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MNS Effect: Several Bihar-bound trains cancelled
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Katara Murder
Recession delays Noida real estate projects
DPCC likely to submit list of candidates tomorrow
Cong leaders raise voice
against MLA
Jamia Nagar encounter, a major issue in JNU poll
Haryana BJP youth wing seeks action against party leader
Girl, family thrashed for spurning advances
Two held for killing Manipuri ‘terrorist’
Body of missing boy found in school
Abduction attempt on girl
Cashew nuts, almonds cholesterol-free
Hadlee, Jackie to endorse Delhi Half Marathon
Punjabi poetess to get Sanskriti award
School admissions begin
Stop using animals for
medical education: PETA
Power staff on dharna
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MNS Effect: Several Bihar-bound trains cancelled
New Delhi, October 22 As angry students resorted to large-scale violence at several railway stations in Bihar to protest assault by the MNS activists, the Northern Railway said that the 2398 New Delhi-Gaya Mahabodhi Express, 2368 New Delhi-Bhagalpur Viakramshila Express, 3040 Delhi-Howrah Janata Express, 2382 New Delhi-Howrah Poorva Express, 2314 New Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani Express, 2354 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Rajender Nagar (Patna) Garibrath Express, 2302 New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani Express, 2310 New Delhi-Rajender Nagar Rajdhani Express, 2444 New Delhi-Bhubaneshwar Rajdhani Express, 2394 New Delhi Rajender Nagar (Patna) Sampooran Kranti Express, 3134 Varanasi-Sealdah Express and 8612 Varanasi-Ranchi Express have been cancelled. While one train — the Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Rajender Nagar Patna Jan Sadharan Express has been rescheduled to depart at 1930 hrs today, New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express train has been diverted to run via Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Chhapra. |
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SC rejects Yadav’s plea of hearing
outside Delhi Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 22 Vikas had claimed that his appeal proceedings against the May 28 conviction imposed by a Sessions Court in Delhi would be vitiated if conducted in Delhi High Court due to the “media glare” and “trial by media”. He pleaded that the appeal proceedings be held either in the Allahahad High Court or any other High Court in the country except in the Delhi High Court. However, the argument found no merit with a bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and H S Bedi which after hearing the arguments for two hours dismissed Vikas’ petition. Senior counsel Ashok Desai appearing for the convict submitted that technically and legally the appeal should be heard only in the Allahabad High Court as the original offence was committed in the area underlying its jurisdiction. Following an application from Neelam Katara, mother of Nitish Katara, the Supreme Court had on August 23, 2002 transferred the trial from the Ghaziabad Sessions Court to the Sessions Court in Delhi. The counsel argued that the transfer of the trial to Delhi did not extinguish the accused’s right to file an appeal in the Allahabad High Court under whose jurisdiction the murder had occurred.
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Recession delays Noida real estate projects
Noida, October 22 Builders having a stake of over Rs 1,000 crore in various Noida projects have demanded the Noida Authority to reschedule their interest installments. According to builders, delay in the execution of projects is mainly due to economic recession and delay in the issuance of allotment letters. Besides the Noida Authority is not handing over the plots to them. Another reason given by builders is that the Noida Authority has not provided them with facilities like water and roads at the project sites. In one village, builders have paid Rs 8 crore to farmers for getting possession of the plots. It may be recalled that during Mulayam Singh Yadav’s tenure in October 2006, the Noida Authority had allotted plots to four leading builders in Sector-119. But they were given possession of plots 17 months later in January 2008. The builders had not only to struggle for the possession of lands with the Noida Authority and the farmers, but also had to shell out Rs 8 crore for the affected farmers. They allege that the authority had allotted these plots to them without paying compensation to farmers. Farmers have filed a case against the Noida Authority pertaining to their land. The Authority may have to pay a hefty compensation to farmers. Interestingly, the Noida Authority had allotted seven plots to builders in Sectors-111 to 118 in January 2007. The builders had received the allotment letters in March 2007. But by then the election dates were announced in the state and all government action was suspended. A probe was carried out till November-December 2007 and the state government took some time more to take a decision on the issue after which registries of plots were executed and their possessions given to the builders. But many plots are yet to be acquired and the sites that are clear don’t have proper roads thus, hindering work. According to the Noida Authority sources, one of the builders has stopped paying installments after depositing a mere 10%. He says that he has not been provided with the needed facilities. Besides, there are some builders who could not go in for the registry because they have not been given allotment letters.
