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7 of family murdered
8 killed in accidents
Kids march for Bhopal gas victims
Cyber fraud: 3 Nigerians held
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Bhagat Singh was for social change: Irfan Habib
Raids on grain traders decried
1 held for official’s murder
IGNOU’s 2 dental courses
Traffic diversions
CM launches meal scheme
1 held for prof’s murder
Minister keeps tabs on
development works
Court frames charges against ex-DDA official
Cops fail to explain caddie’s death
4 get life for murder
Rs 3 m looted from bank van
Mahila Sangathan protest
against price hike
Tercentenary of Gaddi Diwas
Metro service to be curtailed today
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7 of family murdered
Ghaziabad, April 16 The gruesome tragedy took place in the house of art teacher Shaukat Ali in Bhawan Kheri village in Hasanpur. Shaukat Ali was an art teacher in Kisan Inter College, Tahrpur. IG police Gurbachan Lal has suspended four cops including the Kotwali in-charge. The police has arrested the cousin of the head of the slain family on suspicion. The whole area is in a state of shock and terror. While condoling and condemning the dance of death, nobody reportedly cooked food in 50 surrounding
villages. The family had retired to different rooms on ground floor, after dinner on Monday night except daughter Shabunam who had gone up to sleep on the terrace. Between 12.30 and 1 am Shaukat Ali, his wife Hashmi, 20-year-old niece Rabiya, elder son Anis Ahmed, his pregnant wife Anjum and one-year-old son Ansh and younger son Rashid were sleeping in the compound. They were all killed. At 2 am when Shabunam sleeping on the terrace came down, as it started raining, she was shocked to see all lying in a pool of blood. Now cops have been deployed in the village in view of tension and fear in the area. Shaukat’s cousin, Sukhan, son of Wazir, has been arrested by the police on suspicion. A pot of milk found below the teacher’s bed has been sent for lab test. The suspicion of the police that some property dispute was at the back of the tragedy, does not appear to be convincing to most of the villagers. |
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8 killed in accidents
Ghaziabad, April 16 The first accident took place in the wee hours of the morning near Popai village. Om Veer Giri of Amora village, along with his family, was going to attend a condolence meeting in Badayun in a Maruti van. Anis Ali was driving the vehicle. The van being driven at high speed hit a loaded truck parked on road near Popai village. The accident was so severe that as a result of its impact, the van was torn into shreds while Anis, 30, and Chhotu, 30, died on the spot. Some people hearing the shrieks of the injured informed the police. The police rushed the injured including Urmilla, Jaipal, Harkesh, Kamla Radha and Sanjay to a nursing home where Urmilla, 30, succumbed to her injuries. Other injured were then referred to Meerut hospital. Jaipal also succumbed to his injuries on the way. In the other accident near village Katira, Punjab National Bank’s accountant Anil Sharma and Jagtrath were returning with Rs 6 lakh on bike from the Bahadurgarh branch of the bank. While trying to overtake a vehicle, their bike had a head-on collision with another bike coming from the opposite direction. Jagtrath and Devinder, 25, of Bulandshahar, who was driving the other bike, died on the spot. Devinder’s wife and Anil Sharma were seriously injured in this accident while Rs 6 lakh in a brief case was scattered on the road when the briefcase got opened due to the impact of accident.
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Kids march for Bhopal gas victims
New Delhi, April 16 Echoing the marchers’ demands for an empowered commission to provide medical, social, economic and environmental rehabilitation to those who have suffered since the 1984 tragedy, the children took the march from Jantar Mantar to Parliament Street. “We had heard of the Bhopal gas tragedy. But after hearing the tales from the people themselves, especially from children, we feel strongly for their cause,” said Raghav Sharma, a student of Shri Ram school. The tragedy dates back to December 3, 1984, when a Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in Bhopal released 40 tonne of methyl isocyanate gas, killing approximately 3,800 people. The incident, known as one of the world’s worst industrial disasters, left many suffering from chronic exposure. Contaminated groundwater around the plant area still continues to infect people with various diseases. Of the 50 people who took the month-long Bhopal-Delhi march or padyatra of 800 km, five were children. Rachna Dhingra of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action said that the kids who participated in the march were 11-year-olds. “The marchers, including children, have just one demand — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh keeps his promises that he made to the people of Bhopal when they took a similar march two years ago,” Dhingra told IANS. Yasmin, one of the 11-year-old marchers, has written a letter to the Prime Minister in blood, urging him to keep his promises. “Children of Bhopal are victims of two of the world’s worst disasters. One was caused by the Union Carbide’s toxic gases and the other by the water that is still contaminated due to the tragedy,” Yasmin said. This letter, along with others echoing similar sentiments and written by school students of Delhi and Chennai, will be submitted to Manmohan Singh by a delegation of children. The marchers submitted a letter earlier to the Prime Minister with 20 questions. These include queries like what measures have been taken to ensure medical care to victims of the tragedy and why the government has not taken any steps to prosecute Union Carbide? Students of the Shri Ram School, Tagore International School and Blue Bells School were among those who participated in the rally.
