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CAIT to observe Aug 9 as Traders’ Day
DMC Ordinance approved
Crime File
Mother, son looted by criminals in car
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Two killed, several injured in accidents
Man held for impersonating magistrate
Gujarat cops hunt for blast suspects in Rabupura
Dikshit’s publicity drive misleading people: Mukhi
BJP observers appointed
Free vascular disease detection camp today
JNU School of Arts adds
two courses
Jamia to set up museum on freedom fighters
Fire in Connaught Place building
Injured cow attacks two-wheeler riders
Gurudwara panel to examine ‘Singh is Kinng’
Public grievance panel set up
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CAIT to observe Aug 9 as Traders’ Day
New Delhi, August 4 A spokesman of the traders said that in view of the forthcoming assembly elections in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the traders have decided to transform themselves into a powerful vote bank to pursue their demands. CAIT Delhi state chairman Murli Mani and president Ramesh Khanna said that the rally will also have its focus on issues related to sealing and entry of big corporate houses into retail trade. A comprehensive trader’s charter will also be released by CAIT national executive president B. C. Bhartia. Annoyed at the treatment meted out to the trading community, the traders have adopted the slogan ‘Jo vyapari hit ki baat karega- wahi vyaparion ke vote par raj karega’. It is now certain that traders cannot be taken for granted any more and the united voice of traders is going to play an important role in the forthcoming elections, said the trade leaders. Terming sealing as one of the major issues, the traders charter will include regularisation of all business establishments that existed as on December 31, 2007 and formation of a panel for speedy regularisation of unauthorised colonies in which lakhs of traders are carrying out their business. The declaration of special area under Master Plan 2021 as fully commercial area and desealing of shops will also figure in the charter. Pension to traders over the age of 60 years, formation of a trade commission on the pattern of the Planning Commission and ban on entry of corporate retailers in retail trade are other major issues. The charter will also demand a trade policy to maintain the centuries old distributive character of Delhi trade and review of all acts, rules and laws concerning domestic trade.
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DMC Ordinance approved
New Delhi, August 4 Addressing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that an ordinance would be promulgated to make provisions for procedure to be followed by the existing Municipal Taxation Tribunal for disposal of its functions. It has been decided to amend Sections 169, 170 and 171 of the DMC Act, 1957. Section 169 which was first amended in 2003 is being further amended to make provisions for smooth functioning of the Municipal Taxation Tribunal. As no formal provision exists in law with regard to the procedure to be followed by the Tribunal for its functions which are mainly judicial in nature, it is necessary to provide a proper legal back up to the procedure to avoid any legal complications in future. Amendment to Section 169 would also make provision for appointment of a registrar and other staff for the Tribunal and vesting limited powers of civil court in the Tribunal. A few more amendments of minor character are being effected in Section 170 and 171 of the Act since these are required for the smooth implementation of the Act, she said.
