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DU colleges notify first cut-off list
Heat wave claims two victims
Some parts of Capital lashed by rainfall
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City irked by power outages
Relative behind Ashok Vihar robbery attempt
DC warns officials against complacency towards work
Plots cancelled after probe into land scam
Cop’s statement recorded by court
Rs 351 cr cleared for power department projects
Diarrhoea claims three more lives in Faridabad
President congratulates Vardhan on book
Turkish national arrested
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DU colleges notify first cut-off list
New Delhi, June 24 The cut-offs in most colleges have risen by one to two per cent from last year, but students can look forward to a decent dip in cut-offs in the second list say Principals. In Sri Venkateswara College, the cut-off is 80 percent for the Arts stream, 84 for Commerce stream and 82 for Science stream while in IP College, the cut off is 87 per cent aggregate Vocational Stream and 79 percent Aggregate Academic Stream. In LSR, it is 85 per cent. In Maharaja Agarsen it is 72 percent, in SGTB Khalsa it is 76 per cent and in Hindu 87 per cent. In Sri Venkateswara, the cut-off this year for B.Com Pass is 89 per cent for Commerce stream, while in Daulat Ram it is 87 per cent for aggregate of best four subjects including one language with Accounts and 92 per cent for without Accounts. In Sri Venkateswara B.com Hons, the cut-off is 92 per cent for Commerce stream with mathematics and 94 per cent for others with mathematics. In Lady Sriram College, it is 91.5 per cent plus interview, which will be held on Sunday from 9 a.m. onwards. In IP College, it is 92.75 per cent for Non-Commerce/Non-Eco, 89.75 per cent aggregate with Commerce in Maths/Business Maths. In Daulat Ram it is aggregate of best four subjects including one language with Maths and Accounts 89 per cent, 92 per cent with Maths or Accounts and 94 for neither Maths nor Accounts. In Hindu the cut-off is 91.5-96.5 per cent, in SRCC and Hansraj it is 93-97 per cent while it is 92 in Kirori Mal. In Sri Venkateshwara, the cut-off for English Hons, a popular course, is 82 per cent for Arts stream, 88 per cent for Commerce stream and 85 per cent for Science stream. In IP College it is 88 per cent aggregate for Commerce, 86 per cent aggregate for Science, 82 per cent aggregate for Humanities. In Daulat Ram it is 85 per cent for Humanities and 88 per cent for Commerce or Science. The cut-off is 82-90 in Kirori Mal and 84-88 in Hansraj. The cut off for B.Sc in Biochemistry is 93 per cent in PCBM, which is one per cent more than last year. In Daulat Ram it is 89 and in 84 in Deshbandhu. In Sri Venkateshwara the cut-off for BA Hons in Economics is 90 per cent for Commerce and 92 for others with 75 in mathematics. In IP College, it is 88.5 per cent aggregate with 65 per cent in English and 65 per cent in Maths. In LSR, it is 92.75 per cent while in Daulat Ram it is 87.5 per cent. In Sri Venkateswara, for B.Sc(H) Computer Science it is 93 per cent for science with 70 per cent in Commerce/Humanities Stream in Maths and 88 per cent aggregate with Physics, Chemistry and Maths in IP. In PGDAV, it is 87 per cent, 84 in Ram Lal Anand, 88 per cent in AND College, 93 per cent in ARSD College and 87-89 in Kalindi. The cut-off for the restructured BSc Physical Sciences is 72 per cent in Moti Lal, 79 per cent in SGTB Khalsa, 72 per cent in Zakir Hussain and 85 per cent in Hindu. The cut-off for BSc in Life Sciences is 73 per cent in Gargi, 78 per cent in Hansraj, 68 per cent in Deshbandhu and 80 per cent in Maitreyi. Mathematics Hons has a cut-off of 90 per cent in Hindu, 80 per cent in Zakir Hussain, 79 per cent in ARSD College and 90 in Kirori Mal. In Gargi the cut-off for Microbiology is 90 per cent while in IP it is 88 per cent and 90 per cent in Shardhanand College. Candidates can see the details of the cut-offs in colleges on Saturday. Those who meet the requirements notified in the first list have been advised to complete their admission formalities in the colleges concerned by June 29. Colleges will release subsequent cut off lists on the basis of vacancy on stipulated dates.
