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Dengue patients queue up at hospitals
HC directs UP Govt to check dengue
Housing firm told to
pay Rs 50 lakh to senior citizen
All set for the Metro to chug into Pragati Maidan before IITF
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CBI asked to reinvestigate graft case
Four convicted in robbery case
Court rejects plea to
close theft case against constable
Book on reflections of 1965 batch civil servants released
Artscape
High
Court
‘HC order complied with by and large’
Now, creche facilities for labourers’ kids
Spiritual talk organised
Book on off-beat Himachal presented to President
Delimitation of wards for DSGMC polls demanded
Undertrial killed
Rural Delhi may get new sewage systems
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Dengue patients queue up at hospitals
New Delhi, October 8 She claimed that the hospitals run by Delhi Government were well-equipped to deal with the disease. These hospitals were also treating patients coming from the entire national capital region, she added. The CM was accompanied by the Health Minister and the Health Secretary. She claimed that the number of dengue patients was decreasing day by day with rise in level of awareness among people. She called upon residents to adopt measures to curb mosquito breeding. She said that there was enough blood to cater to dengue patients since only around 10 per cent of them needed blood transfusion. However, dengue patients continued to queue up at various hospitals across the Capital, which witnessed 61 fresh cases today, taking the toll to 886, even as the government asserted that the situation was not ‘out of hand’. The AIIMS screened 892 patients for dengue out of which 28 turned out to be positive. As many as 151 patients are undergoing treatment at the AIIMS for the viral disease, according to health officials. Dengue cases have spiralled in the last two days with over 211 patients being admitted in various hospitals in the Capital over the weekend. As many as 61 new patients were admitted today, while 81 were admitted yesterday and 71 on Friday. Doctors claimed that there would be a gradual decrease in the number of dengue patients over the next few days as the outbreak had crossed its peak period. |
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HC directs UP Govt to check dengue
Noida, October 8 The court has also instructed the government and the district magistrates to send a report to the Principal Secretary Health, UP government within 10 days. Meanwhile, four more patients have died of dengue in Dadri and Dankore area of Gautam Budh Nagar district. Taking a suo motu notice of the situation, the bench of Justice V.M. Sahai and Justice B.A. Zaidi in Allahabad High Court issued instructions to the state government to take effective steps to control the malaise. The High Court has also ordered all the district magistrates to take stern action against officials found wanting in performance of their duties in this regard. Secretary, Health, should be informed about action taken against the dereliction of the staff, the court order said. The High Court has also ordered the municipal committees, municipal corporations and panchayat, etc to take similar action within their jurisdiction and send a health report, with the number of dengue deaths and patients under treatment to the CMO concerned, the DM and the state government. The High Court has asked the Principal Secretary, Health, to submit a complete report to the High Court by October 24, the next date fixed by the court for hearing in the case with full details of action taken for containment of dengue. The court has also ordered the Principal Secretary, Health, to provide funds to any district, panchayat or municipality, etc in case they are short of funds for controlling dengue.
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Housing firm told to
pay Rs 50 lakh to senior citizen
New Delhi, October 8 The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the Urban Improvement Company Private Limited (UICPL) to pay damages of Rs 25 lakh each for two plots as it failed to provide the land immediately to the aggrieved person, Mr Manohar Lal Sharma. Holding the company guilty of cancelling the allotment of two plots to Mr Sharma, a retired government servant, the Commission said that the UICPL, which unscrupulously cancelled the allotment after 33 years, was liable for deficiency in service. “It is not understandable as to why the UICPL cancelled the allotment without serving a notice upon the complainant (Mr Sharma) as to the balance amount,” the Commission said. “The complainant has been waiting for the possession of the piece of land for the last more than four decades though he had paid the actual consideration... fresh demands were made in order to deprive large numbers of plot holders with the ill motives and dubious design to earn illegal profits by selling these plots at exorbitant rates,” it said. Mr Sharma, a resident of Karol Bagh, had approached the Commission alleging that in 1961 he had booked two plots, one in his name and another in his wife’s name in the Greenfield Society promoted by the UICPL. Later, after the death of his wife in 1990, he got the second plot transferred in his name. The company, 45 years after receiving the entire consideration amount, did not give possession of the plots and even cancelled the allotment in 2002. This forced him to seek legal redressal. Mr Sharma alleged that he, besides paying the cost, had also paid different additional development charges sought by the company from time to time. The company cancelled the allotment of plots without giving any prior notice to him and refunded the amount, he alleged.
