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ATM guard nabbed with stolen cheques worth Rs 40.47 lakh
3 held for serving fake arrest warrant
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Steel trader robbed of valuables worth lakhs
Over 85,000 students to take Board exams
Hospital plunges into darkness
DDA demolition drive
Cloudy conditions persist
Rains good for crops
Mild tremor can shake 227 buildings in Ghaziabad
Govt schools not disabled-friendly, says NGO
Workshop for corporates held
Meet on minimal access surgery at Ganga Ram
Impure water cause of stomach upsets
Musical soiree at Talkatora
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ATM guard nabbed with stolen cheques worth
New Delhi, February 7 The accused persons have been identified as Rajbir Singh, alias Mahavir, resident of Faridabad and Surender Singh Chauhan, resident of Mandawali. On February 3, the Chief Manager of Indian Overseas Bank, Preet Vihar branch, reported to the police that an account holder, identified as Surender Singh, had deposited a HDFC cheque for Rs 28,320. The HDFC bank sent the cheque back asking for “confirmation from drawer.” When Surender was called to the bank and questioned about the cheque, he could not provide satisfactory answer. Later, Surender told that the cheque was given to him by his tenant, Rajbir Singh, who worked as a security guard at IDBI ATM booth in Noida. In the meantime, the scrutiny of Surender’s account revealed that he had deposited at least eight cheques in his account from January 15-24, out of which six were deposited for an amount of Rs 98,500, which he had withdrawn. Acting on a complaint from the Chief Manager, the police questioned both Surender and Rajbir. During questioning, Rajbir told the police that he was posted at the ATM booth and had stolen several cheques from the cheque box installed at the booth. After stealing the cheques, Rajbir had been absconding, without informing his security agency. After stealing the cheques, he erased the name and rewrote others names on the same for depositing in the banks. Rajbir had given these cheques to Surender and took the money after it was encashed. During interrogation, Rajbir told the police that he had purchased several items like mobile phones, CD players and even given Rs 30,000 as loans to his friends and relatives.
Four robbers held
With the arrest of four robbers, the South-West district police claimed to have foiled a dacoity attempt in the Dabri area. The police also claimed to have recovered two country-made weapons, two button-actuated knives and one iron rod from their possession. Acting on a tip-off that some persons would assemble near East Sagarpur to commit dacoity in the Dabri area, the police laid a trap and nabbed them. The robbers were identified as Moti, Mohan Lal, residents of Uttam Nagar, Kesar, and Jagdish, residents of Dabri. During interrogation, the accused persons told the police that they had planned to commit dacoity at a petrol pump on the Pankha road. In another case, the South-West district police claimed to have arrested three robbers and recovered one stolen mobile phone and a purse from their possession. The robbers were identified as Rishi, resident of Surakhpur, Ravinder, alias Ravi, resident of Bharthal village and Ravinder, alias Nimbal, resident of Bharthal village.
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3 held for serving fake arrest warrant
New Delhi, February 7 The accused persons have been identified as Rajesh Popli “Ahmad”, in the court of Special Metropolitan Magistrate A. S. Awasthi, Vinod, an ex-traffic constable, resident of Uttam Nagar and Harbhajan Singh, resident of New Mahabir Nagar and a traffic warden. The Magistrate, A. S. Awasthi, complained to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate that an advocate, Mr K. P. Singh, had produced a copy of arrest warrant issued to his client for some traffic violation. On checking, the warrant was found without the signature of A. S. Awasthi. It was also found that one Y. P. Singh had gone to the residence of K. P. Singh’s client to issue the warrant. Acting on a complaint from the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, the sleuths, during investigation, found one Vinod had posed himself as Y. P. Singh, a constable in the traffic unit, for execution of the warrant. When Vinod was arrested, he told the sleuths that he was in the traffic unit of the Home Guard two years back and the warrant
was given to him by Harbhajan Singh, who was a traffic warden. Later, Harbhajan told the sleuths that the fake warrant was issued to him by Rajesh Popli in the court of A. S. Awasthi. During interrogation, the accused persons disclosed that the racket was in existence for the last seven years.
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Steel trader robbed of valuables worth lakhs
Ghaziabad, February 7 The police have rounded up two persons, including a maid. Deepak Gupta along with his wife had gone to drop his niece, a student of Vanasthali College near Jaipur when the incident took place. The criminals who came in by cutting the grill of the rear window had taken out Rs 1.50 lakh in cash and jewellery worth Rs 3.50 lakh from the steel almirahs. The theft was discovered on Sunday by his niece, daughter of his brother who lived in the neighbourhood. The police have lifted fingerprints, but no report has been registered yet. The maid and a youth who used to iron clothes opposite Deepak Gupta’s house have been arrested. They are being interrogated as they knew that Deepak Gupta would be away for two days. Interestingly only a few days ago, SSP JN Singh had shifted Inspector Ajay Chaudhry, SO, Sihani Gate police station, for his failure to stem the spate of thefts and crimes in the area. The new SO Randhir Singh has not been able to check crimes or resolve any of the old cases so far.
