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Five held for double murder, 92 TV sets seized
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Man killed
brutally
Corruption case filed against SI
Massive hike
in price of consumer items
DDA barred from building in Motia
Dilli Haat car park not a distant dream now
Two cops promoted for successful CP operation
Fresenius group to donate cash, goods to tsunami-hit
College donates Rs 1 lakh for victims
Grand old man of Haryana appeals for value-based politics
Prestigious DDA contract for DSIDC
Hyderabad MC delegation visits Town Hall
BJP wants Scotland Yard-type policing
Resignation of INLD MLA flayed
Cong ticket aspirants set to file nominations
Three minor girls rescued
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Five held for double murder, 92 TV sets seized
New Delhi, January 10 The accused have been identified as Pramod Tyagi (24), Satish Kasana, alias Pintoo (25), Amit Tyagi (18), residents of Agra and Lokesh Kumar (34) and Brahm Prakash (25), both residents of Gautam Budh Nagar. On January 2, the police received a tip-off that a gang involved in robbing over 100 colour television sets of Sony company would be coming from Karol Bagh towards ISBT. They would be in a stolen Opel Astra car and had also killed a truck driver and a cleaner in Mathura, the police were informed secretly. Accordingly, the team intercepted the car and nabbed the occupants near DCM Chowk. During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they had hired a room at Panchwati in Ghaziabad and stored the TV sets for disposal. The police were able to recover 92 sets and efforts were on to recover 100 more from their possession.
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Two held for robbing businessman in Ashok Vihar
New Delhi, January 10 The accused have been identified as Ajay Kumar Paswan, alias Gabbar (19), resident of Azadpur and Virender Yadav, alias Vicky, alias Chottu (21), resident of Burari. However, two of their associates identified as Kailash and
Pappu, both ‘kabaris’, escaped under the cover of darkness. The police also recovered Rs 9 lakh along with two country-made weapons from their possession. The victim R K Jain (44), who runs a plastic factory, told the police that he was robbed of Rs 9 lakh by four armed persons while he was returning along with his partner Kamal Daga (50), in his Santro car on the fateful night. Based on the complaint, a special team was constituted and the portraits of the suspects were also circulated. The team received a tip-off that the suspects would assemble on January 9 near Chandrashekar Azad Colony to distribute the booty. Accordingly, the police reached the spot at around 9.30 pm and found four persons moving in a suspicious manner. They were asked to surrender. However, the suspects started firing at
the team. The police retaliated and managed to overpower two of them while two escaped. During interrogation, the duo told the police that Kailash and Pappu used to meet R K Jain regularly at Azadpur railway station. The police have launched a hunt for Kailash and Pappu.
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Suspected of robbery, servant beaten to death
Greater Noida, January 10 The son of Gaj Raj Singh is alleged to have mercilessly beaten the servant, identified as Arun Kumar Sharma, at his farmhouse after suspecting him of being involved in a theft at the farmhouse. The Dankaur police have registered a murder case and are on the lookout for the accused. The injured servant was somehow able to sneak out and reach his home in Meerut. He was rushed to a hospital where he passed away due to the internal injury inflicted upon him. A report was filed in Meerut. According to the Dankaur police, Arun Kumar Sharma of Shastri Nagar, Meerut, was employed at the former Nagar Palika chairman’s farmhouse, where a theft had taken place. Gajraj Singh’s son had mercilessly beaten him, leading to some serious internal injury. He died in Meerut on January 8. On a report filed by his father, a case under Section 302 has been registered against Gajraj Singh’s son in Dankaur police station. The accused is absconding, S O Raghav said.
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Man killed
brutally
Ghaziabad, January 10 The victim’s family has lodged a murder report naming the factory owner and three workers. None of the accused has been arrested by the police while a number of workers and their families created a ruckus of protest in the factory. Raj Kumar, 21, son of Betaal Singh, was employed in a factory owned by Rinku Gupta in Arya Nagar, Thirty workers are working in that factory, where bucket handles are manufactured. On Saturday, Rinku Gupta and his three workers,
Yogesh, Chander and Sushil, are alleged to have forcibly taken of Rajkumar’s pant and filled his body with air by forcing the air compressor’s nozzle into his rectum. As a result, blood ooze from his eyes, nose and mouth and later he lost consciousness. He was rushed to Guru Teg Bhahadur Hospital, where he breathed his last on early Sunday morning. On Sunday, about a hundred workers, their relatives created a ruckus in protest against the factory management. On victim’s father’s Bataal Singh’s compliant, the police have registered a murder case against the factory owner and three
workers. — OC
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Corruption case filed against SI
Ghaziabad, January 10 A case has been filed against the sub inspector, identified as Jatinder Singh, in the Indirapuram police station by the Anti-Corruption wing. Another case has been registered in the same police station against his brother and two others for having committed fraud and cheating, it is learnt. Inspector V. P. S Malik of the Anti- Corruption Department, Meerut, has lodged a report in the Indirapuram police station alleging that Jatinder Singh had owned property worth Rs 29 lakh while he was posted in this police station in 2001. In view of his salary and length of his service in the Police Department, SI Jatinder Singh could not have owned property worth more than Rs 9 lakh, Malik has stated. Another case under Sections 420, 406, and 120 B of IPC has also been registered in this police station against Jatinder Singh, in which his brother Rajveer Tyagi of Muzzafarnagar, Baldev of Vaishali and Ashok of Noida have also been named. They have been accused of having usurped a plot of Nathu Sweet House, Vaishali. They had issued fake cheques to the owner of Nathu Sweets. These cases have been filed after preliminary inquiry on the complaints filed by the owner of Nathu sweets, Inspector Malik said.
