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JNU students strike today
BSES raid in Madanpur Khadar
Woman, five kids drown in Ganga canal
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BJP propaganda on regularisation false: Cong
Four Noida officials suspended for bungling
Biggest receiver of stolen vehicles held
DUTA poll soon
Walia inspects building project
Blind murder solved; two held
Jhuggi plot scam: Maken trying to cover up, says Vardhan
Building collapses
DDA's claims on environment clearance decried
Three get life for abduction and murder
Road rage: Hunt on for seven suspects
Election for CCIM
Book company to develop
multimedia products
Six held for bank draft theft
Bill on ground water in next session
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JNU students strike today
New Delhi, August 8 The JNU administration revoked rustication against 8 students in keeping with an agreement reached on July 12, which was followed by a 13-day hunger strike by students. On the basis of an appeal submitted by each student, the university administration had agreed to reconsider the punishments. These students would then be allowed to take registration this semester. The fines imposed on JNUSU president and joint-secretary continues since they have to submit their appeals, while the fine imposed on JNUSU general secretary has been revoked, after he and other students submitted a letter of appeal in keeping with the July 12 Agreement. Besides, the July 12 agreement can be said to have constituted a moral victory for students at JNU who had protested against the violation of workers' minimum wage laws on campus. However, students have disapproved the administration's order to impose fines and the revocation order. Dhananjaya, the president of the JNUSU said, "We will not accept the administration's decision to impose fines and revoking the rustication order. According to the agreement, we have regretted and will not accept the violation of the agreement. As a result, we have held a protest march today and are calling for a university strike tomorrow." |
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BSES raid in Madanpur Khadar
New Delhi, August 8 According to BSES, as soon as the raiding team booked power theft cases in eight houses, a mob, including women, gathered there and started manhandling the team members. They threw stones from the rooftops. Several officials, including a BSES photographer were injured. All of them were taken to a hospital and discharged after first-aid. An FIR (No 753/07) was subsequently lodged against five persons including Kashmir Singh of Mahilla Mohalla, Mausi Colony at the Sarita Vihar Police Station. A BSES spokesman said that routine raids were being undertaken in the area to curb the menace of power theft. Madanpur Khadar has a different kind of power theft. The area has around 40-50 houses each in turn having 30-50 rooms rented out to migrant workers for a monthly rent of Rs 1500-2000 inclusive of electricity charges. Incidentally, renting of rooms is the main occupation of the owners of these houses. Each room is supplied with a 1-2 KW of un-metered power supply. Most of the houses in the area blatantly steal power from nearby BSES LV mains and even the ones that have a legal BSES connection, the connected load far exceeds the sanctioned load. In the last few months, BSES Enforcement teams have conducted over 50 raids in Madanpur Khadar, booking power theft of over 450 KW and slapping penalties of over Rs 52 lakh. As part of the exercise to minimize the incidence of power theft and improve the quality of its power supply in Madanpur Khadarpur, BSES is streamlining its distribution network using aerial bunched insulated cables using the Low Voltage Distribution System (LVDS), said a BSES official. Meanwhile, BSES has appealed to the residents of Madanpur Khadar to take legal BSES connections, for which camps are being regularly organised. |
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Woman, five kids drown in Ganga canal
Ghaziabad, August 8 Salma, 35, daughter of Sardar Khan of Narera village was married about 12 years ago to Ali Birdpur of
G.B. Nagar. Pregnant for eight months, Salma had come to her father's house with her five children. Her brothers-in-law Imran and Rahim had come to fetch Salma on Tuesday. They were all returning in a Maruti var. The driver Raj Kumar had failed to notice a pipe on Ganga canal road from distance. But as he swerved the vehicle to one side so that it did not hit the pipe, the vehicle plunged into the canal water. Seeing that the van was going to fall into the canal, Rahim and Rajkumar jumped out from windows while
Salma, 35, Imran, 25, Salma's daughters Azre, 11, Samre, 9, Tayra, 3 and Sofia, 2 and son
Muskam, 5, drowned in the canal. Some people were able to save Imran, while all others died. Although a number of villagers had rushed to rescue the family, Salma and her children, could not be saved. District Magistrate Ajay Kumar Shuklaand SSP Deepak Ratan visited the accident site later. All the bodies were sent for postmortem. |
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BJP propaganda on regularisation false: Cong
New Delhi, August 8 Giving details, Sharma informed that when sealing and demolition action was being carried out, Congress-ruled MCD notified 2189 roads as commercial and mixed land use. |
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Four Noida officials suspended for bungling
Noida, August 8 According to sources, six contractors were paid Rs 210.17 lakh for a tree planting campaign, under which 3,40,637 trees were to be planted in July 2006. But, the four-member committee that had inspected the contractors' work on Noida CEO's instruction noticed a shortfall of 2.61 lakh plants. Only 80,000 plants were found planted. Kumar added that dy director K.L. Jha, asstt director R.K. Mathur, plantation inspector Jatinder Prasad and Parmal plantation supervisor have also been suspended. Reportedly, the four will also reimburse Rs 20 lakh and complete the plantation of target saplings for year 2006-07 in the coming 15 days. The final inspection will be done after a fortnight. Contractors M/s Maheshwari and M/s Green Deckers have been black listed. They have been asked to complete the short fall of 2.61 lakh plants within a fortnight. The C.E.O informed that the department had a budget of Rs 10.30 crore for the year.
