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Woman dies after domestic help
drugs, robs family
The mourning relatives of the Maini family in Noida on Saturday. A Tribune photo
No relief from slash in LPG rates
JNU students attacked in train
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Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal
Rs 150-crore land scam unearthed
GDA to sell property at throwaway prices
MCD’s office to shift on Minto Road
Crime File
Noida double murder: Rajesh Talwar’s bail plea deferred
Senior citizens worried about finances, health
Kamaruddin killed for not paying
service cess: Father
DPS boy tops solar expedition test
Love-struck man climbs 15 floors, falls and dies
400 bus shelters to be built
NFL registers higher turnover
Gang of robbers held
Graveyard opened
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Woman dies after domestic help
drugs, robs family
Noida, June 7 The incident occurred on Friday night at industrialist Ajay Maini’s rented residence in Noida’s Sector 50. Maini, 40, his wife Sandhya, 38, son Rakshhak, 15 and their relative’s daughter Sara, 3 along with cook Raju were drugged. Sandhya died while the rest are in
hospital. Senior superintendent of police, Noida, R.K Chaturvedi said it appeared to be a case of robbery, but further details would be available only after Ajay Maini regained consciousness. “We have registered a case, sealed the house and questioned five suspects. Besides servant Akash, more people may have been involved,” he said. Satish Madra, who is the landlord and resides on the ground floor of the house, said, “Ajay Maini is an industrialist in the field of steel fabrication. He was residing on the first floor of the house with his four relatives and two servants. Raju, their cook, had been with the family for a number of years.” About three months back, Maini employed a Nepali servant, Akash alias Raj Kumar, who is absconding after the incident. Madra said, “In the morning I was planning to go to the gymnasium, but found Ajay’s car parked behind mine. I rang their bell and called them up but did not get any response. Then I left with my friend in his car. “After returning, I again pressed the bell but still got no response. Then I called the neighbours and when we went upstairs, the house was bolted from outside. We found the entire family either unconscious or semi-conscious. “Maini’s wife’s hands and legs were tied with a rope and the house was ransacked. All almirahs, wardrobes, even the locker of the almirah
were found open. We called the police and took the victims to Prayag Hospital where doctors declared Sandhya dead.” Their stomachs have been washed and they are recovering, said S.K Sahu, one of the doctors who treated the victims.
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No relief from slash in LPG rates
New Delhi, June 7 A deliveryman of a gas agency in Shankar Market said that he had been directed to charge Rs 344.70, as the oil companies had not officially directed to sell cylinders at slashed rate. The government’s directive still lies on papers. A resident of the Jahangirpuri area said that five residents of the area had returned cylinders to the deliverymen saying that the government had reduced the rate. He added that the gas agency owners would be forced to sell cylinders at slashed rates. However, Rakesh Mehta, chief secretary, Delhi government, had said yesterday that the reduced price of LPG cylinders would be effected from today. A senior Delhi government officer said that due to the delay caused in giving final touches to the policy, the order could not be placed before the oil agencies. Today being Saturday, the offices are closed. The order will be placed on Monday. New LPG price notified today The Delhi government today issued a notification in respect of the reduction in the enhanced price of domestic LPG cylinders in the Capital. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on June 5. She had said that the hike in the LPG cylinder price in Delhi be only Rs 10 instead of Rs 50. The notification issued by the department of trade and taxes said Rs 40 would not form part of the sale price of domestic LPG cylinder and it would be sold at Rs 304.70. The city-government would take care of the reduced amount of Rs 40 per cylinder. The government has ensured implementation of its announced decision. Copies of notification have also been sent for compliance to the three oil companies to enable them to pass the benefit of state’s support of Rs 40 per cylinder to domestic customers. The companies market LPG cylinders in Delhi. Meanwhile, women turned up in large numbers to convey their gratitude to the Chief Minister for reducing the enhanced LPG domestic cylinder price. They congratulated the CM on her bold decision. Addressing the women, Mrs Dikshit stated that reduction in price of domestic LPG would benefit a large number of families in Delhi and go a long way in curbing inflation. |
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JNU students attacked in train
New Delhi, June 7 On June 4, a group of MA students and faculty from the Centre for Study of Regional Development