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Crime File
New Delhi, August 4 She had taken divorce after one year of her marriage and was living alone since then. During the course of investigation it was learnt that Laxmi and her two male associates had come to Harjinder’s residence and were missing since the incident. On August 3, a police team arrested Laxmi from Sultan Pur in Uttar Pradesh. The police said that the alleged accused confessed to the crime during interrogation. Laxmi allegedly murdered the deceased along with her associates with an intention of robbery. Some of the stolen jewellery was recovered from her possession. According to the police, Laxmi was a former neighbour of Harjinder. On the day of the crime, she stayed at Harjinder’s residence on the pretext of falling ill. The police team is now looking for Laxmi’s accomplices. Two Nigerians held for cheating
Crime Branch of Delhi police arrested two Nigerian citizens for allegedly cheating people. Ndubusi Ahiabuike and Godswill Udochukwa allegedly cheated one Ajay Thakran out of Rs 45 lakh. The complainant said that Ndubusi came to his office asking him to arrange for some venture on which he could invest huge amount of money. Later, the alleged accused gave Ajay one electronic safe containing black bundles that he claimed were “Black Dollars”. The alleged accused also demonstrated him the technique to convert the black paper into real dollar by pouring a chemical on it. He also told Ajay that this was how money was stored in African countries for safety. The complainant was asked to arrange for large sum of money to procure the chemical. He gave Ajay some papers that indicated the process of the chemical treatment. Ajay was allegedly lured into paying a huge sum of money to the alleged accused. Eventually, Ndubusi introduced the complainant to Godswill. The duo kept taking money from the complainant on different pretexts from time to time. Police team said that the complainant got suspicious after a while and registered a compliant with the police against the alleged accused for fleecing him of Rs 45 lakh. A trap was laid at Priya cinema in Vasant Vihar and Ndubusi was arrested. His accomplice Godswill was also arrested. One electronic safe, two laptops, a bottle of chemical and several other documents were recovered from the alleged accused.—TNS Woman commits suicide
Beaten and assaulted for not bringing dowry, a 24-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in the city, the police said today. Deepa locked herself inside a room in her house in the Timarpur area in North Delhi late on Sunday. When her husband Girish Kumar tried to call her, she did not respond, the police said. Kumar immediately made a call to Deepa’s parents, who stay a few miles away from their house. “After reaching there, they broke open the door and found Deepa hanging. They brought down the body and called the police,” a police officer said. Deepa was married to Kumar four years back. The victim’s parents have registered a complaint against Kumar, his father and brother for demanding dowry and compelling Deepa to commit suicide. “They regularly used to trouble and beat Deepa for not bringing dowry,” the complaint said. “A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the matter and the accused will be arrested soon,” the officer said.
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Mother, son looted by criminals in car
Ghaziabad, August 4 Originally from Faizabad, the victim’s family lives in Garima sector of Sahibabad. On Saturday, at about 11 pm, Saroj Balla along with her 22-year-old son Raj Narayan had alighted from a Faizabad bus at Mohan Nagar crossing, Ghaziabad. They were waiting for some conveyance when a white Maruti car stopped near them. Four young men forcibly pushed them into the car and sped towards Meerut. On the way, the four youths, who had revolvers, robbed the victims of all valuables including Rs 10,000. Mother and son were also beaten up when they tried to resist. The two were then thrown out from the running car on Kanwarya’s path along Ganga canal near Muradnagar. A policeman dropped the victims at Muradnagar police station where they spent the night. The next day, an SI gave them bus fare for Ghaziabad. However, the cops refused to register a case of abduction and loot. The victims just took relief from the fact that they did not meet the fate of retired DFO from Uttaranchal, who was last month abducted, looted and murdered in the area by criminals in a three-wheeler. |
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Two killed, several injured in accidents
Greater Noida, August 4 The injured have been admitted to Kailash Hospital where the condition of one of them is said to be critical. Mushruf Nabi, 30, a resident of Amroha, employed as a project engineer in a firm in Delhi, had come to Greater Noida on a bike in the evening. While he was returning to Delhi at 10 pm, his bike hit a road divider near Kondli village as a result of which he was flung several metres away on the road and died. The police has registered a case and sent the body for autopsy. The second accident took place on Expressway near village Badoli. About a dozen persons from village Gulerya in Pilibhit were going to Delhi in a Tata-407 late on Saturday night. The driver lost control of the vehicle near Badoli village and the vehicle turned turtle. As it was plying at a high speed, the overturned vehicle kept dragging on the road for quite some distance. Half a dozen passengers were injured as a result. The police soon reached the site and rushed the injured to Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida. The injured have been identified as Naresh, Arshad, Aarif, Azuddin, Farukuddin and Iqbal. In the third accident in Kasna industrial area, a bike rider was hit by an unknown vehicle at midnight. The biker was killed. The victim could not be identified, the police said. |
