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Govt to modernise wholesale markets: CM
Marginal dip in second cut-off list in DU colleges
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Student leader’s suspected killers surrender
Villagers hold policemen captive for ‘misbehaving’ with women
Vigilance files FIR against
20 Gurgaon policemen
DDA’s flat auction plan may be dropped
Dengue on the prowl in Noida
UP minister’s Janta Durbar a flop show
14-day JC for youth using fake marksheet
Two wanted gangsters arrested
More seats in institutions affiliated to GGSIU
Cong to announce candidate today
MCD gets Rs 40 crore for development of villages
Two Pak nationals nabbed in Javer
Two Afghans held for possession of drugs
‘Dead man’ held after three years
Monsoon fails to show up
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Govt to modernise wholesale markets: CM
New Delhi, June 29 Speaking on the occasion, Ms Dikshit disclosed that her
government was determined to modernise all its ‘mandis’ and
establish new ones near borders to effectively curb pollution and
traffic congestion in the city. She added that with the commissioning
of a modern and well-planned market at Ghazipur, the trans-Yamuna area
would get recognition because of its unique infrastructure, which would
prove to be an attraction during the Commonwealth Games. Among those
present on the occasion included Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan,
East Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit, MLA Naseeb Singh and Councillor Ramesh
Pandit. Ms Dikshit said the new ‘mandi’ at Ghazipur would provide
traders sprawling space and clean environment. The ‘mandi’ would be
constructed in an area of 37 acre at a cost of Rs 75 crore. It would be
commissioned within two years. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Chauhan
said the new ‘mandi’ would be very beneficial to the residents of
East Delhi. The ‘mandi’ would be constructed in three phases. It
would have 668 shops of A, B and C category. C category shops are meant
for grain dealers. The ‘mandi’ would have a bank outlet, cyber
cafe, electronic auction hall, general shops, restaurant and sufficient
parking space. The ‘mandi’ would also provide facilities of a cold
storage, grading and packaging apart from public utilities. Meanwhile,
the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of Government of Delhi today
gave its approval to four projects amounting to Rs 282 crore. Two
major projects cleared today by EFC relates to road re-engineering for
the implementation of high capacity bus system from Ambedkar Nagar to
Delhi Gate and construction of a flyover at Naraina. The projects were
sanctioned in a meeting of EFC chaired by the Delhi Finance and Planning
Minister, Dr A.K.Walia, at the Delhi Secretariat. Briefing the media,
Dr Walia said that the EFC has sanctioned a revised estimate of Rs
153.05 crore for 14.5 km long road re-engineering to facilitate HCBS
from Ambedkar Nagar to Delhi Gate. This would negate an earlier estimate
of Rs 112.96 crore cleared by EFC in February 2005. The project of the
transport department would be completed within 20 months after the start
of work. The revised estimate includes cost of dismantling of
bituminous layer and footpath, construction of pavement including
footpath and kerbs, provision of road signs and road parking,
construction of storm water drain and culverts and bus shelters,
utilities diversion, provisions of electrical works and traffic signals
and all other miscellaneous works. Dr Walia further said that a
project of PWD relating to construction of a flyover at T-point Naraina,
Ring Road has also been sanctioned by EFC. The flyover with an estimated
cost of Rs 125.28 crore would be completed within 30 months. The new
flyover would facilitate a smooth flow for vehicular traffic through
Naraina village, which will have bearing on saving fuel and avoid
pollution. Another proposal of the PWD, which received nod of EFC,
relates to improvement of drainage system of road no. 13 from T-junction
of road no. 14 to S A road with an estimated cost of Rs 1.46 cr. An
amount of Rs 1.21 crore has also been sanctioned for construction of a
cemented concrete road and side drains along the road from Meetapur
Chowk to Haryana border connecting Ismailpur village. |
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Marginal dip in second cut-off list in DU colleges
New Delhi, June 29 While admissions to popular courses, including English,
Economics and Commerce, have already been wound up in most colleges,
elsewhere the decrease in the cut-off is between two to three percent.