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Over 85,000 students to take Board exams
Faridabad, February 7 The Board exams will be over by March 22. Stating this, the Board Secretary, Mr Rakesh Gupta, IAS, said here today that the Board was fully prepared to conduct the exams in a fair manner throughout the state. Mr Gupta, who held a meeting this morning with the district officials, including the police department, claimed that the Board would plug all possible loopholes to ensure that the exams were free from the menace of copying or outside interference. He said while copying had been nearly eradicated, the drive to check cheating like impersonation etc was still on. There would be no laxity in its campaign against cheating this year also, the Board Secretary added. Stating that the number of students in the Middle exams had gone up this year, he said the Faridabad district would have about 157 examination centres which had been divided into 16 sectors for proper supervision. As the district has the maximum number of test centres, he said the administration and the police department had assured the Board of all cooperation in holding the exams. The Secretary said Section 144 would be imposed within the radius of 200 metres of the examination centres and declared that any centre where the gram panchayat or the local staff failed to cooperate would be dealt with sternly. The staff would be even shifted to the district headquarters. He said any candidate, who does not receive his or her roll number slip or admit card within time, could download it from the website of the Board. The marking system had been changed effectively to ensure a faultless process and avoid any disadvantage to the examinees, he said. Giving details of other measures, Mr Gupta said changes had been brought in the scholarship scheme for the merit holders. He said some of the conditions attached with the eligibility had been removed from now onwards. The student would not be required to furnish family income proof as all the students of the Middle, Matric and Plus Two, placed in the merit list, would automatically get this scholarship. He said the Board would also be giving cash rewards to the officials and the policemen doing commendable job during the examinations.
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Hospital plunges into darkness
Noida, February 7 Five months earlier also, power supply to the civil hospital, Noida, was stopped. It was restored later after the payment of Rs 5 lakh. It seems the authorities just ignore the fact that the suspension of supply can jeopardise hospital functions–operations, X-rays. It can even damage the equipment and medicine apart from causing inconvenience to a large number of patients who visit the hospital from different parts of the district. The hospital owes Rs 11 lakh to the UP Power Corporation as power bill of entire hospital. The complex has 50 flats for class IV employees, 24 flats of type II and 2 of type III and eight houses for doctors in type IV. The electricity charges for the staff accommodation are fixed which the occupants are willing to pay. However, the problem is about the arrears, they say, which will be paid after the sanctioned budget is received in the hospital.
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DDA demolition drive
New Delhi, February 7 The Bharat Overseas Bank had an extension counter catering to 2,000 customers on a plot the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) says was encroached upon by the Guru Nanak Public School in Rajouri Garden (plot no. G-8). According to the chief manager of the bank, Mr A. K. Malik, the school had revealed no information about the lawful ownership of the site while giving it to the bank on a monthly rent of Rs 20,000. But he denied knowledge when asked if the bank’s site engineers had failed to detect irregularities in the plot before signing the agreement with the school. “It came up there four-and-half years ago. I wouldn’t know what happened then,” Mr Malik said. “But we received no notice about the Friday demolition so that we could shift the facility elsewhere and inform our customers – which are 2,000 in number– about it. We came to know of it only 15 minutes before it happened.” However, the DDA said it had warned the school thrice to remove the encroachments before carrying out the demolition. “They would not listen to us. We did notify the school about our demolition drive and it was their responsibility to tell the bank about it,” said the DDA Commissioner (Land), Mr R. K. Vats. “Being a financial institution, the bank too certainly should have done complete verification of the land it was going to use for its operations.” The police, however, said they could not act on their own when asked if they planned investigations into how the bank and the school had reached an agreement over the unauthorised plot.
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Cloudy conditions persist
New Delhi, February 7 The city was plunged into near darkness for half-an-hour at 8.45 a. m. when thick clouds enveloped the sky, continuing the cloudy conditions in the Capital for the past two days. The Delhiites had experienced cold weather yesterday after rains led to a dip in the day temperature to 18.8 degrees celsius, which was 4 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature this morning was 13 degrees celsius, four degrees above normal. The city received a rainfall of 1.8 mm till this morning against the 7.1 mm recorded yesterday morning. According to the weather office, the weather is likely to remain the same tomorrow with a generally cloudy sky and light rains in some parts of the city. The minimum temperature is expected to be around 10 degrees celsius.