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Man held for impersonating magistrate
Greater Noida, August 4 Yogesh Sachdeva, claiming to be the special magistrate, threatened the management of the Priya Gold biscuit factory here on July 27 and even showed them a fake arrest warrant issued by the chief judicial magistrate of Ghaziabad, said Sunil Dubey, station house officer of the Surajpur police station. He reached the factory and demanded more money on Saturday. But this time the manager, Davendra Tyagi, suspected foul play and called the police. Sachdeva was held on Saturday and during interrogation, he broke down and confessed that he was a clerk with a lawyer at a Ghaziabad court, Dubey said. He revealed that he was a resident of Bulandshahr. The police booked him on Sunday and also recovered a letter head with fake signatures of the Ghaziabad chief judicial magistrate.—IANS
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Gujarat cops hunt for blast suspects in Rabupura
Greater Noida, August 4 A team of Gujarat police spent several hours in Rabupura town yesterday, looking for some terrorists who had played a role in the serial blasts in Gujarat capital. A man running a PCO booth in Rabupura was also questioned. The terrorists connected with Bangalore and Ahmedabad blasts are repeatedly being suspected to have some links in western UP, viz GB Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut, etc. A youth from Muzzafar Nagar has also been taken into custody, it is learnt. A companion of the youth is reportedly connected with Rabupura. They were both employed in a jewellery shop in Surat. The Gujarat team had reached Rabupura at 5 on Sunday evening. The police team had questioned a PCO manager and talked to a number of other persons also. The Gujarat police team went back after 9 p.m. The Noida police, however, expressed ignorance about the visit of Gujarat police team. SP Rural Babu Ram said he was not aware of this visit. He said Gujarat police might have visited Greater Noida but it did not get in touch with the local police. Significantly this region has provided vital leads regarding terrorists in other parts of the country who have always found western UP as safe haven.
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Dikshit’s publicity drive misleading people: Mukhi
New Delhi, August 4 “For the last few months, the Delhi government is spending millions of rupees daily by giving one to two full-page advertisements in various newspapers for the self-praise of Sheila Dikshit,” said Mukhi. One of the advertisements said 74 percent people in a survey appreciated the functioning of the Delhi Jal Board, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader said, and added: “But people would like to know if it is not true that even after being the DJB chairperson for last 10 years she has failed to provide potable water to more than one-third population of Delhi.” As for the advertisments’ showing 73 percent people supporting power distribution companies, Mukhi said Dikshit “seemed to have forgotten that during her regime the biggest scam of Rs 12,500 crore (Rs 125 billion) was committed in the privatisation of the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB)”. “It is not an allegation, (it is) rather proved by the CAG report and the report of Public Accounts Committee of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha. Is it not true that even today unscheduled loadshedding of six to eight hours is being adopted?” he said. While a Delhi government advertisement said 73 percent people appreciated the law and order in Delhi, the opposition leader said: “This statement through advertisement has put salt on wounds of those young ladies of Delhi who have been raped in the running cars, in the running buses, in the schools, in the offices, in the hospitals and in the temples.”—IANS
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BJP observers appointed
New Delhi, August 4 Jagdish Mukhi and Mewa Ram Arya have been appointed observers for New Delhi district; Alok Kumar and Mool Chand Chawla for west; Subhash Arya and Ram Bhaj, south; Neera Shastri and Surya Bhan Pandey, Keshav Puram; Anita Arya and Shyam Lal Grag, Punjabi Bagh; Meera Kanwaria, Bawana; Vijay Goel and Anil Bathla, Najafgarh; Yogendra Chandaliya, Mehrauli; Abdul Rasheed and Mahendra Ahuja, Mayur Vihar; Surya Bhan Pandey and Neera Shastri, Shahdara; Harsharan Balli and Yog Dhyan Ahuja, Naveen Shahdara; Om Prakash Kohli and Yogendra Sharma, east Delhi; Murari Singh Panwar and Vijender Gupta, Narela, a release said. |
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Free vascular disease detection camp today
New Delhi, August 4 In this camp ankle brachial index test, which normally costs Rs 150, will be done free of cost. In addition to this, free consultations and screening by leading vascular surgeons will also be provided. According to Dr B K Rao, chairman, board of management, SGRH, “If you have cramps, aches or muscle pain in you legs when you walk or exercise, it could be peripheral vascular disease or PVD. The risk factors associated with PVD are old age, family history of heart or vascular disease, past or current smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol levels, obesity and too little exercise.” According to Dr Rajiv Parakh, chairman, department of vascular surgery, SGRH “Most common symptoms of PVD are leg pain, especially in the calf, during walking. The pain stops when you rest, but comes back on walking, tingling or numbness in you hands and feet, cold feet, sores on your feet or legs that won’t heal, dry scaly skin with a shiny appearance and brittle toe nails”.