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All set for the Metro to chug into Pragati Maidan before IITF
New Delhi, October 8 Nearly all civil, electrical, and telecommunication work on the section is complete and now only finishing touches are pending. After the trials begin in the next 15 to 20 days, the section will be opened for the public before the start of the India International Trade Fair after a mandatory inspection is carried out by the Commissioner for Railway Safety. According to DMRC, the opening of the section has, in fact, been delayed by nearly a month due to the extra time required for the construction of an extra-dosed bridge to connect the metro network between Pragati Maidan and I P Estate. Incidentally, this is said to be only the second bridge of its kind made over railway tracks for any MRTS in the world, with the first being in Japan. As reported earlier, what made the construction on the stretch more difficult than those on other stretches over railway tracks was the fact that the railway tracks near Pragati Maidan are extremely busy, with all important trains heading for South as well as Eastern India passing through it. This made it almost impossible to block the route even for a single day to facilitate construction of a bridge. Moreover, the bridge has a 302-metre radius curvature as required by the alignment. Also, the main span was kept long to allow for future expansion of the railway lines. While the stretch will be underground from Barakhamba to Mandi House, it will be elevated between Pragati Maidan and I P Estate it will be elevated. From Mandi House, the line will emerge from under the ground on a ramp.
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CBI asked to reinvestigate graft case
New Delhi, October 8 However, the court directed the CBI to reinvestigate the matter after obtaining prior approval from the government. The petitioner, R. R. Kishore, who was the Chief District Medical Officer of Delhi Government, was “trapped” by the CBI after he allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 40,000 from one person for not initiating any action against the latter for reportedly conducting illegal sex determination tests. Kishore was allegedly trapped at his residence and chargesheeted in the court of the Special Judge, CBI, during which the agency claimed to be in possession of various incriminating evidence, including tape-recorded conversation between the accused and Handa. Kishore, while denying the allegations, challenged the CBI’s action on the ground that under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946 and the Prevention of Corruption Act, the agency cannot conduct any inquiry against officers of the rank of joint secretary and above without prior approval of the Centre. The Special CBI judge upheld the agency’s right to conduct investigations, following which Kishore moved the High Court. Justice Ahmed, while interpreting Section 6A (1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, said the law clearly mandated that no inquiry or investigations can be conducted into any offence alleged to have been committed under the Act, except with the previous approval of the Central government. The court noted that the provision for prior sanction was mandatory and not merely directory and the investigations carried out in contravention of the same were illegal and in violation of a statutory requirement. The court refrained from discharging Kishore in the case and directed the CBI to obtain permission from the government to re-investigate the charges against the accused.
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Four convicted in robbery case
New Delhi, October 8 The Additional Sessions Judge sentenced two of the convicts, Kishan and Sanjay, to seven years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,200 each on them under Section 397 (robbery with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) of the IPC. Two other accused, Shakuntala and Zulfikar, were given a sentence of five years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,000 each under Section 392 (robbery) of the IPC. According to the prosecution, all four persons armed with country-made pistols entered the house of one chartered accountant Vijay Singh on the afternoon of January 11, 2002 at Paschim Vihar Extension under the guise of auditing some documents. Singh’s wife Kaushal Jasoria, who made a call to him at his office to verify the identity of the four persons, was hit by one of them. Singh heard some noises on the telephone and immediately called a neighbour to check at his residence and also informed the police. The four persons, after confining the family to the kitchen, started looting valuables from the house. However, they were nabbed by the police.
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Court rejects plea to
close theft case against constable
New Delhi, October 8 Taking exception to the application of the station house officer of Dilshad Garden police station that no prima facie case of theft was made out against constable Pradeep and his brothers-in-law Sanjay and Mahesh, the Metropolitan Magistrate asked him to first probe the incident and then come before the court. “How can you reach a conclusion without probing the case,” asked the magistrate, adding that the SHO could move such an application only if nothing against the accused is found in the investigation. On October 6, two days after lodging the FIR against the trio under Section 380 (theft) and 34 (group liability) of the IPC, the police petitioned the court that they be allowed to withdraw the case. Earlier, Anil Sarin and his wife Sobha, residents of GTB Enclave in northeast Delhi, had lodged a complaint with the police that a signed blank cheque was allegedly stolen by Pradeep and Sanjay on August 19, when the accused had visited them for negotiating the purchase of their flat. Almost a month after the incident, the complainants allegedly received a legal notice asking them to pay Rs four lakh as their cheque issued to one Mahesh had bounced, they alleged. The complainants again approached the police, who lodged the case and arrested Pradeep and his brother-in-law. The third accused Mahesh, who was allegedly given the stolen cheque, is still absconding.