Kumar said that the total number of suspended officials is 11, while two officers have been charge sheeted.
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Return of Meer's river
Sirhane Meer ke ahista bolo, Abhi tuk rote rote so gaya hai (Speak softly by Meer's bedside; crying, he has just fallen off to sleep this moment).
I heard this couplet a few days after my tenth wedding anniversary. That too after a long liquor session in the baritone voice of a senior journalist. After a gap of two decades, I have got "Meer Darya hai…" an anthology of Meer Taki Meer's poems in Devnagri script, brought out nicely by Kamna Prasad. Since I am no scholar, won't be able to point out even the transcription errors. The hardbound volume's design is similar to such books still available at Urdu Bazar in the Jama Masjid area. Its design was so nice that I started reading it. The foreword begins with the title line and goes like this:
Meer darya hai, suno shair Zabani uski Allah Allah re tabiyat ke ravani uski. (Meer is a river, hear him recite his poetry and watch the flow). I didn't realise the fact that I was reading the couplets aloud, till a cackle from a young colleague made me tense. I realised that my smoky office cubicle was no place to read Meer. Many words in the collection are tongue-twisters for the generation now. A bit of patience can be rewarding as most of such words have been translated into Hindi in the footnotes. I tried to read the collection returning home in a rattling Blueline bus, but couldn't. Sudden jerks and bumps played havoc with my concentration. Despondency caused by deprivation and bouts of psychosis made Meer to say:
Ultee ho gai sab tadbeerain, kuch na dava ne kaam kiya Dekha, is beemar-e-dil ne akhir kaam tamam kiya. (Whatever I tried turned on its head, there was no cure; see how my lovelorn heart ended my life). The legendary ghazal singer Begum Akhtar has rendered this ghazal in her
inimitable style. As I reached home, rain had just stopped and the full moon was emerging from clouds. I switched off the tubelight and plonked down on a sofa. I pulled back the curtains and soaked moonlight. I opened “Meer Dariya Hai…" And began reading the following couplet aloud:
Uske Faroge-e-Husn se jhamke hai sab main noor Shamm-e-haram ho ya ki diya somnath ka. (Every thing glows with the light of His radiant being. He is the Holy lamp of Kaba or the flame in the temple of Somnath). I felt my personal pain alleviating in the quiet of the night. I was left wondering was it faith or its loss which had made Meer to say:" Meer ke deen-o-mazhab ko, pooccho kya ho un-ne to Kashka khaincha, dair mein baittha, kab ka tarq Islam kiya (What do you ask about Meer's faith; he smeared his forehead, sat in the temple and gave up Islam long ago). |
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Principal awarded New Delhi, August 8 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit conferred the award on Bhatnagar.