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Heat wave claims two victims
Noida, June 24 About two dozen people suffering such symptoms were admitted to the district hospital in Sector 30 on Friday. Akash Mandal (65), a resident of A-52, Sector 41, was brought to the hospital on Wednesday suffering from high fever and loose motions, but could not be saved despite treatment. Similarly, another heat wave victim, Kishan Pal (40), son of Kallu Bijodh of Sector 53, died in the hospital last night. About two dozen heat wave patients had been rushed to civil hospital for treatment yesterday also. Some of them were admitted in view of their serious condition. Other hospitals in the area also reported a large number of heat wave victims being admitted for treatment. District Magistrate Santosh Kumar Yadav has advised people to avoid going out in the sun and drink as much clean water as possible. Mr. Yadav said that the hospital staff have also been asked to treat heat wave and diarrhoea patients with utmost care. According to Dr. Sanjay of Metro hospital, people should observe the following precautions during the current heat wave conditions:
(i) Cover your head while going out of doors. Go out only if it is must. (ii) Don’t be on empty stomach. Eat something, preferably light food. (iii) Drink lots of water, preferably with salt and lemon. (iv) Take lots of seasonal fruits like, water melons, etc. but after washing them. Don’t eat cut fruits, vegetables or exposed eatables in the market. (v) See your doctor if you feel even slightly out of sorts. (vi) Take care of your eyes, use goggles.
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Some parts of Capital lashed by rainfall
New Delhi, June 24 According to the Met office, the early morning rain measured up to 10.8 mm. The rains brought down the minimum temperature to three degrees below normal, with the mercury dropping to 26 degree celsius. However, these showers were in no way connected with pre-monsoon currents, India Meteorological Department (IMD) director RD Singh said. ‘’For that, Delhi will have to wait for some time more,’’ he said. These rains were the result of some local weather conditions, he clarified.
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City irked by power outages
New Delhi, June 24 “If you see the first 20 days of this month, there were no complaints as we were meeting the peak demand at 3490 MW. It was only during the last couple of days that the system fell short due to a combination of factors,” Transco’s Chief Managing Director, Arun Goel, said. “If you look at the broader picture, despite much higher electricity demand and unusually hot weather, we have been able to supply sufficiently the past month. It was the breakdown of the supply from Naphta Jhakri plant for more than 12 hours and the fact that some transformers gave up which caused the disturbance in the grid. Apart from these isolated incidents, we have had a much better record post privatisation,” he claimed. About the future he said, “we have several projects in the pipeline and by 2010, there will be sufficient capital investment in the power sector to ensure that the Delhi will meet its growing demand.” Delhi has tied up with Himachal Pradesh in Satluj Jal Nigam Limited which will provide additional 100 MW power from July 1 to October 31, 2005. It will get an additional 100 MW from the Uttaranchal Power Corporation under banking arrangement from next month, Mr Goel added. However, angry residents of several areas experiencing erratic power supply lashed out at power companies for being callous and apathetic to the situation. At several places in East, West and South Delhi, angry residents staged impromptu demonstrations to protest against power cuts which also affected the water supply to their colonies. Mr S R Sethi, Director (Operations), Transco, however blamed consumers for putting sudden additional load on the system. “It is a fact that nearly half of Delhi is consuming much more power that has been sanctioned to them. Whenever a consumer likes, he buys an air conditioner and installs it without checking whether his house can take that load. It is the responsibility of the consumer too, to inform and upgrade his capacity before overdrawing from the system, throwing the whole system out of sync,” he said. Talking about LT (Low tension) feeders, he said that “sometimes it is a local problem which can take a couple of hours to get resolved. If an LT feeder breaks down, certain areas face power shutdown but these are operational problems which occur only sometimes.” Talking about the forthcoming power tariff hike, Mr Goel said that: “Right now the government is providing transitional support in terms of power costs. However, this will decrease over time which is why the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) will decide the new tariffs after taking all factors into consideration.”
