New Delhi, September 15
The Uma Khurana episode was not yet over, when a student of a government school registered a complaint against her teacher, for pushing her into flesh trade.

A case was registered in the Hauz Khas police station against a teacher from Gargi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, for purposely failing one of her students, when the complainant refused to give in to her intentions.

The girl’s father has accused the teacher of running a prostitution racket in the school. However, the colleagues of the accused have denied any such possibility.

Officials from the Delhi government education department also visited the school to investigate the matter, after a complaint was registered against the teacher.

New Delhi, September 15
Rashmi Singh, the fake witness from the school sex racket video, procured bail today.

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Alok Aggarawal enlarged her on furnishing of a personal bond and a surety of Rs 20,000 each.

Rashmi was allegedly persuaded by the main accused Prakash Singh to act in the video, on the pretext of providing her a job in Janmat news channel.

The crime branch of Delhi police called it a fake operation in its report and denied any role played by Uma Khurana.

Ghaziabad, September 15
Bandits decamped with jewellery worth lakhs from Gitanjali Jeweller’s showroom, just 10 metres from the police post in G Block of Shastri Nagar, after breaking the locks on shutters of the shop.

The showroom was splattered with blood, apparently as some of the intruders had been injured with glass splinters, etc. the police said.

Many empty jewellery boxes were found scattered in park behind the jewellery show room. Bloodstains were found there also, but even dog squad could not trace the criminals.

Some neighbours who noticed the twisted shutters of the jewellery showroom informed the owner, Atul Garg on Friday morning.

The intruders had broken a thick glass door behind the shutter to enter the shop. The thieves had even tried to break the strong safe, but could not succeed. Most of the jewellery was kept in this safe.

SP city, Vijay Bhushan said fingerprints and blood samples have been lifted from the shop.

Earlier, the residents of Shastri Nagar had jammed the traffic at crossing in protest against the robbery and failure of police to reach the spot even six hours after they were informed of the loot.

Office-bearers of traders association were the first to reach the spot, who blamed the police and other authorities of inefficiency and demanded the removal of the SO Kavi Nagar police station.

They alleged that the police were only concerned with collecting illegal gratification from shopkeepers, cart-pullers and small-timers on pavements.

Even the police post in-charge was missing after the incident, traders told SP City. Criminals have targeted many institutions, shops during the past fortnight, angry people said.

Ghaziabad, September 15
Ransom of crores of rupees is being demanded from the parents of a man gone missing about 45 days ago from the Kavi Nagar police area.

The callers say they work for a dreaded criminal lodged in Saharanpur jail. The car of the missing youth was found abandoned in Hardwar a few days ago.

But even senior police officers are dismissing the pleas of the parents that their son has been kidnapped.

The man, a resident of Bhambota village under Kavi Nagar police, had set out on July 25 in his car to purchase some dresses for his kids. Nothing has been heard about him ever since.

The family had lodged a missing report with police. But a phone call received by his brother last week changed the whole scenario.

The brother was told by some people who claimed to be close to a dreaded criminal lodged in Saharanpur jail that his brother was in custody of their gang and could be set free when the ransom amount is paid to them.

While criminals are continually demanding ransom on phone, the police are taking no action though senior police officers have been apprised of the ransom calls and threats.

The parents feel that their son is somewhere in Saharanpur area as his car had been recovered from Hardwar.

SP City Vijay Bhushan however says that police have some clues and hope to recover him soon. The police feel that he has not been kidnapped. “The man appears to have gone underground due to some family dispute,” SP City added.

Faridabad, September 15
The police have registered a case against four youths for allegedly raping a girl.

The victim has alleged to the police that she was forcibly lifted by the four accused in a car while she was out to meet a friend in Sector 3.

The incident occurred on Tuesday. According to her complaint, she was taken to a field and gang raped.

The four are now threatening to liquidate her. No arrest, however, has been made so far.

New Delhi, September 15
At least 20,000 Indians die every year due to rabies, accounting nearly 35 per cent of such deaths world wide, the health ministry said on the World Rabies Day.

“Rabies kills 20,000 people in India every year and is virtually 100 per cent fatal, if appropriate and timely treatment is not taken,” the ministry stated in a press release.

Rabies is mostly transmitted by the bite of rabid dogs, but it can also spread by the bite of a rabid cat, monkey and other animals.

According to the data available with the World Health Organisation (WHO), nearly 55,000 people succumb to rabies, mostly caused by dog bites. Of this, Asia accounts for 31,000 deaths- a majority of them from India.

The global health body remarked that an estimated 10 million people were treated each year, after being bitten by dogs. Of these, 1.8 million received the treatment in India alone.

Since over 90 per cent of the rabies cases are due to a dog bites, India needs to vaccinate dogs. The ministry informed that safe and effective anti-rabies vaccines were available in the country and facilities for animal bite management were available in anti-rabies treatment centres across the country.

In an advisory, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) said that in case of an animal bite, victims should not touch the wound with bare hands and avoid irritants like- soil, oil, herbs, chalks and betel leaves.

