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Rs 67 cr for rural development
Woman, four kids killed in wall collapse
MCF spends on amenities
Gurgaon units take eco-friendly way
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DMA protests against conversion charges
6,220 ration cards modified
Suicide bid by jawan
CAMPUS NOTES
Probe officer transferred
Mobile hacking racket busted
Criminal arrested
Body found
Lathi charge condemned Exide showroom
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Rs 67 cr for rural development
New Delhi, June 27 The board meeting was held under the chairmanship of minister of development Rajkumar Chauhan. It was attended by all MLAs of Outer Delhi, divisional commissioner, deputy commissioners of the districts concerned, project director of the Rural Development Board, top officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The finance was sanctioned for 265 schemes. The minister said that the budget for rural development for 2006-07 was Rs 125 crore. The Chief Minister has been requested to hike the budget of the rural development board to ensure all-round development of the villages of Delhi. It was also decided at the meeting that the Rural Development Board would provide the budget to remove high-tension wires from the colonies under the 20-point programme. Apart from this, it was also decided to provide 20 per cent amount from the Board for the development of Harijan bastis near the villages. He said the meeting also decided that the fund of Rs 140 crore of panchayats, which was with the Board, would be spent on the developmental works of the villages where it was incomplete. The minister also directed the officers of Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department and the MCD to speedily implement the schemes made for rural development.
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Woman, four kids killed in wall collapse
Ghaziabad, June 27 The condition of some of the injured is stated to be serious. The deceased have been identified as Kavita (4), Rem jimh (10-month-old), Pullu(3), Gulshan (1) and Janwatti, 40. One person has been arrested in this connection. Senior district administration and police officials inspected the spot on getting the information. The kin of each of the dead had been given a relief of Rs 50,000 by the administration, the district magistrate said. The government will bear the cost of treatment of the injured. The accident took place at 12 noon. There is a junk dealer's store on the main road. A 12 ft high kacha wall surrounds the godown. Nearby, a number of slums have been constructed on a vacant plot. The injured were rushed to Maryam and MMG hospitals. Here five of the injured succumbed to their injuries. Three of the victims belonged to the same family. SP city Vijay Bhushan said the plant owner Lalit Tyagi had been taken into custody and investigations into the accident had been initiated.
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MCF spends on amenities
Faridabad, June 27 According to the details released by the MCF authorities, the corporation has spent about Rs 34.94 crore on the construction and repairing of roads having a length of over 330 km in the city between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007. Claiming that a kind of record had been achieved by the corporation in the past two years in matter of overall development, the Commissioner, MCF, Mahtab Singh said the city had been selected under the ambitious Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Scheme (JNURM), under which funds worth about Rs 2,300 crore were to be released for the city during the next five years for restructuring various civic amenities, besides finding a solution to the problem of slums. |
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Gurgaon units take eco-friendly way
Gurgaon, June 27 A German firm has chosen Gurgaon for implementing the eco-profit project funded by international agencies. According to an owner of a manufacturing unit,just when the Gurgaon's industrialists were getting attuned to envrionment-conscious ways in the production process and pressure from the Haryana government,the German firm stepped in to train the entrepreneurs in 2002-03.Representatives of 40 industrial units here took part in workshops. In 2003-04 another batch of about 22 industrialists took part in the campaign.However,the international agencies stopped funding the campaign and the German firm started charging the paticipants in 2005-06.This time industrialists from the entire National Capital Region(NCR)were invited. Nine industrialists took part .Out of which seven were from Gurgaon and one each from Ghaziabad and Faridabad. According to S.B.Aggarwal,the former president of the Gurgaon Industrial Association(GIA),which has been collaborating with the German firm in the campaign,the campaign included environment- friendly methodswhich would reduce the cost of production. The participating firms who measure up to the international standards of environment practice are given certificates.Among those who have got the certificates are: Hero Honda, Munjal Showa, Denso Haryana, Jai Bharat Maruti. The certificates for the year 2005-06 were awarded a couple days back.
