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Govt schools: Time to turn over a new leaf
3,500 phones dead in Noida
Industrial units hit hard by prolonged power crisis
SI held for taking bribe
Youth murdered in Hapur
Stolen NCR cars sold in Nepal
Four booked for corruption
Suicide in AIIMS
16-yr-old dies of high fever
Monsoon may hit S Andaman Sea in 48 hours
Airports should be tourist-friendly: L-G
Remove illegal squatters in Safdarjung: HC
All 10 Navyug schools to be upgraded
CT scanner launched at Kailash Hospital
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The trials of admission begin...
New Delhi, May 25 The admission process for the undergraduate courses of Delhi University that begins on June 1, will be no less than a battle for seats. Over one lakh students have cleared the exams from Delhi alone and what’s more, over 1,000 of them have scored well over 90 per cent. The sheer number of students applying to the university has prompted the officials to clarify that while there may not be enough seats, there will be no dearth of application forms. Assuaging the fears that like last year, there might be a shortfall. “There will be plenty of forms, we will give only one form per person, but in special cases a single students will be allowed two forms. One ICR form allows them to apply to eight colleges and 10 courses of their choice,” said Dean Students Welfare, Prof S. K. Vig. Listing out the details of the admission process, acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof C R Babu said applications for admission to various courses in the 79 colleges of the university would be accepted from June 1 to 15. Students can either fill up separate forms brought out by the colleges or apply through the Common Pre-Admission Form (ICR) which would be available at 16 Information Centres spread across the North and South Campus of the university, he said. Forms for some colleges can also be submitted through the Internet. However, students can fill additional forms if he/she intended to have a still wider choice. Prof Babu pointed out that applications forms can be purchased and submitted at any of the 16 Information Centres. The university will, however, not entertain forms sent through post, private agencies or middlemen. The first admission list will be put up on June 25 and eligible candidates can take admission between June 27 and 29. The second and the third list will, thereafter, be displayed on June 30 and July 5, respectively. A fourth list in case of any vacancy will be notified on July 9, just days before the session starts on July 16. For those wishing to enrol themselves for the non-formal stream of education, applications for the correspondence courses offered by the University can be submitted from June 27 to October 31. It was also pointed out that the ICR forms have been made student friendly following the feedback received last year. Changes have also been made in the forms for the reserved sections and the special categories and instead of digital numbers they will have to be filled using normal numbers.
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CBSE X results today
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Govt schools: Time to turn over a new leaf
New Delhi, May 25 This year the dip in the overall percentage may have been a marginal 1.38 per cent, but stakeholders are concerned about the increasing disparity between the public and the government schools. “Each year, the results of the public schools have been improving. The results of the government schools, on the other hand, have not shown much improvement. This, when millions are being spent on them each year,” complained the president of the Delhi Abhibhavak Mahasangh, Vijendra Kumar Gupta. Blaming the government for not doing enough to bring the education in their schools at par with that of the public schools, he said, “There were tall claims of computerisation that would change things. There were workshops and training sessions, but all promises and assurances have come to naught.” Mr Gupta adds, “It is not just the pass percentage that we have to consider, we have to understand that there is a very small number of students who are scoring well. A majority of those who have passed have scored a third division, which is hardly anything to feel pleased about.” However, former Deputy Director of Education P C Bose cautions against putting the blame on the administration alone. “One has to remember at all times that most of the students who come to the government-run schools are either first-generation learners or from really impoverished backgrounds. You cannot expect miracle of them.” Mr Bose adds, “One has to show patience…things improve with time. There has been a considerable improvement and there is scope for more.”
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3,500 phones dead in Noida
Noida, May 25 The Noida telecom staff has been trying to change the damaged cable for the last two days. The fault in telecom underground cable has affected the phone lines in industrial and residential sectors. According to information, the Noida Authority staff had dug up earth for laying a service line in Sector-10 to reduce the load of traffic on the main road. While the Noida Authority JCB was digging the earth, the main underground cable of telecom also got snapped in this operation. According to the BSNL authorities, the Noida Authority workers had continued their bulldozer operations, even after the cable were snapped. This is reported to have caused extensive damage to telecom cable network. Over 3,500 phone lines in Sectors, 10, 11, 12, 21 and 25 have been affected. Optical fiber of four pairs of 100-line each, three pairs of 400 lines and four pairs of 1,200 telecom lines have been completely damaged costing over Rs 1 lakh. According to the SDOs, V. P. Yadav and R. K. Sharma, BSNL will have to bear an additional loss of Rs 50,000. The damaged cable and lines will need another 24 to 30 hours time to completely restore the telecom connections.
