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JNU students go on hunger strike
68-year-old man killed in house
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Two knocked down by Qualis
Govt plans to join carbon-trading business
AIIMS former director summoned in decade-old case
One held for forging passports
SI held for bribe
Reddy assures to look into conversion charges
10 inter-state gangsters nabbed
Minor fire at Delhi Secretariat
Stroke main cause of disability
ONGC annex DDCA Hot Weather title
Artscape
Ex-CEO new Chief Secretary Eye check-up camp
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JNU students go on hunger strike
New Delhi, June 24 The protest was launched last night by the JNU Students Union with ten members, including its president Dhananjay Tripathi and Secretary Sandeep Singh, sitting on a hunger strike after organising a march in the campus. The JNUSU strike comes in the wake of the varsity rusticating seven students for separate terms and imposing a fine of Rs 2,000 on three leaders for allegedly ‘gheraoing’ Registrar Avais Ahmed on February 19 during a protest demanding minimum wages for daily workers. The campus has been declared ‘out of bounds’ for another student who has already completed her course. “By taking severe action against student activists who were fighting for minimum wages for contract labourers, the administration has shown scant regard for the democratic opinion of the entire student community,” Tripathi said. He said the students’ union is demanding immediate reversal of these punishments. Singh claimed that the JNU administration was paying only Rs 80 to contractual labourers instead of the minimum wage of Rs 158 as stated by the government. “We are being victimised for raising genuine issues,” he alleged. The 11 students along with four staff association members were suspended in February after the gherao. University officials said disciplinary action comes in the backdrop of the student’s misbehaviour with the Registrar and not for raising issues regarding daily wagers.
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68-year-old man killed in house
Gurgaon, June 24 The police reached the spot and found the body of Kailesh Chand Suneja with dry blood stains in a room. There were deep sharp wounds on his body. The left hand of the deceased was severely injured, revealed the DCP. Some broken bottles of soft drinks were recovered from the place. The bottles might have been used as a weapon to stab the deceased, a police officer said. Preliminary investigations revealed that the crime was committed at least five to six days ago. The police suspected that robbery could be the motive behind the crime as the whole house was ransacked. The value and items of the stolen goods could not be ascertained as he was living alone in the house. The wife of Kailesh had expired around three years ago and his married son was living in Uttar Pradesh, the place of his posting. His native place was Rohtak, where he worked in a government organisation and shifted to Gurgaon after retirement, informed police officer. |
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Two knocked down by Qualis
Greater Noida, June 24 Kukki, son of Sheesh Pal, a resident of Kayiasth Mohalla, Sakandrabad, was going from Noida to Sakandrabad on his bike with his sister Shikha on the pillion. As they approached Honda Seil Co on Kasna-Dankore Road, a Qualis coming at high speed hit their motorcycle from the rear throwing Kukki and Shikha at a distance. A number of Honda Seil workers rushed out hearing the bang of accident and apprehended the Qualis driver Dharam Vir who was trying to escape. Kukki and Shikha succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital. On the basis of some documents on the persons of the victims, police were able to establish the identity of the deceased and informed their parents.
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Govt plans to join carbon-trading business
New Delhi, June 24 Officials said that the city had chalked out an ambitious plan to trade in carbon and is holding a workshop on Monday to identify green projects that can qualify for carbon credits. Under the Kyoto Protocol, credits are issued to an individual or company taking measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. These carbon credits can be sold to countries and large companies in the developed world to offset their excessive carbon emissions so that they can meet greenhouse gas reduction norms set under the Kyoto agreement. “To start with, we have identified at least 11 projects in the city that are entirely based on green policies and can help us earn money through carbon-trading,” a senior official said. These “green” projects will be discussed at the workshop, being organised by the environment department with various agencies including MCD and NDMC, where experts will identify hether they can qualify for credits and be registered with the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The new ward block at GTB hospital, the OPD Block of NJP, a new hospital in Dwarka and Tyagraj Stadium, which is being renovated for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and three sanitary landfills operated by MCD are in the race for carbon-trading, according to officials.