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DMA protests against conversion charges
New Delhi, June 27 However, the emergency and the Intensive Care Unit services were kept outside the purview of the shutdown. The DMA president Dr Ramesh Dutta claimed that the shut-down was successful. "The DMA protested against the move of the MCD at the behest of the urban development ministry. This will lead to the escalation of cost of medical services," the DMA president said. He said the Delhi government had been neglecting the demands raised by them and the DMA is being forced to agitate. Dr Dutta expressed the hope that the government would address the demands raised by the association. "These charges are unfair. It is affecting the medical fraternity as well as the patients. These charges will have to be borne by patients. Ultimately, these will lead to collapse of medical services," he added. He said the annually mixed land use charges should be fixed only for once. |
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6,220 ration cards modified
New Delhi, June 27 The work on modifying the ration cards was started on the orders issued by the Delhi minister of food and civil supply following the receipt of a number of complaints regarding spelling mistakes in cards. The mistake was noticed even in the ration card of Congress MLA Parvez Hashmi who represented Okhla assembly constituency. He raised this issue during the last assembly session. The ration card modification work was started on June 1 and till June 25, a total of 6,220 cards had been modified, said Dwivedi. He said that there were 70 circles in the national Capital. In some areas like circles 5, 10, 11, 26, 31, 35, 44 and 57, the modification was very slow. A meeting was called today to find out the reason for the delay in the work. In 2005, the Delhi government had given a contract to a private company to prepare the ration cards. However, the company made a number of spelling mistakes in the cards. Now, the contract of the company has been cancelled and the department itself is making the corrections. As far as ration cards for jhuggi dwellers are concerned, the department has identified 900 clusters for the purpose. The applications for new cards are being accepted. The last date to submit the application for a new ration card is August 31. The ration card for jhuggi dwellers were banned in 1998. This issue was raised during the last assembly session by the opposition parties. Thereafter, this decision was taken to restart this process. Recently, the Delhi Cabinet also gave its nod to make ration cards for residents of jhuggi clusters.
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Suicide bid by jawan
New Delhi, June 27 The police said that head constable Sahdev Singh was hurt in the left shoulder by the bullet fired from his gun at 11.30 a. m. He was taken to the Ram Mahohar Lohia hospital by security personnel where his condition is said to be stable. The police said the Jawan was disturbed for the last few days and had sought transfer from his present place of posting. Sahdev hails from Baghpat in western UP. Senior ITBP officers said an inquiry was on into the incident. |
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CAMPUS NOTES
New Delhi, June 27 In a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, a DUTA delegation led by its president Amardeo Sharma, discussed the details of the directive issued by a deputy director of the Delhi government. The May 30 letter, addressed to the principals of all 100 per cent Delhi government funded colleges, threatened to withhold the second installment of funds if the accreditation was not obtained. Sharma said the delegation opposed the ''irresponsible'' directive and demanded its immediate withdrawal.'' We conveyed our opposition regarding the move, which is in violation of the Delhi University's autonomy and also expressed concern at the serious implications of implementing NAAC on government -funded educational institutions,'' he added. The DUTA president said the Chief Minister assured the delegation that the autonomy of the university would be preserved. Commerce course in demand
As admission fever picks up momentum at Delhi University, the number of students taking up commerce programmes is on the rise this year. Some 34,728 students out of a total of 84,864 applicants, have applied for the B.Com programme followed by the bachelors in arts programme, which has been preferred by some 30,689 candidates. Vandana, a fresher applying at Ladies Sri Ram College, says, "Me and my friends have all given B.Com as our first choice. This is logical as it offers many career options on completion. We are keeping our fingers crossed before the list comes out." Other courses in high demand are B.Com (Hons), English (Hons) and Economics (Hons), under the humanities and social science streams. In science, Physics seems to be the most sought after course this season with 14,410 applicants in the science stream followed by computer science and mathematics. In the humanities stream, political science, history, sociology and psychology have also received a fair share of attention. Around 