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Biggest receiver of stolen vehicles held
New Delhi, August 8 On August 6, an information was received that the accused would go towards Silliguri through Defense Colony, in a stolen car. Acting on a tip off, the police reached the spot and arrested the accused. The alleged accused have been identified as Raja Chattri and Deva Lama. Reportedly, a stolen car is recovered from their possession. They are involved in the theft of more than 100 cars. |
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DUTA poll soon
New Delhi, August 8 Executive candidates fielded by the AAD include Dinesh Adlakha (Jesus and Mary College), Dr Rajesh Upadhyaya (Bhim Rao Ambedkar College), Dr Punam Tyagi (Kalindi College) and Dr Rajesh (university department of adult, continuing and extn education). Besides DUTA president, 15 teaching representatives will be elected in the executive committee of DUTA. The DUTA office bearers are likely to be elected in the upcoming elections. Chairman of the AAD Dr S.S. Rathi has appealed to DU teachers to evaluate the past performances and sincerity of the contestant groups and individual candidates on issues of collective concerns. Those groups that have been non-performers in the past or have in the past connived with the authorities of DU, government or the UGC should not be favoured, he said. The elected teacher members should be articulate and persons of integrity. He added that the DUTA president should be a person who can struggle, mobilize and negotiate effectively. The priority for the AAD include a fair deal for university teachers in the new pay revision, so that their working and living conditions improve. |
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Tibetans take to streets
New Delhi, August 8 The massive public gathering, which included monks, women and children raising anti-China slogans and waving flags, demanded that China allow all the Tibetans gathered to go to Tibet and witness its current state. They also demanded that China prove it that it is upholding the rights of people living in Tibet. Tensin, a 25 year-old activist, from Karnataka, sustained minor injuries. The protesters said they aim to tarnish the image of China ahead of the Olympics. "This is our first demonstration targeting the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We have one year and if they fail to recognise (the protest), we will think of another strategy towards a workable solution," said Kalsang P Godrukpa, president, Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the organisers of the rally. "TYC had initiated a hunger strike last month and now we will begin a campaign for Tibetan participation based on Gandhi's tradition of satyagraha. Until there is a satisfactory response from the People's Republic of China (PRC), the movement will continue and the PRC will be held responsible for any eventual consequences resulting from the movement," he said. The most important demand is evidence to prove that Gendun Choekyi nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, is alive, he said. |
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Walia inspects building project
New Delhi, August 8 Walia also inaugurated the installation of bearing block in foundation beam at the site of new ward block at the GTB Hospital. This block would have 500-bedded ward and operation theatre. The technology would function as a shock-absorber and building above the bearing blocks will not feel any jerk of earthquake. The entire building would be earthquake-resistant as the best base isolation technology has been selected. Walia stated that Delhi falls under Zone-IV seismic zone, keeping this in view, the city government has decided to construct all major government buildings with most advanced earthquake-resistant technology. The GTB Hospital would be second of such building in the country and would be commissioned next year. The government has also decided to construct the Dwarka Hospital building and the OPD block of Lok Nayak Hospital with this technology for which an additional expense of only three per cent is required in addition to normal expenditure. The government has decided to make five important buildings quake resistant with retro-fitted technology. They are: Divisional Commissioner's Office, Ludlow Castle School, GTB Hospital, Police Headquarters and Delhi Secretariat. Other earthquake-resistant technologies would also be considered keeping in view the conditions of existing building. Walia in a separate meeting with the medical superintendent, GTB Hospital, engineer-in-chief and other senior officers reviewed expansion plan of the hospital. The hospital authorities stressed the need for an auditorium, a guesthouse, an additional OPD block. |
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Blind murder solved; two held
New Delhi, August 8 A tea shop owner near Mahesh's office recognised one of the two persons who had come to meet him on August 4 in his office. Sagarjeet was a former employee in the deceased's office. He was also missing from his house. On the instance of the informers, the police finally, apprehended Sagarjeet at the Badarpur border. The police also nabbed the other alleged accused Sri Om after interrogating Sagarjeet. The police recovered Mahesh's wallet, some blood-stained clothes and keys of the deceased's flat. During interrogation, the police found out that both the alleged accused were cousins and one of them had been fired by Mahesh sometime back. Both the brothers remained unemployed for a long while and then decided to meet Mahesh for job. When Mahesh refused, one of the brothers went ballistic and attacked him on his neck. Mahesh was seriously injured and succumbed to his injuries. Both of them then locked the flat and fled away. One held for murder The Vasant Vihar police has claimed to have apprehended a person wanted in a murder case by the UP police. Arms have been found from his possession. A police patrol received an information about the arrival of the alleged criminal in the area. One Pawan was intercepted for verification. A country made pistol was recovered from his possession. According to police, the alleged criminal has murdered one Devi Ram at his native village in UP. Besides, Pawan allegedly has been involved in cases of murder, extortion and arms act.
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Jhuggi plot scam: Maken trying to cover up, says Vardhan
New Delhi, August 8 Vardhan said, "If Congress wants to highlight the truth, the scam should be enquired by a retired Supreme Court judge, so that residents of Delhi are able to recognise the faces of the real culprits." He pointed out though the case was exposed 15 days ago, the CBI did not consider it worth enough to interrogate the Congress legislators, ministers of Delhi government and staff of the Chief Minister, on whose recommendation VVIP numbers were allotted to the vehicles of Malhotra. Harsh Vardhan claimed that more than 6,000 files have been recovered from Malhotra, which include documents related to plots allotted 16 years ago. He said that citizens of Delhi are aware of the fact that Congress was the ruling Party in Delhi 16 years ago and not a single leader from the BJP is involved in this bungling. Talking on the issue, he stated the raid was carried out only when there was a dispute between a former councillor of the Congress and Malhotra for their share in the looted money.
