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Gurgaon Assembly seats witness peaceful polling
Plastic-mixed bitumen to prolong life of Delhi roads
Robbery of cables worth Rs 5 lakh, police yet to crack case
Names missing from voters’ list in Faridabad
GGSIPU to set up legal aid centre
Workshop on advanced dermatological surgery held
Public hearing brings out lacunae in govt schools
MoU on Metro coaches
2 held for snatching
Shortage of life-saving drugs in Ghaziabad
Malhotra demands probe into pole death
Impressive repertoire of tie and dye products
Khaitan student’s condition improving
Commemorative stamp on Singhania
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Former bank secy held for Rs 55 cr scam
Ghaziabad, February 3 Sharma is accused of financial bungle amounting to Rs 55 crore. He is named in eight cases of financial irregularities and usurping bank funds in different police stations of the district. The Ghaziabad SSP Jai Narain Singh confirmed that R.D.Sharma was accused of siphoning off Rs 55 crore from the Urban Co-Operative Bank. The accused was the brain behind the systematic financial frauds, cheating and forging in the bank, the SSP said. Sharma had been sanctioning loans in a fraudulent manner in the name of fictitious firms floated by him. Banks secretary Shailender Bahadur had filed a case for misappropriation of Rs 99,000 by the ex-secretary and his other companions. The accused R.D Sharma was on his way to secure a stay from the Allahabad High Court in this very
case when he was nabbed in the morning. S.I. Surender Pratapsingh and Cop Naresh Kumar had arrested him near Chaudhry Mode. These two cops had been detailed for arresting the accused in which they succeeded, the SSP said.
Eight-year-old sodomised
A young boy was sodomised by three youths in the jungle of Sihani village under Sihani Gate police station in Ghaziabad. Anurag, the eight-year-old son of Ramji Lal (not real names), a resident of Nandgram, was playing outside his house. The youths of the area are alleged to have lured the child away. They gave him some sedative-laced candies and took him to Sihani village jungle. Three of them then sodomised the boy. After committing the crime, the accused fled from the scene. His relatives, who had fanned out to trace him, reached the spot and found the child lying unconscious. The matter was reported to Sihani Kotwali S.O. Ajay Chaudhry, who registered a report under Section 377 IPC, naming the three criminals. The boy has been admitted to District Hospital. The police, Ajay Chaudhry said, are hunting for the criminals.
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Boy rescued from kidnappers in Badkhal Pahari
New Delhi, February 3 The police received a complaint on January 31 from the victim’s father that his son Sanjeev Kumar, alias Sanju, did not return home after he went to play. On January 1, the Sanju’s parents received a call from an unidentified person demanding a ransom of Rs one lakh, failing which the child would be killed. The kidnappers again telephoned the same day and told the victim’s parents to deliver the ransom money at Badkhal Pahari in Faridabad. Based on this information, a special team was constituted and sent to the spot. On spotting the police party, the kidnappers managed to escape, leaving behind the child. Subsequently, the police rescued the child and handed him over to his parents. The child told the police that one of the kidnappers was their tenant and had taken him to Laxmi Nagar on the pretext of purchasing some clothes for his brother. Later, they took the child to Ballabgarh Railway Station and made the ransom calls from there. Based on this information, the police mounted surveillance and received a tip-off that the suspect Anil was residing in Sahibabad in Ghaziabad. Accordingly, the police reached Sahibabad and nabbed the accused. Efforts are on to arrest his other associates.