In Hans Raj College, the cut off for BA Programme is 77-85 per cent,
in Sri Venkateswara the admission to the course has closed, in Gargi it
is a 77.5-79, and in Deshbandhu 66 per cent. English Hons. in Hans Raj
has a cut off of 86 per cent aggregate, admissions are over in Sri
Venkateswara, ARSD, IP College, Kirori Mal, and Moti Lal Nehru
(evening). In Sri Venkateswara the cut off for B.Com is 89 per cent,
84-86 in Ram Lal Anand, 83 in Satyawati Co-ed, 80 in SGND Khalsa and
admissions are closed in Daulat Ram. Admission to B.Com Hons is over in
many colleges with the rest showing a dip of about one to two
percent. For B A Economics Honours the cut offs are 84.5-91.49 in
College of Vocational Studies, 79 in Deshbandhu, 86.5 in DCAC, 92.75 in
Hans Raj, 80.5 in Dyal Singh and 91.75-92.5 per cent in Sri
Venkateswara. The cut off for B.Sc Life Sciences is 68.5 in Kalindi,
76-79.99 in Kirori Mal, 72 in Maitreyi. In Sri Venkateswara the cut off
for Physics Honours is 86, in Ramjas it is closed, and in Kiroi Mal
College it is 82.66-87.99 per cent. For Statistic Hons the cut off is
88 in Hindu and Lady Sriram College for Women, 82.5-84 in Ramjas and
85.5 in Sri Venkateswara. The cut off for B.Sc in Physical Sciences is
72 in SGTB Khalsa, 66 in Shivaji, 67 in Swami Shradhanand and 81 in
Hindu. For Maths hons. the cut off is 84 in SGTB Khalsa, 87 in Sri
Venkasteswara, 78-79.9 in Zakir Hussain, 91 in Hindu, 79 in Moti Lal
Nehru and 86 in Ramjas. The second cut off list for admissions to
various undergraduate courses of the University of Delhi for the
academic year 2006-07 will be displayed by different colleges of the
university on June 30. As per schedule, eligible candidates who meet the
requirements notified in the list are have been advised to complete
their admission formalities in the colleges concerned by July 4. |
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No end in sight to Faridabad’s pollution woes
Faridabad, June 29 Considering the fact that the Board has now made it easier for
industrial units to obtain its certification by holding local camps
instead of approaching its Chandigarh office, thereby registering an
increase in the number of certificates issued, it seems that all this is
mere paperwork. There are, indeed, allegations of rampant corruption
among Board officials. One such two-day camp was organised recently by
Faridabad Industries Association (FIA) during which the Board issued
certificates to more than 170 applicants. This figure is stated to be
double the number of certificates given by the board at a similar camp
held here last year. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Jaywanti Shoekhand,
Member Secretary of Haryana State Pollution Control Board, called upon
entrepreneurs and industrialists to comply fully with prescribed
pollution control measures, which include the installation of an
effluent treatment plant (ETP). Such appeals or warnings by officials,
however, usually go unheeded by industrialists concerned only with their
balance sheets. According to sources, most units here have installed
ETPs and other required equipment, but press them into service only when
there’s an inspection or raid by Board officials. Moreover, it is
alleged that information of such moves arrives in advance. It
doesn’t help that the district is home to a large number of stone
crushers and thousands of polluting vehicles, especially three wheelers
operating on outdated diesel engines. Although the administration
recently stopped registering new three wheelers, there are already a
good 14,000 of them spewing poisonous fumes into the air. The
residents of NIT here also have to live with considerable air and noise
pollution generated by the old thermal power plant in the very heart of
the city, a problem which is unlikely to go away anytime soon, if
ever. |
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Student leader’s suspected killers surrender
Noida, June 29 The police team had
to wait for the arrest of both the accused for hours in front of the TV
channel office. The accused, who surrendered in Noida, were handed over
to the Meerut police late last night. Both the accused, however,
maintained that they were innocent and rather sought to put the police
in the dock. In Meerut, advocates had come forward against the police
and in favour of the accused young men. Protesting advocates had blocked
the traffic at a number of places, barged into the official residence of
the District Magistrate and damaged the furniture, windowpanes etc.
They returned from the DM’s residence only after a case was
registered against the police. The SSP, Meerut, had alerted the SSP,
Gatuam Budh Nagar, that Neeraj Malik and Nitin Kasana, the accused in
the murder of Meerut University student leader Sanjeev Gujjar, were
likely to visit a TV new channel office in Film City here last evening.
SOs of the police were stationed at all three entry points to Film City
to nab the accused. Men of the SOG and the police in plain clothes were
also stationed outside offices of all TV news channels here yesterday.