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Rains good for crops
Noida, February 7 According Dr J.P. Singh, an agricultural scientist, the farmers had suffered in the past two years due to dry spell. However, the intermittent rains are beneficial for leguminous
crops. — OC
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Mild tremor can shake 227 buildings in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, February 7 The authority has underscored the risk to cinema houses, central government office buildings and public places. Old cinema houses might just collapse like a house of cards in case of a tremor in the area, it is felt. It is known that parts of NCR stand on a seismic belt, but different authorities have given scant attention to the construction of multi-storeyed residential and commercial buildings in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Delhi, Gurgaon, etc. It seems little has been learnt from tsunami disaster, caused mainly by earthquakes and slipping of plates in Indian Ocean bed. Seismologists are of the opinion that risks of tremor in NCR have increased of late. It seems to have shifted from Zone IV to Zone V in the region. There are multi-storeyed buildings in Old City marked by narrow lanes where fire tenders cannot negotiate. To cap it, the supply of water in water mains is uncertain. GDA secretary Devi Shankar Sharma is understood to have prepared a list of such weak buildings in the city. In Vaishali alone, the number of such buildings is more than 20. Fifty-eight buildings, including Excel Apartments, Radhey Sham Park, SPS Apartments, GT Road Pasunda, Panch Sheel Homes, Shalimar Garden Apartments, Anil Housing, Gaur Sons, Hindukush Towers in Kaushambhi, Regency India Ltd, Vaishali Neelkand Apartments, Prerana Apartments, multi-storeyed flats near Gandhi Nagar-Kavi Nagar flyover have been issued with notices by the GDA for being risky. Most of these buildings are inhibited by thousands of families now, facing a grave risk to their life. Among the buildings in which the government of India offices are located include BSNL, Postal Staff College, CPWD office, ALT Centre, National Test House Nitra Centre, etc.
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Govt schools not disabled-friendly, says NGO
New Delhi, February 7 “One of the reasons for this unfortunate situation is that schools run by the Government of Delhi and MCD are not disabled-friendly and thus, do not attract the children to the schools,” said advocate Ashok Agarwal of Social Jurists, who has now written to the Chief Commissioner, Disabilities, highlighting the apathetic state of educational institutions in the city. Claiming that “conditions of the existing schools is such that the disabled students studying in these schools may be pushed out of the school any time,” Agarwal said there is a “high percentage of dropouts both in government and MCD schools.” He alleged that disabled children have been prevented from receiving education because of “lack of amenities like transport facilities, architectural barriers in schools, lack of supply of books, uniform and other material, non-availability of scholarships, lack of setting up of appropriate fora for the redressal of grievances of parents regarding the placement of their children.” The Social Jurists had earlier filed a PIL in the Delhi High Court, which highlighted that the both the Centre and the Delhi Governments have not till date prepared a comprehensive educational scheme for the benefit of all disabled children studying in the various schools in Delhi, as required under Section 30 of P.D.W. Act, 1995. “The centrally sponsored scheme of IEDC (1976-77) was not in conformity with the provisions of Section 30 of P.D.W. Act, 1995. The scheme was arbitrary and discriminatory as it covers children with disabilities only in 141 schools run by Government of Delhi and does not cover thousands of other children with disabilities studying in other 870 schools run by the Government of Delhi, 1887 schools run by MCD and MCD-aided schools,” Agarwal pointed out. “Despite the cognisance taken by the court on February 19, 2003, no action has been taken till date,”
he alleged. “There has been enough leg work done, there are court rulings and there have been requests and letters…but as far as concrete work goes, there is next to nothing to show. So many students are still out of school and as things stand today there is very little hope that disabled children can actually be integrated into the schooling system,” Agarwal commented.
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Workshop for corporates held
New Delhi, February 7 The theory ‘I’ management has its roots in India centric management principles, which Professor Chaudhuri claims hold the key to India attaining a growth rate beyond that of China. The theory emphasises that Indian firms, including MNCs operating in India, cannot succeed by blindly aping and importing management principles practiced in the West or in any other part of the world. Inspite of India having some of the best management schools and the best reservoir of skilled human talent, our organisations have not been able to live up to world standards, Professor Chaudhuri said. Amongst other reasons, one of the most significant reasons for the failure has been our inability to develop an indigenous management style, which revolves around our cultural roots and upbringing, he added. For example, an Indian grows up in a system where family ties and a sense of belongingness get a top priority. Coming from such an environment, an Indian is uncomfortable where Western philosophy of contractual style of management is practiced, he said.