12,411 applications have been received for Hindi as compared to history's total of 11,874 and sociology's total of 5,172 applications. A maximum of 14,410 applications have been received for Physics (H) followed by Computer Science at 13,653. Meanwhile, the number of applications for the School of Open Learning has also seen a substantial increase this year with over 90,000 students applying for some 43,000 seats across the many colleges of Delhi university. The SOL has already sold around 32,000 forms for its five undergraduate courses and some 700 students have already been enrolled. The undergraduate courses on offer at the School of Open Learning are a Bachelor of Arts restructured programme, BA English Hons, BA Political Science Hons, B.Com (Pass) and B.Com (Hons). The last date for applying at the School of Open Learning is August 27 but students can also apply till October 31st subject to late fees. There is no limit to the number of seats in the school and all students who apply within time are eligible to take admission. New programme at GGSIPU
The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University recently announced an interdisciplinary programme in MA English and Communication Studies, under the aegis of the University School of Humanities and Social Sciences (USHSS). This two-year interdisciplinary programme offers a unique blend of academics and industry relevant studies. The programme has on offer an indepth research into written and oral communications, psychology, organisational behaviour, contemporary Indian cinema and communication, language and discourse, legal communication etc. This programme is designed to create employment opportunities for students in diverse fields so that they have multiple choices on offer when they pass out. The programme offers openings in fields like advertising and public relations, publishing and editing, in government communication centers as also employment in the entertainment and information industry. The vice-chancellor GGSIPU, Prof. R.K. Aggarwal, said, "The MA English and Communication Studies programme strengthens the university's profile as a responsible university which is dedicated to augmenting and nurturing professional programmes. I am sure the applicants will find this programme unique and useful in addressing their career goals." Eligibility for the programme requires minimum a graduation degree from a recognised university and a minimum 50 per cent marks. The total number of seats on offer is 30. The admission brochure and application forms for this programme are available at the Punjab and Sind Bank, GGSIPU, Kashmere Gate against a cash payment of Rs 500. The last date for submitting the form is July 18. |
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Probe officer transferred
Gurgaon June 27 Dr Singh had sought all records from HUDA and Dr Singh was assigned to probe into alleged demolition of 13 dustbins which were constructed by the private parties as part of an agreement so that they could play up commercial advertisements on them. Dr Singh,who confirmed his transfer,said that his successor would conduct the inquiry. The local
Administrator, Mr S.P. Gupta, who was in the centre of the controversy ,has also been transferred. |
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Mobile hacking racket busted
New Delhi, June 27 Reliance has a pact with some mobile phone manufacturers who provide good subsidy on some mobile phone models. According to police, the hackers used to replace the software of such models with some other service providers causing great loss to Reliance. Equipment used in hacking of software, documents and CDs containing information regarding ESN, RSN, MDN, and many mobile phones have allegedly been recovered from Pawan.
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Criminal arrested
New Delhi, June 27 According to the police, Tamanna allegedly belongs to the underground terrorist group Ranbir Sena of Bihar. After receiving a tip-off, the police team laid a trap near the ICICI bank, Saket. He along with his accomplices had allegedly committed a bank robbery and looted Rs 4 lakhs from a bank in Bihar.
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Body found
Noida, June 27 The police control room was informed that the body of a youth was lying near a water tank, under construction, in Sector-67 yesterday. SP City, CO City and police team from Sector-58 police station reached the spot but could not ascertain the identity of the body. The police suspected that the youth, who appeared to be 26-year-old, could have been strangled with a cloth. His face had turned blackish. The police said he might be associated with a call centre as he was often seen with the staff of a call centre in Sector-60, who used to visit police station with some problem or the other. The body has been sent for postmortem. So far, as many as seven persons have been killed by robbers so far in the area. Earlier, a youth in Mumora village was murdered by stabbing with a bottle. He belonged to Sector-8 slums. The police have not been able to nab the accused so far. |
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