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Gujjar stir tomorrow
CM promises more medical colleges
Flourmills penalised for stealing power
Youth shot dead in group clash
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Games projects hanging fire
DPCC claims SCs’ backing
Women meet on girl education
Apeejay School wins future cities award
Local governance meet ends
Sheila likes “Taare Zameen Par”
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Gujjar stir tomorrow
New Delhi, January 19 He also threatened an indefinite fast from tomorrow in Karoli at Hindon in protest against the fake cases framed against thousands of Samiti activists in the state.He has appealed to the centre to prevent the Rajasthan government from registering cases against Gujjar movement activists. Addressing a conference, Col Baisala said that he had rejected the proposal of the Vasundra Raje government providing four to six per cent reservation for Gujjars, Gadiala Lohar, Banjara and Rebari castes. Nothing short of the Scheduled tribe status would be acceptable to us. Endorsing Bainsala’s assertion, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, NCP legislator in the Delhi Assembly, pointed out even the Chopra committee had stated that the economic condition of the Gujjars in Rajasthan was bad and they did not have access to power or employment opportunities. He warned the BJP of consequences if it did not fulfill the demand. Terming Raje’s January 12 statement was provocative, Bidhuri urged the Union Home Minister Shiv Raj Patil to take appropriate action against the Chief Minister . In her statement Raje had said, “Gujjar leaders from Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were instigating the Gujjars of the state and warned that the BJP cadres should beat them if they try to enter Rajasthan. If BJP cadres fail to do this, she would personally ensure that these leaders are beaten up,” Bidhuri quoted the Chief Minister. Haryana MLA and national president of the Akhil Bhartiya Gujjar Sangharsh Samiti, Sukhbir Singh Jonapuria retaliated by saying “if the Chief Minister acted out her threat,she cannot enter Haryana.”
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CM promises more medical colleges
New Delhi, January 19 Technical education is playing a vital role in social and economic development of our nation. Delhi has a number of universities and deemed to be universities for imparting higher education in different areas including technical education. No area could progress until it had enough educational institutes. Speaking as a chief guest on the occasion of dedication of Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Government (CBPG) Engineering College, Jaffarpur, the Chief Minister said that Delhi being the national capital and the hub of commercial activities, it had been a constant attraction for the growth of engineering and technical manpower. In fact, despite the growth of self-financing colleges of engineering and technology, a large number of 10+2 science stream students still continue to move out of Delhi in pursuit of higher education in engineering and technology areas. With commencement of CBPG engineering college, students of rural areas would be benefited. The department of technical education is planning to develop this engineering college as a centre of excellence in the area of civil and environmental engineering and related fields as per the vision of the state government. “This is our aim to develop this centre of excellence in an area, which is very much needed for the development of our city as well as our country. To support the phenomenal growth of technical education, the government of Delhi had established Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, which promoted the growth of self-financing institutions under its affiliation,” she said. While paying tribute to the veteran leader and the first Chief Minister of Delhi, late Chaudhary Brahm Prakash, Dikshit announced that Government Engineering College, Jaffarpur, had been renamed after this noble personality. Principal Dr Pratima Bose informed that this college was planning to start two new courses from the next session. The courses are B. Tech. in Environmental Engineering and Management and Bachelor of Architecture. Both are much needed for the country. The college plans postgraduate courses in environmental engineering and management, disaster mitigation and management, structures, transport, planning and engineering, building science and construction tech.
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Flourmills penalised for stealing power
New Delhi, January 19 According to a recent survey, many large flourmills steal power during working shifts. This was found when the BSES conducted an analysis of the mills’ consumption patterns. A study of the data retrieved from the BSES meters installed on three sites showed that the flourmills were not functioning during particular hours of the day. Later, it was found that the flourmills were directly indulging in power theft, by hooking from the nearby BSES LV mains. The ongoing power consumption survey has helped BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) unearth theft of over 232 KW from three large flourmills in the Jafferpur area of
Najafgarh. M/s M K flourmill and M/s S G flourmill were caught stealing over 73.26 KW and 85 KW of power, respectively. While M/s S K flourmill was caught stealing over 74 KW of power. M/s M K flourmills and M/s S G flourmills were penalised of Rs 43.64 lakh and Rs 25.79 lakh respectively, whereas M/s S K flourmills was penalised of Rs 47.2 lakh, as per the Indian Electricity Act 2003. A detailed use of the latest techniques, the Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and surveillance helped the BSES detect power theft. Based on the analysis, the BRPL enforcement team was able to zero in on |
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Youth shot dead in group clash
Ghaziabad, January 19 As both the groups freely used firearms, it created a panic in the main bazaar.