(CSRD) were attacked by a mob while returning from a field trip to Sikkim by the Mahananda Express. The incident happened when some locals allegedly tried to occupy the reserved seats of the students, including girls, at Katihar station in Bihar. “There was a minor fight between the locals and students after the locals manhandled a faculty member,” said Sandeep, president, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU). Meanwhile, the locals phoned other residents of their village and the train was stopped midway. The students alleged that hundreds of local residents tried to break into their compartment by smashing the windows and doors of the railway compartment. “We contacted the Railway Ministry in the Capital and our personal contacts in that area,” said Sandeep. The situation was restored to normalcy in a few hours after the intervention of the police. Meanwhile, the JNUSU has expressed deep shock at the inaction of railway police and railway officers present in the train. “It is a shameful incident and we demand strict action against the railway employees present in the train when the students were attacked,” he said. The JNUSU and the university administration have also demanded an inquiry into the incident so that the culprits are identified and punished. |
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5 MCD squads to catch stray cattle
New Delhi, June 7 Vijender Gupta, chairman, standing committee, said that out of the five, one team would cover Civil Lines, West Rohini and Narela zones of the MCD. While, the second would cover Najafgarh, Central and South zones. The third team would cover Shahdara (North and South) zone and the fourth team would cover Sadar, Paharganj and Karol Bagh zones. While, the fifth team would remain at the MCD headquarters as a stand-by arrangement and would be deputed in the zones that would require help. Municipal commissioner K.S Mehra directed the MCD to remove stray cattle from the Capital roads by August 31. He said that video footage of stray cattle would be made for submission in the High Court. Mehra said that about 4,000 stray cattle have been rounded-up in the last two months. One thousand six hundred fifty stray cattle were caught in April, whereas 1,864 cattle were caught in May. Further, 389 cattle have been caught this month. Microchips were inserted in 720 cattle, whereas ear tags were inserted in 75 calves. The ear tags will be replaced with microchips after the calves grow up. Mehra also informed that four video cameras are being purchased to maintain the record of impounding operations. Vijender Gupta also disclosed that he had written to the Delhi police commissioner expressing his disappointment over the police’s non-cooperation. The cattle catcher squad of the MCD is at a time provided with seven police personnel under a head constable. He has demanded that a central force with at least one-woman constable should be provided to the squads. Gupta expressed concern over the Rohini incident. He said that the commissioner has been directed to submit a report about the incident at the next meeting of the standing committee. Gupta said that a large number of illegal dairies run in Rohini. He said that the Commissioner would soon be directed to get them closed. Shiv Kumar, a resident of Adarsh Nagar said that a number of illegal dairies were being run in connivance with politicians and MCD officials. Cow menace is felt at an all time high in Azadpur Sabzi Mandi, Majlis Park, Kewal Park, Surja Nagar and Ramesh Nagar. They lie in the middle of the roads and cause traffic jams and accidents. People have repeatedly complained about it but no action has been taken yet. An ex-councillor too has a dairy in the area, Kumar added. The condition in
Jaitpur, Badarpur, Malviya Nagar and Ambedkar Nagar is also not different. Chaudhary Jagdish who owns a dairy in the Trans Yamuna area said that the MCD should develop dairy farms in all districts of the Capital so that dairy owners could shift their cattle there. At present, there are only two dairy colonies - Ghazipur and Najafgarh, which is not sufficient, he said. |
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Rs 150-crore land scam unearthed
Greater Noida, June 7 In the latest case, land sharks usurped 126 acre of Gram Sabha in Dara village by tampering with records under Sadar Tehsil. It is learnt that the land worth Rs 150 crore had been transferred in the names of land sharks and their relatives. Deputy district magistrate of Sadar has cancelled the entries when he found them to be fake. He has ordered an FIR to be lodged against those involved in the crime. The usurpers had transferred the 126-acre land in Dara village in their names by tampering with the land records. Padmawati wife of Kailash Chand, a resident of Ghaziabad, Rajeshwari wife of Dharam Prakash of Meerut, Hukam Singh of Haryana, Jayanti Prasad of Meerut, Tej Singh son of Bir Singh of Almohra, Istqbal Mohd of Ghaziabad, Suresh Chander of Ghaizabad and Ramkali wife of Jagdish Prasad of Muzzafarnagar had made fake entries. Interestingly, not a single person among these is a resident of the village. Dy DM RK Singh said that when fraud was committed the area was part of Secunderabad tehsil in Bulandshahr. These persons are accused of having entered their names in connivance with the employees of the record room. Singh said that the value of the land is estimated to be Rs 150 crore. |
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GDA to sell property at throwaway prices
Ghaziabad, June 7 The authority has now decided to sell its property at throwaway prices — at 60 to 70 per cent reduced prices — it is reliably learnt. A new scheme pertaining to commercial complexes and towers in Vaishali and Kaushambi has been floated by GDA for the purpose. The decision to dispose of the property worth crores at throwaway prices has raised many questions. The commercial cell of GDA maintains that the reserve price is no rate as the bid price goes up many times. In case a particular bid does not bring attractive offer, the bid can be cancelled. The towers built on 500 sq mt and 750 sq mt plots in Kaushambi, 219 one-room tenements built in Kaushmabi and 15-storey Ganga towers and commercial towers have been gathering dust for the past two decades. The GDA had tried to sell these towers many times, but could not succeed. On May 27, 2005, the GDA had tried once again to sell these towers. But all that it could succeed in was selling four forms, and no prospective buyer had come forward to bid. The big questions which call for a thorough probe are why the GDA repeatedly fails to sell its property, why it takes so long in officering its property to the public after registration and why it has to repeatedly revise its property prices which have umpteen times been rejected by court. There must be something basically wrong with working of premier UP government development agency. |