Stolen truck tyres worth Rs 5 lakh seized
With the arrest of three persons, including a dealer in stolen property, the West district police claimed to have busted a gang of inter-state robbers involved in stealing truck tyres. The police also seized 50 truck tyres worth Rs five lakh and two trucks, which were carrying the consignment. The accused persons have been identified as Jaswinder, alias Kichho, Parvinder Singh, residents of Ludhiana and Gurvinder Singh, resident of Rohini. Acting on a tip-off that three trucks carrying stolen tyres would pass through the Ring Road near Shivaji College, a police team spotted the trucks and nabbed the three persons. During interrogation, Jaswinder and Parvinder told the police that they had stolen the tyres from a godown of Apollo Tyres at Kapurthala Road, Jalandar. They also disclosed that Gurvinder runs a tyre shop near Novelty Cinema in the Capital and had come to receive the stolen consignment from them. The accused persons also confessed to their involvement in several cases of robbery.
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Gurgaon Assembly seats witness peaceful polling
Gurgaon, February 3 Election observer K Sriniwas reached on the spot and ensured that the election process continued without interruption. District Magistrate Anurag Aggarwal informed to ‘The Tribune’ that Gurgaon recorded around 60 per cent, Sohna 75 per cent, Ferozpur Jhirka 65, Nuh 70, Taoru 65 and Pataudi (SC) 60 per cent voting. He added that three villages of Nakhrola, Lohtki and Ulawas in Nuh constituencies and Bhodakala village in Pataudi recorded around 90 per cent voting maximum in the district. No village or organisation reportedly boycotted the election in the district, revealed Mr Aggarwal. He added that in Sector 15, Part 1 polling station in Gurgaon constituency, the majority of the persons did not come out for voting. Out of the 1,700 voters, just around 300 persons cast votes in the polling station, which recorded minimum in the district. The officer added that no person reportedly used the Braille ballot paper, specially designed for the blind in the district. Gurgaon is the only district in Haryana where the experiment for Braille ballot was executed on trail basis to ensure that the blind could also cast their votes in a confidential manner. People’s Action president Sanjay Kaul said that the persons living in the posh colonies were satisfied with the arrangement of the district administration as no untoward incident was reported from any of these parts. Masses exercised their right to vote without fear or intimidation, added Mr Kaul.
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Plastic-mixed bitumen to prolong life of Delhi roads
New Delhi, February 3 The company has its base in Bangalore where it has constructed a two-km road with bitumen mixed with plastic. Plastic was not used earlier for road construction in the country. Director of the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Dr P.K. Nanda said that bitumen mixed with plastic or rubber improves the quality and life of roads. These polymers increase the melting point of the bitumen. Bitumen melts in summer and roads break. If rubber or plastic is mixed with
the bitumen, it does not melt resulting in longevity of roads. He said that concrete roads could also be constructed, but its constriction cost was higher than the other substances used for the purpose. The Deputy Director of the CRRI, Dr Sunil Boss, said that polymers mixed with bitumen increased
the construction cost up
to six per cent, but increased the longevity of roads manifold. He also stresses the use of plastic as it helps improve the environment besides creating a source of income and improving road’s life. He said that plastic of good quality was not used for constructing roads. Polythene bags thrown by people, are often used for this purpose. They pollute environment. The ragpickers collect these bags
from garbage and sell them at a lower price which are then recycled. The Bangalore-based private company purchases these bags from ragpickers at high rates, make powder from it and mix with the bitumen. Three to four per cent plastic is mixed, but it improves the quality of roads. Plastic increases the melting point of the bitumen and makes the road flexible during winters resulting in its long life. The Superintendent Engineer, PWD, Delhi Government, Mr Dinesh Kumar said plastic improves life of roads but it should be properly tested in Delhi because in summer, temperature goes up to 45 degree centigrade. When the concept of rubber-mixed bitumen was brought, it was first tested. A road was constructed
at Rajghat. After getting
a positive result, the
rubber was used for construction of roads. Secondly, the plastic proposal has been given by a
private company. It has no guarantee that in the long run, it will maintain quality control. It is also not commercialised so far. Once it is commercialised, the contract should be given to a government firm so that quality control can be maintained, he advised.