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Book on reflections of 1965 batch civil servants released
New Delhi, October 8 Starting with a sector entitled “As we were in 1965 at the academy” containing group photographs of members of the IAS, IFS, IPS, IRS and other services, the book goes on to articles by several officer of the batch in a ‘down the memory lane’ style, which constitutes interesting reading for the layman as well as serving officer. Many IAS, IPS and IRS officers, who served at the highest positions in the government before retiring honorably, bemoaned the transformation of the civil services over the years due to political interference and rampant corruption. They stressed on the need to reform the civil services and advised present day civil servants to maintain integrity and sense of honour at serving the nation. One of them, a former Defense Secretary, says: “Entering service (IAS, IRS etc) or being a district magistrate in not the be-all and the end-all of your life. Life is something beyond your career. Personal character goes beyond your official post.”
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Exhibition reflects on post-Godhra riots situation
Ravi Bhatia Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 8 This extremely nuanced exhibition reflects on the post-2002 Godhra riots situation in Gujarat. Through a series of eight paintings and an installation which has various elements of a video work titled Retakes of the Shadow, a sound piece, mixed media prints titled Shifting Shadows, all interspersed with bread loaves (alluding to the Best Bakery case), the works speak about the multiple forms and levels of violence in everyday life and the way fundamentalism has come to dominate the landscape. According to the organizers, Suresh remains interested in the way artwork undertakes to intervene in the current public debate around communalism. Language therefore is Suresh’s point of focus. The works contend with issues posed by realism–of newspapers, hoardings, films, caricatural realism of comic books. For instance, Suresh uses a startling newspaper image of a man setting fire to a train labelled Sabarmati Express. The image seems real enough till one grasps the caricatural quality of the representation: it is, in fact, drawn from a photograph published in a newspaper of a float taken out in Rajkot at a Janmashtami procession several months after the Godhra episode. B.V. Suresh is a senior lecturer in painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda. He studied at Ken School of Arts, Bangalore and Faculty of Fine Arts Baroda. He then went on to attain another Master’s degree at the Royal College of Arts, London on an Inlaks scholarship. He has held a number of solo and group shows. ‘Sacred Relics’The Outreach Programme of the Centre For Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia and the Indialogue Foundation here are organising a unique exhibition of rare photographs of objects from the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey at the Zakir Husain Archives from October 9. Entitled “Sacred Relics”, the exhibition will be inaugurated by Mr E. Ahmed, Minister of State for External Affairs. An exhibition of paintings by
Lalitha Lajmi The Anant Art Gallery here is also presenting “The Garden of Dreams and Desires”, an exhibition of paintings by artist Lalitha Lajmi from October 8 to October 20. Simultaneously, it is also exhibiting the paintings of artist Waseem Ahmed entitled, “Scripting a New World” from October 8 to October 20. Solo show of water colours, art objects The Art Alive Gallery here is hosting a solo show of water colours, oils and art objects by Rini Dhumal from October 7 to October 23. Called, “Tales of the Prophetess”, the exhibition was inaugurated by the noted film director, Aparna Sen. Creations of Rekha Rodwittiya The Sakshi Gallery here is presenting an exhibition of creations of Rekha Rodwittiya at the Shridharani Gallery here from October 12 to October 19. Chanakyashastra The Shrui Ram Centre For Performing Arts along with Tata Northern Region Forum and New Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) will stage Chanakyashastra—The Grand Show at the Main auditorium on October 10. The play highlights the leadership qualities and practices of Chanakya, the greatest known kingmaker, strategist and thinker in the
country’s history. A musical soiree by Pak artistes In its continuing efforts to build bridges of peace through cultural diplomacy, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) presented an evening of contemporary music by two renowned Pakistani artistes, Shafgat Amanat Ali Khan and Shehzad Roy last week at the Kamani Auditorium here. ICCR is also hosting “The Spirit of Tanjore”, a festival of dance and music at the Kamani Auditorium here from October 10 to October 12. The festival will include a veena recital by Saraswati Rajagopalan, a devotional dance by Vanaja Uday and Thappattam by the famous Madurai drummers. On October 15, ICCR will present the famous Battery Dance Company of New York at the Kamani Auditorium. |
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HC raps police officials for abstaining from court hearings
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 8 The court directed senior police officials to emphasise that their absence from courts could amount to obstructing the course of justice. It added that serious action might be taken to prevent this. The court was irked into passing such directions after the government counsel sought adjournment in a bail application matter on the plea that he did not have the file pertaining to the case as the investigating officer was not present. It said that though the investigating officer was intimated about the hearing of the bail application by the accused, he abstained from attending the hearing. The counsel’s submission irked the court, who noted that of late, investigating officers were not present in the court. As a result, the standing counsel for the state have to cut a very sorry figure and are left with no other alternative, but to ask for an adjournment even in bail matters. “This kind of attitude on the part of the investigating officers displays a complete lack of sensitivity, in as much people who are in custody approach this court with applications of bail and they have to be retained in custody because of the callousness of the investigating officers,” the court observed. The court directed the DCP, south-west Delhi, to file a reply as to why investigating officers are not present in court when the matters are called up and posted the matter for further hearing on October 9.