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Industrial units hit hard by prolonged power crisis
Faridabad, May 25 The supply, which remained switched off for at least eight hours in various duration yesterday, was more irritating since the wee hours today. With a total of about nine cuts of the duration varying from 30 minutes to two and half hours till 4 pm have been reported today. “We could not do any production in our unit since last evening as the cuts were very frequent, claimed an entrepreneur based Sector-24 here. He said the supply has affected badly to the industrial and manufacturing units in the town for the past about a week and many of the units had to shut down the operations or lay off some it’s staff due to supply problems.” Faridabad has over 20,000 industrial and manufacturing units of various natures at present, which provides employment to thousands of residents in direct or indirect manner. The population within the civic limits here had been over 14 lakhs and it has been the biggest city as far as population is concerned. Kailash Sharma, a resident of Sector-10, said that it is one of the worst situation on the power front, which the city has been experiencing since past few years. He said hardly anybody had expected such a situation after the new government came into power in March last. He claimed that if things continue to remain like this for some more days, then the only option left for several people
i.e. to move out to other places. Master Rishipal, a senior leader of the INLD here, condemned the supply disruption and claimed that it is a direct victimisation of the consumers, who had been paying their bills on time. People may to come on roads, if the problem is not sorted out soon, he added. Claiming that the power cuts have thrown the normal life out of gear, social activist Mr K. L. Gera, demanded shifting the inept officials of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and an intervention by the Chief Minister himself to provide an immediate relief to the people on this front.
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SI held for taking bribe
New Delhi, May 25 The accused Sub-Inspector Puninder Singh, posted at Amar Colony police post, was arrested last night while accepting Rs 30,000 out of Rs 50,000 demanded as bribe. The CBI said that Singh had demanded the money from the complainant, who was an accused in a property dispute with his father. The complainant was on interim bail in the case and Singh had allegedly assured him that he would help convert it into normal bail if the bribe was paid. The sleuths are also conducting raids at Amar Colony police post and Singh’s house.
Drug smugglers’ gang busted
With the arrest of three persons, the Inter-State cell of the Crime Branch today claimed to have busted a gang of drug smugglers in the Capital. The gangsters used to smuggle drugs from Bihar and the gang leader identified as one Shesh Nath had several men to transport them from the state. The accused were identified as Noor Mohammad, alias Babu Lal (65), Dalip Paswan (21) and Manoj Kumar Gupta (19), all residents of Bihar. Acting on a secret information that some persons were involved in drug smuggling, one Noor Mohammad was nabbed on May 20 from Peera Garhi Chowk and four kgs of charas were recovered from his possession. On the same day, the sleuths managed to arrest his associate identified as Dalip Paswan from Paschim Vihar area. Again four kgs of charas were recovered from him. Based on their information, their associate Manoj Kumar Gupta was arrested from Moti Bagh area on May 24 and one kilogram of charas was recovered from him. During interrogation, the accused revealed that Shesh Nath employed several persons for transporting drugs from Bihar to Delhi. The accused used to pack the contraband neatly and then wrap it in buffalo skin and sprinkle some salt on it. They said that the salt would absorb the water from the skin. The accused also disclosed that the maximum quantity of the drugs used to be sold in Jhajjar, Rohtak and Sonepat districts of Haryana. Three snatchers caught With the arrest of three persons, including a receiver of the stolen property, the East district police today claimed to have busted a gang of snatchers. The police also claimed to have solved at least nine cases in the district. They were identified as Sunny (20), Vikram Kumar, alias Vicky, both residents of Gandhi Nagar and the receiver Sonu, resident of Old Seelam Pur. While the police personnel were on routine duty near Krishna Nagar area, they heard a woman’s voice and noted that two persons on a motorcycle snatching a chain from the
victim. — TNS
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Youth murdered in Hapur
Ghaziabad, May 25 Noor Mohd, father of the victim, Saleem, has lodged a report with the Hapur Kotwali police station, naming Uleem, Naushad and Billoo, sons of Mohd Ali and reportedly real brothers. The murder has taken place in Mohalla Mewatiyan at 5 p.m. yesterday, the police said. Saleem is reported to have had a quarrel with the three accused who decided to teach him a lesson. They forcibly took Saleem to a slaughterhouse yesterday evening and severed his head with a sharp-edged weapon. The heinous crime came to light when Saleem failed to reach home yesterday night. His father and others who set out to look for him, found his body in the butchery. The police have launched a hunt to nab the accused.
