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City cops go into overdrive for R-day
No place to bury the dead in East Delhi
Conversion camp by DDA on Jan 22
7 observers for polls in Faridabad
Depressed executive jumps to death
Uttaranchal cop held with charas
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Mobike medics to administer snap aid to sick
Happy days are here again for Indraprastha College
Most modern bus terminal at Sarai Kale Khan
DDA to turn Bhalasva Jheel into tourist hot spot
Industrialists getting raw deal in master plan: BJP
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City cops go into overdrive for R-day
New Delhi, January 18 As the threat perception is still strong, a thick blanket of security has been thrown around the city; the police has sought the assistance of para-military forces and other security personnel in protecting the Capital from terrorist infiltrators intending to disrupt the celebrations. “We have made elaborate security arrangements and every thing is in place. We won’t take any chances as there is a serious threat from several militant organizations wanting to disrupt the parade,” said a security official. The police have already obtained the list of VVIPs who are on the hit list of terrorists and round-the-clock security and surveillance is being provided to them. Besides, round-the-clock surveillance has been mounted at airports, railway stations and ISBTs to check the intrusion of unwanted elements. All the district DCPs have been instructed to keep their staff alert and asked to sanitize the district for making the Republic Day parade a success. The district police have also asked their men to check guesthouses and market places and alert the public that they should inform the police if they come across any suspicious activity in their area. The Delhi Police have also alerted the police chiefs of neighbouring districts in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab; the vehicles coming from across the borders would be subjected to intensive checking. Pickets have been erected at several strategic locations inside the city
and vehicles would be checked for illegal arms and ammunition. The district police have also deployed sleuths in plainclothes to develop local intelligence and inform the police of any infringement of law
and order. The police has also sought assistance of spotters who specialize in anti-sabotage attacks. Over 100 policemen from various states would be part of the group. One day before the Republic Day celebrations, the entire parade route would be sanitized to avoid any untoward incident.
Satta racket busted
New Delhi, January 18 Acting on secret information that some persons were involved heavy betting on England versus South Africa and Bangladesh versus Zimbabve cricket matches, the police raided a premises in the Govindpuri area and arrested two persons. They were later identified as M G Sridhar and Anil Kumar alias
Neelu. — TNS
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No place to bury the dead in East Delhi
New Delhi, January 18 According to the president of the Indian Cultural Society, Mr Ashraf Khan, the problem has become so serious that one comes across an older grave when one tries to dig for a new spot. “Even as 10 to 12 bodies are brought here every day, there is no space for a single grave in the five acres of the graveyard. We have written to the authorities a number of times in this regard but nothing has been done so far,” he added. The Delhi Government had earmarked a big ground at Shastri Park in the East Delhi area for the development of another graveyard to mitigate the problem about five years back. Unfortunately, no further initiative has been taken so far, said the local MLA, Mr Mateen Ahmad. The Welcome Colony graveyard was developed about 40 years back. Initially, it was being used jointly by the Muslim and the Hindu community for more than 15 years. Later, two separate cremation grounds have been developed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for the Hindu community residing in this area. However, the five lakh Muslim population residing at
Seelampur, Welcome, Zafrabad, Wazirabad, Janata Colony, Brahampuri, Maujpur, Vinay Mohalla etc have no other option but to find a place for their dead at the Welcome Colony graveyard. In many cases, the families have to trek a long distance to other graveyards, causing additional pain and discomfort to the already grieving family members.
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Conversion camp by DDA on Jan 22
New Delhi, January 18 Conveyance deed papers will be distributed in those cases where the conversion papers have already been received and the case stands approved. The pending conversion cases will also be processed on the spot, especially wherein deficiencies have been conveyed to the applicant, who has completed the requirements. Besides, fresh conversion applications will also be accepted at the site through Central Bank of India and State Bank of India. The members of the group housing societies can purchase the conversion application form, costing Rs 50, from the DDA office at Vikas Sadan in the Capital. The residents, whose conversion cases are either pending with the DDA or have already been rejected by it due to no-response from applicants, are advised to avail of the opportunity to get their cases finalised. The allottees of co-operative group housing flats at IP extension, who wish to apply afresh, are requested to obtain the conversion application form from the DDA in advance and attend the ‘conversion camp’. In the ‘conversion camp’ held earlier in October, 2004 at the IP Extension, as many as 75 cases were settled on the spot, 150 conveyance deed papers were issued and 675 new conversion cases were received. The information about pending cases, along with deficiency of each case, are also available on the DDA website www.ddadelhi.com Ever since its inception in 1957, the Delhi Development Authority has pioneered the process of development in the city. The DDA has aimed at a balanced development of the national Capital with a healthy and secure environment for its residents.
