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Rally holds traffic to ransom
A heavy traffic jam at Ashok Road due to the ‘SAD Badal rally’ in the Capital on Wednesday. —Tribune photo by Manas Ranjan Bhui
Witness alleges harassment
Robbed jewellery worth
Rs 1.5 cr seized
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Greater National Capital Region mooted
4 die in Najafgarh fire
A woman stops in front of the room where four persons died in a fire at Gopal Nagar near Najafgarh in the Capital on Wednesday. —A Tribune photograph
MCF contractors’ dharna for arrears
Nithari paintings: Case registered
CM promises mobile dispensaries
Metro bus service from
3 more routes
DPCC condemns Maya’s speech
Women PCR launched
MTNL cables stolen
Red Ribbon Express runs AIDS drive
Film fest on Women’s Day
Dalits for share in all sectors of economy
IMT placements record ‘impressive’
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Rally holds traffic to ransom
New Delhi, February 27 But the SAD-BJP “big farmers’ show” on the busy working day morning also managed to throw traffic in the Capital out of gear, not just on roads leading to the rally site in Central Delhi but elsewhere as well, causing inconvenience to the general public. To top it all, speakers at the rally took great pride in recounting how no vehicle was plying between the national Capital till as far as Karnal. A very satisfied SAD president Sukhbir Badal stated how “no vehicle is plying between Delhi and Karnal”. Perhaps it hardly mattered to those connected with the rally that a majority of key roads in and around the sprawling Ram Lila Maidan in the heart of the city had been badly affected on the busy Tuesday morning, inconveniencing thousands of commuters on way to work, colleges and hospitals. Right in the vicinity of the rally area are major hospitals like Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital and G.B. Pant Hospital. The worst affected roads on Tuesday were Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Subhash Marg and Ring Road where stopping time at red signals increased as traffic came to a crawl. Harried relatives could be seen making frantic phone calls after the hearse van they were accompanying from Pitampura on way to Nigam Bodh got delayed due to traffic jam on Ring Road. The situation was worse on the busy Vikas Marg that connects East Delhi to the centre of the city and it took commuters more than an hour to cross the ITO Bridge in the morning rush hours. Cascading effects were felt elsewhere as several other parts of Central and North Delhi and ISBT at Kashmere Gate were clogged and the traffic movement improved only towards late afternoon. As harried traffic policemen struggled to restore some semblance of order on the roads for hours, motorists caught in traffic jams were unanimous in criticising the authorities for allowing political parties to hold rallies in the heart of the city on normal working days. Angry commuters rightfully questioned that why the authorities could not ask political parties to hold their rallies in open spaces in the outskirts of the Capital. “Why does the public have to suffer because of these rallies,” they asked. For Delhi commuters being caught in traffic jams due to political rally and their leaders’ movements is quite common. On January 23, Mayawati made an impressive entry into the Capital through a mammoth rally at the Ram Lila grounds. The only saving grace was that unlike the SAD rally, the BSP affair was held on Sunday. On Monday members of Punjab Congress took up issues of farmers of the state with the Center. The situation was repeated on Wednesday when BKU decided to take up farmers’ issues at Jantar Mantar. Only this time, the affected areas were limited to parts of Central Delhi. |
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Witness alleges harassment
New Delhi, February 27 “The Delhi Police has been constantly harassing me for all these years and pressurizing me to corroborate their stance the persons killed were two Lashkar-e -Tayiba terrorists .They have dug out whole lot of nonsense regarding my degrees and practice just to intimidate me. My family and myself are constantly living in fear and can be killed anytime”, said Dr. Krishna addressing a press conference today evening at the Press Club of India. He alleged that though the police has served upon many notices to him but he had not been granted permission by the Delhi government to file a case against the officers involved in the crime for the past six years. He alleged that the police was also trying to frame him as a terrorist having links with the LeT. “Somebody calls me from Dubai and Gulf countries at the behest of Delhi police. I believe that the calls can be used against me for showing links with terrorists”, said Dr. Krishna. |
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Robbed jewellery worth