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AIIMS former director summoned in
New Delhi, June 24 Metropolitan Magistrate A K Chaturvedi on Saturday issued summons for July 14 to Dr S K Kacker, former AIIMS director and member secretary of the selection committee in 1993. The court took cognisance of the complaint filed by Dr Anoop Saraya, who had alleged that Kacker in connivance with Rakesh K Tandon, then head of department (Gastroenterology), had deliberately forged minutes of the selection committee meeting and deleted his name from the waiting list, in which he was mentioned at the top. Saraya, who was interviewed by the selection committee for the post of assistant professor in the Gastroenterology Department of the Institute on July 20, 1993, further alleged that the accused had maliciously interpolated the name of a less qualified doctor in the list. The complaint had alleged that Dr Kacker had prepared a ‘forged’ document in August 1996, which was placed before the governing body in which only the names of the two candidates were mentioned and his name, as the waitlisted candidate, was ‘deliberately removed’. Even as the name of one of the two selected doctors was not approved by the Governing Body, Saraya could not make it to the list of candidates as his name had already been omitted. The matter came to light when the complainant was offered the post of assistant professor at AIIMS in February 1996, which was challenged by a candidate who also had appeared for the interview along with Saraya in 1993. During the court proceedings, the counsel for the institute said that Dr Kacker had tampered with the records of the selection committee. Saraya then filed a complaint against Kacker and Tandon in the Defence Colony Police Station on February 29, 1996, accusing them of forgery and cheating.
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One held for forging passports
New Delhi, June 24 As many as 25 tampered passports, laptop, peripheral and other incriminating documents have allegedly been recovered from his car and his house. The police got an information that Bhupinder would be going to Punjab in wee hours in a Santro car via Janakpuri route, a trap was laid around the area. Following the tip-off, when the police team tried to stop a Santro car near Jankpuri Metro station coming from Tilak Nagar side, the driver of the car, later identified as Bhupinder, tried to escape but was apprehended after a brief chase. During search of his car, 25 passports were recovered, some of which were tampered and some of it were enclosed with fake visas. Besides it, 114 fake visas of Europe, 7 of UK, 12 of Korea, 7 of Slovenia, 7 of Malaysia, 3 of Japan, 7 of Switzerland, 25 of USA, 3 of Mexico and 9 of Senegal were recovered. Six fake driving licenses of UAE were also recovered from his car.
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Constable held for trying to steal cars
Gurgaon, June 24 According to police, Sandeep Kumar, police constable with belt no. 808, posted at Bhadurgarh police station, Jhajjar district along with three accomplices – Adhitya Sharma, Sudhir and Vivek – stopped a Maruti car outside the Maruti factory and directed the driver to take the vehicle to Delhi. Sandeep, who was in police uniform, snatched the papers of five new cars and Rs 500 from the driver Satish Kumar. Satish along with other drivers were to take 30 new cars of Maruti to Ghaziabad showroom. Satish got suspicious of the working of the policeman and resisted their demand when they showed a knife and threatened him to take the vehicle to Delhi. Satish left the vehicle after taking the keys of other vehicles and informed the police control room about the incident. The police reached the spot and arrested Sandeep, while his three accomplices managed to run away.
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SI held for bribe
Gurgaon, June 24 Rajbir Deswal, Superintendent of Police, Gurgaon Range, SVB informed on Friday that Vijay Pal, a resident of Palda village, complained to the department that he had a bus which plies between Sohna and Gurgaon under cooperative society. He has to get the account of the bus audited and passed by the Cooperative Society.
The sub-inspector, auditor, Cooperative Society,
Mewat, Sabuddin Khan demanded Rs 10,000 for auditing and passing his vehicle. He had to pay Rs 3,000 in advance. |
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Reddy assures to look into conversion charges
New Delhi, June 24 The delegation was led by the Leader of the House, MCD, Mr Subhash Arya. The delegation appealed to the minister for regularisation of third floor and no conversion charges for the shops located on roads of 20-ft width. Besides, the colonies built before 1962 should be exempted from the conversion charges. The minister assured the delegation members to look into the issue, sources said. Meanwhile, a spokesman of the MCD said that the civic body would accept new charges from Monday at its 12 zonal offices at new rates for annual mixed use charges for the year 2006-07. The charges would be paid for different categories, namely retail shops and establishments of professional activities. The new rates have been revised by the Delhi Development Authority vide its notification issued yesterday. The rates for retail shops in A and B category colonies are Rs 767, C and D category colonies Rs 511, E, F and G category colonies Rs 192 per square meter built-up area. The rates for other activities in A and B category colonies are Rs 383; C and D category Rs 256 and E, F, and G category colonies Rs 96 per square meter built-up area. For professional activities, the rates for A and B category are Rs 192; for C and D colonies Rs 128; for E, F, and G category colonies Rs 48. The payment of annual mixed use charges will be made by the owner or allottee or resident or user of the premises to the local authority voluntarily before 30th June of every year in respect of the previous assessment year. A one-time payment can also be done, he said.
