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Aarushi Murder
1 dies, 15 injured in accident
2 killed, 9 hurt in mishaps
Noida to get a bird sanctuary
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Youth throws acid on faces of two girls in Sahibabad
Health project for construction workers launched
Institute of Clinical Research to teach healthcare management
Tackling Anaemia Shahdara school kids given iron tablets
Newly wed woman killed for dowry
7 kg charas seized, two held
40 overcrowded school buses, vans halted
4 held for bid to kidnap trader
Four men held by the Delhi police for allegedly planning to kidnap a businessman in New Delhi on Thursday. —Tribune photo by Manas Ranjan Bhui
Colonies cannot be regularised before polls: Gupta
Extortionists seeking Rs 2 cr
from realtor held
4th Cut-Off
‘75% young adults in
India deeply religious’
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Aarushi Murder
Noida, July 10 The Samiti has expressed anger and protested against the CBI investigations in the case. The Samiti had handed over a five-point memorandum to the district magistrate, G.B. Nagar, in which it has been demanded that Nepali youth should not be harassed on the pretext of investigations. It has also demanded stringent punishment to those accused in the crime. A copy each of the memorandum has been sent to the CBI, Central home minister, Nepali embassy in New Delhi and UP Chief Minister Mayawati. The memorandum alleges that lakhs of Nepalis living in India have been insulted by calling Yam Prasad an accused without any proof. It has hurt the Nepali Samaj’s sentiments, the memorandum said. A high compensation has also been demanded for Yam Prasad’s family. Samiti member J.K. Singh said the CBI, which was repeatedly visiting Noida to question Nepalese here, has terrorised them. The Samiti has also opposed the way Dr Rajesh Talwar’s servant Krishna was taken away by the CBI and allegedly tortured during his interrogation. Meanwhile, another narco test has been conducted on Raj Kumar, domestic help of Dr Praful and Anita Durani, the family friends of the Talwars. The CBI had arrested Raj Kumar on June 27. A number of forensic tests, including narco analysis, brain-mapping, polygraph test, etc. were performed on him for which the CBI had taken him to the forensic science laboratory in Gandhi Nagar. The CBI team has also questioned Dr Rajesh Talwar’s driver Umesh Sharma and Hemraj’s son-in-law who was taken away from his house in Sector-29 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the noted criminal lawyer R.K. Anand has said he would defend Krishna. Anand has also inspected the terrace of Dr Talwar’s flat in Sector-25, Noida.
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1 dies, 15 injured in accident
Greater Noida, July 10 Kanwarpal, 62, of Dyanatpur village succumbed to his injurious on way to a district hospital. Most of the injured passengers were from Dayanatpur village. Many have been referred to a Delhi hospital. The critically injured included Rajwati, Rani, Omwati, Mahavir, Seema, Rekha, Sanjay, Chanderpal, auto driver Dharamveer and driver of Tata — 407, Lalit. |
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2 killed, 9 hurt in mishaps
Greater Noida, July 10 Police circle officer Kuldip Singh said a biker and a cyclist had a head-on collision in Dankore in which cyclist Dev Raj of Dhanauri was killed on the spot. His companion Pratap, and the pillion riders of bike Vinode and Lilu were all seriously injured. The police had rushed the injured to the Sharda hospital. In the second accident, a tractor trolley had collided with a car near senior citizens’ complex under Kasna police station. The tractor’s cultivator had pierced into the car, seriously injuring Raj Kumar, his wife Poonam, one-year-old son Panshu, and nephew Vaneet. The car driver was also seriously injured. The injured were rushed to the Sharda hospital. The tractor driver had fled, leaving the tractor on the spot. The police has seized the tractor and registered a case of careless driving. In the third accident, a tanker had collided with two containers parked on the Expressway late on Monday night. One person was killed in this accident while two others were seriously injured. As one of the injured was in a critical condition, he was referred to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. The police has seized all the three vehicles. The deceased has been identified as Jatinder, originally of Sita Madi in Bihar. Two containers one after the other were parked opposite Sector- 135 on Expressway. A tanker coming from Delhi side collided with the container due to lack of streetlights. The second container hit the first one as a result of which driver Jatinder was reportedly crushed in between the two. Tanker driver Rajiv and cleaner Khalid were seriously injured. |
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Noida to get a bird sanctuary
Noida, July 10 The state forest department has identified a 330-hectare area in the Greater Noida region to develop it into a prime bird habitat, with water bodies and roosting trees that will be home to different bird species. The state government has already given its consent to build the Greater Noida Bird Sanctuary, adjacent to a reserve forest. The project is also expected to boost eco-tourism. Nature lovers from across the country would now get another opportunity to watch this spectacular show of birds of different size, shape and colour, in their natural surroundings. The sanctuary would be built in the Surajpur area on the outskirts of the city, at a cost of Rs 56.4 million. The forest department is expected to complete the project by 2010. “The site is being closely monitored and the work on the project would begin soon. Currently, a study is being conducted, mainly in the jheel (lake) area,” district forest officer N.P. Singh said, adding that the final drawings from the architect are awaited. “The area is rich in bio diversity and has pythons, snakes, nilgai (antelope), jackals, besides many species of amphibians and plant species. The Greater Noida Authority has expressed keen interest in the project,” he said. A lake covering 108 hectares in the site would be cleaned and plantation work would be carried out, he said. “The sanctuary would provide safe home to migratory as well as local birds. We also plan to take up various eco-developmental activities there,” Singh said. Many rare and migratory birds such as the little egret, night heron, Indian reef heron, painted stork, open bill stork, white-necked stork, black-necked stork, comb duck, coot, common teal and yellow wagtail are expected to congregate at the sanctuary. Small islands would be created on the lake to provide resting grounds for various aquatic birds. Fichus and Babool trees would be planted on the islands, Singh said. The sanctuary is expected to attract tourists from the National Capital Region, besides Uttar Pradesh and other states. To get a better view of the birds, a mound would be built in the middle of the lake. The forest department would grow various plants during monsoons that are food for birds. The bird sanctuary would be equipped with a watchtower, communication facility, bird information centre and pedal boats among others. Singh said the new bird sanctuary would be free from noise, air and water pollution. — IANS |
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Youth throws acid on faces of two girls in Sahibabad
Ghaziabad, July 10 Girls with badly burnt faces were rushed to Delhi’s Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital where doctors said since the acid had gone into their eyes, the condition of the victims of acid attack was grim. Some miscreants had been harassing the widow’s daughter and granddaughter whenever they stepped out of their house. Due to an argument the girls had with them, the miscreants threw acid on their faces to teach them a lesson, it is learnt. Physically challenged widow Vidha, 57, a resident of Prajapati Mohalla, Arthla, used to run a tea stall for the livelihood of her family. At 10.30 p.m. on Monday, her youngest daughter Rakhi, 19, and granddaughter Nishi, 14, were returning home, pushing the widow’s wheel chair. A youth awaiting the girls, threw acid on Rakhi and Nishi badly charring their faces. Rakhi showing presence of mind grabbed youth’s hand but he stabbed her hand and fled away. Some youths chased the miscreant, but could not catch him. Badly charred girls were rushed to SGTB hospital. Nishi is daughter of Vidha’s eldest daughter, Maya. |
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Health project for construction workers launched
New Delhi, July 10 Speaking on the initiative, Rohtas Goel, CMD, Omaxe, said, “The objective of Omaxe Foundation is to address the expectations of society, initiate concrete steps for sustainable development through community participation and grant aid in the areas of education, healthcare, community development and disaster preparedness besides encouraging young entrepreneurs across India”. With Omaxe’s various construction projects employing about seven per cent of all labour employed in infrastructure development, ‘Sanjeevani’ will provide an opportunity for an integrated HIV/TB response, by reaching out to a work force of about 12,000 men, 3,000 women and 2,600 dependent children. Speaking about ‘Sanjeevani’, Sushma Goel, co-chairperson, Omaxe Foundation said, “The AIDS pandemic today by its sheer magnitude was clearly an issue that no one can address alone. We need to join hands and provide HIV/AIDS treatment education to an ethnically diverse population in a large urban setting to control this epidemic.”
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Institute of Clinical Research to teach healthcare management
New Delhi, July 10 The division will focus on imparting structured and relevant education and bringing in the science of management into healthcare services – both for medical tourism and hospital operations management. ICRI HEALTH also announced the appointment of Major General (Dr) M. Srivastava, VSM (Retd.), former professor of Hospital Administration, University of Pune and a pioneer of healthcare management services associated with various prestigious institutes like the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, AIIMS and IGNOU. ICRI HEALTH has entered into an MOU with Academy of Hospital Administration (AHA) for jointly conducting hospital operations management and healthcare industry related courses. On this occasion S R Dugal, chairman, board of directors, ICRI said, “The healthcare industry in India has come a long way. We wish to bring in a paradigm shift in the healthcare and wellness segment using the science of management and training to ensure continuity, maximize capacity and improve quality of care. India has a huge potential in terms of capability and quality and this is what we need to harness today in the healthcare and wellness segment. As an institute, we are constantly benchmarking ourselves to international best practices in our domain of education and we aim to be the future torch bearer for similar institutes in India.” According to a study by McKinsey and the Confederation of Indian Industry, medical tourism in India could become a $1 billion business by 2012, claimed Duggal. “More and more tourists are choosing India as their medical treatment destination because it has a rich cultural heritage and innumerable tourist destinations. The other advantages are that metros have good infrastructure, majority of the population speak English and that Indian surgeons have world class skills and surgical exposure”, he added.