Rs 1.5 cr seized
New Delhi, February 27 Shashi Kant Mishra, distributor of Nakshatra, Sangini, Armi & True Jewellery was on his way home on February 8 from his office in Laxmi Nagar to his house in Vaishali, Ghaziabad, when he was robbed of his Innova car, Rs 40,000 in cash, credit cards, laptop, two mobiles and designer jewellery worth Rs 1.5 crore in the Kalyanpuri area of East Delhi. He was stabbed thrice and left in a pit to die by the robbers. According to Satyender Garg, additional commissioner of police, Crime, they have arrested five persons, including a Khoda Colony (Ghaziabad) jeweller Kaushlender Verma, who had bought a part of the robbed property and paid more than a lakh to the robbers. The robbery was committed by Sanjay, alias Chunnu, along with Mohammad Yaseem, alias Bali. Sanjay’s mother Jagwanti and the man she is living with Mohammad Idris have also been arrested in this connection as some cash and a robbed mobile were recovered from their house in block -20 of Kalyanpuri. Garg gave the credit of opening the case to his Special Operation Squad (S.O.S.) led by inspector Ved Parkash under the supervision of ACP Rajbir Singh. “The S.O.S. team visited the place of incident, studied the modus operandi of criminals involved, went through the record of criminals with the same modus operandi of that area and zeroed upon Sanjay and Yaseem. Sanjay was arrested yesterday and a part of the robbed property seized,” said Garg. |
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Greater National Capital Region mooted
New Delhi, February 27 Ghaziabad, Greater Noida and develop them industrially by providing essential services including Metro rail facilities. The suggestion comes at a time when the very concept of the National Capital Region was being questioned because of tepid response of some of the states which has resulted in tardy development of the area. The proposed move will amount to creation of large-scale employment for the youth of such satellite towns and prevent their large-scale migration towards National Capital Region, holds ASSOCHAM. The satellite townships identified for the purpose under jurisdiction of proposed GNCR should include places like Meerut, Hapur, Aligarh, Gajrola, Muradabad, Bulandshahr, Sikandrabad, Dadri, etc. in Uttar Pradesh, said ASSOCHAM president Venugopal N Dhoot. The Chamber has suggested that there should be a specific board consisting of town planners for the industrial development of the identified places that should report to the suggested GNCR region and work with it in a meticulous manner with due permission from state authorities. The other satellite townships that should be industrially developed comprise places such as Ballabgarh, Palwal, Karnal, Surajkund, Bahadurgarh, Alwar, Bhiwadi, Panipat, etc. For these satellite towns, their should again be a board that should be reporting to GNCR to draw industrial development package for the places. In a proposal submitted to the Central as well as state government of UP and Haryana, ASSOCHAM president Venugopal N Dhoot has suggested that state governments of Haryana and UP in consultation with central government should immediately form the proposed region. Dhoot hoped that the new region would effectively handle the shortages of power, water, health and other basic facilities etc, which is presently affecting the lives of NCR. He further recommended that Delhi needs to be decongested from its current influx, especially in view of Commonwealth Games of 2010 and the best way to do so is to develop townships and industrial clusters to generate employment opportunities for the tier II and tier III cities. The ASSOCHAM has further suggested that the satellite townships in the GNCR should have independent municipal authorities which be empowered to deal with the authorities concerned and should also handle the law and order problems of the region. The Chamber has also called for ‘Pre-approved Master Plan’ on the lines of Delhi Master Plan for the upcoming satellite towns and municipalities and the proposed master plan should incorporate all the necessary laws to provide relief to common citizens. |
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4 die in Najafgarh fire
New Delhi, February 27 The incident took place around 3 a.m. today. The fire tenders could not reach the house situated in a narrow lane and used jet pumps to extinguish the fire. But till then four persons had died. The stove in the room was upside down. Kerosene from it could have spilled in the room. According to neighbours, the room had been hired by Ranjit. He had invited his five friends for a party last night. They heard hoo ha all through the evening . Empty bottles have also been found from the room. It is believed that the dead could not escape as they could have been inebriated. Next door neighbour Somnath said smoke entered his room from Ranjit’s room. He shouted, but Ranjit didn’t open the door .Then he broke open the door. Only Mulchand and Ranjit came out. Ranjit told the police that they had dozed off with a lighted candle. The dead belonged to Badakpur village in Muzzaffarpur district of Bihar. |