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MCD’s office to shift on Minto Road
New Delhi, June 7 The Civic Centre plan was approved in 2005. Rakesh Mehta, the municipal commissioner at that time had said that the new building would house the civic body’s headquarters as well as sitting place for councillors. After he was transferred to the Delhi government as secretary (power and urban development), the Civic Centre’s plan was changed. Presently, Mehta is the chief secretary, Delhi. According to sources, the plan was changed to prevent councillors’ access to the officer blocks in the 28-storeyed main building. The MCD is constructing various blocks. Of them, one will house councillors’ offices and a meeting hall. The second block will be used for public dealing while, the third will have a hall for cultural activities and the fourth will be rented out to government and private offices. Mayor, Leader of the House, chairman of the standing committee, chairmen of other committees will have to limit themselves to their block. According to sources, the MCD has also planned to sell half of the building to multinational companies on an estimated sum of Rs 2,000. The companies had agreed to purchase the building’s portion on the condition of separate entry to their offices. The move will add to the Corporation’s treasury. |
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2 youths held for rape
New Delhi, June 7 On returning home, the victim narrated the incident to her parents, who informed the police. The police took the girl for a medical examination at the Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital where the doctors confirmed that she had been raped. “We have registered a case and arrested the boys,” said Babu Lal, the officer in charge of the Ashok Vihar police station. 1 dies in fire
Ram Sagar, a resident of Majnu ka Tila near Timarpur was killed as fire broke into his house last night. According to fire officials, they received the call around 1.40 a.m. Two fire fighting vehicles were sent. It took about an hour to control the fire. According to D.C
Shrivastava, DCP North, Ram Sagar was sleeping when the fire broke out. However, other residents of the building managed to escape unhurt. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained. Cop dies in
accident
A Delhi Police head constable died when a truck hit his motor cycle at the Delhi-Haryana border near Narela today morning. The deceased has been identified as Rajender Singh. His body has been sent for post mortem. However, Singh’s family suspects a foul play and has demanded an investigation. They believe that since Rajender was a policeman, any of his enemies could have planned the accident.
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Noida double murder: Rajesh Talwar’s bail plea deferred
Noida, June 7 “The special magistrate who handles CBI cases is visiting jails on Saturday. Hence the case was listed for Tuesday,” said Talwar’s lawyer Satish Tamta. “The original bail application filed in the chief judicial magistrate’s court at Noida has been withdrawn and a fresh application was filed on Friday before the special magistrate for CBI cases at Ghaziabad,” he added. He said that in the bail application, “we have just focussed on the fact that Talwar is innocent since CBI has no evidence against him.” Aarushi, 14, was found dead in her Noida apartment with her throat slit on May 16. The police initially named domestic help Hemraj as the main accused, but backtracked after his body was found on the terrace of the apartment a day later. The police arrested Talwar on May 23, accusing him of killing his daughter. The Noida police had said at that time that he first killed Hemraj and then his daughter, though the CBI - which has taken over the case - has a different view. — IANS
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Senior citizens worried about finances, health
New Delhi, June 7 According to the research done by TNS on the elderly who live alone in Delhi, 34 per cent feel insecure because of financial crunch and 56 percent feel so because of health risks. “Robbery and murder that threaten immediate survival are not seen as risks as such. This could be one of the reasons for the nil percent of elderly feeling insecure because of such incidents,” said Rajeshwar
Devarakonda, head, social protection and emergencies, of HelpAge India. Overall, 59 per cent of the aged living alone in Delhi feel insecure on various
grounds. Devarakonda said they have asked TNS to clarify the data that the elderly were not worried about the murders and loot. “TNS is one of the best in market research. But we have asked them to clarify the data,” Devarakonda told IANS after the release of the report. He, however, said that one of the explanations for the data could be that shortage of money or health problems are seen more as risks among the elderly than other factors. The study found that more than 50 per cent of the elderly feel insecure because of economic and health reasons, which becomes more pronounced among the lower socio- economic strata of society.