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Cyber fraud: 3 Nigerians held
New Delhi, April 16 A woman complained to the special cell that someone had tried to cheat her of Rs.40, 000. She had received a call from the person claiming that he was calling from U.K. High Commission in the second week of March’2008 wherein she was informed that she was a winner of Microsoft Promotion Winner of $ 16,000,000,00 lottery. She also received the same message on her mobile. The caller induced her to give personal details like residential address and e-Mail ID. After she obliged,she received a message from the lottery on her e-mail ID. She was convinced that the callers were the authorized agents for Microsoftpromo Prices. Then the caller informed that the lottery amount would only be given to her only if she deposited £ 490 or Rs. 40,000 as service charges in their ICICI Bank account. The woman got suspicious, contacted U.K. High Commission where she was told that they were fraudsters. The callers through another number informed her that they had received the draft from the company and had paid Rs 15,000 on her behalf. Since the draft was of a large sum of money it could not be sent back and demanded a sum of Rs. 15,000. When she refused, they threatened her that they would harm her family and directed her to meet them or sent her photograph by April2,2008. The police team with the help of two mobile phones with Mumbai numbers used in negotiations apprehended Saheed Ali Olayiwala and Adelwale Adeniyi Isiak from Neb Sarai village on April 11. At their instance their associate Ismail was arrested the next day from Santgarh, Tilak Nagar. The mobile with a Delhi number used for threatening the woman was also recovered from his possession. Ismail assumed a fake identity of Simushi Muyatwa and had a fake passport of Republic of Zambia. He revealed that he had come to India on a visa for one month. After the expiry of the visa he overstayed and managed to procure the fake passport. The original passports of Adewale and Saheed Alli were recovered but Ismail had sent his original passport back to Nigeria. They revealed that they operated in small groups. Certain groups in Nigeria collected e-mail Ids and passed on the information to another group for money.
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Bhagat Singh was for social change: Irfan Habib
New Delhi, April 16 “Bhagat Singh’s vision of India’s freedom was much broader. He believed that Swaraj was not enough. Revolutionary transformation was must for a socialist society,” said historian Irfan Habib. He also talked about the writings of the martyr. In his writings, Bhagat Singh has discussed the problem of gap between ‘manual and mental labour’ in post-revolutionary society.
“Bhagat Singh wanted to create his party on Bolshevik principles. He even created the Naujwan Bharat Sabha and the Lahore Students Union,” he informed. “Bhagat Singh was bold enough not to disown his revolutionary acts of either killing Saundres or attacking the Delhi assembly.” Irfan Habib said that if ‘Why I am an Atheist’s’ the last testament of Bhagat Singh had been given proper place in post-independent India, problems like communalism and sectarianism would never have erupted. Mridula Mukerjee, historian and director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library said, “1857 and Bhagat Singh hold significance in India’s struggle for freedom.” She added that Saundres killing was to avenge the national insult perpetrated by the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai. The colonial British police had killed Lala Lajpat Rai. Historian and chairman of the Indian council of Historical Research, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya also spoke on the war of 1857 and Bhagat Singh’s role in India’s struggle for freedom. Editor of Bhagat Singh’s documents, Chaman Lal convened the discussion. He said, “Bhagat Singh’s image of just a brave patriot needs to be changed. His writings prove that he was a revolutionary socialist.” “Had he been allowed to live, he would have provided leadership to the freedom movement,” said BB Bhattacharya, vice-chancellor, JNU. “JNU is happy to have the Bhagat Singh Chair.”