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Robbery of cables worth Rs 5 lakh, police
Noida, February 3 In another case, the killers of the call centre owner’s maidservant continue to be untraced. On December 27, 2004 criminals had looted aluminum wires from a godown in Arthila Khanjarpur village for use in
the newly developing Sector-122. The security guard Vijay Ram of Lal Chand and Co was done to death by the assailants. Another security guard Sugreev of a construction company, Abhi Builders, was also beaten up
and tied. The guards who had resisted the criminals were thrashed and left as dead with severe stab wounds. The criminals had decamped with electric cables worth Rs 5 lakh. Security guard Sugreev was found dead near the village temple next morning while the second guard Vijay Ram was found unconscious in a building under construction. He was rushed to a hospital in Ghaziabad. Since Vijay Ram’s eardrums had been ruptured, he was not able to hear anything. He could not provide the police with any lead about the criminals. The drivers of the dumpers, which had come to unload building material, told the police that some people had come in a canter who were talking to the security guard. Nothing more was forthcoming on the issue. In the second case also, no lead has been developed by the police to trace the killers of Karuna, maidservant of call centre proprietor, Lovesh Chaturvedi under Sector-58 police station. Karma was murdered on November 28, 2004.
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Names missing from voters’ list in Faridabad
Faridabad, February 3 Several persons, who had assembled outside the booths in Prithla village, about 20 km from here and situated on the National Highway, told this correspondent that about 1,000 names had allegedly been missing after the fresh revision of the voter list. According to one Richhpal Singh, a retired teacher, the total number of voters in the village had reduced to about 4500, while it was about 6500 in the last Lok Sabha polls. He also alleged that the officials concerned at the booths in the village were not properly checking the identification of the voters, before allowing them to vote. Another resident of the village said the vote of one Rekha, wife of his neighbour, had been missing. He said an old resident of the village identified as Lekhraj also failed to vote as his name had been ‘struck off’ from the voter list. Residents in the Banchari village another major village, but felling in the Hathin constituency also alleged that names of several voters had been ‘struck off’ this time and as a result they could not vote in these elections.
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GGSIPU to set up legal aid centre
New Delhi, February 3 The Dean of the School, Prof M. Afzal Wani, told the Tribune, “the legal aid centers are being set up within the campus and in association with the Delhi Legal Service Authority to help people seeking legal advise”. Elaborating on the initiative, he said, “there will be a children and family counselling centre in the law school itself, which will allow students to provide the necessary counseling and advise. We are going to have regular Lok Adalat, where we will help settle the cases of the poor and the needy, who are unable to fight their cases, and undertrials, who have been awaiting judgement for a long time.” The children and family counselling centre, Prof Wani pointed out will help children in distress and is also aimed at bringing down the rate of divorce. “Those children who are involved in juvenile crimes and are distressed will meet out students in a happy environment. We are especially doing up a room that will help elevate their moods and allow them to connect to people,” he said. The family counseling section will strive to resolve matrimonial disagreements, thereby, helping in solving disputes amicably and reduce the burden on family courts. “We have been assured of cooperation by the DLSA, which will provide the logistics, and the Executive Chairman of the DLSA, Justice B. A. Khan, will inaugurate the centers on February 5,” said Prof. Wani. He said the university is also in the process of discussing the possibility of court, including Tis Hazari, Karkardooma and Patiala House to engage the students in those cases, which have stretched on for years. Our students can study these cases, verify whether the witnesses are still alive and other vital details. Prof. Wani said that the university is also contemplating setting up of a programme to help in consumer redressal. “We are also thinking of involving all our students from 80 affiliated colleges to participate in the consumer rights protection programme, which is currently being finalised”.