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Stolen NCR cars sold in Nepal
Noida, May 25 As a matter of fact, luxury cars stolen from different parts of the country are also being sent to Nepal “on demand”, according to reports. Some 47 stolen cars in 2003, 154 in 2004 and 201 in 2005 (till May 1, 05) are reported to have found their way into the Himalayan Kingdom. In Noida, Sector-20 police station tops with 57 stolen cars followed by Sectotr-39 police station with 33, Sector-24 police station with 29 vehicles and Sector-58 police station with 26 cars. The whole business of sending stolen cars to Nepal is being handled in very organised manner by gangs of high profile vehicle thieves in both the countries. The gangs are reportedly patronised by some smuggling dons, Maoists organizations etc. Most of these vehicles ply with red or blue lights atop. These stolen cars, according to the UP police, allowed into Nepal with a Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 “Line” per vehicle at the border check post. The cars are allowed to cross the border “after receipt of the line” only. Payment of line is the usual system for smuggling of goods from one country into the other and vice-versa, it is learnt. The gangs, which are operating in cities near border like Kanpur, Gorakhpur, have their links on the other side of the border. These gangs usually prefer costly cars like Balero, Mahindra, Maruti Zen, Lancer, Honda City, which are normally stolen from Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and nearby NCR towns. Once these are transported to border towns, the operations are taken over by agents on the border, who ensure that vehicles cross over to Nepal. Some vehicle thieves, who were held recently from different parts of the state, have given details of these gangs and their operations. The joint teams of Delhi and Noida police are now leant to have finalised a strategy to nab the kingpins of these gangs, the police said.
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Four booked for corruption
Gurgaon, May 25 The police registered the case on a complaint by the Deputy General Manager of the firm, Mr Arvind Gupta, against three of his employees and another Delhi-based firm Gupta Sales Corporation. The employees of the firm allegedly used fake billings in connivance with the Gupta Sales Corporation causing loss of several crores to Jindal Pipes Ltd. In the complaint, it was pointed out that while fraud of over Rs 26 lakhs has been established by the audit team of the firm, inquiry into other cases are on. No arrest has been made so far.
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Suicide in AIIMS
New Delhi, May 25 The deceased identified as one Vipin Kumar, resident of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, had been mentally ill for the last 12 years. The victim was being treated in Lucknow. He was brought by his brother today to the OPD block in AIIMS when the incident took
place. — TNS
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16-yr-old dies of high fever
Noida, May 25 According to the doctors in the District Hospital, the victim, 16, Praveen, was brought to the hospital in very serious condition. He was vomiting white foam from the mouth and breathed his last soon after reaching the hospital. The government hospital doctors, however, said it did not appear to be a case of meningitis. The boy was running high fever for about eight
days. — OC
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Monsoon may hit S Andaman Sea in 48 hours
New Delhi, May 25 According to the Met office, conditions have become favourable for the onset of monsoon over South Andaman Sea during the next 48 hours. The new statistical model prepared by the Meteorological Department suggests that the South West monsoon is likely to arrive in Kerala on June 7. The model, based on six parameters, has a forecast error of three days. The delay in arrival is not expected to impact the monsoon which is predicted to be near-normal with rainfall expected to be 98 per cent of the long period average. Mr B P Yadav, Director, IMD, said cross equatorial flow of winds had been observed near the South Andaman Sea with the area showing signs of cloudiness. He said there was no relation between the date of arrival of monsoon in Kerala and its subsequent performance. The monsoon could pick up speed and make up for the delay or become slower. He said the majority of statistical models suggest that El Nino (warming of equatorial Pacific waters) will be neutral in most of the monsoon period between June and August. He said last year the monsoon was 87 per cent of the normal in the country though states like Punjab and Haryana had less than normal rainfall. In Punjab, last year’s monsoon rainfall was 278 mm, which is 45 per cent less than the normal. In Haryana, it was 356 mm, which is 23 per cent less than the normal. Chandigarh, however, had 9 per cent more rainfall last year while Delhi had a deficiency of 42 per cent. Mr Yadav said monsoon normally reaches Calcutta by June 7, Bhopal by June 13, Ahmedabad by June 15, Dehradun by June 20, Ludhiana by June 26, Delhi by June 29 and Hisar by June 30. In its normal course, the monsoon hits all parts of country except West Rajasthan by July 1. It reaches West Rajasthan by July 15. The withdrawal phase starts normally from Western Rajasthan on September 1.