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Raids on grain traders decried
New Delhi, April 16 O.P.Jain, president, Delhi Grain Merchant Association, has expressed concern at the continuing raids on foodgrain traders by the Delhi government despite prices being under check. “No trader wants to stockpile eatables particularly foodgrain as these items depend on crop season,” he said. “The wholesale prices of various pulses are down by 5-10 per cent in the last couple of months. The food chain retail stores are also helping in checking prices of these essential kitchen items. The moong ‘daal’ is selling at Rs 3300 -3500 per quintal in the wholesale market and is about Rs 35-40 in the retail market,” said Ashok Gupta of Dal and Besan Millers Association. “We extend full support to Delhi government in further bringing down prices by providing grain and pulses at competitive prices,” he added. “We are open to all checks for our stocks, as this is the age of transparency and no trader wants to hold stocks in this global fluctuating market,” Gupta said. |
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1 held for official’s murder
New Delhi, April 16 In November last year, the addl. public prosecutor R.N. Sharma of Begusarai, Bihar, was shot dead at his house by three unknown persons immediately after he returned from Begusarai court. The name of a political leader from Bihar was also being linked to this killing as the A.P.P. had a vocal stand in the cases against the leader. As a result of the killing, Bihar saw violent protests and working in the courts remained suspended for more than 10 days. The accused disclosed that he was a school dropout and was involved in a murder case along with his elder brother Amresh Singh during a family dispute over land at Dadpur, his native village. Amresh Singh is also involved in several heinous cases. After his release, he allegedly eliminated a witness of the above case and was again arrested. He remained in jail for four years in this case. After his release on bail, he remained underground and was involved in different cases which are being verified. After killing the APP, Amar Nath left for Delhi and joined a private security agency at Shakurpur, Delhi. Two of his accomplices, Mukesh and Chandan, have already been arrested.
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IGNOU’s 2 dental courses
New Delhi, April 16 The two programmes, which will be available in open and distance learning mode from July this year, are PG Certificate in Endodontics and PG Certificate in Oral Implantology. Talking to the media, the president of the Dental Council of India, Dr Anil Kohli said that each programme is of one year duration. However, there is a flexibility to complete the programme in three years. Both the programmes have been accredited by DCI. Since these programmes are through open and distance learning education mode, one does not have to leave their published practices/work places except for the contact programmes. There is no age bar and even fresh graduates can apply. Dr Kohli further said that there are 12 centres for oral implantology and 15 centres for endodontics and each centre will admit six students for these programmes. The vice-chancellor of IGNOU, Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai said that the university will extend all possible help in running these programmes and make sure that more and more students get benefit out of them. The member, Dental Council of India, Dr Anil Kumar Chandna emphasized that the programme study centres have been established in reputed dental colleges which are already running MDS programmes. He further clarified that the students handbook and prospectus along with the application form can be obtained from IGNOU regional centres as well as downloaded from IGNOU website: www.ignou.ac.in and the last date for submission of filled-in admission form to Registrar (SR&E) is May 10, 2008. |
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Traffic diversions
New Delhi, April 16 Those going from South Delhi to North Delhi and vice versa can follow Ring road, ie Ashram Chwok, Sarai Kale Khan, I.P Flyover, Rajghat; Lajpat Rai Marg, Mathura road, Bharion Road and Ring Road or Aurobindo Marg, Kamal Attaturk Marg, Kautilya Marg, Mother Crescent, Baba Kharak Singh Marg to reach Connaught Place. The DTC and Blue Line buses will have specific termination point on both sides to the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The termination point of these on the western side has been chosen to be Neela Gumbad, Aurobindo Chowk and the T-point on Lodhi Road. On the eastern side the buses will terminate at Udyan Marg, Pahar Ganj, Shivaji Statue on Minto road and Mandi House. Traffic Helpline – 23010101 |
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CM launches meal scheme
New Delhi, April 16 It was launched from the Nizamuddin night shelter where hundreds of poor people were provided with fresh cooked nutritious food by the Swami Narayan Akshardham Mandir. Speaking on the occasion, Dikshit described this campaign as a major step towards making Delhi a hunger-free state. The government would facilitate NGOs or business houses in distribution of cooked food at various locations in the city. Twelve more NGOs and business houses have agreed to help in this noble cause. A few business houses like Hero Honda, Taj Hotel, etc have also agreed to associate with the Delhi government in this regard. The Chief Minister expressed confidence that this initiative would ensure a one-time meal to a large number of homeless poor out on the streets. Wholesome food will be provided to them every day between 12 noon and 3:00 pm. She exhorted the beneficiaries to keep the surroundings clean by putting used paper plates in the bins kept nearby. The Delhi government under its new initiative would give permission to use the night shelters for distribution of food. Speaking on the occasion, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Yoganand Shastri described the hunger-free campaign as a unique initiative. The campaign would go a long way in overcoming the problems of malnutrition of the poor, he added.