At about 8.30 pm, the SSP learnt from some mediapersons that both the
accused were in the office of India TV news channel. The SP City and
the police post in-charge of Sector 18 rushed to Film City where they
were told that an interview was being telecast. After the conclusion of
the programme, the police took both the accused in custody. |
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Villagers hold policemen captive for ‘misbehaving’ with women
Gurgaon, June 29 According to police sources, ASI Mahavir Singh, Head Constable Jagbir Singh and Constable Sanjeev Kumar reached Hyatpur village at about 8 am to arrest Ishwar and his two sons Mahesh and Ramesh. The male family members were reportedly not at home. The policemen allegedly misbehaved with the women in the family. The clothes of one of the sisters of Mahesh and Ramesh were torn in the scuffle with the policemen. As other family members protested and cried for help, the villagers gathered and took the policemen to the government school, where they were locked up for more than four hours. Thereafter the villagers, including the women, blocked the Pataudi-Gurgaon state highway by placing big stones on the road. They demanded the immediate arrest of the three policemen for misbehaving with the women. The village is situated about 10 km away from the city on Pataudi Road. A team led by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gurgaon, reached the spot and pacified the agitated villagers. They reportedly told the local police that they had confined the cops as they had not taken the local policemen with them while arresting the family members. The villagers had doubts about the credentials of the police personnel, informed the DSP. He said that Mani Ram of Bhiwani had married his two daughters Kavita and Babita with Ishwar’s two sons Mahesh and Ramesh in May 2005. Mani Ram had lodged an FIR under Section 498A IPC against the bridegroom’s family in May 2006. However, the local police had not taken any action against Bhiwani’s police personnel or the villagers.
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Vigilance files FIR against
20 Gurgaon policemen
Gurgaon, June 29 Superintendent of Police, State Vigilance Bureau, Gurgaon Range, Rajbir Deswal informed that a Vigilance team led by its Inspector Jagdish Prasad had raided Sadar Police Station for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1,000 from a wooden kiosk owner Narayan last evening. Narayan used to sell cigarettes, pans and confectionery. The Vigilance team had arrested two Head Constables Ravinder and Kartar Singh for taking bribe, informed Mr Deswal. The SP informed that the Vigilance team had raided the Sadar Police Station on the complaint from Narayan and Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner R P Bhardwaj had When Ravinder and Kartar Singh were being arrested by the Vigilance team, the police personnel, including Assistant Sub Inspector Sukhpal Singh, Head Constables Jagdish, Narender, constables Balwant, Ms Manjusha, Surender and around 12 more police staff created obstructions and deterred the public servant from doing duty. They also allegedly ensured that both the culprits Ravinder and Kartar Singh run away from the police station. As the cops creating hindrance were more than 20 last evening, the Vigilance team had to come back empty-handed yesterday. But the Vigilance team came into action in the evening today after getting a go-ahead from their seniors, informed the Vigilance SP. The Vigilance police had lodged the FIR under Sections 147, 149, 186, 224, 225, 332, 353 and 506 IPC against 20 policemen and started arresting them by constituting various teams, claimed Mr
Deswal.
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DDA’s flat auction plan may be dropped
New Delhi, June 29 “Two Congress members (on the DDA committee) met me with a
representation against the proposal. Their representation is under
consideration,” Union Urban Development Minister Mr S Jaipal Reddy
told reporters. In his comments, Congress MLA and DDA committee member
Mahabal Mishra, who met the Minister here, called the Central plan to
auction off DDA flats an “anti-people” move. “We told the
Minister that the DDA was created with an aim to provide housing at
economical prices. We told him that the plan to start auctioning DDA
flats is an anti-people move,” Mishra remarked. Also, he insisted the
Minister had assured him that the Centre would obtain consent of the DDA
committee members before taking any such decision in future. “We told
the Minister that we consider the plan an interference in the autonomous
working of the DDA and he assured us that no decision of this kind will
be taken in the future without consent of the committee members,”
Mishra said. The Congress-led Centre also has drawn flak from the Delhi
BJP over its auction proposal of DDA flats. Yesterday, members of DDA
committee staged a walkout from the board meeting in protest against the
Central plan which they insisted would push the authority’s housing
out of the reach of ordinary customers. |
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Greater Noida, June 29 Dr Sajid Hussain, Medical Director of Sharda Hospital in Knowledge Park, said a patient from Alpha-II sector had been confirmed a dengue patient. Earlier, investigations were conducted on this patient thrice. Three units of blood platelets had been arranged for the patient. A girl, a suspected dengue patient from Khanpur, has been sent to Noida for investigations. For lack of sanitation and cleanliness, mosquitoes have created havoc in the rural and urban areas in Noida and Greater
Noida. — OC
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UP minister’s Janta Durbar a flop show
Greater Noida, June 29 In fact, Labour
Minister Waqar Ahmed Shah started the Janta Durbar on an inauspicious
note. He was seen profusely perspiring at the range of complaints. To
begin with, he had the taste of working without a fan let alone an AC as
the electricity went off. The generator set did not function and the
minister literally laboured in perspiration while resolving the
people’s grievances. Soon he made himself scarce from the Durbar.