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‘HC order complied with by and large’
New Delhi, October 8 A government official said the concerned authorities, who were asked by the court to explain why they had failed to implement its earlier directions, would file an ATR listing the initiatives taken to check any outbreak of dengue in the Capital. The city government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi have “by and large” complied with the directives issued by the HC in 1998 and 2003 to prevent the spread of dengue, the official claimed. The court had on October 6 sought a reply from the government and civic agencies within a week as to why they failed to implement a slew of directions issued by it earlier to control the disease. It also expressed anguish over the failure of civic agencies to file a report so far on its order that a national co-ordination committee, set up to monitor the situation, should suggest some definite measures to make the dengue control programme meaningful, efficacious and comprehensive. |
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Now, creche facilities for labourers’ kids
New Delhi, October 8 The big developers construct buildings at the cost of security and lost opportunities for the children of the construction workers who build them. However, the present scenario is likely to change on some of the construction sites in the NCR region with the big builders like Vipul, Suncity and others supporting and funding proper creche facilities on their sites. Vipul has included the provision for a proper creche at its construction site in its policy document recently. Mobile Creches, an NGO claims to have been ‘sensitising’ builders for more than three decades and running creches on their sites.
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New Delhi, October 8 The Mayor paid tributes to Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj for his contribution in unifying science and spirituality to encourage people to lead peaceful lives. The event commenced with a verse of Guru Arjan Dev’s ‘Kavan Pranpat Milo Mere Bhai’, sung by Mata Harbhajan Kaur Ji and Mata Rita Ji. — TNS
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Book on off-beat Himachal presented to President
New Delhi, October 8 The book, ‘Destination Himachal: 132 offbeat and 12 popular Gateways’, was presented to the President by its author Ms Minakshi Chaudhry Kanwar and her husband Mr Rakesh Kanwar. Ms Chaudhry has already written four books on Himachal Pradesh, including the popular ‘Ghost stories of Shimla Hills’. She has also covered Himachal section for the book ‘Trekking Holidays in India’ published by the Outlook Traveller magazine. Her latest book, which contains 300 coloured photographs, focusses on off-beat destinations spread throughout the state.
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Delimitation of wards for DSGMC polls demanded
New Delhi, October 8 He said that no action had been taken in the matter of delimitation of wards of the DSGMC which had been constituted under the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Act, 1971.
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Undertrial killed
Gurgaon, October 8 The SP, Bhondsi Jail, informed that an undertrail in a murder case, Hukum Singh, aged around 45, hit Ganesh hard on his head with the stove when Ganesh slept in his place in the barrack yesterday. Ganesh started bleeding heavily. While he was being taken to the civil hospital 15 kilometres from the jail, he succumbed to his injuries.
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Rural Delhi may get new sewage systems
New Delhi, October 8 Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officials said that the Board had hired consultants for the setting up of alternative systems like oxidation plants and soak-pit chambers.
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Trials on the much-awaited Barakhamba-Indraprastha extension of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s
Line 3 expected to begin soon since the construction work on the stretch with three stations – Mandi House, Pragati Maidan and Indraprastha Extension – is nearly complete.