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Relative behind Ashok Vihar robbery attempt
New Delhi, June 24 Siddharth Bansal is a distant relative of the deceased Giri Raj Goyal. The police officials said that he wanted easy money, so he planned a robbery on his own relatives. According to Ashok Goel, one of the relatives of the deceased Giriraj Goyal, “The two assailants entered the house saying they knew Deepak Goyal very well and had brought some marriage gifts for him. Since Deepak was at the shop in Kashmiri Gate, Giriraj Ji picked up the mobile phone to inform him. Seeing him call someone, the assailants panicked and opened fire on him.” He said that one of the daughters-in-law of the deceased was present on the first floor of the house. She immediately informed Deepak in Kashmiri Gate about the incident, who in turn informed the police control room. Ashok Goel said, “We never expected Siddharth would do such a brutal act. I do not know why he did so with the family when he also belongs to a well-off family.” Siddharth is son of one Vinod Bansal, a Chartered Accountant by profession. He is was not much qualified and was working at a call centre where he met with one Nitin Nagpal, who suffered huge losses in a restaurant in Rohtak and was obliged to join the call centre. There Siddharth offered him good money for teaming up with him in the robbery. During investigation it was revealed that the Nitin got his weapon licensed from Rohtak and the pistol was of 0.32 bore and was of ordinance factory. The two assailants Nitin Nagpal and Ranvir along with Siddharth Bansal visited the house E-174, Phase-I, Ashok Nagar a week back and one day before the incident to check out the area. Meanwhile, a gallantry award has been recommended for Inspector Kharak Singh and out of turn promotions for the two constables and ASI injured during the award. Ironically, the labourers who actually apprehended the assailants after hitting them on their head by iron rods are still waiting even for an acknowledgement.
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DC warns officials against complacency towards work
Faridabad, June 24 The officials were warned that complacency and a laid back attitude would not be tolerated. It was the first monthly meeting chaired by the new Deputy Commissioner, Mrs G. Anupama, attended by various heads of departments and representatives of around 85 state government departments. The DC particularly stressed upon the need of immediate recovery of all the pending dues and solving of various cases pending for long. It was revealed that the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) owed several crores in pending bills to various departments including Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) which was still to clear the amount of about Rs 45 crore of the power department. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and the Public Health department had also failed to clear pending bills of Rs 10 crore and Rs 1.5 crore respectively. The DC asked departments like the Excise and Taxation and the Market Committee to make efforts to clear all the pending recoveries and intensify their efforts to check tax evasion by commercial establishments and other such people. She asked power department officials to launch a campaign about the special waiver scheme of pending bills of farmers announced recently by the CM, pointing out that the success of the scheme depended on how much awareness the department created about the move. She announced that about 400 power connections were disconnected in the district during the past one month for non-payment of the bills on time. She directed the Sub-Divisional Magistrates (SDM) to supervise all the development schemes personally in their respective areas and submit their report to her office regularly. The officials concerned were asked to have display boards and have facility to dispense all the relevant information about the details of their work and schemes that were on in various areas for the benefit of the common man. She said people had the right to information about the schemes launched by the state and central government for their benefit from time to time. Regarding food adulteration , the Deputy Commissioner said that there was a need to take strict action against those involved in such crimes. She said as many as 308 cases of food adulteration had been pending in local courts, and added that the officials concerned should make efforts to take the services of Lok Adalats and Fast Track Courts to ensure speedy trials. She asked the Health department to improve its functioning and performance to provide medical and health facilities to people on their doorstep. The power department was requested to ensure a non-stop supply on June 26 and the next three days in view of administration of pulse polio drops during these days.
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Plots cancelled after probe into land scam
Greater Noida, June 24 Mr. T. George Joseph, Member,
Revenue Board, UP, while inquiring into land scams of land shark Moti Goel had stumbled upon these plots having been illegally allotted to Ravi Gautam’s sons and asked the district administration to cancel them. Some government land in Rasoolpur village has been registered in the names of Ravi Gautam’s family members also, it is learnt. The administration is getting these facts probed also. Ravi Gautam, who has been in various political parties, joined Samajwadi party a week ago, leaving the BSP which he had joined during the run up to the last elections. He was UP minister of State for Revenue during BJP rule in the state. There were many allegations against him for having usurped government land in Dadri area. Mr. T. George Joseph, while on a visit to Greater Noida in connection with the land scam probe had received a complaint that 600 sq.
mt. land under a pond had been occupied after declaring it barren. Mr. Joseph had got this complaint inquired into by SDM Dadri, Yoginder Yadav, who in his report had said that the then SDM Dadri had registered the land under the pond as barren during 1997-98, whereas under law this is not allowed. It has also come out in probe that this land was later registered in the names of Siddarth Gautam and Prabood Gautam, sons of ex-minister Ravi Gautam. These registries have now been cancelled on Joseph’s orders. Besides, Mr. George Joseph has also ordered district administration to probe the registration of plots on government land in the names of Siddarth and Praboodh in
Rasoolpur, Dasna village. In another case, illegal occupation of government land opposite Sardar
Petrol pump in Surajpur on Dadri road has also
come to light.