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Meet on minimal access surgery at Ganga Ram
New Delhi, February 7 The conference is being organised by the Minimum Access Surgery Department of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital under the aegis of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo Surgeons (IAGES). The experts will discus ways and means to reduce complications and failures in Endosurgery, as well
as improving results and setting standards for surgical procedures. According to Dr Pradeep Chowbey, Chairman of the ‘Endosurgery 2005’, the main theme of the Congress is “mechanism of mishaps and risk reduction strategies”, as the practice of Minimal Access Surgery has grown exponentially over the years and has revolutionised its application for diverse procedures in many surgical disciplines. With the publication of guidelines on protocols by reputed surgical associations attempts have been made to standardise surgical procedures performed by minimal access.
IMA concerned over suicide controversy
In a letter to the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, the Secretary General of the Indian Medical Association, Dr Vinay Aggarwal, has expressed concern over the suicide cases reported in the Department of the Neurosurgery, AIIMS. Dr Richit Gupta, a senior resident doctor of AIIMS committed suicide on July 16, 2004 because of alleged repeated harassment suffered by him from the faculty members. In another incident, Dr. Sriniwasan, another senior resident doctor of the same department attempted suicide due to similar circumstances on February 1, 2005. He is now in critical condition in the intensive care unit at AIIMS.
Teachers honoured
The Delhi Sanskrit Academy has honoured Ms Tripti Anand and Ms Vandana Awasthi, Sanskrit teachers of Bal Bhawan Public School, Mayur Vihar, with ‘Sanskrit Saaradhak Samman’ The principal of the school, Mr B. B. Gupta, has been honoured with ‘Vidyalaya Sanskrit Sewa Samman’.
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Impure water cause of stomach upsets
Noida, February 7 In the health camps organised by family hospital, most of the patients examined were found suffering from stomach ailments. About 35 per cent of them complained of stomach ailments while in Sumitra Hospital, which had organised a health check-up camp in Kendriya Vihar, Sector-51, yesterday, the majority of patients were found to be suffering from stomach upsets. Physicians Dr Jyoti Khanna and Dr Vashisht Tandon confirmed that most patients who had turned up for examination were worried about their stomach-related ailments. ENT specialist Dr S.P. Jain said ear, nose and throat ailments were also on the rise, mainly due to impure water and polluted atmosphere in the city.
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Musical soiree at Talkatora
New Delhi, February 7 The finals were held today in Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium, amidst a mesmerising musical evening, featuring performances by renowned singers and special award presentations, besides competitions among the 18 finalists. Music directors Khayam Sahib and AR Rehman, also part of the jury; playback singers Kumar Sanu and Shaan; Ravi Chopra, producer director of ‘Baghban’ and Pinaz Masani, among others, were present on the occasion. The programme started with a lamp-lighting ceremony by noted Kathak dancer, Pt. Birju Maharaj and was followed by a dance ballet directed by Sanjay Vidyarthi. This was followed by the junior, sub-junior and senior category competitions, interspersed by captivating music and dance performances. Some of the awards presented at the event, included outstanding Contribution to Music, AR Rehman; Best Director, Ravi Chopra; Patronage to Music, M S Ramachandran; Best Music Critic, Prof V K Rangra; Best Music Teacher, Pt Deepak Chatterjee; Lifetime Achievement, Khayyam Saheb; Singer of the Decade, Kumar Sanu; Popular Singer Award, Sonu Nigam; Best Male Playback Singer, Shaan. Besides, Sangam Pride Awards were given to Harish Moyal, Rahul Saxena, Aditi Paul, Mukesh Pancholi and Prajakta Sukhre. Each of the category winners was presented with prizes apart from trophies and certificates. Scholarships were also awarded to all the contestants besides other gifts. Some of the contestants would also get an opportunity to participate in the popular programme ‘SA Re Ga Ma’, also sponsored by Hero Honda, while others may get a chance to sing for future projects of BR Films. The 18 finalists, contesting at the event, had been short-listed from more than 400 winners of competitions held across 40 cities of India, including Almorah, Pune, Jabalpur,
Hisar, Dehradun, etc over the past few months. The competitions were held in two categories—films and non-films, in three age
groups.
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The police have arrested two persons, including a security guard posted at an ATM booth in Noida, for stealing and depositing cheques by fraudulent means. The police also claimed to have seized at least 28 cheques worth Rs 40.47 lakh, goods worth Rs 30,000 from the possession of the security guard.