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JNU School of Arts adds
two courses
New Delhi, August 4 The school would offer a course on Curation of Art. “The Curation course would not only focus on contemporary but also stress the traditional art,” said professor Parul Dave Mukherji, dean, SAA. The senior M.A. and M.Phil. students have already started working on an exhibition on the contemporary Indian art. “The exhibition would be organised by the end of November at an art gallery in Gurgaon,” said professor Mukherji. Another new option available at the school would be a course on Contemporary Aesthetics. “Globalisation and Information Technology have made far off cultures accessible to people across the world. This course would provide the students with the tools to look at these cultures through an aesthetics perspective,” she said. A recent introduction at the university, SAA has become popular amongst the students interested in art and art forms. Broadly, the School of Arts and Aesthetics offers three streams of study including visual studies, theatre and performance studies and cinema studies. |
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Jamia to set up museum on freedom fighters
New Delhi, August 4 The museum, to be called The Independence Experience, will be constructed over an area of five acres at an investment of Rs 600 million. “There are many freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the country but are yet to get their due recognition in the public sphere and books. We shall try to portray their contribution audio-visually through this endeavour,” said Mushirul Hasan, vice chancellor of Jamia and noted historian. He said the museum would trace the history of the freedom struggle from 1857 to 1947. “It will be a part of our campus and spread the message of communal harmony and patriotism.” Human resource development minister Arjun Singh will lay the foundation of the museum on August 9. The museum will open to public within four years. Hasan said that since Jamia Milia Islamia was founded during the freedom movement, the human resource development ministry decided to house the museum in their campus. — IANS
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Fire in Connaught Place building
New Delhi, August 4 According to the fire brigade officials, fire that sparked off at around 7 am was controlled by 8.20 am. Fourteen fire tenders were rushed to the spot. No causalities have been reported. The fire brigade officials have said that the source of fire is yet to be ascertained. |
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Injured cow attacks two-wheeler riders
New Delhi, August 4 A cow has injured several two-wheeler riders in Azadpur on Sunday evening. The incident occurred at 9 pm. Local people called up the police and the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi officials, asking them to catch the cow. The MCD officials reached the spot after half an hour and caught the cow at 10.30 pm. Roshan Kansal, an eyewitness said that the cow was injured and acting like a mad animal. It attacked a few two-wheeler riders resulting in traffic jam. First residents tried to control the animal. When they could not do so, they called up the police and animal husbandry department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The police and MCD officials came to the spot and controlled the animal. The owner of the cow has not been found so far. It has been kept in the cow shelter, sources said. |
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Gurudwara panel to examine ‘Singh is Kinng’
New Delhi, August 4 “We have formed a three-member committee of experts that will see the movie and based on their feedback further action will be taken,” DSGMC president Paramjit Singh Sarna told IANS. The film is slated for release next Friday. The DSGMC had sought a ban on the movie last Friday for allegedly “ridiculing” the Sikh community and wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit asking her to ban the film in the national Capital, despite the announcement by the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex religious body of the Sikhs, that it was up to the audiences to decide if they wanted to watch the film. The DSGMC committee has two granthis (priests) Harnam Singh and Surinder Singh and Khalsa College professor Harmeet Singh, an expert on Sikh history. Various Sikh organisations have voiced their concern over the film. Sarna said: “The film’s promos showed a Sikh character wearing a turban, while sporting a French cut. This is not a positive Sikh image. The screening should not be allowed until its makers make changes in the portrayal of Sikh character.”—IANS
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Public grievance panel set up
New Delhi, August 4 The commission has been constituted at the initiative of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as she was being approached by a number of members of the CGHS to intervene in redressal of their grievances. |
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