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Cop’s statement recorded by court
New Delhi, June 24 Deposing before Metropolitan Megistrate Amit Kumar, Mansha Ram said constable Umesh Kumar posted at the Harsh Vihar police station “had manhandled him and used filthy language” with the knowledge of a Sub Inspector when he had gone to register a complaint following theft of jewellery and cash from his house on February 20. “The constable and the SI are shielding the accused”, he told the court. Meanwhile, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Nand Nagri police station has already begun a probe into the incident following a complaint filed by Mansha Ram before the court last month. He alleged that initially the police were reluctant in lodging his FIR and when on Februrary 22 the suspect Somesh was arrested, he was called to the police post by Sub-Inspector Yogesh Malhotra. After the SI left the post, constable Umesh Kumar, who “was a friend of the suspect” beat him up and used filthy language asking him not to proceed with the case, Mansha Ram said. He claimed that his right eye was damaged in the assault. The constable and the SI have been accused of committing offences under section 323 (causing hurt) 325 (grevious hurt) 120 B (conspiracy) and 166 (misuse of official position).
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Rs 351 cr cleared for power department projects
New Delhi, June 24 Expressing hope that the commissioning of these grid stations will help in providing reliable and quality electric supply to the city, Delhi Finance Minister Dr A K Walia said that the entire expenditure will be met from the plan assistance of Government of Delhi. These projects would be taken up during the year 2005-2007. Dr Walia said that projects relating to supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 220 KV grid stations at Trauma Centre near AIIMS and Electric Lane would be completed within next 12 months. While the estimated cost of Trauma Centre sub-station is Rs 78.55 crore the electric land sub-station costs Rs 77.18 crore. While the Trauma Centre sub-station will improve situation in areas like Jor Bagh, Lodhi Estate, Sarojini Nagar, Safdarjung Airport, AIIMS, Kidwai Nagar and Race Course road, the Electric Lane sub-station will cater to Janpath, Raja Bazar, Mandi House and Scindia House. Dr Walia also said that 400/220 KV grid station at Mundka will provide uninterrupted electric supply to West and North-West Delhi.
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Diarrhoea claims three more lives in Faridabad
Faridabad, June 24 According to available details, a nine-year-old girl identified as Bharti, daughter on one Shyam Sunder, a resident of Ballabhgarh, died at a private hospital yesterday after battling the disease for many days. Around a dozen cases of diarrhoea were also reported at various civil hospitals, though the exact number of such cases reporting at private clinics and hospitals could not be ascertained. Two women resident of Hathin sub-division had also died of similar symptoms about two days back. The victims have been identified as Vidyawati, wife on one Vishnu of ward number 8 and Sunita, wife of Sanjay of ward number 14. Several persons including children have been affected by water borne diseases in the region, which continues to suffer from a lack of proper medical and health facilities despite the authorities claiming otherwise.
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President congratulates Vardhan on book
New Delhi, June 24 Dr Kalam expressed special appreciation of a ‘Health Vision in the 21st Century’ in Dr Vardhan’s book. As Delhi Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan had started Polio Eradication Programme in the Capital along with other voluntary organizations, schools and religious organizations in 1994. Dr Vardhan said that so far only 18 cases of polio have been reported in 17 states of the country. Of these, eight cases were reported in Bihar, seven in Uttar Pradesh, one each in Uttranchal, Jharkhand and
Delhi. — TNS
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Turkish national arrested
New Delhi, June 24 Police said that the accused and an associate on June 20 went to the Sarojini Nagar Post office and asked for currency of I series of Rs 1000 denomination. While the cashier was helping them, one of them left some notes back on the counter while the other quietly left the spot. Later the staff of the post office came to know that they had been cheated of Rs. 37,000.
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