According to police, two groups of cable operators had clashed in Khora Colony on January 11 in which Onkar, brother of Mukesh was seriously wounded. A report was lodged in Indirapuram police station concerning this clash. In this connection, some people who had been named by the other group were going to surrender themselves in the court on Friday. Mukesh was also going to the court along with his companions. He noticed that five persons in a black safari were chasing him. Mukesh stopped at the Kotawali police station to lodge a complaint about them. An SI and a cop came out of the police station with Mukesh to verify the veracity of the complaint. In the meantime, the black safari came in front of the police station gate where it bumped into a motor bike. As Mukesh told the policemen about the safari, five incumbents of safari jumped out and started running towards clock tower. The five had gone a little distance only when Mukesh started firing indiscriminate shots on them from his own revolver.
In this firing Yogesh Kasna, who was leading the group in the front, was hit and killed on the spot.
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Games projects hanging fire
Noida, January 19 Though the basic structures are ready, nobody seems to know as to when they will be given the final and professional finish. Officials say the delay is due to inaction by the state government officials. There was great enthusiasm in Noida when New Delhi had won to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The government had, in partnership with tourism department, decided to build over a dozen 5-star, 4-star and 3-star hotels in Noida to accommodate a large number of sportspersons and foreign tourists expected during the games. Even the Centre had also appreciated this development but due to improprieties in allotment of hotel plots, the allotments were cancelled. Following this, allottees had approached the court. Since the matter was linked with Commonwealth Games, hearing was started quickly. But the hearing stage is getting extended over many days every month. A number of sport cities were proposed to be set up and their locations were identified, budgets approved, but the pace of projects getting practical shape got entangled in red tape. For example, the proposal to set up a sports authority has been in abeyance for the last 17 years at the state government level. |
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DPCC claims SCs’ backing
New Delhi, January 19 He said this while addressing a convention of the scheduled caste community. Addressing the convention, he said that the Delhi government had been initiating various schemes and projects from time to time for the welfare and benefit of the SC community. The future of the scheduled caste community was safe in the hands of the Congress as it was the only political party which understood the problems of scheduled castes and devised various schemes to solve them to give them a better life. He said the Congress government in Delhi had implemented various schemes and projects for the welfare of this community and the party would not tolerate any move to slow down or scuttle the welfare projects for them. Delhi Assembly Speaker Chaudhary Prem Singh assured the SC community that their future would be safe in the Congress as the party had initiated various projects and schemes to improve their lot. He exhorted the community members to work for the interest of the Congress and foil designs of those who were working only for their interest. The Speaker said with the strength of unity, the SC community could achieve their goals and the Congress was the only political party the SCs could depend upon.
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Women meet on girl education
New Delhi, January 19 On the platform of Mahila Samkhya,
the representatives of the organisation and project heads of nine states will build a strategy to create a timely interface between women and the government officials. “Since the Mahila Samkhya programme is propelled and shaped by women,” said Richa Sharma, deputy secretary, department of elementary
education. “We felt that any attempt to sustain and mainstream the programme under the 11 th Plan must reflect the aspirations of women and should be founded on their experience and learning.” Reflecting the spirit of the three-day event, Rajeshwari, a teacher in the Adult Literacy Center in Kerala feels, “Today the women are far more forceful, cohesive and stronger. We have much to learn but even more to share with those working for women’s empowerment.” The Mahila Samakhya programme is implemented through autonomous Mahila Samakhya
societies, which act as apex bodies and receive grants from the central government. However, the government plays a facilitative role, the programme is managed and implemented by women who are outside the government sector. |
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Apeejay School wins future cities award
New Delhi, January 19 Altogether 14 teams representing 10 high schools in the National Capital Region participated in the event. DAV school, Gurgaon, was declared the runner-up. The competition was organised by the Science and Technology Department and the Bentley Systems. The teams were asked to provide a plan for the Commonwealth Games 2010. Science and technology minister Kapil Sibal addressed the gathering after “The competition should be made a national event open to high schools and colleges across the country to sensitise a much larger section of the student community to the development issues,” he said. While commenting on their win, Appejay team leader Ajaypat Jain said, “Future cities India 2020 gave us an opportunity to serve our country in a special way.”