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MCF contractors’ dharna for arrears
Faridabad, February 27 Over 80 contractors are associated with the civic body. Alleging that the MCF had not paid them for the work carried out between December-February, MCF’s contractors welfare association president Giriraj Singh said that the MCF had to pay over Rs 18 crore to contractors. Giriraj Singh said that the MCF was not short of funds and it must clear the dues. They threatened to stop taking assignments if their bills were not cleared within a week. Giriraj Singh said that they would continue to protest until their demands were fulfilled. However, superintending engineer of the MCF NK Katar said that the civic body would follow the rules and would not surrender to the pressure mounted by the contractors. The contractors resorted to dharna after one of them committed suicide yesterday. According to his family members, he was frustrated due to the delay in payment. The MCF had to pay him more than Rs 6 lakh. He faced humiliation in the market, they said. |
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Nithari paintings: Case registered
Ghaziabad, February 27 The organisers of the painting exhibition are absconding. According to city superintendent of police, Vijay Bhushan, the Indirapuram police received a complaint from Karanvir Singh, a resident of Nithari, claiming that he was the father of one of the murdered children. In his complaint, Karanvir stated that N: SHABD, the organizers of the paintings on Nithari had announced they would hold the exhibition Feb 17-29. The exhibition was held at Green Mark Art Gallery, Sector 2 Vaishali, Ghaziabad. Attracted by the open invitation, parents of the Nithari victims - Anil Haldar, Sunil Viswas and Jhaboo Lal - visited the exhibition. They saw paintings of nude girls and women, dismembered bodies being thrown into an open oven, and of a child cowering in terror before a lustful man, at the exhibition. — IANS |
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CM promises mobile dispensaries
New Delhi, February 27 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said this at the inauguration of a thyroid clinic at Nanakpura. She said that these dispensaries would also provide diagnostic facilities. It would help in overcoming the problem of heavy patient rush in government hospitals. “This would help in curbing modus operandi of quacks in Delhi,” she added. Emphasising on the need to provide the best possible healthcare to residents, Dikshit said, “The government has been trying to develop Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Unani system of medicines. Homeopathic medicines have no side-effect and have proved to be magical.” A homeopathic unit will be opened in the upcoming dispensaries. Besides, 25 homeopathic dispensaries will be commissioned, she declared. |
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Metro bus service from
3 more routes
New Delhi, February 27 Route 1: Welcome Metro station - Road No. 71 A-Yojna Vihar-Road No. 71- District Court - Swami Dayanand Marg and Ram Mandir Vivek Vihar and back. Route 2: - Welcome Metro station-Bihari Colony- Jagat Puri-Gagan Vihar-New Rajdhani Enclave-Preet Vihar and back. In addition another route from Netaji Subhash Place Metro station covering Rani Bagh Main Bus Stop-Raja Park-Mahindra park-Rajdhani Enclave-Chanderlok-Sandesh Vihar-Vasudha Enclave and Netaji Subhash Place Metro station will start operating from February 29. A total of 10 buses will run on these three routes covering 15 kilometers with a frequency of about 15 minutes. These routes will be run on an experimental basis initially. At present, 63 feeder buses are already plying on eight different routes. The buses are running with an average ridership of 30 passengers per trip. The Delhi Metro has already short-listed 36 feeder bus routes for which 419 buses are required. |
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DPCC condemns Maya’s speech
New Delhi, February 27 Mayawati’s rally was aimed at arousing communal and caste passions. Unlike Kanshi Ram and Bhim Rao Ambedkar she was in politics for her personal benefit. “Earlier, Mayawati had joined hands with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) to come to power in UP .Now she was trying to divide the people of Delhi on communal and caste lines.” DPCC leaders said that Mayawati was not only greedy for power, but was collecting money and gifts from her poor supporters while claiming that she was not ‘up for sale’.