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7 observers for polls in Faridabad
Faridabad, January 18 These officials include six IAS officers and a senior official of the Indian Revenue Service. While one of them will be keeping a watch over the expenditure being incurred by the candidates during the poll process, the IAS officials will work as independent authority to overlook the process and report to the Commission about the any irregularities. This is perhaps for the first time that a senior administrative official has been made an observer in each of the Assembly segment during the election process. According to the authorities concerned, Mr Kulvinder Singh, IRS, has been made the expenditure observer for all the six Assembly segments, who will monitor the expenses of the candidates and see that it does not cross the expenditure limit of Rs 10 lakh set by the Commission. The general observers appointed for the various constituencies include Mr Vijay Kumar Singh, IAS, for the NIT (Faridabad); Mr Satya Gopal, IAS, for Mewla Maharajpur; Mr M. A. Khan, IAS, for Ballabhgarh; Mr Kamal Dayani, IAS, for Palwal; Mr K. Shivarama, IAS, for Hassanpur; and Mr Prasahant, IAS, for Hathin constituency. The district election officials have released the address and the contact number of every observer. While a Helpline number (2225454) has been released by the election office here for the benefit of the voters in the district, the authorities concerned have also stated that any person could visit the official website of the Election Commission (ceoharyana.eci.gov.in.) to have more information about the election process. The candidate can withdraw their name by January 20 and the polling will be held on February 3. Meanwhile, even as 78 nominations were found to be in order after the scrutiny process, as many as 11 nominations were rejected in the district for the six Assembly seats today. As many as 89 nominations were filed in the district by the last date yesterday. According to the district election authorities, a maximum of four nominations were rejected in the Ballabhgarh Assembly segment.
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Depressed executive jumps to death
Noida, January 18 The police believe that the youth was suffering from depression. According to sources, the youth was seen talking to someone on his cell phone before he jumped from the sixth floor. The floor in front of the reception where he fell was covered with blood. The security staff identified him as Sudhir Verma, an employee of the Mall. He was rushed to the nearby Max Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Informed by the police about the tragedy, Sudhir’s father, Mr S. S. Verma, and his family members rushed to Noida from Faridabad. According to sources, the family confessed that Sudhir had been suffering from depression for the last
few days. Investigation of his cell phone records confirmed that Sudhir had called his father and brother at his home on reaching his office on Monday. The Superintendent
of Police, City, Mr A. K. Jain, also confirmed this information. According to GM of the Mall, Mr Arif Sheikh, Sudhir was a pleasant person and did not appear under depression when he joined duty after 5 days of
leave recently. According to sources, Sudhir was very fond of his brother Samir and had talked to him before jumping from the sixth floor of the Mall.
Youth ‘beaten up’ in police station by SP leader
Noida, January 18 The youth had been accused of beating the younger brother of the Village Pradhan, who was earlier accused of molesting
a girl. According to reports, when the brother of the Village Pradhan reached home after being thrashed for his misbehaviour, the Pradhan was enraged. The Village Pradhan went to the Sector-24 police station and had the youth summoned to the police station. On his arrival, the youth was soundly beaten up in the police station in front of the policemen. Later, the police was understood to have got a compromise letter “signed by both the parties”. Even as the Circle Officer said he had no knowledge of the youth being beaten up in the police station, he confirmed that the Samajwadi Party leader
had informed him about the assault on his brother on phone. The SO was directed to look into the matter. However, the SO, Mr Veer Vikram Singh, said that both the parties had compromised after the youth was beaten up in Sector-22 for molesting a girl. Some of the policemen, who had earlier confirmed that a youth had been
beaten up in the police station, “later found it advisable to go back on their statements”.