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Building collapses
New Delhi, August 8 Bluline injures boy One Rohit (16) was injured after he fell off a Blueline bus near Sarita Vihar today. He was taken to the Apollo Hospital. According to police sources, the boy was traveling on the footboard of the bus.—TNS
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DDA's claims on environment clearance decried
New Delhi, August 8 Presenting its arguments, the group says that the Yamuna runs for 50 km in NCT of Delhi. The Yamuna Committee of Central Water Commission has not provided any specific approval to the construction of the Games Village in the riverbed. The DDA should explain to the country why a new bund was constructed by it in 2002 in the riverbed, using public money to safeguard from floods a private structure called
Akshardham.
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Three get life for abduction and murder
Noida, August 8 A couple was sentenced to life imprisonment for abducting and killing the person. The husband had abducted a 10-year-old Ashish under Sector 20 police station area. Later, the police had recovered the abducted boy and arrested the husband and wife. Additional district judge Mangal Prasad Yadav sentenced one Jagdish to life imprisonment for having abducted a young man from Sector 49 police station area about five years ago. Jagdish had escaped after dumping the dead body of the victim in Hindon canal after killing him. In yet another case of attempt to murder, the same court sentenced two culprits to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each. During gram pradhan's election, Chandan and Birjua had shots due to enmity. They were arrested on the statement of the wounded person.
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Road rage: Hunt on for seven suspects
New Delhi, August 8 The police said that the description of the suspects had been flashed to all police stations and efforts were being made to trace them. The two mobile phones which the suspects had snatched from the victim have also been put under surveillance. Vivek Bhandari (42) was beaten up by at least seven bikers on Monday night after a minor accident on the South Delhi flyover. They also attempted to throw him off the Lodhi Colony flyover, the police said. Bhandari was forced to flee from the area abandoning his car. When he returned to the spot, he found that his two mobile phones and car stereo were missing. This is said to be the fourth incident of road rage in the Capital in the last few weeks. A biker had allegedly bludgeoned a pedestrian in a case of road rage in the Tahirpur area of north-east Delhi on Monday. Narender (22) had allegedly beaten to death Arvind, a 28-year-old plumber after an altercation over the right of way. On July 16, a former mayor's nephew Jitender Pawar was allegedly killed by four bikers when he objected to their rash driving. Two National Security Guard (NSG) commandoes had on July 14 allegedly attacked a man in the Delhi Cantonment area after a fight on the road. Meanwhile, the police has cautioned drivers not to lose their cool on the roads in case of an accident but immediately report it to the police. This would help in preventing insane violence, a senior police officer said.
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Election for CCIM
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Book company to develop
multimedia products
New Delhi, August 8 These products are developed as per the latest international norms of multimedia education under the rigorous rules laid by the World Bank. Uniqueness of the product is highlighted as both teachers and students would now have access to multimedia-based learning objects from class 9th and 10th in maths, chemistry, physics and biology in English, Hindi and Urdu languages, a press release said.
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Six held for bank draft theft
New Delhi, August 8 Some stolen bank drafts and one laptop have been recovered from their possession. Reportedly, the accused disposed off seven laptops in Hyderabad. The crime branch was following the case that was registered when drafts were found missing from the Dwarka branch of Syndicate Bank. Initially, the police managed to arrest only one of the suspects, but the rest went underground after the complaint was lodged. Harjit and Raj Kumar involved in this case were nabbed from from Paras cinema yesterday. At their instance, all the six accused were arrested. |
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Bill on ground water in next session
New Delhi, August 8 This decision has been taken today at a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) meeting. The meeting was attended by the Delhi Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, who was Chairperson of the DJB, political member Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, MLA of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), NDMC chief Parimal Rai, urban development secretary Rakesh Mehta, chief executive officer of the DJB Arun Mathur and its other senior officers. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri advised the board to exempt the unauthorised colonies and villages from parameter of the ground water bill as residents of these localities depended on the ground water. The Jal Board has yet not supplied water to all unauthorised colonies and villages. If it is banned for them, they will have no alternative arrangement for water, he argued. This bill is being proposed to ban the use of ground water as water level in the national capital is going down. This water is not fit for drinking. Before being used, it should be treated. The Delhi Jal Board had installed tubewells in several areas to supply potable water. Before commencement of Sonia Vihar Water treatment plant, Dikshit said that once the plant was completed and got water from Uttar Pradesh, South and East Delhi would get proper supply. |
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