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10 inter-state gangsters nabbed
Noida, June 24 They had looted seven petrol pumps in Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, etc. Sandeep Jat of Hapur, carrying a reward on his head, is the kingpin of the gang. The 10 gangsters, arrested on Saturday, also include three history sheeters. Besides, the looted cash, the police recovered 10 countrymade revolvers, cartridges and 10 Matiz cars from them. The cars were used in loots by the gangsters. The gang has been smashed by Sector-58 police with the help of special operations group, SSP Satish Ganesh said. He said the gang was planning to abduct a Noida child. At least 10 to 15 informants were working for the gang. The gang had attacked a liquor den in Khora on June 20 night and looted Rs 1.60 lakh.
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Minor fire at Delhi Secretariat
New Delhi, June 24 There were no casualties in the fire, which broke out at 4 pm in evening on the ninth floor of the building, fire brigade officials said. Five fire tenders were rushed to douse the blaze, which was caused due to a fire in the transformer of an air conditioner. Due to holiday, very few people were present in the building except some security guards, the officials said. The fire was extinguished within half an hour, they said.
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Stroke main cause of disability
New Delhi, June 24 There is an upward growth curve in the trends of stroke incidence in the developing countries. Stroke occurs when the blood flow to the brain is disrupted and brain cells lose their supply of nutrients. If this problem is not fixed within hours, brain cells die. This is also sometimes called brain attack. It is very difficult to identify the symptoms of stroke due to a number of reasons. Common symptoms of stroke, however, include abrupt onset of headache followed by unilateral weakness, sensory loss or clumsiness. Slurring of speech or difficulty in expressing or comprehending speech can also indicate a stroke. Double vision, painless blurring of vision or loss of vision in one eye can also suggest a particular type of stroke. Some of the factors that can be modified to reduce the risk of stroke are tobacco use, diabetes mellitus, carotid or other artery disease, high blood pressure, transient ischemic attacks, certain blood disorders, sickle cell disease, high blood cholesterol physical inactivity and obesity.
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ONGC annex DDCA Hot Weather title
New Delhi, June 24 This was ONGC’s fourth title victory of the season and third against Indian Airlines. ONGC beat Airlines in the semi-final of the Om Nath Sood All-India Tournament on way to the title, and then defeated Airlines in the title clashes of the Goswami Ganesh Dutt Tournament and the Lala Raghubir Singh Tournament. ONGC were helped by a spitfire knock of 67 by captain Rizwan Shamshad, an all-round performance by Virender Sehwag (35 and 2 for 29) and deadly bowling by Amit Mishra (3 for 21). Electing to bat, ONGC scored 215 for 9 in 40 overs. Virender Sehwag and Sandeep Sharma hoisted a second-wicket partnership of 49 runs in 6.1 overs. Indian Airlines withered in the face of some hostile bowling by ONGC and folded up for 139 in just 32.1 overs. Rizwan Shamshad was declared the man of the match. Scores: ONGC: 215 for 9 in 40 overs (Rizwan Shamshad 67 (6x4), Virender Sehwag 35 (6x4), Mahesh Rawat 37, Ajit Chandela 3 for 38, Vineet Jain 2 for 44). Indian Airlines: 139 (Shafiq Khan 60, Amit Mishra 3 for 21, Ishant Sharma 2 for 17, Virender Sehwag 2 for 29, Rahul Sanghvi 2 for 16). Unmukt, Neil slam tons
Centuries by Unmukt Chand (104) and Neil Dabral (102) and deadly bowling by Lalit Choudhary (4 for 4), Himanshu Hansaria (3 for 5) and Siddarth Sharma (3 for 6) helped National Stadium Coaching Centre (NSCC) defeat Rani Bagh Club by 291 runs in the DDCA Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Stephen’s ground. Scores: NSCC: 309 for 7 in 50 overs (Unmukt Chand 104, Neil Dabral 102, Sudhir Kumar 3 for 79, Ajay Kumar 2 for 46). Rani Bagh: 18 all out in 11.4 overs (Lalit 4 for 4, Himanshu 3 for 5, Siddarth Sharma 3 for 6). Ravindra School win
Ravindra Public School defeated Rohtak Road Academy by seven wickets in the Cambridge Foundation Summer League Cricket Tournament at the Cambridge school ground, Rajouri Garden. Scores: R.R. Academy: 130 all out in 28 overs (Jaideep Chouhan 34, Pradeep Sangwan 5 for 22, Manoj Chouhan 3 for 31). RPS: 131 for 3 in 21.2 overs (Geet Arora 36, Ashish Yadav 31 n o, Nitin Sharma 30 n o). St. Marks Academy beat Cambridge Foundation by three wickets in the second match. Scores: Cambridge: 127 all out in 27.1 overs (Abhishek Kapoor 58, Bhavishya Pal 30, Sanjeev Sharma 3 for 34, Yogesh Rana 3 for 9). St. Marks: 130 for 7 in 27.2 overs (Kunal Chouhan 35, Satender Malik 33, Yogesh Rana 30, Bhavishya Pal 3 for 41). R.R. Gymkhana enter semis