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Uttaranchal cop held with charas
Noida, January 18 They had come to Noida to sell the drugs to a customer. The police are on the lookout for the person who was to receive the consignment. According to the Circle Officer, Mr Sewak Ram Yadav, the police received a tip-off that some drug peddlers were coming to the area to pass on a consignment to a customer. The police arrested the two accused, identified as Rajkumar and Sudhir. Rajkumar is a constable in the Uttaranchal Police, posted in Pithoragarh police station, said the police. Both have been booked under the Narcotics Act.
Kid battered
to death
Ghaziabad, January 18 The police have arrested the accused from his house. The father of the child, identified as Bundu, a washerman, had gone to Hapur with his wife to get some medicine, leaving their four sons and two daughters in the house. Mubarak, the five-year-old son of the washerman was playing with other children in front of their house. According to reports, there was a small quarrel among the children. One Rukum Jatav, alias Sonu, dragged Mubarak, who had quaralled with Sonu’s sister, to the road and repeatedly banged his head against the road, which resulted in the child’s death. Bundu’s brother, Shabir Ahmed, filed a report in the Hafizpur police station
in which Rukum has been named. The police have arrested Rukum from his house. According to the villagers, Rukum is mentally unstable and normally kept bound with ropes.
UPFC defrauded of crores
Noida, January 18 The frauds came to light when the loaners had failed to deposit instalments and the MD of UPFC, Mr Suninda Prasad, issued orders for the recovery of loans. Now the guarantors are being pressurised for recovering the loans. More than a dozen persons from Delhi and UP had procured industrial loans and run the factories for sometime only to abscond later. Later, the UPFC officials learnt that the defaulters had sold off or taken with them the machinery and equipment of the units also. The UP Finance Corporation officials had failed to undertake proper scrutiny of the loaners and their antecedents. The UPFC then issued the recovery challans to more than a dozen defaulters, but when the officials went to contact them, they found that all the addresses given were fake. The General Manager, UPFC, Mr D.K. Gupta, said some loaners had left the premises without depositing their instalments. It was at this stage that the HO had issued the recovery challans. Now, some of the loaners have deposited instalments worth Rs 30 lakh till last month, Mr Gupta added.
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Mobike medics to administer snap aid to sick
New Delhi, January 18 The service will give early medical access to victims of accidents, heart attacks, stroke, home accidents, drowning and gynecological and pediatric emergencies. The mobility of bikes will provide for a safe and rapid response with advanced life support equipment, which will include oxygen cylinder, defibrillator, life-saving drugs and fluids. The ability of the bikes to outmaneuver any vehicle in traffic snarls also ensures that first responder services provide the fastest response time possible to the sick or the injured. It is designed to decrease response times for the delivery of advanced and basic level care in congested areas. These bikes will be staffed with a paramedic and an emergency medical technician. The bike medic team will serve as an adjunct to the current ambulance system. As a first responder, the bike medic team will carry enough equipment to manage care for life-threatening emergencies while awaiting the response of a transporting ambulance. The team will be in constant communication with staff and on-site emergency personnel via two-way radios and cellular telephone. When a call for assistance is received, the bike medic team will respond and a fully staffed ambulance will be concurrently dispatched to the scene. The Apollo Hospital will provide this free service to the citizens of Delhi staying within a radius of 10 kilometres of Apollo Hospital. The call number for this service is 1066. The Managing Director of Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Ms Anne Marie Moncure, said that the availability of globally recognised and recommended facility would greatly supplement the emergency healthcare infrastructure in the national Capital.
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Happy days are here again for Indraprastha College
New Delhi, January 18 The Indraprastha College for Women is the only college of Delhi University to offer a three-year honours course in mass media and mass communication. It is also the only women’s college to have a swimming pool. The history of Indraprastha is really the history of women’s higher education in north India. Quite befittingly, therefore, two of the very senior staff members have authored a book titled “Women’s Education and Politics : The women’s movement and Delhi’s Indraprastha College”. Lieutenant Governor BL Joshi will be the chief guest on January 24. Ms Mitchell Marginson of the Australian High Commission will be the Guest of Honour. The founder principal of the college was an Australian. The college has accordingly signed a memorandum of understanding with Deakin University of Australia for an exchange of staff and students and collaborative research. The additional director general of defence accounts, Ms Anjali Ahluwalia, will be the alumni guest. It has been a tradition of IP College to invite an old student guest on the college day function.
