believes in surprise checks, himself had a surprise in store this time as he could not find any information about the whereabouts of COs of Greater Noida, Dadri, Javers and staff officers in charge of several police stations. The SSP began his inspection trip at 12.30 am and went to Kasna police station where the SO had gone AWOL. “He is sick and sleeping,” his colleagues told the police chief. The chief then ordered the cops to check as to who among the SOs of
Kakode, Rabupura, Javer and Jahangirpur police stations and COs of Greater Noida, Dadri and Javer were on night patrol duty. He could not get any information about them. At Surajpur police station, the SSP was told that the SO was on night patrol. He then went to Surajpur police control room, but could not find clue to the whereabouts of COs. The police chief became quite angry and gave an earful to the persons present. He told them to get their act together and improve the law and order situation in the district. In the aftermath of his inspection tour, some heads are expected to roll.
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Cops stall cremation, retrieve body
New Delhi, November 27 According to the police, the victim, Usha, wife of Dinesh, allegedly succumbed to injuries sustained here last night, when a bullet fired during wedding festivities at the Preet Vihar Community Center hit her. While no formal complaint has been lodged with the police, an anonymous caller informed the cops at nine am today about the mishap. The police then stalled the cremation and recovered the partially burnt body of the woman from Nigambodh Ghat; they have taken it into custody for the post-mortem examination. The police said that the post-mortem, which is likely to be conducted in the next 48 hours, would help ascertain whether the woman actually died of a bullet injury. A complaint has been lodged in the Preet Vihar Police Station and investigations are on to ascertain whether the deceased woman was related to the family of Om Prakash Gupta, who were hosting the wedding.
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Diploma holders held for chain snatching
New Delhi, November 27 The police have seized one Pulsar motorcycle, 4 mobile phones, 5 credit cards and one master key from their possession. The police arrested the duo at the Rangpuri police check post. The police claimed to have solved two cases of snatching registered against them in Gurgaon. During interrogation, they confessed that on November 17, they snatched 2 mobile phones, US $ 200 and Rs 3000 from a lady in Udyog Vihar in Gurgaon. Of the two accused, Pawan Kumar is a diploma holder in Mechanical Engineering while Gaurav Kumar is a Hotel Management diploma holder.
Five held for statue theft
The Delhi Police have arrested five accused, including three juveniles, for their alleged involvement in the theft of a statue of Dr Keshav Bali Ram Hedgewar from a park in Keshav Puram on November 25. The arrested persons have been identified as Lambu Shukla and Sonilal Gupta. During interrogation, the accused confessed that they had stolen the statue for money. According to a well-laid out plan, they removed the statue at night and took it to Subhash Place in Saraswati Vihar area. Next day, they sold the statue for Rs 3000 to one Ashok Shukla of Inderlok. The police said the accused persons had no criminal background and had committed the crime purely for making a fast buck.
Three arrested with stolen car
The Delhi Police have arrested three persons, who were travelling in a stolen Maruti car. Arrested after a brief encounter, the police seized a self-actuated knife and one country-made pistol from them. The car was stolen from the Mandir Marg area, the police said. The three suspects have been identified as Ravinder, alias Tinu, Satish Jangra and Satish, alias Sanichhar. The police said that Ravinder was a school dropout and a resident of Jhajjar and has many criminal cases registered against him.
Life term for murder
A Delhi Court today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing a person and injuring another, when they objected to his eve teasing in the Jehangirpuri area of North West Delhi. Besides sentencing the accused Vijay to life imprisonment, the Additional Sessions Judge imposed a sentence of five years on co-accused Sunil. The victims were identified as Pappu and Suleman.
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Stone laid for PG institute at RML
New Delhi, November 27 The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Mrs Panabaka Lakshmi, Mr J. V. R. Parsada Rao, Secretary (Health), Government of India, and Dr S. P. Agarwal, Director-General of Health Services, were present on this occasion. Dr R. M. L. Hospital, which was established in 1932 by the
British Government, is a premier hospital in the country. It is not only organising excellent healthcare in various specialities and super-specialities but also providing post-graduate medical education for the last four decades in various disciplines of medicine and surgery. The hospital has the latest state-of-the-art equipment, vast teaching material and other facilities like library, conference room etc., for the training of postgraduate and post doctorate students. The Centre has decided to set up a full fledged Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research attached to this hospital. This institute will provide quality medical education, besides pertinent research and also produce specialists and super-specialists for the country. The building of PGIMER is expected to come up in another two years period, at an estimated cost of Rs 43 crore over an area of approximately 4 acres. The proposed multistoried building for the institute will consist of an administrative block, seminar rooms with all the facilities of audio-visual presentation, computer centre, state-of-the- art library, auditorium, research laboratories, hostels and guest house. Forty-nine postgraduate seats and 20 post doctorate seats in Cardiology, Nephrology, Gasteroentrology, Neurology, Endocrinology, Neuro-surgery, CTVS, Paediatric surgery, Burns and Plastic and Urology are proposed every year.
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INLD to gherao Parliament
Gurgaon, November 27 Mr Narender
Rathee, a functionary of the youth wing of the Haryana unit of the INLD, said that the rise in prices was due to the faulty polices of the Congress-led United Democratic Alliance
(UDA) at the Centre. Mr Rathee objected to the remarks of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) leaders against the rise in prices during the NDA regime. Dwelling on the organisation front, he said that units of the INLD student wing will be set up in all the colleges of the state by December 2. He pooh-poohed the reports of anti-incumbency factor against the INLD government. The dynamics of assembly elections are different from those of parliamentary elections,
he claimed. The INLD was streets ahead of its opponents, especially the Congress, as far as the coming assembly election was concerned. Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala has emerged as the fulcrum of democratic means for realising the aspirations of the masses, Mr Rathee added. He said that the youths of Haryana have completely identified themselves with Mr Ajay Singh Chautala. He praised the present government for undertaking a number of development projects in the state in its four years of rule. The inventory of the completed projects would equal the achievements of the 40 years of Congress rule, Mr Rathee added.
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Automated Metro
New Delhi, November 27 The system enables optimum efficiency and energy conservation, as trains on the underground section will run at optimum maximum speed.
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3-month-long fest begins
New Delhi, November 27 Swami Atmabhishek Saraswati, of the Bihar School of Yoga, initiated students into yoga and meditation, Mr Subhendra Rao gave a Sitar recital and Ms Vanashree Rao presented a Kuchipudi dance.
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Bhoopi entertains shoppers
New Delhi, November 27
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Briefs
New Delhi, November 27 Scheduled to be held on December 1, the march will include women from across the country. It was pointed out that the protest march will highlight the crimes that are taking place in
the society. Citing examples of girls as young as five and six years being subjected to traumatic experience like rape, the AIMSS said a delegation of women will also present a memorandum to the Chief Justice of the country and to the Prime Minister urging them to take effective steps to check the increasing crime against women in the country.
Demand for change in
EMU timings
The Dainik Yatri Sangh (DYS), an association of daily railway passengers, today demanded the change in timing of the EMU running between Delhi and Aligarh
via Ghaziabad. In a letter to the Northern Railway, the DYS has demanded that the departure time for the EMU from the Delhi Railway Station be changed from 1.20 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. The daily commuter have reasoned that the present timing has been found to cause inconvenience to the office goers as well as to the large number of students who travel to the national Capital for education. The Secretary of the DYS, Mr M. S. Dubey ‘Bijnori’, has alleged that instead of helping the commuters, the Northern Railway has been changing the train timings without considering its adverse impact on the daily
commuters.
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