The NICD advised the affected people to apply some antiseptic cream and visit a hospital, as soon as possible. — IANS

New Delhi, September 15
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to grant licences to trades as permissible under Section 416 and 417 of the DMC Act, on the newly declared commercial and mixed land use roads and streets. These would be regular licences.

Vijender Gupta, chairperson of the standing committee said that licences would be issued to traders, only if they had deposited the conversion charges with the MCD. These licences would be subject to the outcome of the court case titled M.C. Mehta v/s the Union of India and others pending in the Supreme Court.

Under Section 417 of the DMC Act, licenses might be granted to 24 trades that the Supreme Court has allowed to run in shops of 20 sq meters at the ground floor in residential areas, in authorised as well as unauthorised colonies.

Gupta expressed hope that the new policy would save traders from harassment and corruption.

Greater Noida, September 15
The plots of Greater Noida Authority, spread over 18 acres, have brought in record bids making the GNIDA richer by Rs 350 crore.

This property boom in GNIDA area is being linked to the approval of prestigious projects like an international airport, Night Safari, Taj Expressway, etc.

When tenders for commercial plots were opened in Greater Noida Authority on Friday, a new high in property prices, touching the skies, was seen as plots were sold at Rs 44,444 per sq mtr- setting new landmarks in prices of land in Greater Noida area.

The GNIDA was richer by Rs 350 crore at the end of the day in the process for plots spread over 18 acres.

GNIDA had announced a commercial scheme on August 1 comparing 9 plots of 12,000 sq mt to 18,000 sq mt land in Alfa, Bita and Delta sectors for which many reputed builders had submitted their tenders.

The highest bid for four plots in Bita-2 and Alfa–2 sectors was submitted by Gurgaon-based Ambiance Company at Rs 44,444 per sq mt, beating other contestants in the race. All these four plots were annexed by M/s Ambiance Company.

New Delhi, September 15
The historic Red Fort here, granted the UNESCO World Heritage Site Status recently, will be made more tourist-friendly as authorities plan a makeover of the area around the monument.

According to the proposed Comprehensive Research Conservation Plan (CRCP), the area around the 17th century Red Fort, always crammed with vehicular traffic, will be decongested to allow free movement of tourists by constructing more subways and underpasses.

Also on the cards are an underground ticketing facility, eating joints, shops, waiting lounges and information centres for the tourists.

“All the proposed facilities have been planned underground so that the view of the Red Fort is not obstructed while easing out the traffic in the area and making for a comfortable visit for the tourists,” Abhimanyu Dayal, urban designer and architect who is a part of the project, told IANS on Wednesday.

In a bid to decongest the surroundings and facilitate free movement of the pedestrians and vehicles, it is also proposed that there will be no traffic signal in the entire area.

The plan also proposes to link monuments like Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Fatehpuri Masjid.

The roads will be widened and underpasses will be constructed instead of flyovers, which obstruct the view of the monuments.

Two subways are proposed to link the Red Fort with Netaji Subhash Marg and Chandni Chowk to facilitate easier pedestrian movement in the area.

Additional parking space is also being planned for visitors near the Delhi Gate, apart from the existing facility, where a visitor can park the vehicle and take the battery-operated ferry service towards Chandni Chowk.

These measures are aimed at making the quintessential Old Delhi neighbourhood, adorned with historic monuments, more tourist-friendly. — IANS

New Delhi, September 15
Election of 11 members of the DUSU executive committee will be held on September 28.

The last date for receipt of nomination papers is September 21 and scrutiny will take place on the same day.

The publication of the duly nominated list of candidates will follow on September 21.

A note from the university states clearly that if nominations have to be withdrawn then it will have to be by September 22 and the publication of the final list of candidates will follow on the same day.

Counting of votes will take place immediately after the polling. Prof Gurmeet Singh from the department of chemistry has been appointed election officer and Prof J. M. Khurana from the same department and Dr Rajesh Tandon have been appointed returning officer and additional returning officer, respectively.

New Delhi, September 15
‘Amity Utsav 07’, an innovative two-day inter-school festival to commemorate the founder’s day, was held at the Amity International School, Noida.

The festival helps bring to life the vision of Ashok K. Chauhan, founder president, RBEF and Amity University.

Around 1,500 students from junior, middle and senior classes competed in 25 meticulously designed events such as vegetable printing, group recital, puppet show, clay modelling, group dance, dramatisation, orchestra, science presentation, designing on computers, essay writing and street play.

New Delhi, September 15
The Hindu Rao Hospital in collaboration with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is all set to start an innovative course, B.Sc in medical laboratory technology (MLT), to meet the shortage of trained lab technologists in hospitals.

The course is likely to begin from the next academic year. As per the plan, the Hindu Rao Hospital will provide infrastructure for the course while, Indraprastha University will award the degree. The classes will be held at the school of nursing.

“We had started talks with the IP University in June but, we got a confirmation from them on September 3. Though we wanted to start the course from this academic year, we would be able to do so from the next academic session,” informed Rajiv Bhagi, chief medical officer.