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Workshop on advanced dermatological surgery held
New Delhi, February 3 The workshop was inaugurated by the Drug Controller General of India, Dr Ashwini Kumar, at the Lady Hardinge Medical College in the Capital. The workshop, organised by the Delhi Chapter of Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists, is a precursor to the four-day scientific event, ‘Dermacon 2005’. Key sessions in the workshop included laser lipolysis to burn excess adipose, treatment of white patches and psoriasis and synthetic hair implantation. Elaborating on the `laser lipolysis’ technique, Professor Vijay K Garg of Maulana Azad Medical College said, “this is a non-invasive technique, which can burn fat accurately and safely using special laser beams.” The laser lipolysis technique is an improvement over the traditional liposuction method as the latter involved cumbersome surgery and sucking of fat tissue, he added. “Traditional liposuction required the patient to be put under general anesthesia and many a time surgery led to a lot of complications,” he pointed out. Dr Alberto Goldman, member of the prestigious International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and President of the Brazilian Society for Laser in Medicine and Surgery-South Region, who was in India to perform a live surgery at the workshop using laser lipolysis said, “In laser lipolysis, we use Nd-YAG type laser equipment with a 1064 nm wavelength associated with a Helium-Neon laser”.
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Public hearing brings out lacunae in govt schools
New Delhi, February 3 These are the confessions of scores of students, who challenge the tall claims made by the Delhi Government and the MCD about the measures taken to provide quality education to children. At a public hearing organised in Mukandpur in the Capital recently, local residents highlighted the unsatisfactory infrastructure for education in government schools. With no basic facilities like toilets and portable water, along with the lack of special facilities for the disabled, children often drop out of school. “My son lost his legs, which could have been prevented if the school was nearby,” said a parent. Another complained that despite teachers being appointed in the school, their children are yet to learn even the alphabets. Yet another parent pointed out: “Children cheat during examinations and are promoted to the next class. However, when it comes to the public examinations, they fail owing to the lack of basic knowledge.” Advocate Ashok Agarwal of the Social Jurists, who organised the public hearing, said that considering the grievances of the parents, the number of government and MCD schools should be doubled. “At least five government and five MCD schools in Bhalaswa-Jahangirpuri area should be declared residential schools. A government school should be opened in Mukandpur area while the government and the MCD should ensure availability of basic physical and academic infrastructure in the existing schools to ensure quality education,” he said. He also demanded that “action should be taken against the erring teachers.” The people’s ire was also targeted at the area MLA and the municipal councillors for their failure to pay attention to the school-related problems. “Prior to the election, the local MLA cracked the ceremonial coconut three times on the proposed government school land and assured immediate construction of school. However, after the election, the MLA did not even visit the area,” a Pradhan of the area told the gathering. Blaming the government for not paying attention to the plight of the children, Agarwal pointed out, “there are one lakh child labourers in Jahangirpuri–Bhalaswa area, but there are insufficient schools. The government and the MCD have failed to provide quality education to 47,000 school going children in the area.” “The government has been violating the fundamental right to education of the children with impunity,” he alleged.
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MoU on Metro coaches
New Delhi, February 3 The MoU was signed in the presence of DMRC Managing Director E Sreedharan by the CMD of BEML, Mr VRS Natarajan, and Director (RSE) of DMRC, Mr Satish Kumar. The second phase of the Delhi Metro, consisting of about 53 kilometres, is under the consideration of the government.
Mobile Expo
India’s first exposition of mobiles, ‘Mobile Expo 2005’, is being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry in association with Indian Cellular Association, from February 9-12 at the Pragati Maidan in the Capital. The participants at the expo include the leading players of mobile industry and handset makers.—TNS
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2 held for snatching
New Delhi, February 3 With a spurt in snatching and auto-lifting cases in the district, the police spotted two persons on a motorcycle without helmet and fake registration number. After failing to satisfactorily answer the queries of the police, they confessed to have stolen the motorcycle from Sarojini Nagar.