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DPCC likely to submit list of candidates tomorrow
New Delhi, October 22 The DPCC has to submit the screened list of candidates for 70 assembly constituencies in the Capital. The elections for the Delhi assembly are to be held on November 29, sources said. The sources added that most probably the DPCC will submit its list of candidates on October 24 and announcement of names would be made after Divali. However, sources also said that some names like those of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, her five ministers and 22 sitting MLAs have been finalised. It was said earlier that former DPCC president and sitting MLA from Rohtas Nagar, Ram Babu Sharma might not get the ticket on health ground. But he is quite strong in the party and he is the only person from Rohtas Nagar who has applied. Dayanad Chandela who had resigned from the BJP during monsoon session of the assembly and joined the Congress Party had been given green signal to contest the election from Rajouri Garden. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, who had also resigned from the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the Congress was asking ticket from Badarpur which he had been representing for the last many years. He has done major development works in unauthorised colonies and villages. According to sources, situation is still not clear for Hauz Khas, Jungpura and Sadar Bazar constituencies where two candidates for each segment are asking tickets.
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Cong leaders raise voice
against MLA
Palwal, October 22 The observer, Birdender Bakshi, who is a former MLA from Maharashtra and member of the AICC, has been deputed for Faridabad and Gurgaon parliamentary seats to gauge the mood of the Congress workers and also to plug any loopholes in party organisation in view of the coming Lok Sabha election. Palwal falls in Faridabad parliamentary segment. However, the Congress leaders said the present MP from Faridabad was fine and they had no problems with him. The workers also alleged that their grievances were not entertained by the police and the civil administration. With regard to the organisation, they said that there was no factionalism and the party unit was well prepared to face the election. |
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Jamia Nagar encounter, a major issue in JNU poll
New Delhi, October 22 Political parties, during their campaigns, have also overtly condemned the recent incidents of communal violence across Orissa and Karnataka. “Communalism and terrorism are two sides of a coin. We stand in solidarity with the vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University in his decision to guarantee the basic rights of the students of his university,” said Roshan, SFI’s presidential candidate. While condemning the attacks on minorities, the All India Students’ Association (AISA) demanded a judicial enquiry into the Jamia Nagar encounter. “There is so much that needs clarification in that so called encounter. A judicial enquiry needs to be conducted. The truth must come out,” said Sandeep, AISA’s presidential candidate. Another ultra Left wing student group, Democratic Students’ Union (DSU) has demanded an overall check on victmisation of students in the name of terrorism. “The police came and interrogated an innocent Muslim student in JNU just because he shared his name with a Delhi serial blast suspect. This should stop immediately and of course, an enquiry has to be conducted into the Jamia Nagar encounter,” said Banojyotsana, DSU’s presidential candidate. Congress party’s student wing National Students Union of India (NSUI) has also demanded a probe into the encounter. “This is one of the most important issues in this year’s JNUSU elections and we demand a judicial enquiry,” said Shabbir Alam, vice-president, JNU NSUI. Even the right wing anti-reservation student organisation, Youth for Equality has asked for an enquiry. “We believe that an enquiry should be conducted to clear the picture,” said Amit Ranjan from Youth for Equality. Only the far right BJP supported Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has come out in the open to defend the Delhi police. “Terrorists will be put to justice and there is no need of putting the names of heroes of police in bad light. From the platform of the JNUSU elections we want to say that there is no need for any enquiry into the encounter,” said Manoj, vice-president, ABVP. |
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Haryana BJP youth wing seeks action against party leader
Faridabad, October 22 Haryana BJP youth wing president Jawahar Yadav said that Gautam should not have flouted the party’s decision to forge an alliance with the INLD. As he has done it publicly action must be taken against him. He asserted that no one was bigger than the party and if he felt so he was living in a fool’s paradise. Referring to the functioning of the Congress government in Haryana, he said that it had failed on all fronts and had not come up to people’s expectations. He said that the party would focus on ISI-sponsored terrorism and the failure of the United Progressive Alliance government. The youth wing of the BJP would set up its special teams to give boost to party nominees electioneering in Haryana.