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Kamaruddin killed for not paying
service cess: Father
Ghaziabad, June 7 According to his father, Riazuddin, who is a resident of Subhapur Milan Garden in New Delhi, Kamaruddin was killed by jailor Rajesh Kesherwani and deputy jailor Komal Singh as he had refused to contribute to the ‘service cess’ that is collected from prisoners by the jail staff. It has been learnt that Kamaruddin’s father has lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. He had earlier sent an affidavit to higher authorities. In his complaint to the district magistrate of Ghaziabad, Kamaruddin’s father has said that he had met Kamaruddin about a fortnight prior to his death. He had told him that Rajesh Kesherwani and Komal Singh often beat him up for not contributing to ‘service cess’. He was threatened that the beatings would continue if he refused to pay the amount. However, the jail superintendent has refuted all the charges. |
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DPS boy tops solar expedition test
New Delhi, June
7 Shivansh has won a free trip to Russia to see the total solar eclipse that will take place on August 1, 2008. What is amazing about his feat is the fact that the test was open to senior class groups as well. According to the school spokesperson, Shivansh has shown sparks of intelligence from an early age. He has lived his 11 years in various cities like — Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thanks to his father’s transferable job. His doctor mother has inculcated reading habit in him.
Shivansh has been one of the top two students of his class. Besides being good in studies, he participates in extra-curricular activities. He likes to play soccer, is a member of his school hockey team and is a polished keyboard player. |
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Love-struck man climbs 15 floors, falls and dies
New Delhi, June 7 According to the police, the incident took place on early Friday in Gurgaon’s DLF phase 5. Rajiv Kumar, 32, who works as a driver, wanted to meet the domestic help of the apartment located on the 15th floor of the residential complex. He climbed up the drain pipe in the dead of night. “A resident of the 15th floor called out to me at around 2 a.m. saying that he saw someone trying to climb into his house. We heard a noise. But after inspecting, we couldn’t find anyone,” said the building guard. Kumar’s body was found in the morning. “There is no one that we can hold accountable for the accident but the victim himself, who was foolish enough to climb up the drain pipe,” said deputy commissioner of police Sateesh Balan. — IANS
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400 bus shelters to be built
New Delhi, June 7 This is the second phase of construction of steel bus shelters. In the first phase, 225 bus shelters were constructed. Jindal Stainless will construct shelters on built operate and transfer (BOT) basis. The company will manage shelters for 10 years. The construction cost of each shelter has been estimated at Rs 18 lakh. According to the agreement, the company will give Rs 1 lakh to the DTC as revenue generated from advertisement installed on each bus shelter. |
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NFL registers higher turnover
New Delhi, June 7 The NFL has registered a profit of Rs 155.82 crore before tax while a profit of Rs 108.65 crore after tax. Now, the fertilisers company is in the process of revamping its three fuel oil-based plants at Panipat, Bhatinda and Nangal. They will now be run on natural gas, which is more economical. The company is also undertaking capacity augmentation of its gas-based plants at Vijaypur.
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Gang of robbers held
New Delhi, June 7 A countrymade pistol along with one cartridge, button-actuated knife and a dagger have been seized. One stolen car, looted debit/ATM cards and two mobile phones were also recovered. The accused were arrested yesterday from Ring Road in Rohini. They disclosed that they were responsible for the daylight robbery in C block of Bhajanpura on May 27 and told police about their modus operandi. |
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New Delhi, June 7 The rural development board of Delhi has developed the graveyard on an estimated cost of Rs 31 lakh. The graveyard is spread in an area of 4,500-sq metre. Local MLA Balram Tanwar has contributed Rs 3 lakh from his MLA fund for the cemetery’s development. — TNS
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ITBP’s plantation drive
New Delhi, June 7 He expressed ITBP’s commitment to the cause of environment. Sharma motivated officers and jawans to plant saplings, as it is essential for the survival of life. The ITBP often plants saplings in the areas of its deployment. More than 600 trees of different varieties like silver oak, bougainvillea, kaner, poplar and some decorative saplings
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