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Massive hike
in price of consumer items
Noida, January 10 Sugar and jaggery are selling at Rs 23 and Rs 20 a kg respectively. The prices of vegetables, cooking oil are also touching a new high while the availability of cooking gas has become scarce in the city. The prices of consumer commodities have been shooting during the last about 20 days when sugar was selling at Rs 16.50 a kg. The upward trend started on December 23, when price of sugar suddenly shot up to Rs 17.50 a kg. The prices of cooking oil have shot up by about Rs 2 during last few days. The prices of wheat flour, according to traders, have also shot up by Rs 50 a bag, while prices of ghee and cooking oil are also up by Rs 2 a litre during last few days. The small shopkeepers do not rule out the possibility of these commodities being stocked in godowns by the big boarders. If this trend continues, lower and middle-class people will be compelled to give up tea drinking. Sugar and jaggery are already missing from people’s
kitchen. — OC
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DDA barred from building in Motia
New Delhi, January 10 Delivering the restraint order, a Division Bench of Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice S K Kaul also sought status reports from the DDA, the MCD, the Government of Delhi and the Traffic Police in this regard within two weeks. The order came on a PIL filed in 2003 by Paharganj Timber and Plywood Traders Association, which alleged that the local authorities have not constructed a multi-level parking lot at plot No 5 of the six-acre land owned by the DDA in Motia Khan. The area was earmarked for the purpose. Petitioner’s counsel Pawan Bindra had submitted that the traders/shopkeepers were facing problems of parking and there was traffic congestion due to the non-availability of parking space in the area. The court turned down DDA counsel Rajiv Bansal’s plea not to pass the restraint order, and give more time to the agency for building the car park. It said unless such an order was passed, the DDA officials would not pay any heed to it. The court took exception to the DDA’s plan to construct some shops in the area earmarked for the multi-level parking lot.
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Dilli Haat car park not a distant dream now
New Delhi, January 10 According to the director (PR) of NDMC, Mr Madan Thapliyal, the NDMC is going to construct several other parking lots during this year, but the proposed car park near Dilli Haat is a priority on its agenda. “Before starting the construction work of this parking lot, we will get its feasibility report by our in-house experts as Dilli Haat and the place earmarked for the construction of parking lot are situated over a huge drainage. If everything is right, we will construct the parking lot for about 150 vehicles,” Mr Thapliyal said. He said that Delhi Tourism has been insisting on the car park for long. They even suggested the land, a big chunk of unused land of the horticulture department of NDMC near Dilli Haat. They even promised to give us a big part of income generated from the proposed parking lot. So we are quite serious about this project, he said. The administrator of Dilli Haat, Mr Zakir Ali, said, “More than 3,000 families visit here every day. Most of them come on their own vehicles. With the NDMC initiative, not even the visitors to Dilli Haat, but those visiting INA Market will also be benefited,” he said.
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Two cops promoted for successful CP operation
New Delhi, January 10 The two policemen, constable Narender and ASI Brahm Dev, were today promoted as Head Constable Narender and SI Brahm Dev for maintaining professional approach in the whole operation. Constable Narender came to Connaught Place yesterday evening for some personal work. He noticed some persons moving in a suspicious manner between F and N block, Inner circle, Connaught Place. He could sense that they were heavily armed. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Anita Roy said that Narender immediately passed on the information to his seniors and soon three teams reached the spot and took positions. At around 6.25 pm, one team stationed near DSIDC, the other near a wine shop and the third near a Chinese restaurant. At 6.40 pm, one Hyundai Accent car came from the middle circle and parked near a tourist information centre. One Ford Icon and an Indica car also reached near the Accent car. In the meantime, one team took their car and parked it near the cars of suspicious persons in order to block their way. When Narender and Brahm Dev went near the cars to inquire, two persons sitting inside the car, pushed the policemen and tried to escape. In the commotion, one of the criminals even fired at the policemen who fired in retaliation. None of them received any injuries. The two were soon overpowered and identified as Salman, resident of B K Dutt Colony and Sanjay Kumar, resident of Panipat. Two of their accomplices sitting in Indica car were also nabbed. They were identified as Dinesh and Dharambir, residents of Panipat. Their two other associates sitting inside the Ford car were also nabbed while they tried to escape towards Palika Bazar. They were identified as Sompal, resident of Panipat and Krishan Kumar, resident of Karnal. The police also recovered two pistols, a Chinese and an Italian, from their possession. Roy said that the accused were involved in several cases of murder, attempt to murder, dacoity and Arms Act in Delhi and Haryana. They had come to Connaught Place to commit some crime. Appreciating the efforts of her team, Roy said it was due to the presence of mind and professional approach of Narender that the operation was a success.