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Girl, family thrashed for spurning advances
Ghaziabad, October 22 Urmila, a class X student, was on Tuesday night assaulted by five men armed with knives, pistols and iron rods after they forcibly entered her house in Daulatpura residential locality. Urmila’s father Anant, in his FIR has stated that Anil, Sunil, Kalu, Dimpy and Amit dragged his daughter and attacked her, while the family watched helplessly because the miscreants were brandishing pistols and knives. One of them hit Urmila on the head, resulting in a sharp cut that required 15 stitches, her father, a commercial tax department employee, told the police. When her brothers Omit and Sanjay opposed, they thrashed them and her mother Chandrawati too. Urmila, who is in hospital, said that the four men had been following her for a month and wanted to do friendship with her. When she refused, they started teasing and taunting her every time she passed through the street. They even threatened to deface her by throwing acid. The teenager, a student of Sushila Girls Inter College, added that even her brothers were scared to confront them. Superintendent of police (city) Vijay Bhushan said that a complaint had been registered but no arrests had been made so far. — IANS
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Two held for killing Manipuri ‘terrorist’
New Delhi, October 22 Singh was found dead near the pond of village Mundhela Kalan with his head smashed. At some distance, a magazine of 9MM pistol and two pairs of slippers were also recovered. Since the place is close to the Haryana border, it was believed that the killer must have come from Haryana. On enquiring from neighbouring police stations of Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar, it was learnt that on October 3, a double murder was committed in Chappar village in Jhajjar district, in which fire arms were used. In that case, one of the accused Satender alias Tinu had provided vehicle and ammunition for the killings and was arrested for this. Though the present case had no apparent link with the double murder, still Satender was thoroughly interrogated. Although, he did not reveal anything, but during investigation it was found that the magazine and the butt covers of the 9 MM pistol seized from him were missing. On checking, his pistol number matched with the number of the magazine that was recovered from the spot where Singh’s body was found. Also, the recovered butt covers perfectly fitted his pistol. Thereafter, a joint interrogation was conducted by the Jhajjar and Jaffarpur Kalan police teams, during which Satender broke down and confessed to the murder. He disclosed that the deceased belonged to Kanglai Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) a terrorist group in Manipur. He further revealed that he ran a teak wood business. He purchases teak wood from Assam and Manipur and supplies them in Tamil Nadu. Last year his truck was caught by members of KYKL and Singh had extorted Rs 8 lakh from him for its release. Since then he bore a grudge against him and wanted to take revenge. Devender had abetted Satender in the crime.
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Body of missing boy found in school
Faridabad, October 22 Sacchin had allegedly gone to a temple adjoining the village on Monday evening, but did not return home. He used to go the temple at times and often slept there in the night. The parents thought that this time, too, he had stayed overnight in the temple. However, when he did not return the following day, the relatives got suspicious and notified the police. This morning, his body was found in a pit which had water in the campus of primary school in which he used to study in Sahjahanpur. The police has registered a case in the matter. The body has several head injuries and there were signs of sodomy on him. The police says that it has got vital clues and the culprits are likely to be arrested shortly. The development has sent sock waves in the area.