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1 held for prof’s murder
New Delhi, April 16 VK Gupta, 70, lived alone. He taught at Sachdeva PT College. One of his ex-students, who had come to meet him, found his body on his bed. It was learnt that some boys from Bapa Nagar in the Anand Parbat area including, Mukesh Soni frequently visited VK Gupta. After the incident, Mukesh Soni was found absconding. He was apprehended from the Karol Bagh area. Mukesh Soni disclosed that he along with Vinod of Ramgarh in Jharkhand murdered Gupta. The two are vendors at Ajmal Khan Road in Karol Bagh. The deceased was a regular visitor of a shop near the vendors’ point. The arrested often visited the deceased. They came to know that he was planning to purchase a car and decided to rob him. They visited the deceased on February 5 and strangulated him with the help of a muffler. They also robbed Rs 26,000 and a mobile phone. The mobile phone has been recovered. Efforts are on to nab Vinod.
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Minister keeps tabs on
development works
Faridabad, April 16 While presiding over the monthly Public Grievances Redressal Committee, the minister of power Randip Surjewala today made it known to the officers that the status of works in progress must be put before him in each of the Grievance Redressal Committee meetings. He made it known to the officialdom that it was their primary duty to ensure timely completion of the works in progress. He also specified that some departments like agriculture, power, Public Health PWD and B and R, and the MCF directly related to the public in highway must show extra care with regard to the problems of the people. He made critical observations on some engineers relating to the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad when they failed to give convincing answers on progress on some works in the city. |
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Court frames charges against ex-DDA official
New Delhi, April 16 Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge I.K. Kochhar framed the charges against Sharma as well as four others: Dharambir Khattar, Ved Prakash Kaushik, Pradeep Kapoor and Anil Wadhwa. Sharma and the others have been booked under sections 7, 8 and 13 (1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code. The next date of hearing is July 21. The CBI unearthed the scam in 2003 and filed four corruption cases in which several prominent people, including then Delhi High Court sitting judge Shamit Mukherjee, were involved.
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Cops fail to explain caddie’s death
New Delhi, April 16 The court observed that the post-mortem and viscera reports submitted by the Delhi Police did not point out as to what had caused the death of the caddie. “The report did not mention the cause of death. It has not even called it a natural death. The police is trying to bury the case,” said prosecution lawyer VK
Ohri. The victim, Vickey used to work as a caddie in Delhi Cantt Golf Course. On the evening of March 13, he was taken to a hospital in a serious condition, where he was declared brought dead. Vicky’s family has alleged that the police tortured Vicky to death. While, the police says that Vicky had complained of stomachache and had died on his way to hospital. |
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New Delhi, April 16 Additional sessions judge VP Vaish also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 each on the guilty. “On the basis of last-seen facts, it stands established that the four are responsible for the death of the deceased,” the judge said . The accused - Chintu Malhotra, Gyan Chand Kashyap, Mohd Tayyab Alam and Dharminder Singh were held guilty for the murder and kidnapping of Kishan Kumar, a taxi driver, on way to Haridwar. The court noted that the men, who had hired the taxi from West Delhi to Haridwar, failed to prove that they had left the vehicle. “The recovery of the taxi from the accused on August 29, 2000 in Purnea in Bihar two days after the incident, indicates that the accused committed the murder of Kishan and took the Maruti van to Bihar,” the court said. — IANS
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New Delhi, April 16 The incident occurred around 4.20 a.m. when two men in a Santro car stopped the van belonging to the Maha-Medha Bank near Punjabi Bagh area and fired three shots at security guard Avad Bihari Shukla. Shukla suffered two bullets on each leg and one on his hand, while the other three employees - Naresh, Kuldeep and Vijay in the van - were saved. The assailants escaped with the cash. The bank employees gave chase till a few kilometers but failed to catch them. — IANS
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Mahila Sangathan protest
against price hike
New Delhi, April 16 Addressing the participants, Poonam Kaushik, general secretary of the PMS, condemned the policies of the central as well as the state government. Their policy is responsible for the price rise. The country is facing severe food crisis, Kaushik said. She also questioned the retail stores opened by the big business houses. |
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Tercentenary of Gaddi Diwas
New Delhi, April 16 Known ragis from Delhi and Punjab will participate in the Kirtan Darbar. |
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Metro service to be curtailed today
New Delhi, April 16 The Patel Chowk and Central Secretariat metro stations will remain closed during that period. However, services between Vishwavidyalaya to Rajiv Chowk on Line-II, Shahdara to Rithala on Line-1 and Indraprastha to Dwarka Sector – 9 on Line-III will remain normal. |
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Jewellery shop looted
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