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Most modern bus terminal at Sarai Kale Khan
New Delhi, January 18 The more than Rs 80 crore ISBT would be ready by 2008. It would have handling capacity for 1,000 interstate buses and 500 local ones a day. It would have all the latest facilities like satellite railway booking centre, waiting, retiring rooms and dormitories, shopping arcade and cafeteria besides solar electricity back-up, effluent treatment plant and rainwater harvesting system. The five-storey building would cater to all buses coming from adjoining states that enter Delhi from the Faridabad side. The Centre would be a big step towards beautification and decongesting the Capital, Ms Dikshit said. On the occasion, Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf said it would also help in reducing pollution. Legislator Tajdar Babbar hoped that the complex would also address the present problem of water stagnation in the area. The Public Works Department was executing the project.
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DDA to turn Bhalasva Jheel into tourist hot spot
New Delhi, January 18 According to MLA, Mr Zile Singh Chauhan, “We are planning to develop this place as a popular amusement park on the lines of the famous Essel World of Mumbai. We have already acquired 127 acres of land from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for this purpose. Now, we will spend about Rs 30 crore to transform this place.” “Under the first phase of the project, the lake will be cleaned and a Chath Ghat will be construct on the bank of the lake. We are also toying with the idea of introducing boating and other recreational facilities. We are also planning to develop a park and construct a mini stadium in this area. We are talking with some foreign firms, who have ample experience in this field, for a tie-up to make this dream project a reality. The work will start by the end of this year and is expected to be completed by the end of 2007,” said Mr Chauhan. Mr Chauhan said that the exercise was part of the drive carried out by the DDA and other agencies in East Delhi area, keeping in view the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in which some events have been planned at the Vivek Vihar-based Yamuna Sports Complex. The residents of some of the East Delhi colonies are happy that finally the authorities were taking some interest in developing the areas, which have been neglected for long. Several Residents Welfare Associations
(RWAs) have welcomed the proposal.
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Industrialists getting raw deal in master plan: BJP
New Delhi, January 18 “After looking into the master plan lakhs of industrialists are angry because they do not find any future for them” Dr Harsh Vardhan said. He demanded that industrialists should be categorically told about the steps being taken by them to protect the industries from being finished. He alleged that instead of making provision for regularising the industries running in nonconforming areas, the government has made provisions for removing lakhs of industries being run in Delhi in the new draft. “The government,” he said, “is cheating the industrialists … Where are the sites to which Delhi’s one lakh industries shall be shifted in the NCR?” Meanwhile, the party today presented one more cheque of Rs 18 lakh to the BJP Calamity Relief Fund. The party had earlier contributed Rs 18 lakh and 80 tonnes of relief material for the victims of the tsunami disaster.
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Central Bank presents cheque
New Delhi, January 18
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DPCC raises Rs one crore
New Delhi, January 18 Present in the delegation were Union Minister of State for Overseas Indians Affairs Jagdish
Tytler, Member of Parliament Sajjan Kumar and others. — TNS
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Satta racket busted
New Delhi, January 18 Acting on secret information that some persons were involved heavy betting on England versus South Africa and Bangladesh versus Zimbabve cricket matches, the police raided a premises in the Govindpuri area and arrested two persons. They were later identified as M G Sridhar and Anil Kumar alias
Neelu. — TNS
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Mercury expected
to dip
New Delhi, January 18 The weather office has forecast a drop in the temperature in the next 24 hours in view of the heavy snowfall in Shimla and adjoining areas yesterday. The mercury in the Capital today dropped to 8.6 degree Celsius, almost the same as recorded yesterday.
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Artisans showcase wares in Kashmir Expo
New Delhi, January 18 Fifty-three artisans from Kashmir are showcasing their products at the Expo. Aimed at promoting sale of Valley’s traditional handicrafts, the Expo has stalls from many award-winning artisans. Mr Farooq Renzu, Director, Information, hoped that the turnover at this year’s Expo will exceed last year’s figure of turnover of five crores. He said Kashmiri influence was increasingly visible in interior design patterns in big cities. The Expo is being held near Hanuman Mandir on Baba Kharag Singh Marg.
— TNS
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Three killed in accidents
Faridabad, January 18
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