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Abduction attempt on girl
Noida, October 22 According to information available, Punit Dixit, a salesman with an advertisement company, along with his friend Priety, had gone to meet a friend in Sector-41 on his motor bike. While on their way back around 8 pm, some youths threw a tyre in front of their motorbike, which forced them to stop. The youths then picked up an argument with him. When Priety tried to oppose them, they forcibly dragged her into a waiting car. Cell phones of Punit and Priety were snatched and broken by the goons as Punit tried to call the police for help. The miscreants fled away in their car after Punit and Priety raised an alarm and some people came for their help. The police has registered a case of assault and use of abusive language. |
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Cashew nuts, almonds cholesterol-free
New Delhi, October 22 He was speaking at the health meal jointly organised by the foundation, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and other government departments. Dr Aggarwal, president of Perfect Health Mela, said that over 90 per cent of the visitors were ignorant of the fact that cashew nuts and almonds contain no cholesterol. “Being plant, almonds and cashew nuts contain no cholesterol. In fact any food of plant in origin contains no cholesterol. Almonds contain vitamin E, which increases the level of good cholesterol and lowers the level of bad cholesterol. The diabetics, heart and blood pressure patients should consume 5-10 pieces of almonds everyday,” informed Dr Aggarwal. The experts also warned the visitors, especially heart patients and elderly persons to refrain from exposing themselves to chilly winds during winters, as it could cause heart attacks that could prove fatal. Apart from free check-ups, a workshop on ‘Say no to Crackers’ was also organised for schoolchildren. Topics discussed included direct and indirect hazards of crackers, including noise pollution and injuries. An attempt to incorporate a craft bazaar has also been made in the Perfect Health Mela. Over 30 stalls from almost all states of the country have been set up. According to Dr Aggarwal, the craft bazaar is attracting huge crowds and people apart from shopping get an opportunity to learn something about health.
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Hadlee, Jackie to endorse Delhi Half Marathon
New Delhi, October 22 Endorsing this unique event will be two of the sporting world’s greatest living legends — Sir Richard Hadlee and Jackie Joyner Kersee, who will be joined by celebrities from various walks of life, all united in the great joys of running. Sir Richard Hadlee and Jackie Joyner Kersee need no introduction, having straddled the pinnacle of their respective sports during their competitive years. They continue to be global ambassadors for sporst, also making a huge impact to society with their philanthropic initiatives. Sir Richard Hadlee is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers and all-rounders of all time. In an 86-Test career he took 431 wickets (at the time the world record) and was the first bowler to pas 400 wickets and made 3124 test runs, including two centuries and 15 half centuries. Sir Richard Hadlee is rated by many experts as the greatest exponent of bowling with the new ball. Jackie Joyner Kersee is ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women’s heptathlon as well as the women’s long jump. She has won three gold, one silver and two bronze Olympic medals in these two different events. She has also won four gold medals in the World Championships, two each in the heptathlon and the long jump. Sports Illustrated for Women magazine voted Jackie Joyner Kersee the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th century.
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Punjabi poetess to get Sanskriti award
New Delhi, October 22 Nandan is credited with having been the first Punjabi poetess to write an epic in that language. The other awardees are Chitrangada Choudhury, a Mumbai-based reporter for journalism, Ranjani Shettar, a well-known artist using only organic materials for art, duo Ranjani and Gayatri for music. The award is also being given to Ability Unlimited India, the country’s first professional dance theatre which educates and employs physically and differently challenged persons. The awards will be presented at a function here on November 14. Social activist and Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy will be the chief guest.
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School admissions begin
New Delhi, October 22 Registration forms are available at most schools right now. However, schools plan to admit students only by November. S.L. Jain, chairperson, National Progressive School’s Conference (NPSC), recently said that, “it is a good idea to sell forms on different days. It will lessen the burden on parents, who otherwise would have been running around to get them. The system should not be uniform in all schools because a person can go to one or two schools in a day.” Some schools in Delhi like Laurel School, Pitampura; Maxfort Senior School, Dwarka and DAV Public School, Pitampura have started selling admission forms from October 20, whereas Adarsh Public School, Vikaspuri and Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar will start selling the forms from October 25 and 31 respectively. However, some schools like the Bal Bharti Public School, Pitampura and St. Thomas School, Dwarka have closed the admission process. |
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Stop using animals for
medical education: PETA
New Delhi, October 22 PETA senior vivisection campaign coordinator Dharmesh Solanki said that the national medical body should stop compelling universities and medical colleges across India to use animals for graduation curricula and let them go for novel ways and choose progressive alternatives for laboratory and research purposes. |
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Power staff on dharna
New Delhi, October 22 There demands are pay revision committee be directed to announce its recommendations immediately, reinstatement of five dismissed employees of the IPGCL, removal of anomaly and disparity in the pay scales of transferred employees of the DVB cadre.
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