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Fresenius group to donate cash, goods to tsunami-hit
New Delhi, January 10 Dr Ulf M Schneider, chairman of the management board of Fresenius AG said, “We are deeply moved by the suffering caused by the disaster in Asia. To offer swift and unbureaucratic assistance, we have organised an immediate aid package that includes cash donations, life-saving medical supplies and construction assistance for medical facilities. Our subsidiaries in the region are in close contact with the local aid agencies and will handle some of the donations directly.” Fresenius Medical care will donate five hundred thousand dollars and Fresenius Kabl will give five hundred thousand pounds for aid work in the affected region. A major part will be used to provide financial support to various aid agencies in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Fresenius will donate vital medical supplies to the hospitals in the region and life-saving products and services for patients with kidney failure. Fresenius employees have also voluntary collected donations in many countries, including one fund-raising programme in India where colleagues agreed to donate a day’s pay to the victims in the disaster region. Meanwhile, Plan International has said that the crisis centres would be set up by the Childline India Foundation, a network of non-government organisations that endeavours to promote child rights and prevent child abuse in all parts of the country. The centres would be set up in Chennai, Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Pondicherry, Kanyakumari and Port Blair. In each district, the services would be extended to about 40 villages and would focus on the 0 to 18 age group, especially those who have lost both or one parent.
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College donates Rs 1 lakh for victims
New Delhi, January 10 The college has raised the money by calling off the annual day celebrations. “We cancelled our annual day celebrations from which we saved Rs 50,000. The rest of the amount was raised from the amount chipped in by the staff and students,” Dr Chopra said. While the 30-odd teachers and nearly 40 non-teaching staff have contributed a day’s salary, the students have also chipped in a day’s allowance. “The college raised funds during the Kargil war and the Gujarat quake. We are just continuing the tradition by contributing our mite to help tide over this calamity,” Dr Chopra said.
ESIC team in tsunami-hit areas
The medical relief teams deployed by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation in the tsunami-affected areas of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala have, over the last five days, treated over 11,000 patients.
— TNS
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Grand old man of Haryana appeals for
Faridabad, January 10 He has appealed to all political parties, particularly his own Congress party to field honest and dedicated candidates in order to ensure that they prove their worth and are able to fulfill the aspirations of the voters. A freedom fighter, Mr Gupta was elected to the Lok Sabha for three terms in 1952, 1962 and 1967 elections. In a statement issued here yesterday he stated that the issue of corruption had become the central problem for the Indian political system. The large-scale corruption, he stated, was eroding the fundamental values associated with democratic experiment in our country. He said it was time that the Congress party took the lead in cleansing the political system by selecting candidates with clean image. As the president of the state unit of the Congress party from 1961 to 1968, Mr Gupta recalled the “easy method” used by him to select the party candidates for the Assembly elections. He said one of the main criteria for selection was the “image” of the candidate. He said he had once cancelled the ticket of one of the candidates from Ballabhgarh after he came to know that the candidate had paid Rs 50,000 to a party functionary so as to enable him get the ticket. Highlighting the role of principles, he said he voted for a particular candidate in the Presidential election even though the party leader had tried to pressurise him to follow another line. He did not bow to the pressure and acted according to his conscience.