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Tackling Anaemia Shahdara school kids given iron tablets
New Delhi, July 10 Under the programme, so far about 50,000 children have been examined and Iron folic acid tablets have been distributed to children diagnosed with anaemia. Some children have been referred for examination for Thalassaemia traits. Dr S.R. Monga, chairman of the public health committee, MCD, said that it was a sort of national emergency and all health providing systems should contribute to this programme so as to control anaemia, which is affecting the physical and mental growth of our children. Anemic child grows into an anemic adult and an anemic mother produces anemic child. Monga added that wherever hemoglobin estimation has been done, iron folic acid tablets are being distributed and the results will be assessed after six months. Along with this programme, nutritional counseling is also being provided. The programme will be later extended to other areas also. |
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Newly wed woman killed for dowry
Greater Noida According to the police, Tarun, son of Kamal Singh of Salarpur village had married Radha, 20, daughter of Satish, alias Satyanath of Ahirwada village under Khurja police station on July 23, 2007. Radha’s father has charged that Tarun and his family had demanded a bike and cash from them right from the day one. Radha was being tortured for this. Satish said they had discussed the matter with the family of his son-in-law many times, but of no avail. As a result his daughter was killed by her in-laws, Satish alleged in his complaint. The Dankore police has registered a report naming Radha’s husband, his parents and an uncle, younger brother of her father-in-law who are all absconding. |
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7 kg charas seized, two held
New Delhi, July 10 The Narcotics Branch had learned that the accused would be coming to Shalimar Gaon-Azadpur Railway Crossing to deliver a consignment of charas. The police team led the trap and apprehended the accused. During the search, 7 kg of charas was recovered from the possession of Jai Yonghang. Jai Yonghang has studied up to 7th standard. He is from Nepal and came to India as a labourer and started his job in a hotel at Manali (HP).Thereafter, he came to Delhi and came into contact of Norbu Sherpa at Majnu Ka Tilla. On the advice of Norbu Sherpa, he brought charas from Nepal. Norbu Sherpa has studied up to 12th class and sells fast food on rehri in the area of Azadpur. He hails from Darjeeling and is married. He had arranged the purchaser of charas in Delhi. Accused Jai Yonghang is in police remand and further investigation is in progress. |
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40 overcrowded school buses, vans halted
New Delhi, June 10 The buses are being seized for overcrowding. Yesterday buses of DPS, Modern, Ryan, G.D. Goenka, Army Public School, St.Martin and Jindal were seized. Commissioner, transport, V.K. Verma said that this drive had been launched to force the school authorities to follow the norms. During the drive, it has been noticed that majority of the big schools are taking the government orders lightly. “I wrote a letter to all the schools some 15 days ago to get the vehicles registered with the transport department as per the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in a judgement issued in 1997”, he said. There are about 500 buses in the Capital used to transport children to and from schools. Out of them, only 132 are registered with the transport department.