His parting remark was that he “had more urgent and important work to
attend to”. Of course, the ‘mantriji’ had given relevant
instructions to the officers concerned. After a while, as an official
Devanand Ram was trying to sit on the chair at the Durbar, one leg of
the chair broke, making the officer crash down on the floor, injuring
his back in the process. The official concerned who was responsible for
the seating arrangement was then reprimanded by his seniors. However in
Dadri, 10 out of 46 grievances were resolved while others were
dispatched to the officials concerned. Most of the problems aired
pertained to pensions, police high-handedness, encroachment and
possession of land. |
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14-day JC for youth using fake marksheet
New Delhi, June 29 Metropolitan Magistrate Siddharth Sharma remanded Abhishek Gaur, arrested yesterday, to judicial custody till July 13 as requested by the prosecution. As per prosecution, Gaur, the son of an IAS officer posted in UP who passed his board exams from a south Delhi based Delhi Public School (DPS), turned up yesterday at Hindu College admission counter for admission in Physics (Hons) with a “fake” marksheet. The college officials when collated his marksheet showing 90 per cent with the marks mentioned in the CBSE website, several discrepancies were detected, it alleged, adding the boy got only 70 per cent marks. The official called the police, who later arrested him. In another, similar case, police have arrested two applicants for submitting forged marksheets for admission to Hotel Management course at Pusa Institute in Inder Puri area of South-West Delhi. |
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Two wanted gangsters arrested
New Delhi, June 29 Ravinder Dahiya (27) and his associate Karamvir alias Sonu (21) were arrested while they were on their way to Chirag Dilli to eliminate witnesses related to an old murder case, DCP (South) told media persons. “The gangsters belonging to the gang of Satish Chaudhary, who was recently gunned down by the Special Cell, were asked to stop by a waiting team in Malviya Nagar but they fired at the police party. In returning fire, Dahiya was shot in the leg. Soon they were chased and overpowered,” he said. The two were reportedly involved in more than 16 cases of murder, kidnapping for ransom and car robberies. One (.32 bore) ‘Breta’ pistol and six live cartridges were recovered from them, said the police. The pistol was reportedly used in the killing of J P Pehalwan in February this year. An ace shooter, Dahiya, who had killed a Block Pramukh Bhupinder Yadav in Etah along with his driver Pappu, had recently escaped from Haryana Police custody and the police were trailing him ever since as he had threatened to eliminate several eye witnesses in Malviya Nagar area. Investigations have established their involvement in several cases in Delhi and NCR region, the police said. |
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More seats in institutions affiliated to GGSIU
New Delhi, June 29 The Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, issued instructions in this regard, expressing confidence that the enhancement of seats would provide relief to Delhi students, who are finding it difficult to get admission after the abrupt changes in rules following a Supreme Court judgement on private institutions. The CM further informed that institutions where the increase in the number of seats does not require immediate approval from the AICTE or NCTE, it would enhance seats with immediate effect, but necessary approval would be needed in the case of other institutions. |
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Cong to announce candidate today
New Delhi, June 29 DPCC chief Mr Rambabu Sharma today held meetings with Chief Minister Ms Sheila Dikshit and other local leaders, including MCD’s Leader of House Mr Jitendra Kochar and representatives of Delhi Mahila Congress to finalise the candidate, sources said. The ten names that are being considered are Parmita Azad, Rajrani, Seema Luthra, Susheela Rani, Saroj Dang, Premlata, Kamlesh, Anita and Brahm Devi, the sources said. Mr Sharma will hold discussions with Ms Dikshit again tomorrow and the name of the Congress candidate for the by-poll is likely to be announced after the meeting. BJP has already nominated Meera Kanwaria as its candidate for the byelection. The ward had fallen vacant following disqualification of the Congress councillor from there for producing a fake Scheduled Caste certificate. The Supreme Court had, acting on a complaint by BJP candidate from the ward Meera Kanwaria, had declared the election of Congress Councillor Sunita Bharti null and void. The notification for the poll would be made on June 26 and the last date for filing of nominations is July three. While the scrutiny of nomination papers would take place on July 5, the last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 8, it said. The Subhash Nagar ward is reserved for a Scheduled Caste woman. |