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Prestigious DDA contract for DSIDC
New Delhi, January 10 Calling it an unprecedented achievement for the DSIDC, Managing Director Jalaj Shrivastava said that the Corporation won the contract after competing openly with the private sector. “We would be now in a position to approach the government for award of more works and projects so that we may contribute to the infrastructure and beautification of Delhi in the context of the 2010 Commonwealth Games,’’ Mr Shrivastava said. He said that during the last five years, the DSIDC undertook projects worth over Rs 600 crore. The Corporation’s Works Division developed 1,800 industrial plots within a record period of 18 months in Bawana, where the industries from the non-confirming areas had been asked to be shifted in line with a Supreme Court order. DSIDC Chief Manager Jagjiwan Bakhshi said the Corporation, which won the prestigious ISO 9001 in 2000, did a lot to relocate industries. It developed 2,000 acres of land in record time, overseeing in the process 143 km of road works, 150 km of water pipe lines, 260 km of storm water drains and 140 km of sewerage pipe lines. The Corporation has been entrusted with the construction of 15 combined effluent treatment plants for 21 industrial areas of Delhi. Of this, 10 plants have been completed, eight of which have been commissioned, Mr Bakhshi said. Appreciating DSIDC’s work, the Delhi Government has entrusted to it construction projects like a co-educational polytechnic at Rohini (a World Bank project). The Corporation has also launched a Rajiv Gandhi Housing Project–a self-financing cost-effective housing at Bawana for industrial workers.
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Hyderabad MC delegation visits Town Hall
New Delhi, January 10 Explaining various activities of the MCD, the Mayor told the delegation members that every office of the MCD was being computerised. Citizens Service Bureau have been opened in all 12 zones of the MCD where on-line service is available. In the field of sanitation, zero solid waste management strategy has been introduced by the MCD under which biodegradable and recyclable waste are collected separately. The Mayor also told the delegation about the production energy from solid waste. The plant will be set up soon in Delhi. Besides, Mister University International, Vi-Cheng Hu and Miss University International, Robai Musilivi Khamasi, also met the Mayor and apprised him of their visit to India was to create awareness amongst people for world peace. Their mission is to visit all countries of the world to make world peace a global venture.
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BJP wants Scotland Yard-type policing
New Delhi, January 10 Party chief Harsh Vardhan today urged Home Minister Shivraj Patil to make arrangements for such a training, citing what he called a ‘grave’ law
and order situation in the Capital. He said the crime was escalating in the Capital. A businessman was robbed of Rs 9 lakh on Saturday. ‘’The capital is also being termed a haven of rapists,’’ he alleged. ‘’No special arrangements have been made to prevent the increasing number of crimes,’’ Mr Harsh Vardhan said in a statement here. The BJP chief had accused the Congress-ruled Delhi government of corruption and inefficiency on Sunday, saying that the Capital was facing a crisis in the supply of water, electricity, LPG, kerosene, sugar, steel and food.
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Resignation of INLD MLA flayed
Faridabad, January 10 Mr Rawat, who had been considered close confidante of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, announced his resignation from the party yesterday. He is the first senior leader of the party in the district to leave before the coming elections, reportedly due to non-assurance of party ticket. Reacting to this development, Mr Rishi Pal, a senior leader of the INLD here, said, “what else could be expected from him”. He claimed that Rishi Pal failed to come up to the expectations of the people, who had elected him in the last elections. He said if Mr Rawat had been popular and had worked hard, there was no need for him to seek the ticket of other parties.
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Cong ticket aspirants set to file nominations
Faridabad, January 10 The incumbent MLA from Palwal, Mr Karan Dalal, who had joined the Congress party a few months back, has declared that he would be filing his nomination from the Palwal seat on January 14. Talking to The Tribune here yesterday, Mr Dalal claimed that he had completed the preparation for the filing of the nomination papers and had even started his campaign in the constituency. When reminded that the party high command was still to declare the candidates, he said his candidature was almost certain. It may be recalled that the nomination papers could be filed from January 10 to January 17. With the Congress party expected to announce the list of the candidates within the next couple of days, there seem to be a spurt in political activities in the various parties. A number of candidates have even started preparing the ground work for moving away from their mother party to a new combination if denied a party ticket.
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Three minor girls rescued
New Delhi, January 10 According to the president of Sawera, Mr Anand Sharma, the three girls were Heena, Seema and Jyoti (not real names) who were told by the traffickers that they would be employed as beauticians in Mumbai and paid quite well. Three women–Sultana, Akhtari and Razia— have been arrested who were trying to take these girls
to Mumbai. Stop had been watching their activities for many days. The three minors are now in the custody of the NGO. The case was registered in the North-West district police station.
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Man held for opium worth
Rs 2.5 lakh
New Delhi, January 10 Acting on a secret information that one Nanhe Singh (35), resident of
Bijnour, UP, who has been supplying opium in Delhi, would be coming near the fish market in
Ghazipur, the sleuths swung into action and seized a plastic container carrying 12.5 kgs of opium from his possession.
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Course in hospitality administration
New Delhi, January 10 The programme has a duration of one-and-half year during which the students will have to complete five
courses. — TNS
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New Delhi, January 10 The Sangat, under the leadership of Raja Singh Sethi, appealed to the Sikh community that Katha on Guru Granth Sahib should be organised in every Gurdwara to help the youngsters understand the message of the religious text. — TNS
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