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4 held for bid to kidnap trader
New Delhi, July 10 One English revolver with six cartridges of .32 bore calibre and one countrymade pistol with two live cartridges have been recovered. On July 4 inspector Mohan Chand Sharma learnt that Bittoo would come to Janakpuri (East) Metro station here to kidnap a West Delhi businessman. A trap was laid and Shamsher Singh Saini and Deepak Ahlawat were apprehended. The two disclosed that they had come to abduct a West Delhi-based businessman along with their associates Rishi, Vikram, Bittoo, Manoj Bhandari, Deepak and others. Earlier, they had tried to abduct this businessman in Ludhiana, but had failed. To execute their plan they hired a room in Janakpuri to conduct a recee of the area and watch the activities of the businessman. They had also managed to procure the photographs of the businessman for identification purposes. Deepak Ahlawat was asked to inject the businessman with a sedative so that he could be moved safely to their hideout. On July 8 Manoj Bhandari alias M.B. and Akhtar Hussain alias Raja, both resident of Ludhiana in Punjab were apprehended from Ludhiana. Manoj Bhandari alias M.B had planned the kidnapping. The police is looking for the other associates of the accused. |
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Colonies cannot be regularised before polls: Gupta
New Delhi, July 10 The letter, reportedly, has been sent to all civic bodies. Chauhan has explained that provisional certificates have been issued for the regularisation of these colonies and all local bodies and officers had been directed to complete the formalities within one year. An amended gazette notification has also been issued. He said that the regularisation of unauthorised colonies was only an election stunt to gain political mileage and woo 40 lakh voters in these colonies. Gupta said that Chauhan had also informed that the Delhi government had handed over the work of demarcation of boundaries of unauthorised colonies to I.P. University, which will complete it by September or October this year. As per the gazette notification on March 24 this year, the process would have been completed by April but now the Delhi government has itself accepted that it will be completed by September or October. The matter has already been delayed for six months, he said. The layout submitted by resident welfare associations has been submitted to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The MCD has appointed 100 town planners on contract basis and the layout of 750 colonies has been scrutinised. To rectify the deficiencies in the layouts, the MCD is going to organise special camps in collaboration with the RWAs. The MCD will try to regularise these colonies as early as possible but it is hardly possible due to the government’s announcement, Gupta said. The standing committee is prepared to approve the plans as soon as the formalities are completed. The MCD is committed to providing better living standards to residents living in such colonies. For the past many years councillors have been getting the work of sanitation and cleanliness. As soon as the government provides funds, the development work will be carried out, he said.
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Extortionists seeking Rs 2 cr
from realtor held
New Delhi, July 10 Neelkanth Kapoor, 29, Praveen Kumar, 31, Mohan, 28 and Onkar Singh, 30 have been arrested for making extortion calls to a director of a South Delhi-based real estate company. According to DCP (crime & railways) Neeraj Thakur, director of a real estate company Amit Kumar Jha had made a complaint at SOS, crime branch in Sunlight Colony on July 1, stating that he had received extortion calls on his mobile phone from some unknown persons. They had demanded Rs 2 crore from him and had threatened him with dire consequences. A case was registered at New Friends Colony police station. The complainant had received threatening calls yesterday too. The extortionists asked Amit to come with Rs 2 crore at the new parking near the main gate of Lotus Temple in Kalkaji late evening. A police team was deployed near the new parking area at Lotus Temple in the evening. As per the directions of the police, Amit delivered the bag containing money to one of the callers and signaled at the police team present there. The four persons who had come to take the amount were arrested. They revealed that Praveen worked at Govind Sahab Tour and Travel taxi stand, Nehru Nagar, Hari Nagar and Ashram as manager from where the complainant’s office usually hired vehicles. Praveen along with Neelkanth had planned to extort money from Amit. Neelkanth later shared the information with Mohan Singh and Onkar Singh. They agreed to be a part of the crime and started making threatening calls to the complainant. |
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4th Cut-Off
New Delhi, July 10 The situation is being attributed to the high cut-off set for the first list, which were only marginally lowered in successive ones. Colleges like Hindu, Lady Sri Ram College for Women and Ramjas have come out with a fourth cut-off list for admissions to several courses including Science, Sanskrit and Hindi. Further, surprisingly, Hindu and LSR still have seats for one of the most popular courses of the university, English. Many other colleges like Acharya Narendra Dev, Deshbandhu, Hans Raj, Kirori Mal, Kamala Nehru and PGDAV have also announced a fourth list for popular courses like B.A., B.Com. (H), B.Com (Programme) and English (H). At Hindu, admissions are still open in B.Com (H) at 93.25 - 96.25 per cent, with a dip of 0.25 per cent. Seats are also available in B.A. at 83- 85 per cent. However, the dip is just too marginal and it is likely that some seats may remain unfilled. Meanwhile, the B.Com (Programme) is also available in some good colleges. While, Motilal Nehru College has lowered its cut-off to 79.5 percent, which is a considerable decrease, Ramjas has slashed its cut-off for the B.Com (Programme) to 89.5- 91.5 per cent. A few seats are also available in Ramjas for Economics (H) at 87.25 - 92.75 per cent and at 87 percent for Mathematics (H). At LSR, courses which are still not full include Mathematics (H) at 87.5 per cent, Hindi (H) at 60 per cent and Philosophy (H) at 80 per cent. Seats are also available for Science courses like physics (H) and Chemistry (H). Most of the colleges have brought down the OBC cut-offs by the full 10 percent allowed. Hindu College has given a 10 percent relaxation in the English (H) and History (H) programmes for the OBCs. |
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‘75% young adults in
India deeply religious’
New delhi, July 10 The study says that the perception that youngsters are less religious than their parents is typically western European and does not correspond to the reality worldwide. — PTI |
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