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MCD gets Rs 40 crore for development of villages
New Delhi, June 29 Delhi Urban Development Minister, Mr Raj Kumar Chauhan, said that based on the survey of villages and inputs of experts, mini sewerage treatment plants will be constructed in all 188 villages in the national Capital. It was also decided to construct water treatment plants so as to clean up village ponds. According to sources, the government has allocated Rs 9 crore for the development and construction of ponds. The board sanctioned Rs 36 crore to give practical shape to 159 schemes for the development of villages that is to be implemented by the Flood Department of the Delhi Government. Moreover, the board has sanctioned Rs 4.10 crore for the development of crematoriums in the villages. Several schemes for the development of graveyards have been initiated by the board in Aya Nagar, Mehrauli, Jaitpur and Ghitorni villages. Moreover, the board has sanctioned Rs 12 crore for the construction of roads and side drains in villages, apart from play grounds in Bankner, Daryapur Kalan and Budhpur villages. |
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Two Pak nationals nabbed in Javer
Noida, June 29 According to the SSP, GB Nagar, the local police had come to know that 35-year-old physically-challenged Qayum and his son Abdul Kadir, 16, had come to India in 1990 on Pakistani passports and were now running a general merchant shop in Javer. Investigations confirmed the two were indeed Pakistani nationals living in India illegally. Their passports have recorded addresses of Mumbai and Delhi. The duo have been arrested on the charge of living in India without valid legal documents. According to available information, Qayum was originally an Indian citizen who settled down in Pakistan. A few years later, he came over to India along with his son Kadir on Pakistani passports. But he did not inform the local passport office of his having stayed on here nor did he apply for extension of his visa.
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Two Afghans held for possession of drugs
New Delhi, June 29 The sleuths of NCB got the information that the accused would be coming to Munirka area to deliver the drugs to their accomplices. Subsequently a trap was laid and the two were apprehended yesterday, police said. Officials said that the drugs seized include 60 gram of cocaine and 35 ecstacy tablets. Nakibulah was in jail from 2001 after he was arrested by the police on charges of drug-peddling. He was released in December last year and according to NCB officials, he was trying to re-establish his links in drug trade. |
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‘Dead man’ held after three years
New Delhi, June 29 Abdul Salam alias Islam (44), who allegedly charred to death his comrade-in-arms Zakir in criminal activities, was arrested yesterday from R K Puram with a .315 bore country made pistol in possession, police said today. Salam was also planning to rob a local electronic gadget dealer, whom he said will be carrying huge amount of money, police said. Interrogation has revealed that Salam, who befriended Zakir during his stay in Dasna jail on an Arms Act case in 2000, killed the latter and managed to fake his own death as his sister identified the body as that of Salam. Salam said he managed the release of Zakir from the jail using bogus surety and thereafter they started indulging in criminal activities together. In December, 2002, Zakir took Rs 18,000 from Salam. But when Salam demanded the repay of the money, Zakir started threatening him that he will inform the police about his activities. Salam then hatched a plan to eliminate him and took Zakir to a country liquor vend at Maliwara in UP and charred the latter to death. Salam left his personal diary on the scene of crime and his sister identified the body. |
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Monsoon fails to show up
New Delhi, June 29 The Meteorological department said the maximum temperature was recorded at 35.8 degrees Celsius, five degrees below normal, while the minimum was 24.8 degrees C, five degrees below normal. The Met office said the conditions will prevail till the monsoons arrived, for which the scheduled date was today. Generally cloudy sky with rains or thundershowers are forecast for the next 24 hours. The maximum temperature is expected to remain at 35 degrees Celsius. |
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