Rohtak Road Gymkhana defeated R.P. Academy by five wickets to enter the semi-final of the 14th All-India S.P. Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakin ground. Scores: R.P. Academy: 146 all out in 39.6 overs (Puneet Walia 52, Amit Kashyap 4 for 30, Rahul Tyagi 3 for 17). R.R.Gymkhana: 148 for 5 in 31.5 overs (Saurabh Passi 50, Mohit Sharma 50, Rahul Tyagi 31, Mehboob Ali 3 for 19). Shastri Club in last four
Lal Bahadur Shastri Club trounced Ashoka Jyoti Club by ten wickets to enter the semi-final of the Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Amarnath Academy ground. Scores: Ashoka Jyoti: 120 all out in 30.3 overs (Deepak Kumar 40, Sandeep Singh 30, Pranav Midha 5 for 30, Ashish Mishra 2 for 29). Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 124 for no loss in 20.2 overs (Anand Bajpai 52 n o, Shekhar Gupta 58 n o). |
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Artscape
New Delhi, June 24 This is the fifth year of the festival which features eminent exponents of the performing arts as a tribute to Guru
Jayadeva, the celebrated saint and poet known globally for penning the famous epic Gita
Govinda. Legend has it that Jayadeva wrote the epic in the hallowed precincts of the Neelachal temple at
Puri, all the time gazing at the idol of Lord Jagannath, the reincarnation of Lord Krishna and drawing divine inspiration from there. His epic is so widely acclaimed throughout the dance world that it has been incorporated in almost all the dance and music forms of India. According to the cognoscenti, the language of the epic is so lucid, melodious and appealing that it soon spread to the length and breadth of the country within a few years of its composition. It is said that such is the popularity of the epic that Pooja is considered incomplete in any Vishnu temple without the chanting of the Gita
Govinda. Apart from the music and dance recitals, a national seminar and workshop is also being organised at the Sahitya Akademi as a part of the festival. Well-known artistes from all parts of the country are scheduled to take part in the annual festival. Art fiesta at
IIC The India International Centre here is presenting Franz Schubert’s famous musical, “The Trout” on June 26 as part of its June Interlude of Operas, Concerts and Ballets. It will be followed by “The Mikado”, a comic opera, on June 30. Also at the India International
Centre, a Kathak recital is being organised on June 29 at the auditorium there. V Anuradha Singh from Bhopal will regale the audience by her rendering of the traditional dance form. A disciple of such famous gurus like Pt.
Durgalal, Pt. Kartikram and Pt. Ramlal, Anuradha holds a Master’s degree in Kathak dance with merit from Indira Kala Sangeet University in
Khairagarh. Expo on home furnishings The Cottage Emporium here is holding an exhibition of traditional hand block-printed home furnishings and hand-painted pottery from the neighbouring Khurja district in Uttar
Pradesh. The exhibition will be inaugurated on June 27 here by the chief vigilance commissioner, Mr. Pratyush
Sinha. Exhibition of drawings
on tiger The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is holding an exhibition of drawings entitled, “The Majestic Tiger” at the India Habitat Centre here to commemorate the World Environment Day. The exhibition intends to remind the people of the dwindling tiger population in the country and the urgent need to take steps to preserve it. The exhibition is on till June 30. Paintings of Sunil
Padwal The Vadhera Art Gallery here is holding an exhibition of the recent paintings of artist Sunil Padwal entitled, “Numb”. The exhibition is open for viewing till June 30. Cultural programme on classic music Under the aegis of Sahitya Kala Parishad’s summer workshop for children, students of Jaspal Kaur Public School, Shalimar
Bagh, presented a colourful cultural programme based on Indian classic music and dance, directed by Dr Kumar Rishitosh at Kamani Auditorium. The main attraction of the event was a mute ballet
‘Swara-Lai-Samvad’. “Wish Upon a Time–The Legendary Scimitar”, a novel written by Nabila
Jamshed, was released by renowned Kathak dancer Shovana Narayan at India Habitat Centre in the capital today. Renowned author Ira Pandey also graced the occasion.
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