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Women PCR launched
Faridabad, February 27 The PCR will deal with crimes related to women. Its helpline number is 9911599100. Four police personnel will work under an ASI. The PCR will help in preventing crimes like – eve teasing. The authorities also plan to depute more PCRs depending on the success of the one. |
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MTNL cables stolen
New Delhi, February 27 An FIR has already been lodged in Ashok Vihar police station in this regard. MTNL has expressed regret at the inconvenience caused to its customers and assured that the services in the affected area would be restored in the next three days.—TNS |
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Red Ribbon Express runs AIDS drive
New Delhi, February 27 The project is being implemented by the National AIDS Control Organisation in collaboration with the Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sanghatan and the Ministry of Railways. The seven-coach train, carrying comprehensive information on AIDS, will cover more than 50,000 villages across the country and halt at 180 stations. There are three education and exhibition coaches with a multi-media presentation on all aspects of the disease. It has an auditorium-cum-training coach and a separate coach for counseling and medical services. More than 3,54,160 people have visited the exhibition. According to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, more than 40,000 people including, 7,168 women have benefited from the professional counseling provided on the train. The training programme has succeeded in reaching out to over 16,832 participants with 298 training sessions. The cycle troupes travelling on board have performed in over 2,088 villages disseminating information about HIV/AIDS. An educational bus that is part of the project has covered over 298 block headquarters. |
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Film fest on Women’s Day
New Delhi, February 27 Around 25 films from five countries are to be screened in the festival of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) on March 7 and 8 to coincide with the International Women’s Day on March 8. Being held in collaboration with the India International Centre Asia Project, the festival will feature short and full-length films from Australia, Japan, Pakistan, and the United States besides India. IIC Asiaproject and IAWRT will use this forum for short films dedicated to genres across animation, fiction and documentary film. The theme of the Fourth IAWRT IIC Asian Women’s Film Festival this year is ‘Insights and Aspirations’. The aim of the festival is to open up a space for debates on creative processes and concerns, according to Jai Chandiram, managing trustee of the IAWRT. Recognizing the critical need for a forum that can sustain the form of documentary as well as women’s contribution to this unique form, the festival is showcasing documentary films created by women, covering a range of genres and expressive styles. It presents films that explore and reflect on how women filmmakers negotiate, resist or document political, social, cultural, environmental, educational or economic issues. Panel discussions to be held along with the festival will examine whether women are creating a new language of filmmaking, which reflects, and explores new politics of filmmaking, and how women are widening the frame for issues concerning women. The IAWRT/IIC Asian Women’s Festival has in the past travelled to many cities in India. The last festival had screenings in Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Pune and Madurai. The earlier three IAWRT festivals were on the themes of ‘Expressions in Freedom’, ‘Women, Media and Society: Transformations’, and ‘Reflections: Women Imaging Realities’. The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) is a non-profit professional organization of women working in electronic and allied media. The IAWRT is a non-government organization (NGO), in consultative status with United Nations Economic and Social Council.
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Dalits for share in all sectors of economy
New Delhi, February 27 “Dalit community will not tolerate discrimination any longer. We need our share in each sector of economy,” said Npaul Divakar, national convener, NCDHR. “The union and state governments have imposed the conditions of income criteria to keep dalits below the poverty line,” said Jai Bhagwan Jatav. “This kind of practice will make dalits untouchables in the coming days.” Umesh Babu mentioned that the guidelines made for the SCSP/TSP have not been implemented in 27 years since 1979-80. “Not only this but the nominal allocation is only notional and about Rs 19 lakh crore have been missing during all these years,” he said. Sita Ram Yechury, MP, assured that he would take the demands of dalits to Parliament. |
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IMT placements record ‘impressive’
New Delhi, February 27 “This was the first time IMT Ghaziabad made conscious efforts to call recruiters from abroad. There has been substantial increase in the number of international offers from companies like HSBC Hong Kong, Protiviti Risk Consulting, Sharaf Group, Olam International and Jumbo making a total of 15 offers, compared to 7 last year. In the years to come, we are determined to put IMT on the global map,” said Prof. Nilanjan Chattopadhyay, chairman Placements, IMT Ghaziabad. The highest domestic salary this year was Rs 17 lakh offered by Abhishek Industries – (Trident Group) whereas the highest international package was $85,000 offered by Olam International, Singapore. |
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