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Local governance meet ends
New Delhi, January 19 The three-day IBSA local governance forum also provides a platform for experts to work together and have a meaningful exchange of ideas on the subject. The IBSA dialogue opened on Thursday and runs for three days till January 19. The IBSA dialogue forum has been institutionalized with senior leaders and officials of India, Brazil and South Africa meeting on a regular basis to help promote trilateral cooperation. The conference was inaugurated in a function today by union minister of urban development Jaipal Reddy. Others present on the occasion were Aarti
Mehra, the Mayor of Delhi and Mani Shanker Aiyer, the minister of panchayati
raj. On Friday, Farooq Abdullah, MP and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir will address the delegates. The high point of the deliberations is expected to be on the 19th when the IBSA-LGF launching ceremony is scheduled and a charter of formation of the IBSA – Local Governance Forum or LGF will be adopted here. The eminent social activist, Aruna Roy, will give the keynote address on ‘Governance at the Local Government Level and Right to Information’. Minister of external affairs Anand Sharma will deliver the valedictory address. The new civil society dimension of LGF has been brought into the dialogue at the initiative taken by the Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi. The IBSA-LGF dialogue is expected to serve as a powerful instrument to promote South-South cooperation. It will help strengthen grassroots democracy in all three regions, help strengthen local governance institutions and improve service delivery. |
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Sheila likes “Taare Zameen Par”
New Delhi, January 19 At the inaugural function of the Tri-Continental Human Rights Film Festival Friday, Dikshit told IANS: “I enjoy plays, movies and music. The latest film that I saw was ‘Taare Zameen Par’. I liked it very much. I certainly think that we should support issue-based films like ‘Taare...’. That is why I would like to support film festivals like this because these documentaries are issue based.” “These films open up a world which many of us didn’t realise exist. I have suggested that we will support this kind of festival so that people continue to make issue-based films. And I do hope in time people would like to come here,” she added. Dikshit gave away awards to the winners at the festival. Delhi boy Parvej Sharma, a journalist-turned-filmmaker, walked away with the first prize for his documentary about gay couple titled “Jihaad For Love” and Iranian director Mehrdad Oskouei got the runner-up trophy for “It’s Always Late For Freedom”. The Chief Minister also watched some parts of “It’s Always Late for Freedom”, which kickstarted the festival. However, due to prior commitments she couldn’t sit through the entire movie. She said: “I don’t like going early, but I have to.” Asked about her favourite actors, Dikshit said: “My favourite actors depend upon what they are portraying. So I always have current favourites and not perennial favourites.” Delhi is a culturally vibrant city and abuzz with all sorts of activities, feels the Chief Minister. “Delhi is a fairly cultured city and has lot of cultural activities going on - somewhere musical evenings are going on, somewhere some play is going on and there are also poetry sessions and lots and lots of other things keep happening here. But I do hope that it doesn’t get concentrated in Delhi. It should spread out to the whole country because people need entertainment,” she said. — IANS
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Minimum temp falls to 7.5 degree Celsius
New Delhi, January 19 The fall in temperature is attributed to the moving away of the cloud cover and western disturbances over the Capital. The minimum temperature tomorrow would be around 5 degrees Celsius, the Met department said. |
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Punjabi teachers honoured
New Delhi, January 19 Chief guest at the function Pushpinder Singh, who is a member of the Delhi Minority Commission, said that these teachers were performing their duty very efficiently.
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