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Shortage of life-saving drugs in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, February 3 It has resulted in acute shortage of life-saving medicines like Cortvin, Topaz, Campos, Dilax, Proxivin, Bootaproxivin, etc in the market. The patients and their families panic due to the shortage of medicines. Many of these medicines are allegedly available in black market. The needy patients and their family members have to cough up two to four times the normal price of the medicines. According to the General Secretary of the Federation of UP Chemists and Druggists, Suresh Gupta, if no amendments are affected in the NDPS Act, it will lead to a serious shortage of these drugs. Under rule 67 of the NDPS Act, the chemists will have to make out three copies of the form 7 for each formulation. Two of them have to be sent along with dispatches and they have to retain the third for three years. There are over 5,000 brands and formulations many of which have come in the market recently. One wholesaler will have to face at least 200 chemists and file thousands of copies of forms. It will consume a lot of their time. Officiating CMO, Dr SK Singh said chemists want some amendments in the NDPS Act and it is exactly for this reason that they have stopped the sale and procurement of some life-saving drugs.
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Malhotra demands probe into pole death
New Delhi, February 3 He was speaking during his visit to the house of the victim in Okhla. He also demanded Rs 5 Lakh
as compensation to the parents of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh for those two children who got
seriously injured during this incident. Mr Malhotra said that the incident was an apparent example of the carelessness of the BSES and he also held the Delhi government responsible for the incident. He said that after privatisation, sub-standard material was used in making of electric poles and the result was before them. Mr Malhotra said that the Delhi government should initiate an inquiry into the matter and also should check all the other poles for their quality check to avert such eventuality
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Impressive repertoire of tie and dye products
New Delhi, February 3 Organised by Association of Corporations and Apex Societies of Handlooms (ACASH) in association with the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, tie and dye handlooms reflects the rich cultural diversity of the country through the hands of the weavers and most importantly is also a platform to revive age-old weaves with a contemporary and fashionable look for the discerning Indian customer. It is an earnest effort to boost the unknown artisans and craftsman and keep alive the rich timeless heritage. It provides a platform for the weavers from all parts of the country to showcase their products on a much wider scale and interact with the consumers directly. In the Tie and Dye Handloom Expo, the focus will be on handwoven tie and dyed sarees, duppattas, fabrics, furnishing materials, made-ups, ready-made garments, etc. in cotton, silk and wool. There will be 40 stalls for retail sales, presenting handwoven
tie and dye products from five major handloom states of the country, i.e., Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. These products will reflect the amazing repertoire of Indian tie and dye products ranging from the distinctively designed patolas from Gujarat, Sambalpuri from Orissa, Pochampalli from Andhra Pradesh and Bandhini from Rajasthan and Gujarat. The lkat techniques of Bhulia Meher, Gaudia Patra and Asani Patra weavers of Orissa-known for their single and double lkat technique both in cotton and silks of the Nalgonda weavers of Andhra Pradesh, of the Patan weavers of Gujarat and the Laheriya fabrics from Rajasthan, will all be on sale.
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Khaitan student’s condition improving
Noida, February 3 He is almost stable, inform the doctors attending on him. A Vth standard student in Khaitan Public School, Sector-40 Noida, Michael had slipped from the school staircase on January 25 and received serious injuries. Since then, he has been treated in the Neuro Science department of NMC in Sector-30, Noida. According to Dr Laxman Das, head of Neuro Surgery department, Michael has sustained serious injuries on his head apart from fractures. His left kidney and spleen, which were bursted, have been removed. According to Dr Roshini Mehta of Pediatric department, Michael had been unconscious till Tuesday, but there was some improvement in his condition yesterday. Unless he attains consciousness, we have to keep our fingers crossed. All are praying for his recovery, she said. Michael’s parents, Zorin and Nidhi Singha, are hearing and speech impaired. His father works in BPL.
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Commemorative stamp on Singhania
New Delhi, February 3 Praising the vision of Padampat Singhania, the Director of J K group, Mr Hari Shankar Singhania, said, “Padampat Singhania had envisaged a highly efficient industrial environment for his country, which is reflected in the growth of JK group.” The Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Dr Shakeel Ahmed, highlighted the active participation of Padampat Singhania in various social initiatives.—TNS
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Gurgaon,
February 3