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Airports should be tourist-friendly: L-G
New Delhi, May 25 Owing to the multiplicity of authorities, tourists and passengers at airport find it hard to avail themselves of the existing facilities–a situation that needed to be improved immediately, he pointed out. Early clearance for the tourists from the airport should be ensured and a network of radio taxi with limousines and indigenous vehicles has to be set up to facilitate movement of tourists, he added. Mr Joshi was speaking after a presentation by the Delhi Tourism during which he was informed that a new tourism policy was on the anvil. The Lieutenant-Governor stressed the need of developing infrastructure to boost tourism, which he said was both a revenue-generator and job-provider for the country. ‘’The development of infrastructure is still a challenge for us,’’ he pointed out and added that the construction of budget hotels should be encouraged in the Capital and the National Capital Region so as to provide affordable accommodation to the foreign as well as domestic travellers.
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Remove illegal squatters in Safdarjung: HC
New Delhi, May 25 A Division Bench of Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, which had earlier passed orders in this regard, was not satisfied with the performance of NDMC and the police in removing illegal squatters. The Bench passed the order after perusing a report prepared by amicus curiae Sanjeev Khanna and Central Government Standing Counsel Siddharth Mridul, which said that illegal squatters were still preparing food on the footpath and serving it to the people. The court also ordered the hospital authorities to take action against some nurses allegedly occupying quarters illegally and keeping guests for years and posted the matter for further hearing on July 27. To maintain better hygienic condition around the hospital, the court had on February 23 directed the authorities to free the area from illegal construction and unauthorised squatters and food vendors within two months. As per the court’s order, authorised kiosk owners have been allotted alternative sites at Sarojini Nagar, NDMC informed the Bench. The court has been monitoring the steps taken by various agencies to improve the state of affairs of the hospital after it took suo motu cognisance of media reports on its deteriorating condition last year.
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All 10 Navyug schools to be upgraded
New Delhi, May 25 According to the plan, the buildings of these schools will be upgraded in accordance with the international standards and all basic facilities will be provided on the lines of public schools. According to a member of the council, Mr Ashok Ahuja, a joint delegation of Unicef and Unesco recently visited the schools. The chairperson of the council, Ms Shindhushree Khullar, and the director-education, Mr R. C. Meena, were also present on the occasion. The delegation showed keen interest in improving these schools. “We presented some proposals before them and fortunately they agreed to all of them. Very soon we are going to enter into a mutual agreement in this regard. As per agreement, all expected cost of the project will be borne by the NDMC. The advisory and other logistic support will be provided by both the international agencies,” Mr Ahuja said. “We are also going to change the uniforms of the students. Now they will wear plain shirt with pants/skirt. The new uniform will be designed by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT),” said Mr Ahuja.
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CT scanner launched at Kailash Hospital
Noida, May 25 Dr Mahesh Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director of the hospital, said that Spiral CT and Digital Radiography have been added with the objective of providing almost all services to the ailing community under one roof. Keeping in view the social evils created by addiction of younger generation to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco etc, the hospital has started the
centre. — OC
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